California Baptist University
13-5
Yale
7-6
Lancers Secure Series Win over Yale, Preps for Mid-Week Game at Texas Tech
3/20/2022 2:57:00 PM | Baseball
The Lancers' 23 runs tied their season high and NCAA Division I record for a single game, while their 20 hits were a new best in 2022. Four different players hit homers in the game: Russell Stevenson, Josiah Chavez, Josiah Bryant and Matt Palomino, with Chavez, Bryant and Palomino all picking up their first career hits via the long ball.
It locks up the series victory over the Bulldogs for CBU, as it improved to 13-5 this season. Yale, the preseason favorite in the Ivy League, moves to 7-6 this season.
Four Lancers extended lengthy hitting streaks on Sunday. Jake Skipworth tied CBU's NCAA-era record for a single-season hitting streak, as he went 2-for-3. He now has a hit in the last 17 games he's logged a plate appearance. It's the first time since Andy Crowley's 17-game hitting streak in 2015 that a Lancer has accomplished that feat in a season.
🔥 1⃣7⃣ GAMES IN A ROW 🔥
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) March 20, 2022
Jake Skipworth ties CBU's NCAA-era record for a single-season hitting streak, as he now has a hit in the last 17 games he's logged a plate appearance.
It's the first time since 2015 a Lancer has had a 17-game hitting streak in a season.#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/kVdufXlWUp
Stevenson ran his hitting streak to 12 games, while he also logged a game-high five runs batted in with the help of a three-run homer. David Martin and Harrison Spohn also ran their hitting streaks to eight and nine game, respectively.
Martin went 3-for-3 and Spohn hit his 11th double of the season in his final at-bat of the game. Josh Paino also went 3-for-4 in the game with two RBI. Marty Munoz and Skipworth each had two hits.
Drew Necochea threw six scoreless innings in his start on the mound. He gave up two hits, four walks and struck out four. Jacob Wilson also pitched a scoreless inning of relief.
PLAY-BY-PLAY
CBU did not score in the first, but put at least one run on the board in the second through seventh innings. The Lancers had several big innings, with eight runs in the fourth, six in the sixth and five more in the seventh.
The Lancers erupted for eight runs in the fourth inning on seven hits and two errors. Stevenson landed the big blow of the inning with a three-run homer, while Munoz and Paino each had RBI singles in the frame.
Russell Stevenson sent that ball 4⃣0⃣5⃣ feet away and over the fence for his third homer this season.#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/dilk3NDI0s
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) March 20, 2022
A three-run homer from Chavez highlighted the six-run sixth inning. Josiah Bryant and Matt Palomino also homered in the seventh, with Bryant crushing a grand slam.
UP NEXT
CBU will hit the road next week for a non-conference, mid-week game at 12th-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.
GAME INFORMATION
Opponent: #12 Texas Tech
Dates/Times: Tuesday, March 22 (4:30 p.m. Pacific)
Location: Lubbock, Texas (Dan Law Field at Rip Griffin Park)
Video: ESPN+
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
RED RAIDERS AT A GLANCE
Texas Tech is ranked in all six major NCAA Division I polls, as high as No. 12 in the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and is a top-17 squad in five of the polls. The Red Raiders are 17-4 and have won 16 of their last 18 games.
TTU is coming off a strong 2021 season where it went reached the Super Regionals and ended the year ranked as high as No. 11 in the country. Coming into Sunday, Texas Tech was hitting .297, slugging .467 with a .427 on-base percentage. As a pitching staff, the Raiders have a 3.92 earned-run average, 1.18 WHIP and .206 batting average against.
Offensively, five Texas Tech players are hitting over .330: Jace Jung (.370), Ty Coleman (.365), Owen Washubrn (.357), Kelly Parker (.348) and Kurt Wilson (.333). Coleman comes into this week with a 12-game hitting streak.
On the mound, the Red Raiders have four pitchers who have made at least six relief appearances. Derek Bridges leads the team in appearances with nine (0.00 ERA, 1.09 WHIP), while Brendan Girton (2.87, 0.83) and Trendan Parish (3.65, 0.89) have each made eight appearances – all in relief. Jamie Hitt (4.22 ERA, 1.22 WHIP) could be in line for the spot start after he's made seven appearances and one start this season and hasn't pitched since March 16.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Necochea, Drew (3-1)
L: Shaw, Colton (0-2)
Batting:
2B: Metzner, Ben 1 ; Imhoff, Max 1
RBI: Gaich, AJ 1
Base Running:
RUNS: LaPlante, Mason 1
SB: LaPlante, Mason 1 ; Chatfield, Jimmy 1
CS: Atkinson, Alec 1
HBP: LaPlante, Mason 1
Batting:
2B: Spohn, Harrison 1 ; Castillo, Chad 1 ; Carpentier, Michael 1
HR: Bryant, Josiah 1 ; Palomino, Matt 1 ; Stevenson, Russell 1 ; Chavez, Josiah 1
RBI: Spohn, Harrison 1 ; Bryant, Josiah 4 ; Clift, Connor 1 ; Castillo, Chad 1 ; Palomino, Matt 1 ; Skipworth, Jake 1 ; Stevenson, Russell 5 ; Chavez, Josiah 3 ; Paino, Josh 2 ; Munoz, Marty 1
SF: Stevenson, Russell 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Spohn, Harrison 1 ; Bryant, Josiah 1 ; Martin, David 3 ; Clift, Connor 1 ; Castillo, Chad 2 ; Palomino, Matt 2 ; Skipworth, Jake 1 ; Stevenson, Russell 1 ; Chavez, Josiah 1 ; Carpentier, Michael 1 ; Holley, Reeve 1 ; Simon, Mitchel 1 ; Ostrander, Garret 1 ; Paino, Josh 1 ; Tuohy, Grady 2 ; Munoz, Marty 3
SB: Martin, David 1
HBP: Simpson, Shayne 1 ; Tuohy, Grady 1
