CBU Splits Series-Opening Doubleheader at Seattle U

Friday, May 13

Seattle

12:00 PM

California Baptist University

29-17, 15-10

Seattle U

16-27, 11-14

California Baptist

Seattle U

Photo by: Andrew Shortall

CBU Splits Series-Opening Doubleheader at Seattle U

5/13/2022 9:55:00 PM | Baseball

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By: Andrew Shortall, Director of Athletics Communications

BELLEVUE – California Baptist University baseball opened its Western Athletic Conference series at Seattle U with a doubleheader on Friday.

The Lancers split the day with a 6-5 win in game two after a 7-3 loss in the opener to the Redhawks at Bannerwood Park. CBU improves to 30-17 on the season and 16-10 in Western Athletic Conference play. Seattle U moves to 16-28, 11-15 on the year.

Harrison Spohn had multiple hits in both games and finished with five on the day. Chad Castillo and Russell Stevenson each had three hits on the day, and Castillo extended his hitting streak to 14 games in a row.

This one got out in a hurry for Russell Stevenson's 10th home run this season. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/8Gpxyv7WF9
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) May 13, 2022

GAME ONE
Seattle U jumped out to a 4-0 lead in Friday's series opener, with two runs in the first and fourth innings. CBU got on the board on a two-run homer from Jake Skipworth in the fifth, but the Redhawks took a 7-2 lead into the ninth after a three-run seventh.

BIG FLY JAKE SKIPWORTH ✈️ #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/u9WQTpBxxR
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) May 13, 2022

The Lancers made things interesting when they loaded the bases with one out in the top of the ninth after walks to Michael Carpentier, Harrison Spohn and a single from David Martin. Castillo drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, but SU ended the threat to secure the win.

CBU got two-hit games from Spohn, Castillo and Carpentier in the game. Spencer Bengard struck out a career-high 10 batters in his six-inning start on the mound but Seattle U scored four runs off him on eight hits and a walk. The Lancers got scoreless innings of relief from Carson Olsen and Jacob Wilson.

GAME TWO
California Baptist got a huge pitching performance from its closer Liam Rocha to close out Friday. He pitched the final 5.2 innings in relief and gave up two runs on four hits, two walks and struck out a career-high nine batters. Both runs Rocha gave up came on a homer in the bottom of the ninth of the Lancers' 6-5 win.

Liam Rocha ends the game with his ninth strikeout! He earns the win after throwing the final 5.2 innings on the mound. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/bK8kPaWNxl
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) May 14, 2022

CBU scored first in the game with a run in the top of the first, but created some separation with two-run innings in the third and fourth. Stevenson hit a two-run bomb in the third and a lead-off triple from Spohn and RBI hits from Castillo (double) and Stevenson (single) gave the Lancers a 5-3 lead in the fourth.

Keep the extra-base hits coming!

Harrison Spohn leads off the fourth with a triple and Chad Castillo scores him with a double. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/Y0HhF7pDyZ
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) May 13, 2022

Martin pushed across a very important insurance run with an RBI single in the eighth after Spohn led things off with a single.

UP NEXT
The Lancers and Redhawks are scheduled to close out their series with a game on Saturday at 10:35 a.m. at Bannerwood Park. CBU will then play a mid-week game at the University of Washington on Tuesday, May 17, at 6:05 p.m. before closing out its season with seven-straight games in Riverside.