Dallas Baptist third baseman Andrew Benefield hit the biggest home run of his life on Monday, so of course he took his sweet time getting out of the box.
DBU faced Oregon State in a winner-take-all game to determine who would advance to the NCAA Super Regionals. The Beavers got out to an early 5–0 lead but the Patriots cut it to 5–2 in the sixth on a home run by Ryan Wrobleski. After OSU’s Nathan Burns walked the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh, Benefield stepped to plate representing the go-ahead run. He turned on an inside pitch and crushed a no-doubt grand slam to give his team the lead.