Waves Fall 13-1 to Stanford at NCAA Regionals

STANFORD, Calif. Â The #19 Pepperdine baseball team dropped a 13-1 decision to Stanford on Sunday night in the first game of the Regional Championship Series at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond.

Pepperdine (38-20) and Stanford (36-22-2) will now face off on Monday afternoon at 1 p.m. with the winner of that game advancing to the Super Regionals. Stanford advanced to face the Waves after defeating UC Davis 8-4 on Sunday afternoon.

The Cardinal took control of the game from the outset, as Jason Castro launched a three-run homer in the bottom of the first and the Cardinal added another run on a sac fly to make it a 4-0 contest after just one inning.

Stanford tacked on another run in the second inning on a solo homer from Toby Gerhart, extending the Stanford lead to 5-0.

The Cardinal would blow the game open in the fourth inning, scoring six runs to push the lead to 11-0.

Pepperdine would get on the board in the sixth inning on a solo homer from Matt Aidem (Valencia, Calif./UC Santa Barbara/Valencia HS) to make the score 11-1, but that would be the only run the Waves would score on the night.

Stanford added a pair of runs in the seventh to make the score 13-1, and the teams went scoreless the last two frames, making the final score 13-1.

Pepperdine starter Matt Bywater (Thousand Oaks, Calif./Thousand Oaks HS) took the loss for the Waves after allowing seven runs over 3.2 innings of work, while Stanford starting pitcher Danny Sandbrink tossed a complete game to improve to 2-1.

Aidem led the Waves with a 2-for-4 effort, while four other Waves notched one hit apiece. Gerhart led the Cardinal with a 4-for-5 performance with three runs scored.

Pepperdine and Stanford will now face off on Monday, Jun. 2 at 1 p.m. at Klein Field for the right to advance to the Super Regionals.

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