California Baptist University
5-0
Kansas State
2-3
Lancers Defeat Power Five Opponent At Home
2/20/2019 5:56:00 PM | Baseball
It turned out to be a wild one, with the Lancers coming up with a one-run win, 7-6, in a game that featured four ties and three lead changes. Down 6-5, CBU scored twice in the bottom of the eighth to take the lead and secured the win on a 1-2-3 inning from Matt Amrhein in the top of the ninth.
CBU secures the 7-6 win over Kansas State on the big-time strikeout from Matt Amrhein! It's the Lancers first home win over a Power Five team.#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/KsG82cCOpV
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) February 21, 2019
Luke Navigato, Andrew Bash, Harrison Spohn and Jeff Bruyntjens all had two hits in the victory, while Bash and John Glenn both had two runs batted in. CBU improves to 5-0 this season, and continue a busy week with a four-game home series with Ohio Friday through Sunday. First pitch is schedule for 6 p.m. on Friday before a 2 p.m. doubleheader Saturday and series finale Sunday at 1 p.m.
Kansas State drops to 2-3 this season. The Wildcats of the Big 12 Conference have qualified for the NCAA Division I Tournament four times since 2009. Its last appearance came in 2013 and ended in the Super Regional.
The Wildcats scored first with a run on three hits in the top of the first inning, but Chris Burica limited the damage. He got a double-play grounder and then Spohn made a nice running throw at third, with Glenn coming up with a great dig on the other end at first base to end the inning.
Navigato tied the game with one swing of the bat, leading off CBU's offense with a solo home run to left field in the bottom of the first.
And with one swing we have a tie game❗️
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) February 20, 2019
Luke Navigato leads off CBU's offense with a line-drive homer to left, his second of the year. #LanceUp pic.twitter.com/WOmuXZlJOy
CBU then took its first lead of the game on some clutch hitting from Bash in the bottom of the third. With two outs and runners on second and third, Bash got jammed but muscled the ball into the center field grass to score Angelo Capolupo and Navigato, who were both walked aboard.
📢📢 CLUTCH 📢📢
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) February 20, 2019
Andrew Bash comes up HUGE with runners on second and third, two outs and facing an 0-2 count. His two-run single gives CBU a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the third.#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/EWvypm3qnY
The Wildcats came back to tie the game with two unearned runs in the top of the fifth. Like Bash, Glenn came big for CBU in the bottom of the seventh. With the bases loaded and two outs, Glenn hit a ball hard up the middle to score two runners for a 5-3 Lancer lead.
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— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) February 21, 2019
CBU takes a 5-3 lead on Kansas State on a hard-hit ball up the middle from John Glenn in the bottom of the seventh..#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/vhezAJpTL3
Kansas State answered with three runs in the top of the eighth to take a 6-5 edge. The Lancers' offense kept coming and singles from Rory Smith and Navigato led to a tie game in the bottom of the eighth.
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— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) February 21, 2019
Luke Navigato drives in Damon Keith with a single to left field to tie the game at 6-6 in the bottom of the eighth!#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/Koc66BwAZZ
The Wildcats intentionally walked Bash to put runners on the corners with two outs, but a wild pitch allowed Navigato to score and give CBU the lead.
A wild pitch gives CBU the lead again, 7-6, going into the top of the ninth inning❗️❗️❗️#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/JgE0q2oZXX
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) February 21, 2019
Amrhein closed the door on Kansas State by retiring the Wildcats in order in the top of the ninth. He ended a long at-bat to lead off the inning with a pop-up to short and then struck out the next two batters to end the game.
Chris Burica earned his first collegiate start on the mound and held Kansas State to just one run over the first 3.2 innings on four hits and two walks. Jacob McCarvel came up big in relief, retiring the one batter he faced in the bottom of the fourth to strand Wildcats on the corners, with a grounder to shortstop.
CBU got great defensive play on the left side of the infield from sophomores Angelo Capolupo and Harrison Spohn at shortstop and third base, respectively. Capolupo made an amazing diving stop, pop and throw to retire Kansas State's leadoff bottom in the bottom of the sixth.
No ⚾️ is safe near Angelo Capolupo! The sophomore shortstop just keeps coming up with web gems this season!#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/Mp4rfiswV3
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) February 20, 2019
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Amrhein, Matt (1-0)
L: Passino, J. (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Hughes, T. 1 ; Phillips, D. 1 ; Spurlin, T. 1
RBI: Brennan, W. 1 ; Spurlin, T. 2 ; Kokoska, Z. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hughes, T. 2 ; Brennan, W. 1 ; Thompson, C. 1 ; Burrows, B. 1 ; Spurlin, T. 1
SB: Kokoska, Z. 1
Batting:
2B: Spohn, Harrison 1 ; Bruyntjens, Jeff 1
HR: Navigato, Luke 1
RBI: Navigato, Luke 1 ; Bash, Andrew 2 ; Glenn, John 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Navigato, Luke 4 ; Bash, Andrew 1 ; Capolupo, Angelo 1 ; Keith, Damon 1
HBP: Smith, Rory 1
