California Baptist University
28-27, 15-14
Grand Canyon
35-19, 21-7
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Thornton, Zach (9-1)
L: Wilson, Jacob (6-4)
S: Markl, Connor (1)
Batting:
2B: Garcia, Dustin 1 ; Simon, Mitchel 1
HR: Garcia, Dustin 1 ; Howarth, Cole 1
RBI: Garcia, Dustin 1 ; Howarth, Cole 2 ; Carpentier, Michael 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Garcia, Dustin 1 ; Howarth, Cole 1 ; Simon, Mitchel 1 ; Masciel, CJ 1
CS: Garcia, Dustin 1
Batting:
2B: Bush Jr., Homer 1 ; Gregory, Zack 1 ; Buries, Elijah 1
HR: Buckley, Josh 1
RBI: Bush Jr., Homer 2 ; Buckley, Josh 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Bush Jr., Homer 1 ; Buries, Elijah 1 ; Paton, Eli 1 ; Buckley, Josh 3 ; Verdusco, Cade 2
SB: Bush Jr., Homer 1
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Garcia Hits 19th Homer in Second Contest Against GCU
5/19/2023 9:25:00 PM | Baseball
Michael Carpentier picked up the first RBI of the night with a single that scored Mitchel Simon for a 1-0 lead in the first inning. The Lopes answered with three runs in the bottom of the second; all scored with two outs in the inning. CBU's night was marked by a record broken in the third inning by Dustin Garcia, who hit his 19th home run of the season and surpassed Ryan Mota (2019) in single-season Division I Era home runs. Garcia's solo shot put the Lancers within one of the Lopes' lead as they headed into the fourth.
𝐃𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈 𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐋𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐇𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃➡️ 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐍
— California Baptist Baseball (@CBUbaseball) May 20, 2023
Dusty Garcia overtakes the Division 1 Era single-season home run record with his 19th homer of the year in the third inning against GCU💣
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Grand Canyon picked up another pair of runs in the fourth but broke open the game in the fifth with three homer for a six-run lead. Nate Hemmerling took the mound in the eighth inning and sat down three Lopes in order to keep GCU scoreless before CBU's final inning at-bat. Cole Howarth delivered a two-run shot to cut the Lancer's deficit to four runs, but the squad couldn't ultimately pull out the comeback.
California Baptist ended the night with fourteen hits off the GCU pitching staff, led by Carpentier. The catcher picked up three hits and one RBI on the night, while Garcia ended with two hits and one RBI. Howarth collected three hits and a pair of RBI as well.
CBU will finish out the regular season on Sunday afternoon in the series finale against GCU, beginning at noon.
