AACC Baseball Weekend Roadshow Brings 3 Victories

The following article was submitted to the Broadneck Patch by Duane Herr, who works closely with the athletics department at Anne Arundel Community College (AACC).

With a five-game weekend ahead of them, the Pioneers strapped down and went to work winning three of the five to improve to 28-13 with an 8-7 Maryland Junior College Athletic Conference (MD JUCO) record.

Two of those five games were against Division I rival Potomac State College of West Virginia, with whom the Pioneers split with to move to 3-3 in Division I play.

The weekend started with a Friday home game against CCBC Essex (17-14, 10-8 MD JUCO). AACC topped Essex 5-4 for the conference victory.

On Saturday April 14, AACC Baseball hit the road for a doubleheader against College of Southern Maryland (13-27, 6-17 MD JUCO). The Pioneers dropped the first game 8-12 despite hitting three homeruns in the game.

Game two of the doubleheader would go the way of AACC as the Pioneers earned a 7-5 extra inning victory over CSM.

Carrying a 2-1 weekend record into Sunday, the Pioneers had a big task ahead of them; a doubleheader against reigning Region 20, Division I Champs Potomac State (17-19).

With a 2-2 record in DI play so far this season, the Pioneers needed a solid showing to boost their post season hopes. In game one the Pioneers hit up and down the line-up to manufacture five runs. Pitcher Brooks Miller continued his dominance on the mound this season collecting his sixth victory as AACC defeated Potomac State, 5-3.

Goughenour and Kean each collected two hits on the day. Dailey, Hines and Myers each added hits and RBI. Brandon Eady was 1-1 with a sacrifice and run scored. Warwick was brought in to close the door and did just that as he forced a double play to end the game.

Potomac State would deny the sweep as they came back in game two to top AACC 17-7. Goughenour and Seeba collected another couple of hits to add to their weekend. Hines and Myers also had hits. Zach Weiss collected an RBI.

Several Pioneers had big weekends at the plate and on the mound.

• Daniel Seeba: 8-12 (.666 avg.) seven runs, six RBI, seven stolen bases, a homerun, three doubles and four walks
• Braden Goughenour: 8-17 (.470), five RBI and a homerun
• Burnell Dailey: 7-18 (.388) two doubles, a triple and five runs
• Kevin Kean: 5-16 (.312) five runs, three RBI, two homeruns, a double and a triple
• Rob Warick: WP vs. Essex, WP vs. CSM, Save vs. Potomac State, 4.1 IP, four hits, three strikeouts, but zero earned runs

 Tuesday April 24 brings another day of competition as AACC Baseball will host CCBC Dundalk (12-21, 7-11 conference) for a 3 p.m. MD JUCO contest.

Duane Herr is physical education and athletics assistant at AACC. You can contact him at dpherr@aacc.edu.