SLCC baseball ready for the Region Tournament
With the series finale all wrapped up as Head Coach DG Nelson and the rest of the SWAC leading Salt Lake Community College baseball team (34-16, 22-10 SWAC) will enjoy a week of no play as they prepared for the upcoming Region 18 Baseball Tournament held May 7-10.
The Bruins hold a slim lead over Western Nevada College in the conference standings, with a key series coming up in the SWAC conference the Bruins will be following WNC trip to Twin Falls, ID as they take on the College of Southern Idaho May 2-3 to find out if SLCC will indeed host the Region 18 Baseball Tournament.
After a rough series loss this past weekend to CSI three games to one, the Bruins remain atop the SWAC standing.
A conference championship for SLCC will be their second conference crown in three years.
The SLCC baseball as a team is hitting .290 overall. Sophomore outfielder Zach Watts, who had a solid weekend, jumped his season average to .360 including an impressive .616 slugging percentage. Highlighted by a game one home run, sophomore infielder Derrick Whitney is hitting .348.
The SLCC pitching staff maintained their overall earned run average (ERA) of 3.35. Freshman starter Jason Jourdan posted a phenomenal start Thursday, April 24 with a complete game two hitter earning his team leading eighth win.
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