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Southeastern Oklahoma State, led by the dominating pitching of Aaron Thompson, won the Division II Baseball Championship, defeating Fort Hays State, 7-2, in the championship game June 3 at Paterson Field in Montgomery, Alabama.
Southeastern Oklahoma State (43-12) won its first title behind Thompson (11-2), who was named the tournament's most outstanding player. Thompson allowed just eight hits and two runs in the championship game while striking out three and walking none. Fellow pitcher Mark Milburn shared the tournament's top-pitcher honors with Thompson. The two pitched all but one of Southeastern Oklahoma State's four games and allowed just four runs.
First baseman Damon Lewis, also an all-tournament pick, went 4-for-4 in the championship game, while shortstop Kevin Ferguson added two hits.
Fort Hays State and Southeastern Oklahoma State played to a 2-2 draw through five innings. Southeastern Oklahoma State broke the tie with two runs in the fifth and never looked back.
B.J. McVay started the inning by reaching on a fielding error on his sacrifice bunt. Matt Bales came home on a fielder's choice and Jeremy McCarty singled to score McVay. Bales later scored on a wild pitch. Southeastern Oklahoma State added a run in the sixth and two in the seventh to pull away.
Ryan Callaway and Ian Van Kooten each had two hits in the losing effort for Fort Hays State, which was making its first Division II championship appearance. The Tigers finished the season 54-12.
The all-tournament team included catcher Kevin Kay, North Florida; first baseman Lewis; second baseman Jesus Villarreal, Fort Hays State; third baseman Preston James, Southeastern Oklahoma State; shortstop Jason Patty, Fort Hays State; outfielder Jerry Williams, Southeastern Oklahoma State; outfielder Ryan Sorrels, Indianapolis; outfielder Nick Steppe, North Florida; designated hitter Dan DeCola, Slippery Rock; pitcher Milburn; and pitcher Thompson.
Game No. 1
St. Rose | 000 | 000 | 010 -- 1 | 5 | 2 |
Southeastern Okla. | 100 | 301 | 02x -- 7 | 8 | 2 |
Justin Terry, Matt Duquette (8) and Mike Wilson; Mark Milburn, T.R. Scott (9) and Todd Stone. HR -- Stone (Southeastern Okla.). W -- Milburn. L -- Terry.
Game No. 2
North Fla. | 101 | 205 | 000 -- 9 | 17 | 0 |
Indianapolis | 000 | 000 | 000 -- 0 | 3 | 0 |
Matt Incinelli and Kevin Kay; Scott Abercrombie, Josh Wigginton (6) and Al Ready. HR -- Catrett (North Fla.), Labbe (North Fla.), Fleetwood (North Fla.). W -- Incinelli. L -- Abercrombie.
Game No. 3
Central Mo. St. | 010 | 011 | 204 -- 9 | 14 | 3 |
Slippery Rock | 000 | 205 | 30x -- 10 | 12 | 1 |
Josh Reynolds, Corey Clinefelter (6), Justin Starnes (7), Eric Horner (8) and Brandon Pugh; Craig Petulla, Dave Sansom (6), Anthony Urti (9) and Dan DeCola. HR -- Shilling (Slippery Rock). W -- Sansom. L -- Reynolds. S -- Urti.
Game No. 4
Gardner-Webb | 000 | 000 | 200 -- 2 | 6 | 4 |
Fort Hays St. | 010 | 001 | 40x -- 6 | 6 | 1 |
Abraham Gonzalez, Daniel Planck (7) and Chad Benton; Derek Lopez and Tommy Garcia. W -- Lopez. L -- Gonzalez.
Game No. 5
Indianapolis | 00(10) | 302 | 010 -- 16 | 14 | 0 |
St. Rose | 300 | 100 | 010 -- 5 | 9 | 1 |
Dustin Waalkens, Josh Wigginton (5), Dennis Nisbet (9) and Al Ready; Keith Lansley, Matt Reid (3), Gregg Kelly (3), Matt Duquette (3), Dan Vogl (4), Jason Burns (8), Nick Davey (9), James Derby (9) and Mike Wilson and Jeff Angus. HR -- Gambelunghe (St. Rose), Szamreta (St. Rose). W -- Wigginton. L -- Lansley.
Game No. 6
Southeastern Okla. | 000 | 002 | 001 -- 3 | 8 | 2 |
North Fla. | 000 | 000 | 000 -- 0 | 6 | 5 |
Aaron Thompson and Todd Stone; Mike Wood, Jerrod Payne (9) and Kevin Kay. W -- Thompson. L -- Wood.
Game No. 7
Gardner-Webb | 010 | 000 | 000 -- 1 | 9 | 1 |
Central Mo. St. | 100 | 045 | 00x -- 10 | 12 | 0 |
Eric Boyd, Jeff Rinehart (6), Jason Palfrey (6), Daniel Planck (6), Kevin Wellmon (8) and Chad Benton and Alex Zamora; Adam Cline, Eric Horner (8), Nick Denning (9) and Brian Chase and Matt Whitney. W -- Cline. L -- Boyd.
Game No. 8
Fort Hays St. | 020 | 003 | 210 -- 8 | 14 | 2 |
Slippery Rock | 410 | 000 | 000 -- 5 | 9 | 2 |
Vonley Frey, Pat Taylor (4) and Tommy Garcia; Jonathan Weber, Brad Tomco (6), Tom Sullivan (7) and Dan DeCola. W -- Taylor. L -- Tomco.
Game No. 9
North Fla. | 022 | 060 | 020 -- 12 | 18 | 1 |
Central Mo. St. | 010 | 000 | 000 -- 1 | 8 | 1 |
Adam Horne and Kevin Kay; Josh Monroe, Justin Starnes (5), Jeff Beshears (6) and Brian Chase. W -- Horne. L -- Monroe.
Game No. 10
Slippery Rock | 100 | 110 | 010 -- 4 | 7 | 4 |
Indianapolis | 420 | 021 | 00x -- 9 | 9 | 4 |
Joe Novak, Anthony Urti (5) and Dan DeCola; Chad Snyder, Dennis Nisbet (8) and Al Ready. HR -- DeCola (Slippery Rock), Kanche (Slippery Rock), Ready (Indianapolis). W -- Snyder. L -- Novak.
Game No. 11
Fort Hays St. | 002 | 911 | 000 -- 13 | 19 | 2 |
North Fla. | 100 | 003 | 231 -- 10 | 15 | 5 |
Dan Auckland, Matt Dill (7), Franco Martinez (8) and Tommy Garcia and Josh White; Dan Roszel, Brian Rauch (4), Jerrod Payne (4) Tod Ewasko (5) and Kevin Kay. W -- Auckland. L -- Roszel.
Game No. 12
Indianapolis | 100 | 000 | 000 -- 1 | 4 | 3 |
Southeastern Okla. | 100 | 031 | 20x -- 7 | 12 | 1 |
Scott Abercrombie, Josh Wigginton (7), Brian Bigam (8) and Al Ready; Mark Milburn and Todd Stone. HR -- Sorrels (Indianapolis). W -- Milburn. L -- Abercrombie.
Championship game
Southeastern Okla. | AB | R | H | RBI |
Jeremy McCarty, cf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Jerry Williams, lf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Kevin Ferguson, ss | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Damon Lewis, 1b | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Abby Glass, rf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Todd Stone, c | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Preston James, 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
B.J. McVay, dh | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Matt Bales, 2b | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Aaron Thompson, p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 33 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
Fort Hays St. | AB | R | H | RBI |
Tyler Cotton, cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Jesus Villarreal, 2b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Dan Auckland, rf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ryan Callaway, 1b | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Jason Patty, ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Franco Martinez, 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ian Van Kooten, dh | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Tommy Garcia, c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Dustin Dreher, ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wayne Burton, lf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Ryan Wasinger, ph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Derek Lopez, p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pat Taylor, p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vonley Frey, p | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 34 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
Southeastern Okla. | 110 | 021 | 200 -- 7 | 10 | 2 |
Fort Hays St. | 002 | 000 | 000 -- 2 | 8 | 5 |
E -- Bales 2, Cotton, Patty, Martinez 3. DP -- Southeastern Okla. 1, Fort Hays St. 1. LOB -- Southeastern Okla. 7; Fort Hays St. 7. 2B -- Burton. 3B -- Stone. HR -- Lewis. SB -- Williams, Bales. CS -- McCarty, Williams, Lewis 2. SH -- Williams, McVay, Villarreal.
Southeastern Okla. | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Aaron Thompson | 9.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Fort Hays St. | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Derek Lopez | 5.0 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Pat Taylor | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Vonley Frey | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lopez faced one batter in the 6th. W -- Thompson. L -- Lopez. WP -- Lopez. HBP -- Stone, Patty, Bales, Williams. Umpires -- Dale Clyde, Paul Lancaster, Richie Tallent and Gary Mitchell. T -- 2:39. A -- 2,853.