By GARY STALLARD
AC Athletics
In the end, the Angelina College Roadrunners just couldn’t come up with the needed clutch hits.
Northeast Texas Community College held off the ‘Runners in a 6-4 decision Thursday at the Larry Phillips Family Sports Complex, thwarting several AC scoring chances in the final innings to take the first game of the three-game series.
NTCC’s Chase Talbot broke a 3-3 tie with a two-run double in the sixth inning, and teammate Ryan Dudley added an RBI with a sacrifice fly in the same frame to give the Eagles a 6-3 lead.
AC’s Euro Diaz tripled home a run in the eight – his second RBI of the game – to cut the lead to two runs, but Diaz stayed stranded there following an inning-ending groundout.
AC missed out on earlier opportunities to score, leaving the bases loaded in the sixth. Over nine innings, the Roadrunners left 11 runners on base.
Kyle Allen pitched three scoreless innings in relief, striking out four Eagles. Nic Garza and Dillon Nesbitt also drove in a run each for the Roadrunners.
AC (25-20, 13-11) will travel to Mount Pleasant on Saturday as the series resumes with a doubleheader starting at 2 p.m.
The e-mail address for AC’s Sports
