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DBU sweeps San Francisco, awaits NCAA bid

After splitting their double header at Texas Tech the Dallas Baptist University Patriots headed west to close out their regular season. The Dons (U of SF) hosted the independant school for three games beginning Thursday night.The general thought heading into the final series was DBU (Luray West as I like to call them) needed to take 2 of 3 from the host team to secure an at large bid to the NCAA field of 64. There were plenty of late game heriocs throughout the series as DBU (37-17) rallied in all three contest to sweep the series. DBU rallied from a late 2-0 deficit in the opener to capture a 4-2 victory and followed it up with a pair of 10 inning wins by scores of 11-7 and 7-6. The final victory included a last at bat 2 run home run (Evan Bigley) to tie the game at 3-3 and the Patriots captured the tenth inning by outscoring the Dons 4-3.Luray Wrangler to be Chris Haney recorded his third save by closing out USF after they closed to with-in 7-6. Clay Kelly (.304) and for...

1 win, 1 loss, 1 serious sunburn & Memories galore!

A smarter person than myself might have thought thru sitting directly in the 90 degree Texas sun for 6+ hours but what can I say. Atleast the sunburn kept me awake for the 346 mile drive back to Dallas- Ft. Worth.Now, sitting on the airplane in a few hours could be interesting! It was hard to imagine a situation where so much Luray Wrangler / Valley League baseball could be on display 1800+ miles from home. The opener started at 1:00 p.m. sharp and the first thing you had to notice was the "artifical dirt" that covered the infield. I am sure they have a creative name for it by now but the only dirt on the diamond was on the mound. The stadium at Texas Tech (Dan Law Field)was beautiful but with school out for the Red Raiders there wasn't a large crowd at the park. Dallas Baptist (34-17) led the opener 2-0 before posting a four spot on the home team in the top of the seventh inning. Wrangler-to-be Clay Kelly laid down a perfect suicide squezze bunt during the rally to rea...