California Baptist University
24-12, 10-7
Utah Valley
15-24, 8-12
Three Multi-Run Homers Lead CBU By Utah Valley
4/23/2022 7:52:00 PM | Baseball
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— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) April 24, 2022
HARRISON SPOHN MUSCLES THE 0-2 PITCH OUTTA HERE!#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/KmzarfBF10
The Lancers flashed their power and pitching depth to defeat Utah Valley 10-1 in game two of its Western Athletic Conference West Division series at Totman Stadium on Saturday. CBU improves to 24-12 on the year and 10-7 in WAC play, while the Wolverines drop to 15-24, 8-12 going into Sunday's series finale at noon.
Chad Castillo led CBU with three hits, while Michael Carpentier, Spohn, Simon and Stevenson all had two hits. For the second game in a row, David Martin extended his hitting streak in his final at-bat to give him 17-straight contests with a hit. Carpentier also moved his hitting streak to 10 games this season, it's the fourth 10-game hitting streak for a Lancer in 2022.
1⃣7⃣ IN A ROW 🙌
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For the second game in a row, David Martin extends his hitting streak in what's likely his final at-bat of the game. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/6Cpjt0zCle
On the mound, five Lancers combined to quiet the Wolverines' bats. CJ Culpepper threw 4.1 scoreless innings in his 10th start of the season. He struck out five and gave up three hits and three walks.
Liam Rocha gave up the one run on three hits, no walks and struck out five over 2.2 frames. Jared Villalobos and Anthony Silvas threw scoreless innings of relief, as well, with Silvas putting UVU down 1-2-3 in the ninth.
PLAY-BY-PLAY
Spohn opened the scoring in the fifth inning when he muscled an 0-2 pitch out of the park toward centerfield. It was a two-run shot after Josiah Chavez led off the inning with a single.
🚀 MITCHEL SIMON 🚀#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/oHnSClmqwM
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CBU scored three more runs in the sixth, highlighted by a two-run homer from Stevenson. Carpentier and Simon led off the inning with a double and single, respectively. Simon then hit a two-run homer to cap a three-run seventh that included a Castillo double.
An RBI double from Martin and sacrifice fly from Castillo finished off the scoring on the day in the eighth inning.
Russell Stevenson homers for the second time in the last three games❗️ #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/i4eiMBItyy
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Rocha, Liam (2-1)
L: Gray, M (1-3)
Batting:
RBI: Moralez, M 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jordan, C 1
Batting:
2B: Martin, David 1 ; Castillo, Chad 1 ; Carpentier, Michael 1
HR: Spohn, Harrison 1 ; Simon, Mitchel 1 ; Stevenson, Russell 1
RBI: Martin, David 1 ; Spohn, Harrison 2 ; Castillo, Chad 1 ; Simon, Mitchel 2 ; Stevenson, Russell 2
SH: Masciel, CJ 1
SF: Castillo, Chad 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Martin, David 1 ; Spohn, Harrison 1 ; Castillo, Chad 1 ; Carpentier, Michael 1 ; Tuohy, Grady 1 ; Simon, Mitchel 2 ; Stevenson, Russell 1 ; Holley, Reeve 1 ; Paino, Josh 1
SB: Castillo, Chad 1 ; Tuohy, Grady 1
