Jason Cousineau's two-run home run to right-center combined with right-hander
Joe Seiber's 7 1/3-inning outing gave the 12
th-ranked Chaps a 5-2 victory over fellow Region 4 and D3 foe Oakton on Wednesday afternoon.
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The Chaps improved to 28-12 overall, their most wins during head coach
Bobby Wilson's now five years at the helm. They'll take their 17-5 home record into Friday's doubleheader against Illinois Valley. First pitch is 2 p.m.
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Highlights
- Seiber gave up four hits over his 7 1/3 innings, allowing just two runs (one earned)
- He struck out five and issued three walks (only one through six innings)
- He retired the side in order in the fifth and sixth innings
- Cousineau delivered on his sixth HR of the season, a towering shot to right-center that scored Quinn Flanagan, who led off the third with a walk
- Cousineau shares the team lead in HRs with Aden Aukland, Joe Cosenza, and A.J. Taylor
- COD's 37 HRs is 6th best in NJCAA D3
- COD scored three runs on four hits in the fifth
- Cousineau (single) and Aukland (double) had back-to-back RBI in the inning
- Trey Braun's sac fly to left accounted for the Chaps' other RBI
- Cousineau was the only Chap with a multiple-hit game
- Ryne Willard picked up his fourth save on the season
- Kyle Fenner ranks first in the division with 45 stolen bases
- Taylor ranks 9th in stolen bases with 3
- The game took just 2 hours and 9 minutes
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