'Runners Roll Past Navarro College

By GARY STALLARD

AC Athletics

            Two straight stellar mound performances, and two straight wins via the mercy rule.

            The Angelina College Roadrunners earned their second consecutive win in shortened innings with Wednesday's 8-0 win over Navarro College at Poland Stadium on the AC campus.

            'Runner starting pitcher Aaron Martinez tossed a beauty of a game, allowing just three Bulldog hits in his eight-inning shutout. Martinez struck out five Bulldogs while issuing just one walk to earn the win on the mound.

            Wednesday's win followed Monday's big 9-1 win over San Jacinto College in another 'Runner rout lasting just seven innings.

            Brayden Pate doubled twice and drove in a run to lead the offense, while Jorge Arcia-Palma added two RBI with his two-run double in the first inning, when the Roadrunners staked Martinez to a 3-0 lead.

            AC tacked on four more runs in the second, getting an RBI double from Seth Sloan, an RBI single from Cole Standley, a Jackson Pullen squeeze bunt to score Standley from third and Pate's second double of the game to plate Marco Bandiero.

            Pate was credited with a steal of home in the bottom of the fifth to round out the 'Runner scoring.

            The Roadrunners (18-10, 9-7) will resume the series with Navarro College on Saturday in a doubleheader scheduled for a 1 p.m. start in Corsicana.

            AC returns home on Monday, March 30 in a non-conference tilt against Dallas College-Richland. The single, nine-inning game is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. at Poland Stadium.

            The email address for AC's Sports Information Director is gstallard@angelina.edu.