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Cody Whitley

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LeTourneau Baseball Squeezes Past Illinois Wesleyan, 3-2 for First NCAA Regional Win

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Curt Copeland
allowed a single to start the ninth, then after a sacrifice bunt moved the tying run to second. With one out, Copeland got a ground ball and went to third to get the lead runner.

After surrendering a single to put runners on first and second with two out, Harriss called on senior Jordan Price to close out the contest. The New Diana native got a strikeout to end the contest for his third save of the season. Copeland picked up the win, going 8.2 innings, scattering 10 hits and two runs to raise his record to 9-2.

The Titans (24-20) scored twice on three-consecutive hits in the first inning on LeTourneau starter Curt Copeland. One of the three hits was by Jon Frericks, who went 3-for-4 with a run scored and a RBI. IWU starter John Munyon picked up the loss after pitching 7.1 innings, allowing eight hits and three runs – one earned to fall to 3-2.

LeTourneau got on the board in the sixth to cut the deficit to 2-1. Dillon Yates started the inning with a single up the middle. Then, with one out, Caleb Pritchett reached on an error and advanced Yates to second. Next, Garza picked up his first of three RBI with a single to left center to score Yates from second.

The next game for LeTourneau will be at 5:30 p.m. on Friday with an opponent to be determined later today.
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