Baseball - Chipola College

2010-2011 Season
INDIANS FINISH FIFTH IN
NATIONAL BASEBALL toURNEY
GRAND JUNCTION, CO.—The Chipola Indians
finished fifth in the NJCAA National Baseball
Tournament on June 1.
It was the Indians’ third trip to the national
tourney in the last five years including a National
Championship in 2007.
Chipola’s first game in the tournament was
one for the record books. In a game that featured
32 combined runs, 30 hits, 12 errors and a hidden
ball trick, Chipola outlasted Grayson 19-13. Despite
committing eight errors in the game, Chipola
regrouped and recharged their effort by turning to
the bat and arm of Derrick Pitts.
Pitts tied NJCAA DI JUCO World Series records
for hits and RBI’s in a tournament game. He
was a perfect 6-for-6 at the dish with 9 RBI’s and
had three doubles.
Grayson County led the game 12-9 heading
into the top of the eighth inning. The Chipola bats
finally came alive in the bottom half of the 8th,
scoring 10 runs to seal the win. Pitts came on to
close it out for the Indians and picked up the win
by tossing one and one-third innings and striking
out two.
Navarro and Chipola gave the 8,000 fans at
the National Tournament a terrific show on May
31. The Bulldogs edged the Indians 3-2 in a great
matchup that featured great pitching, defense and
timely hitting. Chipola’s Johnny Cristi was effective
early but gave up a single run in three consecutive
innings and gave way to Matt Marsh in the sixth
inning. Marsh was effective in relief, allowing no
hits or runs.
Chipola fell to Iowa Western 13-0 on June 1 in
their second loss of the double-elimination tourney.
Chipola head coach Jeff Johnson said. “I’m
proud of these kids for the strides they made. From
where they started the year to finish No. 5 in the
nation, that’s nothing to be ashamed of. I’m proud of
the job that the coaches and the players did. They
all worked their butts off. I’m proud of how far this
team came in the last month and a half or so.”
Chipola finished the season with a record of
40-22 at number five in the nation. The Indians
were Florida State champions and co-champions of
the Panhandle Conference with Northwest Florida
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State.
2010-2011 Wins & Losses
Overall Record 40-22 Conference Record 16-8
Date Opponent Won/Lost Score Date Opponent Won/Lost Score
Jan 28 State College of Fl 2-14 L
Jan 29 Miami Dade 3-6 L
Jan 29 St. Petersburg 6-4 W
Jan 30 Calhoun 5-6 L
Feb 4 Shelton State 2-12 L
Feb 5 State College of Fl 3-5 L
Feb 6 Shelton State 9-3 W
Feb 11 Walters State 6-0 W
Feb 11 Louisburg College 6-4 W
Feb 12 San Jacinto-North 0-4 L
Feb 13 Middle Georgia 8-2 W
Feb 13 Middle Georgia 2-8 L
Feb 15 Darton College 14-0 W
Feb 18 CCBC-Catonsville 7-8 L
Feb 19 St. Johns River 6-3 W
Feb 19 St. Johns River 8-0 W
Feb 22 Wallace - Dothan 8-6 W
Feb 24 St. Johns River 5-6 L
Feb 25 Miami Dade 2-7 L
Feb 25 LSU-Eunice 2-1 W
Feb 26 Miami Dade 4-1 W
Mar 2 kalamazoo Valley 10-2 W
Mar 4 Gordon College 3-4 L
Mar 5 Gordon College 8-2 W
Mar 5 Gordon College 6-2 W
Mar 7 Grand Rapids 9-3 W
Mar 7 Grand Rapids 8-4 W
Mar 8 Grand Rapids 12-0 W
Mar 12 Gulf Coast * 4-7 L
Mar 14 Gulf Coast * 6-3 W
Mar 16 Gulf Coast * 13-11 W
Mar 18 Northwest Florida * 9-11 L
Mar 21 Northwest Florida * 8-7 W
Mar 21 Northwest Florida * 4-11 L
Mar 23 Tallahassee * 4-3 W
Mar 25 Tallahassee * 11-6 W
Mar 26 Tallahassee * 6-2 W
Mar 28 Pensacola * 18-14 W
Mar 30 Pensacola * 4-3 W
Apr 1 Pensacola * 10-3 W
Apr 8 Gulf Coast * 4-5 L
Apr 9 Gulf Coast * 7-6 W
Apr 11 Gulf Coast * 6-10 L
Apr 13 Northwest Florida * 8-5 W
Apr 15 Northwest Florida * 2-9 L
Apr 16 Northwest Florida * 6-5 W
Apr 18 Tallahassee * 4-6 L
Apr 20 Tallahassee * 15-6 W
Apr 22 Tallahassee * 8-4 W
Apr 23 Pensacola * 5-8 L
Apr 25 Pensacola * 6-2 W
Apr 27 Pensacola * 5-3 W
May 3 Middle Georgia 7-6 W
May 7 Lake Sumter 3-1 W
May 8 Broward College 17-5 W
May 9 Northwest Florida 3-7 L
May 10 Santa Fe College 8-0 W
May 11 Polk State College 5-0 W
May 11 Northwest Florida 6-5 W
May 29 Grayson
June 1 Iowa Western
* Conference Games
19-13 W
0-13 L