Pepperdine had six hits and sent 15 batters to the plate during the second inning, allowing the Waves to cruise to the victory after that. Pepperdine moves to 4-8 with the win, while Cal Poly falls to 10-3.
The Mustangs went ahead 2-0 in the top of the first, getting a solo homer from Brett Barbier and then capitalizing after a Pepperdine error extended the inning with an RBI single from Michael Sanderson.
After going down in order in the bottom of the first, the Waves broke things open in the second. Brad Anderson (Yorba Linda, Calif./Esperanza HS) led things off with a single, one of two times he would reach base in the frame. Matthew Kanfer (Playa Del Rey, Calif./L.A.C.E.S.) then drove Anderson in with a single to left. Chris Fornaci (Walnut Creek, Calif./De La Salle HS) drew a bases loaded walk, followed by an RBI single from Chase Lambert (Malibu, Calif./Malibu HS). Fornaci would later score on a highlight reel play when he leaped over the Cal Poly catcher to score on a grounder to third. Fornaci also capped the inning with a two-run triple to put the Waves ahead 11-2.
Kanfer posted two RBI singles in the bottom of the second and was one of five players to reach base twice in the inning for the Waves. Manny Jefferson (Lakewood, Calif./Lakewood HS) recorded a two-run single, just before Fornaci's triple.
Pepperdine finished the day with nine hits and the team's 12 runs matched a season high. The Waves also recorded three doubles in the game to match a season high.
Easton Lucas (Simi Valley, Calif./Grace Brethren HS) got the start on the mound and after working through a slightly rocky first inning, the freshman lefty retired 13 straight batters before exiting prior to the sixth. Lucas struck out three and walked just one to move to 1-1.
The Waves tacked on a run in the bottom of the sixth courtesy of a Brandon Caruso (Pasadena, Calif./Loyola HS) double. Cal Poly scored two runs in the ninth, but never really mounted a comeback. The Mustangs posted five hits, getting a two-hit day from Kyle Marinconz.
Jarred Zill took the loss for the visitors, throwing 1.2 innings. Cal Poly would go through five pitchers on the day.
Kanfer and Lambert were each 2-for-4 at the plate, and Fornaci led the team with three RBI. Eight different Waves scored in the game, four players doing so multiple times.
The win splits the season series between the teams after the Mustangs won in San Luis Obispo on a ninth-inning walk-off single just last week.
Pepperdine is back in action on Friday at 2 p.m. in Malibu, when they open a four-game series against Columbia.
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