Final Stats

Box Score

Copy by graduate intern Ricky Davis
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.- The Pepperdine Baseball team dropped the first game of a three-game West Coast Conference series against San Francisco on Friday, falling 3-0 to the Dons.

Aaron Barnett (Mission Viejo, Calif./Capistrano Valley HS) continued his hot WCC season Friday, going 3-for-4 at the plate to put up half of the team's six hits. Barnett's average improves to .310 on the season and .410 in WCC play, leading the Waves.

In a pitcher's duel, both Thomas Ponticelli from San Francisco and Ryan Wilson (Carlsbad, Calif./Carlsbad HS) from Pepperdine went seven or more innings. Wilson, who picked up his sixth loss of the year, gave up two runs in the fifth inning, but also had five strikeouts in his outing. Ponticelli, who improves to 3-1 on the year, went 8.0 innings, giving up no runs.

San Francisco scored two runs on a single in the bottom of the fifth inning and added an unearned run off of the Pepperdine bullpen in the eighth. The Waves were unable to push across a run on the day, leaving six runners on.

The Waves will take on the Dons again on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the second game of the series. Sophomore Jonathan Pendergast (San Diego, Calif./Catherdral Catholic HS) is expected to start for the Waves.