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| Recap, photo courtesy of Biola |
RIVERSIDE, Calif. --- The Eagles saw their winning formula used against them in both parts of Friday's doubleheader. California Baptist took early 3-0 leads in both games and held on for victories each time to force the Eagles to play for a series split in Saturday's finale to the series.
Biola made multiple attempts to comeback in game one after CBU raced out to a 3-0 lead after the first inning. Starter Devin Sutorius would keep the Lancers scoreless in the second to allow the Eagles to score two on a Jerron Largusa walk and a Joey Magro single. Then Sutorius would limit the home team to one additional run over his final two innings to keep the score at a manageable 4-2 margin for the Eagles and maintained their optimism headed into the fifth because Biola had already chased CBU's starter.
But the Lancers would score runs against the Eagles' bullpen in each of their final four innings at the plate. Biola would respond to California Baptist's five runs between the fifth and sixth with four of their own to make it a 9-6 game at the seventh-inning stretch by getting two-out production from Anj Bourgeois and Magro.
Unfortunately, CBU just kept trucking forward in game one to score five in the seventh and nine in the eighth when Biola had conceded the victory to the Lancers for the game to rest at a 23-6 final.
Head Coach Jay Sullenger's team had two players get multi-hit line scores in game one (Ryan Gallegos and Tyler Piston) but no extra-base hits. In contrast, CBU collected eight extra-base hits, including five homeruns.
The Eagles buckled down in game two to make California Baptist wrestle with them in a pitchers' duel. But Biola was hurt once again by having to play from behind.
The seven-inning contest remained scoreless for the first two and a half frames as Wyatt Haccou and Dylan Stowell traded zeroes. The Eagles had a chance to score the first runs of the game in the third when the first two men reached safely and stood at second and third with one out.
But Stowell induced two easy outs from the top two hitters in Biola's starting lineup to get out the jam and give the Lancers the opportunity to score three runs on three double in the bottom galf of the inning.
Other than that one difficult inning, Haccou and his reliever, Christian Hammar limited the Lancers to just two hits in the five other times they came to the plate. Biola's two pitchers combined for six strikeouts in game two and never allowed a Lancer to touch third base in those five other innings.
Stowell was just that bit better at limiting the damage and finished with a complete-game win. Jerron Largusa and Jacob Portaro launched solo homeruns for the Eagles in the fourth and six innings, respectively. But Stowell would allow just two other hits and struckout nine, including five of the last six batters he faced.
Biola made multiple attempts to comeback in game one after CBU raced out to a 3-0 lead after the first inning. Starter Devin Sutorius would keep the Lancers scoreless in the second to allow the Eagles to score two on a Jerron Largusa walk and a Joey Magro single. Then Sutorius would limit the home team to one additional run over his final two innings to keep the score at a manageable 4-2 margin for the Eagles and maintained their optimism headed into the fifth because Biola had already chased CBU's starter.
But the Lancers would score runs against the Eagles' bullpen in each of their final four innings at the plate. Biola would respond to California Baptist's five runs between the fifth and sixth with four of their own to make it a 9-6 game at the seventh-inning stretch by getting two-out production from Anj Bourgeois and Magro.
Unfortunately, CBU just kept trucking forward in game one to score five in the seventh and nine in the eighth when Biola had conceded the victory to the Lancers for the game to rest at a 23-6 final.
Head Coach Jay Sullenger's team had two players get multi-hit line scores in game one (Ryan Gallegos and Tyler Piston) but no extra-base hits. In contrast, CBU collected eight extra-base hits, including five homeruns.
The Eagles buckled down in game two to make California Baptist wrestle with them in a pitchers' duel. But Biola was hurt once again by having to play from behind.
The seven-inning contest remained scoreless for the first two and a half frames as Wyatt Haccou and Dylan Stowell traded zeroes. The Eagles had a chance to score the first runs of the game in the third when the first two men reached safely and stood at second and third with one out.
But Stowell induced two easy outs from the top two hitters in Biola's starting lineup to get out the jam and give the Lancers the opportunity to score three runs on three double in the bottom galf of the inning.
Other than that one difficult inning, Haccou and his reliever, Christian Hammar limited the Lancers to just two hits in the five other times they came to the plate. Biola's two pitchers combined for six strikeouts in game two and never allowed a Lancer to touch third base in those five other innings.
Stowell was just that bit better at limiting the damage and finished with a complete-game win. Jerron Largusa and Jacob Portaro launched solo homeruns for the Eagles in the fourth and six innings, respectively. But Stowell would allow just two other hits and struckout nine, including five of the last six batters he faced.
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