California Baptist University
21-9, 0
Air Force
14-16, 0
CBU Closes Out Series at Air Force
4/10/2022 3:21:00 PM | Baseball
David Martin, Harrison Spohn, Chad Castillo, Michael Carpentier and Mitchel Simon all collected two hits on the day at Falcon Field. It helped CBU score the first five runs of the game, but the Falcons came back to secure the 18-7 win for the series victory. California Baptist moves to 21-9 this season, while Air Force improves to 14-16.
Facing David Martin, Harrison Spohn and Chad Castillo 1️⃣-2️⃣-3️⃣ to start the game is no easy task. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/eWmXExK4YV
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 10, 2022
The Lancers will head back to Southern California and take on Long Beach State on Tuesday, April 12 at 6 p.m. at Blair Field. CBU will then resume Western Athletic Conference play at West Division leading Grand Canyon on Thursday, April 14 through Saturday, April 16.
PLAY-BY-PLAY
CBU scored two runs in the first and second innings and another in the third to jump out to a 5-0 lead. Martin and Spohn started the game with back-to-back singles and an error at first off the bat of Castillo helped score them both in the first.
In the second, Connor Clift hit a two-run homer after Simon hit his way aboard with a one-out single. Castillo led off the third inning with a double and then scored on a two-out double from Carpentier.
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— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 10, 2022
Connor Clift leaves the yard for the first time this season! #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/Cq39dmprph
Air Force put together several big innings of its own, with six runs in the third, five in the sixth and eighth innings. The Falcons took a 7-5 lead with those six runs in the third and another in the fourth.
The Lancers cut the deficit back down to one, 7-6, in the sixth after a Russell Stevenson double, Carpentier single and sacrifice fly from Simon. CBU scored its final run in the eighth after a two-out single from Martin and RBI double from Spohn.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: SHIM,SEUNGMIN (3-3)
L: Necochea, Drew (5-2)
Batting:
2B: Spohn, Harrison 1 ; Castillo, Chad 1 ; Stevenson, Russell 1
HR: Clift, Connor 1
RBI: Spohn, Harrison 1 ; Carpentier, Michael 1 ; Simon, Mitchel 1 ; Clift, Connor 2
SF: Simon, Mitchel 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Martin, David 1 ; Spohn, Harrison 1 ; Castillo, Chad 1 ; Stevenson, Russell 1 ; Simon, Mitchel 1 ; Clift, Connor 1 ; Simpson, Shayne 1
HBP: Skipworth, Jake 1
Batting:
2B: KULASINGAM,SAM 1 ; GARCIA,GABRIEL 2 ; THOMASON,JAY 1 ; GREIVING,JAKE 1
3B: GARCIA,GABRIEL 1 ; TAMIYA,TRAYDEN 1
HR: SKENES,PAUL 1
RBI: KULASINGAM,SAM 2 ; GARCIA,GABRIEL 3 ; THOMASON,JAY 2 ; SKENES,PAUL 3 ; GREIVING,JAKE 1 ; JOE,AERIK 2 ; TAMIYA,TRAYDEN 1
SF: JOE,AERIK 1
Base Running:
RUNS: COVIN,BLAKE 2 ; KULASINGAM,SAM 5 ; GARCIA,GABRIEL 2 ; THOMASON,JAY 2 ; SKENES,PAUL 2 ; GREIVING,JAKE 1 ; BOOKER,JASON 1 ; JOE,AERIK 1 ; TAMIYA,TRAYDEN 2
HBP: COVIN,BLAKE 1 ; GARCIA,GABRIEL 1 ; THOMASON,JAY 1
