With the conference opener against Navarro College looming just days away, Angelina College head coach Jeff Livin wasn’t about to burn up his arms in a nonconference affair.
Five Roadrunner teamed up to allow just three earned runs over 14 innings, and the ‘Runners earned a 7-4, 5-1 sweep of Temple College for the team’s fourth straight win Sunday at Hudson High School.
The game was moved to Hudson’s turf field from Angelina College because of the recent rains in the area.
Lance Lusk, Jacob Mead and Dalton Roblin worked the first game, getting offensive help in the way of a two-run homer from Trent Brown, a solo shot from Sam Gotlieb and a three RBI from Drake Pierson. Sean Bergeron also drove in a run in the 7-4 win.
In the nightcap, Tanner Sembera and Eric Worden paired up to shut down the Leopard offense: Sembera allowed Temple’s only run in the top of the first before tossing two shutout innings; and Worden entered in the fourth to finish the game, striking out four over the game’s final four frames.
AC scored four runs in the bottom of the first on a double from Bergeron and a wild pitch, adding the final run in the third when Dylan Murphy scored on another wild pitch. The Roadrunners (10-5) will host Alvin College on Monday in a single, nine-inning game scheduled for a 5 p.m. start at Roadrunner Field on the Angelina College campus. The e-mail address for AC’s Sports Information Director is gstallard@angelina.edu.
