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June 11, 2007

Oklahoma gets first win

By Jeremy Higgins

It took until the third day of the 11th Annual Junior Sunbelt Classic for an Oklahoma team to get its first win. Oklahoma Gold was a 6-5 winner over Ontario, Canada Sunday in a makeup game that should have been played Saturday.

McAlester’s Anthony Trevino knocked in the winning run for Oklahoma in the bottom of the seventh inning. With a runner on third base, Trevino’s sacrifice fly to center field secured Gold’s only win of the tournament.

Ontario had taken a 3-0 lead after two innings and a 4-0 lead after four innings. Oklahoma clawed its way back into the game with a two-run fifth and took a one-run advantage in the sixth with another pair of runs. Ontario tied the game at 5-5 in the top of the seventh before Trevino’s fly ball sealed the win.

In other games on Sunday, California defeated Oklahoma 12-9 after Oklahoma had led 7-1 headed to the bottom of the fifth inning. Trevino was the starting pitcher against California and stayed in the game four-plus innings. When Trevino left the mound his Oklahoma team was still leading, but California eventually came back for the win. Trevino got a no-decision for his effort.

Also on Sunday, Texas downed Oklahoma Gold 10-2 powered by a pair of home runs by centerfielder Robbie Grossman. California defeated Tennessee 9-8, Ontario topped Georgia 9-0, Missouri earned a 2-1 win over Arizona, Mississippi defeated Oklahoma Blue 8-4 and Arizona topped Oklahoma Blue 7-6.

On Saturday, California topped Arizona 14-5, Arizona beat Ontario 7-4, Missouri downed Oklahoma Blue 11-2, Georgia beat Mississippi 6-3, Tennesse defeated Oklahoma Blue 9-1, Georgia beat Missouri 4-1, Texas downed Mississippi 10-4 and Tennessee defeated Texas 7-4.

After three days, Missouri and California led the standings with 4-1 records.

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