Lancers Flash Their Power To Sweep Doubleheader With Tarleton State, Securing the Series Victory

Saturday, March 27

Riverside, Calif.

2 PM

California Baptist University

13-6, 6-0

Tarleton State

8-15, 1-5

Tarleton State

California Baptist

Photo by: Reagan Lee

Lancers Flash Their Power To Sweep Doubleheader With Tarleton State, Securing the Series Victory

3/27/2021 7:51:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Andrew Shortall, Director of Athletics Communications

RIVERSIDE – A doubleheader sweep for California Baptist University baseball kept its undefeated Western Athletic Conference record intact and secured the series victory over Tarleton State on Saturday.

The Lancers defeated Tarleton State on scores of 6-3 and 7-3 at Totman Stadium, as they have now outscored the Texans 19-8 in the series overall. A trio of homers – one from John Glenn, Mitchel Simon and Russell Stevenson – and strong relief pitching from Jacob McCarvel, CJ Culpepper and Matt Amrhein highlighted the day for the home team.

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For the second game in a row, John Glenn has left the building for his 26th career homer!#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/ifRlS1o6zX
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) March 27, 2021

CBU keeps the lone undefeated record in WAC play alive and well, as it improves to 14-6 overall and 7-0 in conference. TSU drops to 8-16 overall and 1-6. The Lancers remain in sole possession of first place in the WAC standings, but Sacramento State is not far off in second place at 10-1. Grand Canyon is in third at 6-2 and NM State is in fourth at 8-3.

Ulises Caballero and Glenn were the two Lancers who had hits in both games on Saturday. Glenn posted five runs batted in on the day and homered in consecutive games after going deep in Saturday's opener. It accounted for his 26^th career homer, as he now ranks 13^th in CBU's all-time history and fifth in the NCAA era for career homers.

GAME ONE
A pair of two-run homers from Glenn and Simon in the fourth inning fueled CBU to a 6-3 win in game one. The Lancers scored two more runs on an error in the fifth to overcome the Texans, who scored the first run of the game in the top of the fourth.

Mitchel Simon leaves no doubt for his first career homer 💣#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/8fiUo3ICmO
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) March 27, 2021

Bryan Pope earned his third win of the season by throwing 4.1 innings in which he allowed three runs on three hits, two walks and struck out six. McCarvel and Culpepper closed out the game in relief.

McCarvel threw 1.2 shutout innings in which he allowed just one hit and struck out a pair. Culpepper threw a 1-2-3 seventh inning, with two strikeouts, to record his WAC-leading sixth save of the season.

CJ Culpepper retires Tarleton State 1⃣➖2⃣➖3⃣ for his @WACsports leading sixth save of the season!#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/O5CuRR8xmN
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) March 27, 2021

GAME TWO
CBU jumped out to a 5-0 lead in Saturday's finale. The Lancers scored three runs in the first inning. Three-straight free passes loaded the bases with no outs.

Ulises Caballero's swing is too 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩 👌#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/za8MQTrIbw
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) March 28, 2021

Caballero then doubled home two runs, and Glenn plated the third run with an RBI single. The Lancers scored two more runs in the third on an RBI grounder from Glenn and run-scoring single from Michael Carpentier.

Tarleton State got on the board with two runs in the fourth and another in the fifth to cut the deficit to 5-3. CBU got two runs back in the fifth on a pinch-hit, leadoff homer from Russell Stevenson in the fifth, followed by a sacrifice fly from Glenn later in the inning, which brought the score to 7-3.

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Here's another look at Russell Stevenson's first homer of the season.#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/vAyVij2jim
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) March 28, 2021

Amrhein earned his first decision of the season in relief, as he threw the final 4.2 scoreless innings. He allowed just three hits, one walk and matched his career high of six strikeouts. True freshman Liam Rocha gave up two earned runs, two hits and struck out three over the last 4.1 innings.

UP NEXT
The Lancers and Texans conclude their series with an 11 a.m. game on Sunday at Totman Stadium. CBU will then prepare for a lengthy road trip, starting with its first WAC road series at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley April 1-3. The Lancers will play 11-straight road games, with a three-game series at Cal State Fullerton (April 9-11) and a four-game set at Dixie State (April 16-18).

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Matt Amrhein gets the win in relief after throwing the final 4.2 innings. He allowed just 3️⃣ hits, 1️⃣ walk and tied his career-high 6️⃣ strikeouts.#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/WsDBj93iC1
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) March 28, 2021