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San Diego State Eliminates Air Force From 2006 MWC Tournament Aztecs post 26-1 victory in Wednesday's first game.
May 24, 2006 LAS VEGAS - Third-seeded San Diego State (23-35) set new tournament records for most runs in a game and in an inning as the Aztecs rolled over seventh-seed Air Force (10-38) 26-1 on the second day of play in the 2006 Mountain West Conference Baseball Tournament from Earl E. Wilson Stadium. With the win, SDSU moves on to face UNLV in the elimination bracket today at 4 pm, while the Falcons were eliminated from the tournament.
Six Aztecs finished with multi-hit games, highlighted by Quintin Berry, who finished 3-for-5 with six runs and five RBI, while Paul Smyth was 4-for-5 with three runs and five RBI. Berry scored the first run of the game, as he was hit by a pitch to lead off the bottom of the first, stole second, and scored on a groundout RBI for a 1-0 SDSU lead. The Aztecs took control of the game in the third inning, thanks to a two-run homer from Smyth. SDSU added four more runs in the inning to stake out to a 7-0 lead.
Air Force scored its lone run of the game in the next inning, a solo home run from Karl Bolt. The Falcons were limited to just three hits for the rest of the morning.
Berry again started the fireworks for SDSU in the sixth, beginning the inning with a double, one of 14 Aztecs to reach base safely in the inning. They would finish the inning scoring a tournament record 12 runs on 10 hits, putting the game out of reach with a 19-1 lead. SDSU scored seven more runs over the seventh and eighth innings to close out the victory.
SDSU's Brett Douglas (3-2) earned the win as he went the distance, allowing one run on six hits over nine innings. He struck out nine while throwing just one walk. Joining Berry and Smyth with multi-hit games were Brock Ungricht, Tim O'Brien, Mike Willeford, and Lance Zawadzki.
For the Falcons, Bolt finished 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI, while Jason Griggs was 2-for-4 at the plate. Josh Meents (0-6) took the loss for Air Force, allowing seven runs, six earned, off five hits over 2.2 innings before being lifted in the third. Meents was one of four Air Force pitchers used during the game, all four game up at least four runs each.
Game 4 Notes:
· Air Force is eliminated from the MWC Tournament and finish the season with a 10-38 record. San Diego State, now 23-35, advances to play UNLV in an elimination game later today at 4 p.m.
· The Aztecs posted a 3-1 record vs. the Rebels in the regular season and will face UNLV for the eighth time in MWC Tournament play, trailing 1-6 in the conference tournament series.
· The No. 3 seed is now 18-10 all-time in MWC Tournament play - The Aztecs are now 19-11 in the conference tournament, while the Falcons fall to 3-14.
· The Aztecs set a new MWC Tournament record scoring 12 runs in the sixth inning. SDSU broke the previous record of 10 runs set twice by New Mexico (vs. Air Force in 2000 and 2004). San Diego State brought up 16 batters in the sixth.
· San Diego State broke its own MWC Tournament record for runs scored in a single game (26). The Aztecs previous record was 24 runs, which occurred vs. New Mexico in the 2004 tournament. San Diego State has now scored 20 or more runs in a game for the third straight conference tournament. The Aztecs scored 23 runs vs. New Mexico in 2004, 21 vs. Air Force in 2005 and 26 vs. the Falcons today.
· Air Force tied the MWC Tournament record for most errors in a single game (six).
· Each starting SDSU batter had at least one hit vs. the Falcons today. Overall, 10 of the 11 Aztecs that came to the plate had a hit.
· San Diego State's Jordan Swaydan moved into 12th on the career MWC list for games started today. Swaydan started his 174th career game, surpassing BYU's Kainoa Obrey (2000-03) on the list.
· San Diego State's Quintin Berry went 3-for-5 with a home run, two doubles, five RBI and six runs scored today. Teammate Paul Smyth went 4-for-5 with four RBI and three runs scored.
· San Diego State's Brock Ungricht went 2-for-4, with one RBI vs. AFA today, marking his team-leading 25th multi-hit game of the season.
· Karl Bolt led the Air Force offense going 2-for-3, with a solo home run.
· Air Force has given up an average of 17.6 runs per game in its last five MWC Tournament contests, giving up 21 or more runs in three of those games. |
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