No. 11 Pepperdine Defeats Alumni 6-2 Saturday Afternoon
1/28/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Jan. 28, 2006
Malibu, Calif. - Sophomore center fielder Adrian Ortiz collected a pair of hits and scored twice while freshmen Chase d'Arnaud, Ryan Heroy and sophomore Matt Aidem had base hits in their Pepperdine debut to help the 11th-ranked Waves to a 6-2 victory in the annual alumni game Saturday afternoon at Eddy D. Field Stadium.
Pepperdine also received solid pitching from sophomores Brian Ozols, Nick Gaudi and senior left-hander Brian Minkel. The trio limited the alumni to a pair of runs and six hits.
Ryan Beglin hit a home run and Rueben Gonzalez singled and scored for the alumni.
The afternoon concluded with former Pepperdine All-American Steve Kleen receiving the John Scolinos Distinguished Player Award in a post-game ceremony. The award is presented annually to a Pepperdine baseball player in recognition of exemplary behavior during a season or career in the name of the legendary Scolinos.
Scolinos was a head coach at Pepperdine from 1946-60 and compiled a career record of 263-219 (.546).
Pepperdine opens its 2006 season on Friday when it hosts UNLV at Eddy D. Field Stadium beginning at 2 p.m.
The list of alumni that participated in the game included:
Jeremy Coronado
Chris Spieth
Tony Garcia
Kevin Estrada
Steve Zorn
Rueben Gonzalez
G.J. Raymundo
Taylor Klosowski
Ryan Beglin
Steve Kleen
Cory Brightwell
Chris Kelly
Patrick Rooney
Ryan Beglin
Simon Ferrer
Patrick Ahearne
Kea Kometani
Greg Ramirez
Tony Lewis
Jack Peres
Kipp Landis
Scott Volmer
Adam Housley
Jacob Barrack
Dane Ball
Steve Kirkpatrick
Kevin Dell'Amico
John Lamascus
