Lancers Blow Out Bears in Ninth

Friday, April 26

Greeley, Colo.

1:00 PM

California Baptist University

25-16, 0

Northern Colorado

8-27, 0

Cal Baptist

Northern Colorado

Photo by: Andrew Shortall

Lancers Blow Out Bears in Ninth

4/26/2019 5:38:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: Andrew Shortall, Director of Athletics Communications

GREELEY, Colo. – A five-run ninth inning turned a one-run game into a comfortable 11-5 win for California Baptist University in its Western Athletic Conference series opener at Northern Colorado on Friday.

Five Lancers had multi-hit games in the victory, with Luke Navigato and Ryan Mota both putting together three-hit performances. Chad Castillo, John Glenn and Nick Plaia all had two hits, with Glenn driving in a game-high three runs on a double and a home run.

Logan Rinehart earned the win on the mound by throwing 6.2 innings in which he struck out a career-high 13.

It is tied for the second most strikeouts in a game in CBU's NCAA era (2013-19), second only to Garett King's 15 in a no-hitter at Academy of Art on March 23, 2017. Jeremy McDonald also struck out 13 batters against Saint Martin's on Feb. 26, 2016.

CBU improves to 25-16 on the year and 10-6 in the WAC and Northern Colorado drops to 8-27, 4-12 in conference with the series continuing at noon PDT on Saturday and ending at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

Friday was a back-and-forth contest early on, with two ties and two lead changes in the first six innings. The Lancers took a 6-5 lead into the ninth after UNC scored a run in each the seventh and eighth. The Bears could have tied the game, if not for Castillo throwing out a runner at the plate from left field in the seventh.

Northern Colorado gets a run back in the bottom of the seventh to make it 6-4, but foolishly test the arm of true freshman Chad Castillo in left field, who throws the Bear out at the plate. #LanceUp pic.twitter.com/VZi4uMlWDR
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 26, 2019

Castillo started the top of the ninth with a full-count walk, and a single from Mota put two on with no outs. Glenn doubled in a run and then Plaia drove in two big insurance runs with a full-count single into center field to make it 9-5 with still just one out.

Nick Plaia gives CBU its largest lead of the game, 9-5, with a two-run single in the top of the ninth. Chad Castillo and Ryan Mota started the inning with a walk and single, respectively, before John Glenn ripped an RBI double earlier.#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/ETaGjhiBx5
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Harrison Spohn delivered the big blow of the inning with a home run to left field to cap the scoring at 11-5. Matt Amrhein then retired the Bears in order in the bottom of the ninth to end the game.

Harrison Spohn's two-run 💣 blows this game wide open, with CBU taking an 11-5 lead into the bottom of the ninth.#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/nA0jNSG2QH
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Both teams scored in the first inning. Navigato doubled to the fence in left center to start the game and then scored on a wild pitch. Northern Colorado took its only lead of the game after a run in the first and fourth innings.

That's what we call a good start❗️

Leadoff batter Luke Navigato kicks off the game with a double to the fence in left center.#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/QOsQo6sF89
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Castillo tied the game at 2-2 with a two-out RBI infield single in the fifth. Spohn and Navigato started the inning with a one-out walk and single, respectively.

TIE BALL GAME❗️

An infield RBI single from Chad Castillo evens the score at 2-2 in the fifth inning. Harrison Spohn scored after a one-out walk and a single from Luke Navigato.#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/1lGRrwGbLg
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 26, 2019

The Lancers put up two runs in the sixth and seventh innings to go in front 6-3. Glenn hit a two-run homer in the sixth, and clutch full-count hitting scored two more runs the next inning.

That oppo power from the leftie 💪

John Glenn hits a two-run homer to left center to give CBU a 4-2 lead in the sixth inning at Nothern Colorado.#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/NWFrTO3OEr
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 26, 2019

Castillo led off the seventh with a single and then scored on a full-count RBI double from Mota, who came home on a 3-2 RBI single from Andrew Bash.

Two more runs come from for CBU in the seventh inning on a pair of full-count RBI hits from Ryan Mota and Andrew Bash. Mota scored Chad Castillo, who singled aboard, with this double.#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/eJ1SbTmdH4
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CBU takes the largest lead of the game, 6-3, on this full-count RBI single from Andrew Bash, which brought home Ryan Mota from second base, in the seventh. #LanceUp pic.twitter.com/4ukOQgx66H
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 26, 2019