Ben McKendall gave the Glendale Community College baseball team exactly what it needed Friday afternoon. The sophomore pitcher allowed just two hits and struck out five in a 96-pitch effort to power eighth-seeded Glendale to a 13-0 home win against 10th-seeded Orange Coast in the first game of the California Community College Athletic Assn. Southern Super Regional series at Stengel Field.
Glendale College baseball player #8 Jared Akins looks back at the play as he scores a run in game vs. Orange Coast College in the Southern Super Regional Championship at Stengel Field in Glendale on Friday, May 8, 2015.
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Glendale College baseball player #8 Jared Akins gets a fist pump from #36 Nick Wolyniec after Akins scored a run in game vs. Orange Coast College in the Southern Super Regional Championship at Stengel Field in Glendale on Friday, May 8, 2015.
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Glendale College baseball player #26 Alex Gomez gets a single in game vs. Orange Coast College in the Southern Super Regional Championship at Stengel Field in Glendale on Friday, May 8, 2015.
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Glendale College baseball player 3rd baseman #21 Randy Medellin throws the opposing player out at first in game vs. Orange Coast College in the Southern Super Regional Championship at Stengel Field in Glendale on Friday, May 8, 2015.
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Glendale College baseball player #22 Brent Sakurai barely makes it back to 2nd base safely after he rounded the base and went too far in game vs. Orange Coast College in the Southern Super Regional Championship at Stengel Field in Glendale on Friday, May 8, 2015.
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Glendale College baseball player #26 Alex Gomez rounds 3rd base on his way home to score a run in game vs. Orange Coast College in the Southern Super Regional Championship at Stengel Field in Glendale on Friday, May 8, 2015.
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Glendale College baseball player #8 Jared Akins lays down a bunt for an infield single in game vs. Orange Coast College in the Southern Super Regional Championship at Stengel Field in Glendale on Friday, May 8, 2015.
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Glendale College baseball player #36 Nick Wolyniec gets a fist pump from #31 Dylan Bahr after Wolyniec scored a run in game vs. Orange Coast College in the Southern Super Regional Championship at Stengel Field in Glendale on Friday, May 8, 2015.
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Glendale College baseball player #26 Alex Gomez hits a single in the bottom of the 3rd inning in game vs. Orange Coast College in the Southern Super Regional Championship at Stengel Field in Glendale on Friday, May 8, 2015.
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