Keith Stays Hot in Game Two of the Season at Pepperdine

Saturday, February 20

Malibu, Calif.

12 PM

California Baptist University

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Pepperdine

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California Baptist

Pepperdine

Photo by: Andrew Shortall

Keith Stays Hot in Game Two of the Season at Pepperdine

2/20/2021 3:42:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Andrew Shortall, Director of Athletics Communications

MALIBU – Damon Keith continued his hot start to the 2021 season for California Baptist University baseball, with three more hits, two more runs batted in and another homer in game two of the year and the series at Pepperdine on Saturday.

The No. 33-ranked Waves won the game, 10-6, despite another monster game from Keith. He is now batting .600 on the season (6-for-10) with six RBI and three home runs. John Glenn also collected two hits for CBU, which got hits from five other players.

This is what he does❗️

John Glenn's second hit of the day drives in another run for the Lancers. It gives him 208 hits and 146 RBI in his collegiate career.#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/SgFn6UTBQg
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) February 20, 2021

Pepperdine and CBU's records both move to 1-1 on the season, with the series finale set for a 1 p.m. start at Totman Stadium on Sunday.

The Lancers put together multiple comeback attempts on Saturday. The Waves scored first and took a 2-0 lead on a pair of solo home runs in the second inning. CBU tied the game on a two-out rally in the top of the fifth.

Damon Keith's second hit of the game ties this one at 2-2#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/lGRMHZTbfu
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) February 20, 2021

Chad Minato and Nick Plaia got the inning started with two-out walks, and back-to-back RBI singles from Chad Castillo and Keith tied the game, 2-2.

Chad Castillo is off to a hot start in 2021 🥵#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/Okm4X7itrv
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) February 20, 2021

Pepperdine struck back and took a 10-2 lead going into the seventh after scoring six runs in the bottom of the fifth and two more in the sixth.

Another two-out rally in the seventh kept hope alive for CBU. Minato and Plaia were issued free passes to start the inning before the Waves retired the next two batters. Carpentier sparked the rally with a double down the left-field line and Glenn kept it going with an RBI single to make it 10-4.

Michael Carpentier is fitting in just fine here at CBU 👍#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/alqttp28YJ
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) February 20, 2021

Harrison Spohn lined in CBU's third run of the inning, but the rally came to a close as the Lancers had a runner thrown out at the plate on the same play. Keith added his third homer of the year to lead off the ninth to make it 10-6 but that was as close as CBU would get.

Harrison Spohn caps CBU's three-run seventh inning with an RBI single#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/W47tMSnn9o
— CBU Baseball (@CBUbaseball) February 20, 2021

Ryan Delgado was impressive in his collegiate debut on the mound for the Lancers. The true freshmen shutout the Waves over the final two innings, as he retired all six batters he faced and struck out three of them.

UP NEXT
The Lancers and Waves will wrap up their series back at Totman Stadium on Sunday at 1 p.m. CBU's mid-week game with the University of San Diego originally scheduled for Tuesday has been canceled, which makes the Lancers' matchup with Saint Mary's their next series.

The four-game set will be played Friday through Sunday. The series opener will begin at 6 p.m., with a Saturday doubleheader set to begin at 1 p.m. before the final on Sunday at 11 a.m.