CBU Scores Second Walk-Off Win of 2022 in Opener vs. Yale

Friday, March 18

Riverside, Calif.

6 PM

California Baptist University

12-4

Yale

6-5

Yale

California Baptist

Photo by: Rachel Sollazzo

CBU Scores Second Walk-Off Win of 2022 in Opener vs. Yale

3/18/2022 9:39:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: Andrew Shortall, Director of Athletics Communications

RIVERSIDE – Chad Castillo made California Baptist University baseball walk-off winners in its series opener with Yale, 8-7, on Friday at Totman Stadium.

It's the Lancers' second walk-off victory of the season and ended what was a tightly-contested game that featured three ties. CBU improves to 12-4 on the year, while the Bulldogs drop to 6-5 as their four-game winning streak comes to an end.

🗣️ 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗗 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗞𝗦 𝗨𝗦 𝗢𝗙𝗙❗#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/FI6wzTTS3n
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) March 19, 2022

CBU's rally in the bottom of the ninth didn't start until Yale retired the first two batters of the inning. Pinch hitter Trevor Cadd ended an eight-pitch at-bat as he knocked through his first hit as a Lancer on a full-count single into the outfield to spark the rally.

Harrison Spohn then singled to put runners at the corners. David Martin fell down 0-2 in the count next, as he fouled off the first five pitches he saw, but was hit by a pitch on the eighth pitch he saw to load the bases.

Two pitches later, Castillo went the other way and drove a pitch over the third baseman and into left field to score the winning run.

PANDEMONIUM AT TOTMAN 🎉🥳#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/mFuJn7itVx
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) March 19, 2022

Castillo (two runs batted in) and Spohn (three runs) both finished with three-hit games. Martin (two runs, RBI) and Russell Stevenson (RBI) each had two-hit games.

Five Lancers extended hitting streaks to more than five games on Friday. Jake Skipworth now has a hit in all 16 games this year, while Stevenson has 10-straight games with a hit. Spohn has seven in a row and Martin and Castillo have six-game hitting streaks.

Skipworth's 16 games are tied for the third-longest hitting streak in CBU's NCAA era (beginning in 2014). It's one game off tying for a top-10 streak in the modern era, which began in 2002.

Jared Villalobos earned his third victory of the season in relief, as he threw four scoreless innings to end the game. He allowed just one base runner on one hit, no walks and struck out four. The bullpen was key, as CBU went there in the fourth inning. Spencer Bengard threw two innings in relief and allowed one earned run and struck out two.

🙌 𝑺𝑻𝑹𝑰𝑲𝑬𝑶𝑼𝑻 🙌

Jared Villalobos strikes out back-to-back batters to strand a Yale runner in scoring position and keep this game tied in the ninth❗

Villalobos has thrown four shutout innings in relief, giving up just one hit and striking out four. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/zF7Ww0RTSl
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) March 19, 2022

The Lancers and Bulldogs will continue their series on Saturday at 5 p.m. and Sunday at noon. CBU will hit the road next week for a non-conference, mid-week game at 12^th-ranked Texas Tech on Tuesday, March 22 at 4:30 p.m. Pacific and a three-game Western Athletic Conference set at NM State Friday, March 26 through Sunday, March 27.

PLAY-BY-PLAY
CBU scored three runs in the bottom of the first inning after it loaded the bases with no outs. Spohn led off the inning with a single to extend his hitting streak to seven games. Martin and Castillo were then walked and hit by a pitch to load the bases with no outs.

Skipworth drove in the first run with a grounder to second base and then Stevenson singled with a bouncer that went over the third basemen and underneath the left fielder's glove to score two.

CBU scores three runs in the bottom of the first on hits from Harrison Spohn and Russell Stevenson.

It also extends Stevenson's hitting streak to 10 games and Spohn's to seven in a row.#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/M9eZUYPENm
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) March 19, 2022

The Lancers scored two more in the second after a leadoff double from Mitchel Simon, and RBI singles from Martin and Skipworth. Yale would respond by scoring five runs in the third to the tie game at 5-5.

David Martin singles up the middle to drive in another run and move his hitting streak to six games. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/gGJ5LglIBR
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) March 19, 2022

CBU took the lead back in the bottom half of the inning after a leadoff double from Michael Carpentier and a sacrifice fly from Simon.

The Bulldogs tied it again with a run in the fourth, but the Lancers answered again on an RBI single from Castillo after leadoff singles from Spohn and Martin to put CBU back in front, 7-6. Yale forced the third tie of the game with a run in the sixth.

Another Friday night, another great crowd at Totman Stadium. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/Nvtzskl7f6
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) March 19, 2022