California Baptist University
22-9
Long Beach State
15-16
CBU Picks Up Big Win at Long Beach State
4/12/2022 8:10:00 PM | Baseball
BIG DUB 🙌#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/ztGNia5KI6
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 13, 2022
It's a banner win for California Baptist, which improves to 22-9 on the season. Long Beach State drop to 15-16 on the season. Bengard turned in the best outing of his career in his second start of the season. He kept LBSU off the scoreboard and scattered five hits, did not allow a walk and struck out three over a career-high six innings pitched.
Liam Rocha closed out the game on the mound with 2.1 innings pitched in relief in which he allowed just one hit and struck out three.
The Dirtbags have won nine Big West championships, made 22 NCAA Tournament appearances and advanced to the College World Series four times. LBSU is coming off a third-place finish in the Big West Conference last year and opened 2022 with a three-game series win at third-ranked Mississippi State. The Dirtbags have gone on to secure three more ranked wins, with a 2-1 series victory over No. 15 Gonzaga and a 28-2 win at No. 17 Cal Poly.
👏👏👏
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 13, 2022
Give it up for Spencer Bengard!
He throws a career-long six innings and does not up a run/walk, scatters five hits and strikes out three at Long Beach State. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/XnUVqMo2Cp
CBU got Bengard run support quickly with a three-run first inning and got home runs from Chad Castillo and Jake Skipworth later in the game. All nine starters got a hit on the night for the Lancers.
💥 𝑷𝑶𝑾 💥
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 13, 2022
Jake Skipworth got a hold of that one❗️#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/zr2jYIR2eF
The Lancers will transition back to Western Athletic Conference play at West Division leading Grand Canyon this weekend. The series opener is set for 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 14 with game two Friday, April 15 (6 p.m.) and the finale on Sunday, April 16 (noon).
PLAY-BY-PLAY
CBU batted around in its three-run second inning. Russell Stevenson led the inning off with a double and Mitchel Simon put the first run on the board with a one-out single. Josh Paino and CJ Masciel then singled aboard to load the bases.
David Martin drove in the second run with a single to shallow left. Castillo then drew a two-out, full-count walk to bring home the third run.
3️⃣-0️⃣ LANCERS
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 13, 2022
CBU scores three in the second inning at Blair Field. Russell Stevenson leads things off with a double, while Mitchel Simon and David Martin add RBI singles. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/zkec8P1OL8
Castillo homered in the fifth inning to make it 4-0 and then a no-doubt blast from Skipworth in the seventh made it 6-0. Long Beach State finally got on the board in the bottom of the seventh inning.
𝑯𝑬'𝑺 𝑶𝑵 𝑭𝑰𝑹𝑬 🔥
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 13, 2022
Chad Castillo hits his seventh home run of the season and second in the last three games. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/ZQ7QUGMYAr
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Bengard, Spencer (1-1)
L: Carlos, Jonathan (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Stevenson, Russell 1
HR: Castillo, Chad 1 ; Skipworth, Jake 1
RBI: Martin, David 1 ; Castillo, Chad 2 ; Skipworth, Jake 2 ; Simon, Mitchel 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Spohn, Harrison 1 ; Castillo, Chad 1 ; Skipworth, Jake 1 ; Stevenson, Russell 1 ; Simon, Mitchel 1 ; Paino, Josh 1
SB: Spohn, Harrison 1
CS: Masciel, CJ 1
Batting:
RBI: Luttrell, Chase 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Murillo, Sebastian 1
