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Aggies, Bears fight into baseball finals
Jamie Eckstein (1-0) earned the win as he pitched all seven innings, allowing five hits and no earned runs in his first complete outing since the third round of last year's playoffs. Eckstein was 2-for-3 with two RBI. Josh Kimbell added a pair of hits with three RBI. Sam Harbuck had a hit and an RBI. Jeremy Reeves added an infield bunt single. The Aggies were able to take advantage of passed balls and wild pitches to score three additional runs as well. Now the Aggies (32-6) will travel to Montgomery again only this time the big blue trophy is at stake and the opponent will be Haleyville (22-14). The Lions beat East Limestone 4-2 on Saturday, after splitting on Friday 1- 3 and 16-2, to advance to the 4A title game at Patterson Field. Game one was Wednesday at 1 p.m. Game two is scheduled for Thursday (today) at 4 p.m. The third game, if necessary, will be at 7 p.m. The Aggies came back from an 8-2 deficit in the sixth inning to win game two 11-10 and force game three on Saturday. J.D. Mitchell went 3-for-4 to pace Jackson at the plate. Eckstein was 2-for-4. William Taylor and Matthew Allen each went 2- for-3 with a walk. Kimbell went 2-for-2. Kent Myer was 2-for-4. Windham Jackson had one hit, but it drove in the decisive run. Myer started the game on the mound and came out after three innings. Jeremy Armstead followed and threw two innings. William Taylor pitched one to set up Jeremy Reeves, who got the win. He gave up one run, walked one, allowed one hit and struck out two. In the series opener the Aggies had sure victory snatched from them as the Eagles' Zach Dean hit a 2-run walk-off homer, giving ACA a 6-5 win. Allen led the charge at the plate as he went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Myer had a 2-run homer. Jackson, Armstead and Taylor each added a hit and RBI. Mitchell and Harbuck both had a hit.
Cody Bayles was the hard-luck loser. He pitched all seven innings, struck out six and scattered seven hits.
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