Cal State Fullerton freshman Jace Chamberlin just became college baseball’s favorite large adult son.
Appropriately nicknamed “Jumbo,” the big fella had the biggest swing of his life on Saturday night in Cal State Fullerton’s NCAA Tournament game against No. 2 Stanford.
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth and the game tied 1-1, Chamberlin crushed a pitch off the Stanford scoreboard in right-center for a dinger to give the Titans a walk-off victory. And it’s the first homer of Jumbo’s young college career:
GO JUMBO GO! #RoadToOmaha pic.twitter.com/7mIeDE5XeU
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAABaseball) June 3, 2018
JUMBBBOOOOO GOESSSS YARD!!! Titans walk if off at Sunken Diamond as @jacemchambo hits his FIRST career home run over the the right center field fence!
— Titans Baseball (@FullertonBSB) June 3, 2018
Why am I not remotely shocked that Jumbo Chamberlain lists the “Sunnyvale Trailer Park” as his hometown on Twitter? pic.twitter.com/tJZpuMM39N
— Kendall Rogers (@KendallRogers) June 3, 2018
When I saw Fullerton in the fall, Rick Vanderhook insisted that Jace Chamberlain — the man he called “Jumbo” — had real power and could make a difference for this team. The freshman just hit his first career homer — a walk-off homer to beat Stanford 2-1. Incredible finish.
— Aaron Fitt (@aaronfitt) June 3, 2018
Jumbo said he was so excited that he just “blacked out” in the moment.
“I don’t even really know what happened…I was so excited and then I just kind of blacked out.”
– @jacemchambo on his walkoff blast
— Titans Baseball (@FullertonBSB) June 3, 2018
The Titans move on to the Stanford Regional championship game with the victory. We could see Jumbo hitting bombs in Omaha in the College World Series soon.
[ESPNU]
