California Baptist University
23-12, 8-4
CSU Bakersfield
15-22, 3-9
Lancers Earn First WAC Sweep Versus Roadrunners
4/14/2019 3:18:00 PM | Baseball
Andrew Bash continued to dominate on the mound for the Lancers with an eight-inning start in which he allowed just four hits, a walk, one run and struck out eight. It lowered his earned-run average to a conference-best 1.61 among starting pitchers this year.
For the third time today, Andrew Bash sits CSU Bakersfield down 1⃣➖2⃣➖3⃣ in the top of the fourth inning and strikes out his fifth batter of the game. The Lancers still lead 1-0 going into the bottom of the fourth.#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/u9l2M57mPz
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 14, 2019
Offensively, CBU manufactured runs in a number of different ways: sacrifice flies, squeeze bunts, home runs and more to secure the victory and improve to 23-12, 8-4 in the WAC and drop the Roadrunners to 15-22, 3-9. Ryan Mota went 2-for-4 with a grand slam to turn a close game into a blowout in the bottom of the seventh.
The Lancers host the University of San Diego for a non-conference game on Tuesday at 6 p.m. before hitting the road for a pivotal WAC series at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, a top-three team in the conference, Thursday through Saturday.
CBU took a lead in the bottom of the first after back-to-back leadoff singles from Chad Castillo and Bash. John Glenn drove in the first run of the game with a grounder to second base.
Bash was dialed in on the mound, but CSUB tied the game with a lead-off homer from Tyler Jorgensen in the top of the fifth. CBU got the run right back in the bottom half of the inning after a pair of walks and a double steal from Billy Rockefeller and Harrison Spohn.
Chad Castillo and Andrew Bash start the bottom of the first with back-to-back singles, and then John Glenn drives in Castillo with a grounder to second base. CBU leads 1-0 going into the second inning.#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/wgFKi2Up1q
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 14, 2019
Angelo Capolupo brought in the go-ahead run with a perfectly-executed suicide squeeze bunt to make it 2-1 Lancers. The Lancers then blew the game open with five runs in the bottom of the seventh.
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— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 14, 2019
CBU executes a suicide sacrifice squeeze bunt to take a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fifth, as Angelo Capolupo brings in the go-ahead run. A pair of walks and a double steal from Billy Rockefeller and Harrison Spohn set things up for the Lancers.#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/b9Hfiw3fkI
CBU tacked on an insurance run on a sacrifice fly from Castillo, and then Mota hit a grand slam to give the Lancers a 7-1 cushion.
GRAND SLAM RYAN MOTA❗️
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 14, 2019
CBU's first since Mota hit one against Biola on April 6, 2018 gives the Lancers a 7-1 lead going into the eighth inning. Mota now has 1⃣1⃣ home runs and 3⃣3⃣ runs batted in this season.#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/GjBrI1mArx
Nick Plaia started the seventh with a ground-rule double and then Spohn and Capolupo singled and walked to load the bases with one out. Rockefeller capped the scoring for CBU with a solo homer to center field in the bottom of the eighth.
Billy Rockefeller hits a 💣 of his own to center field to give CBU an 8-1 lead going into the ninth inning.#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/3Op6eyjWuQ
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 14, 2019
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Bash, Andrew (4-2)
L: Skuija, Ethan (2-4)
Batting:
2B: Picketts, Will 1
HR: Jorgensen, Tyler 1
RBI: Jorgensen, Tyler 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Ortega, Jake 1 ; Jorgensen, Tyler 1
Batting:
2B: Plaia, Nick 1
HR: Mota, Ryan 1 ; Rockefeller, Billy 1
RBI: Castillo, Chad 1 ; Mota, Ryan 4 ; Glenn, John 1 ; Rockefeller, Billy 1 ; Capolupo, Angelo 1
SH: Capolupo, Angelo 1
SF: Castillo, Chad 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Castillo, Chad 1 ; Bash, Andrew 1 ; Mota, Ryan 1 ; Rockefeller, Billy 3 ; Spohn, Harrison 1 ; Capolupo, Angelo 1
SB: Rockefeller, Billy 2 ; Spohn, Harrison 1
CS: Mota, Ryan 1
HBP: Bash, Andrew 1
