Lancers Sweep Series-Opening Doubleheader With Seattle U

Saturday, April 2

Riverside, Calif.

2 PM

California Baptist University

17-7, 6-4

Seattle U

7-15, 5-5

Seattle U

California Baptist

Lancers Sweep Series-Opening Doubleheader With Seattle U

4/2/2022 7:50:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Andrew Shortall, Director of Athletics Communications

RIVERSIDE – California Baptist University baseball swept its series-opening doubleheader with Seattle U on Saturday at Totman Stadium. The Lancers took game one on a walk-off, 8-7, and then blasted three homers in a 11-7 win on in the finale.

RELIVE ALL THE MAGIC OF WALK -OFF WIN #️⃣3️⃣ THIS SEASON 👍 #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/9Cm7u4kzK1
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 3, 2022

The sweep gives CBU sole possession of third place in the Western Athletic Conference West Division standings, with 18-7 overall and 7-4 league records. Seattle U moves to 7-16, 5-6 after it won WAC series against NM State and Sacramento State earlier this season.

Coming into today, David Martin had 1⃣ home run in his career.

Today, David Martin has hit 3⃣ homers 😳#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/HZjda0BaTy
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 3, 2022

David Martin had himself a day, as he homered in both games and had three on the day after coming into the day with just one bomb in his career. He finished the day batting 4-for-7 and five runs scored out of the leadoff spot.

Michael Carpentier, Jake Skipworth and Russell Stevenson each had three hits on the day, with at least one in both games.

GAME ONE
CBU scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth to claim its third walk-off win of the season in Saturday's opener. It ended a wild back-and-forth affair as there were five ties and three lead changes in the game.

Seattle U took a 7-6 lead into the ninth inning after it scored a run in the eighth to take its first lead of the contest. Chad Castillo sparked the comeback with a lead-off, four-pitch walk. Stevenson then drew a five-pitch walk with one out.

🙌 𝙏𝙄𝙀 𝙂𝘼𝙈𝙀 🙌

Michael Carpentier ties this game for the fifth time with an RBI double in the bottom of the ninth!#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/qoSr2ZikWD
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 2, 2022

Carpentier blasted an RBI single off the fence in right field to tie the game. The Redhawks recorded the second out but a wild pitch scored Stevenson from third to cap the walk-off.

𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐊 𝐎𝐅𝐅 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐂𝐇❗️

CBU takes the back-and-forth series opener over Seattle U with two runs in the bottom of the ninth.#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/a1aD18MXxP
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 2, 2022

Both teams traded runs run in the early going. Connor Clift opened the scoring with an RBI single in the second inning. Seattle U scored in the third but the Lancers took the lead back on a solo homer from Martin in the bottom half of the inning. A Seattle U homer tied things again, 2-2, in the fourth.

David Martin is a man possessed 💯

He boosts his batting average to .500 with his second homer of the season.#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/5betqONcIj
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 2, 2022

CBU broke out for three runs in the bottom of the fourth to take a 5-2 lead, thanks to a run-scoring double from Clift and two-run homer from Simon. Seattle answered again and tied the game, 5-5, in the fifth and then took a 6-5 lead in the sixth. Skipworth tied the game back up at 6-6, with a two-out RBI double in the seventh.

MITCHEL SIMON HAD NO DOUBT 💣 #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/kPwlhHXYyP
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 2, 2022

The Lancers' bullpen gave up just one earned run over the final four innings. Liam Rocha kept his perfect earned-run average intact and earned his first win of the season after he recorded the final two outs in the top of the ninth.

GAME TWO
Saturday's finale had the same makings of the first in the early going. Seattle U scored a run in the first inning but CBU put together a five-run frame right after to take control, up 5-1.

Martin led off the inning with his second home run of the day. A bases-loaded, full-count walk to Stevenson, two-run double from Carpentier and sacrifice fly from Simon brought home the runs.

✈️✈️✈️

David Martin homers in both games of this doubleheader!#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/ON4d2TAjFf
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 3, 2022

CBU plated a pair in the fourth to go up 7-3 on an RBI grounder from Carpentier and a sacrifice fly off Simon's bat. The Lancers scored two more on back-to-back homers from Martin and Harrison Spohn in the fifth to give them a commanding 9-3 lead.

For the fifth time this season and fourth time in the last two weeks, CBU hits back-to-back 💣

This time, it was David Martin and Harrison Spohn. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/9AONGnwkj2
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 3, 2022

Seattle U scored the next two runs but CBU got both of them back on a two-run single from Skipworth in the seventh to make it an 11-5 game. The Redhawks scored two in the ninth and had the tying run on deck, but Spencer Bengard closed out the game on the mound for the Lancers.

𝘽𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝙂𝘼𝙈𝙀❗️ #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/I7tBkC0iLQ
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 3, 2022

WEB GEMS
There was a lot of good defense on display Saturday.

No, no, no -- not so fast.#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/B64MvAs5ei
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 2, 2022

In game one, two Redhawks were tagged out at the plate. The first came when SU tried to steal home on a wild pitch but Clift and starting pitcher CJ Culpepper managed to cut him down.

GARRET OSTRANDER THROWS HIM OUT BY A MILE❗️ #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/HKm6hMelBO
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 2, 2022

Garret Ostrander gunned down a runner at the plate attempting to tag up on a sacrifice fly in the seventh to keep it a one-run game.

In game two, the Lancers gunned down another Redhawk at the plate. It came on a great relay play on a double to right field, as the right fielder Carpentier hit his cut-off man Spohn, who delivered a strike to the catcher Martin, who applied the tag to keep CBU in front by two.

𝐘𝐎𝐔'𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐀𝐒𝐓 🍞#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/Ax3FhHmE0M
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 3, 2022

Mitchel Simon had one good play after another at third base.

Mitchel Simon is 𝘛𝘖𝘖 𝘚𝘔𝘖𝘖𝘛𝘏 with it 😎#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/y4Vdwgiv08
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 2, 2022

🍿🍿🍿

Grab your popcorn, there's a lot to love in this clip.#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/JrQ0CLVFof
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 2, 2022

This is Mitchel Simon's world, we're just living in it. #LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/0WWEY9A26E
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 3, 2022

UP NEXT
The Lancers and Redhawks will wrap up their series with a noon game on Sunday. A win on Sunday would move the Lancers into a tie for second place in the WAC's West Division. Dixie State currently holds that spot with an 8-4 league record and has the week off from conference play.

Next week, CBU will play four non-conference games starting when it hosts CSU Bakersfield for the second time this season on Tuesday, April 5 at 6 pm. The Lancers will then play a three-game set at Air Force Friday, April 8 through Sunday, April 10.