Sacramento State 5, Grand Canyon 4 (10)
PHOENIX, Ariz. – (SAC Media Relations) Sophomore Nathan Lukes drove in the go ahead run in the top of the 10th inning and sophomore Sutter McLoughlin recorded a perfect bottom half of the inning for his WAC-leading eighth save as Sacramento State evened its weekend series at Grand Canyon with a 5-4 win.
The Hornets improved to 8-0 this season in games started by lefty Sam Long, but the freshman had to battle through six innings when he didn’t have his best stuff on Saturday. After Sacramento State (21-13, 10-1 WAC) jumped to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first when junior Rhys Hoskins drove home Lukes with a 2-out single, Grand Canyon (17-15, 7-4 WAC) came back with two runs in the bottom of the inning on a 2-run double by centerfielder Matt Hagerty.
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Texas-Pan American 13, Utah Valley 0 (7)
OREM, Utah –(UTPA Media Relations) Junior Blake English pitched a five-hit shutout and the University of Texas-Pan American Broncs baseball team pounded out a season-high tying 13 hits to beat the Utah Valley University Wolverines 13-0 in a game that ended after seven innings due to the 10-run rule on Saturday at Brent Brown Ballpark.
In his first complete game, English (3-2) struck out four while walking one. He induced 10 groundouts and seven fly outs.
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Seattle U 4, Northern Colorado 3
Seattle, Wash.-(SU Media Relations) After allowing Northern Colorado to pull into a tie twice, Seattle University put together enough offense to retake the lead, and the veteran bullpen closed out the game as the Redhawks defeated the Bears, 4-3, Saturday afternoon in a Western Athletic Conference baseball game at Bannerwood Park.
Michael McCann (Vancouver, Wash.) led off the seventh inning with a single, and Northern Colorado made a pitching change from starter Chris Hammer to Dan Talley. Talley walked Chase Fields (Ontario, Ore.), and Griffin Andreychuk (Nanaimo, B.C.) advanced both runners into scoring position with a sacrifice bunt.
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Bakersfield 16, Chicago State 7
BAKERSFIELD, Calif.--Allen Gwynn (R-Sr., Santa Paula, Calif., Ventura College) went 3-for-5 with three RBI’s as Bakersfield (13-19, 6-5 WAC) rallied from an early deficit to defeat Chicago State (10-20, 0-8 WAC) 16-7 Saturday night.
The Cougars took an early lead, scoring three runs in the top of the first. Highlighting the rally was a two-RBI single from Mattingly Romanin. Garrett Pierce (Jr., Bakersfield, Calif., Centennial HS) broke the seal for the ‘Runners in the bottom of the second with sacrifice fly that plated Gwynn. Andrew Lojewski (Jr., Woodland, Calif., American River College) cut the CSU lead to one with an RBI single which scored Max Carter (Fr., Bakersfield, Calif., Stockdale HS).
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