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  "path": "/sports/2026/05/23/slcc-baseball-bruins-brucru-nelson-coach-junior-college-world-series/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-24T01:26:04.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "defend the Junior College World Series",
    "one-loss bracket at Sam Suplizio Field",
    "SLCC opens defense of Juco World Series baseball title",
    "SLCC stuns No. 1 Walters State to win Juco World Series title"
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  "textContent": "Salt Lake Community College faces an uphill battle to defend the Junior College World Series national championship it won last year.\n\nThe Bruins were defeated 13-3 by Blinn College of Texas on Saturday afternoon in a first-round game in Grand Junction, Colorado, that was halted after five innings by the mercy rule.\n\nNinth-seeded SLCC (39-17) drops into the one-loss bracket at Sam Suplizio Field and will play again on Sunday at approximately 7 p.m. MT.\n\nBlinn College, the No. 2 seed, improved to 46-12 and will play again on Monday.\n\nSalt Lake opened with three runs in the first inning, but was shut out the rest of the way by Buccaneers pitcher Dylan Thompson and finished with just five hits. Thompson faced only 21 batters, striking out one (Drew Smith).\n\nSLCC opens defense of Juco World Series baseball title\n\nSLCC stuns No. 1 Walters State to win Juco World Series title\n\nBlinn pounded out 10 hits against SLCC pitchers Easton Davies, Mason Green and Max Mousser.\n\nThe #BruCru scored all three of their runs on Lute Chavez’s 3-run homer in the first inning. Centerfielder Tyler West, a former BYU football player, went 2 for 3 for SLCC, while catcher AJ Thomas also had two hits.\n\nJacob Bohacek had two homers and five RBI for Blinn, while Ryley Leininger homered and drove in four runs.",
  "title": "Juco World Series: Defending champion SLCC drops tournament opener to Blinn College"
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