Game Notes 

THIS WEEK FOR THE WAVES: The Pepperdine baseball team faces Cal Poly on the road in a 6 p.m. contest on Wednesday and then returns to Malibu for a three-game WCC series against Santa Clara running Friday-Sunday.

COVERAGE: Wednesday's game will have an audio only broadcast and all three home games will be shown live on WaveCasts. Check PepperdineSports.com for links to live stats and broadcasts.

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LAST WEEK FOR THE WAVES: The Waves went 3-1 last week, giving them six wins in their last seven games coming into play this week. The Waves got a walk-off win at home over Cal Poly on a 10th-inning homer from Chris Fornaci. Pepperdine then went to Pacific and took two of three games from the Tigers, getting wins from both Jackson McClelland and A.J. Puckett. The Waves are now 7-5 in WCC play, climbing into fourth place in the conference standings.

SCHEDULE
Wednesday, April 8 - 6 p.m. (PT) San Luis Obispo
Friday, April 10 - 3 p.m. (PT) Malibu
Saturday, April 11 - 1 p.m. (PT) Malibu
Sunday, April 12 - 1 p.m. (PT) Malibu

WALK-OFF WIN: The Waves came away with a dramatic win against Cal Poly just last week, getting a walk-off homer from Chris Fornaci in the 10th inning to steal a 9-8 victory at home from the Mustangs. The final score was the only time the Waves led in the ballgame, coming back from a 6-0 deficit to grab the victory. Cal Poly scored all eight of its runs in the first four innings before the Waves tied the game in the sixth inning. Jordan Qsar got the win on the mound, tossing 3.0 scoreless innings of relief.

WCC PLAY: Since starting WCC play, the Waves have raised their team batting average over 50 points, from .253 in non-conference action to .310 in WCC play, and are scoring almost two runs more per game (6.4 WCC, 4.7 non-conference). Hutton Moyer leads the team with a .385 average and is tied for the team lead with 11 RBI in WCC play. Matt Gelalich went from hitting .147 in non-conference games to .343 vs. WCC foes and has six of his seven extra-base hits in WCC games. Jordan Qsar also has 11 RBI in conference play and has a .327 average. Moyer is slugging .800 with 11 extra-base hits, including four homers, in WCC action. Pepperdine has nine players hitting over .300 in WCC game.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Hutton Moyer picked up the Waves' first WCC Player of the Week award on Monday after leading the team to a 3-1 record. Moyer hit .529 with five RBI and team-best nine hits. Moyer hit three homers and two doubles, slugging 1.176 in 17 at-bats over the four-game stretch. The junior second-baseman had a .600 on-base percentage and scored a team-high seven runs. Moyer hit safely in each game last week and had multiple hits in three of the four contests. He now leads the team with a .323 average on the year and is hitting .385 in WCC play.

ACE IN THE HOLE: Jackson McClelland has proved himself a true ace since moving into the Friday role this season, leading the team with a 1.74 ERA in 57.0 innings pitched. He has yet to throw less than six innings in a start this year and has only given up multiple runs four times in eight appearances, allowing three runs only twice. McClelland has 41 strikeouts on the year and has given up just 10 extra-base hits. McClelland tossed his second complete game against Portland, allowing just one unearned run in the effort. He is now 5-2 on the year.

GEMS VS HAWAII: The Waves took three of four from Hawaii at home, getting three solid pitching performances and some big offense in the wins. Jackson McClelland gave up just one run and three hits in 8.0 innings, and was backed by 16 runs on 17 hits from the offense as the Waves bounced back from a series opening loss to the Rainbow Warriors. A.J. Puckett then highlighted the weekend with a complete-game, three-hit shutout of the Warriors in a 2-0 pitcher's duel to win game three. The Waves finished with a 10-5 win, getting 7.0 solid innings from Ryan Wilson, and a four-RBI day from Brad Anderson.

HOME SWEET HOME: In 41 years of baseball at Eddy D. Field Stadium, the Waves own an 887-359-13 (.710) record. Last year the Waves went 22-7 in Malibu, matching the lowest home loss total since 2008 and marking the 27th time in program history the team has notched at least 20 home victories. The program record for home wins was set back in 1985 when the Waves went 31-4 at Eddy D. Field Stadium and the record for home winning percentage was set in 1992 (.942, 24-1-1).

COACHES POLL: With the release of the 2015 WCC Preseason Coaches Poll, Pepperdine was picked to finish second in the conference. The Waves tallied 72 total points in the coaches poll, with three first-place votes, to sit behind cross-town rival LMU (77 points, 6 first place). San Diego received the remaining first-place vote. The defending champion Waves were picked second in the preseason poll last year as well. Pepperdine also placed one player on the preseason all-conference team with Hutton Moyer making the list as an infielder.

WAVES ROSTER BREAKDOWN: This year's Waves squad features a good balance of veterans and young talent, with 18 returners and 15 newcomers on the roster. The Waves have two seniors, six juniors, 12 sophomores and 15 freshmen. Two of the four Waves' probable starting pitchers are returners and six of the probable starting position players were with the team last season as well.

ABOUT PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY: Pepperdine boasts a one-of-a-kind athletic department with unprecedented success for a school of its size. The Waves have won NCAA Division I championships in five different men's sports - one of just 16 schools to have accomplished this feat - and nine overall. Of this elite group, Pepperdine has the smallest undergraduate enrollment and is the only school not affiliated with a BCS-level conference. The Waves have earned the Division I-AAA All-Sports Trophy, an award based on postseason success that's given to the top non-football school, three times (most recently in 2011-12). Located in scenic Malibu, Calif., the university overlooks the Pacific Ocean and its campus and athletic facilities are regularly voted among the nation's most beautiful. Pepperdine, which is affiliated with the Church of Christ, ranks #57 overall on U.S. News and World Report's list of America's best colleges.