"It takes a special team to get this far," Irvine's Connor Spencer said. "During the season, you really wouldn't have known that we were that special team. But as soon as our name was called on that announcement show, things kind of changed and guys' hearts started to come out."
He was mixing pitches very well, said UC Irvine first baseman Connor Spencer, who had two hits. He was working both sides of the plate, and the curveball was setting up his fastball really, really nicely.
Curtis, whose first pitch was lashed into center field by Rabago, a junior shortstop, to put UCI on top for good. After junior first baseman Connor Spencer singled and junior catcher Jerry McClanahan struck out, sophomore designated hitter Jonathan Munoz singled to left, plating Rabago from second.
First baseman Connor Spencer followed with a single to left field, setting up first and second with one out. After Curtiss struck out Jerry McClanahan, designated hitter Johnathan Munoz delivered a single through the left side scoring Rabago before Spencer was thrown out trying to take third on the