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Michael Cantu, David Banuelos

David Banuelos blocks the plate with his foot. (Shotgun Spratling)

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Dirtbags Deny Longhorns

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Normally, you move out of the way when a freight train is barreling toward you. David Banuelos shifted into its path.

Six-foot-three, 240-pound Texan Michael Cantu rounded third base and came chugging down the line but Banuelos held his ground. Long Beach State’s catcher stood awaiting a relay throw from left field.

With the bases loaded in the fifth inning of the Long Beach Regional championship, Texas senior Zane Gurwitz had lined a game-tying hit past a diving Ramsey Romano at third base. Cantu was trying to make it a go-ahead single. With Romano still[…]

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