Final Stats

WESTWOOD, Calif. - The Pepperdine baseball team lost to #11 UCLA on Tuesday at Jackie Robinson Stadium 2-1. Brandt Belk went 2-for-4 with two doubles, boosting his season average to .333.

The Bruins (4-0) got an RBI double from Chase Strumpf in the 9th to defeat the Waves (2-3).

Box Score

BIG WAVES

• Sophomore infielder Brandt Belk (Houston, Texas/Westside HS) went 2-for-4 with two doubles.
• Junior outfielder Jordan Qsar (El Cajon, Calif./Valhalla HS) had an RBI double in the eighth inning, and came in to pitch that same inning, going 1.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits with two strikeouts.
• Sophomore infielder Aharon Modlin (Irvine, Calif./ Woodbridge HS) went 1-for-3, as well as scoring the Waves' only run.
• Freshman RHP Cooper Chandler (Frisco, Texas/Wakeland HS) started on the mound for the Waves, going 4 innings, giving up one run on five hits, with five strikeouts.
• Freshman Jeremy Farraye (Ramsey, N.J./Don Bosco Prep) came on in relief of Chandler, throwing 2 innings, giving up no runs on one hit, and one strikeout.
• Sophomore Michael Mahony (Huntington Beach, Calif./Edison HS) pitched a perfect inning in relief, with two strikeouts.

PLAY-BY-PLAY

The Bruins got the first run on the board in the second inning, on an RBI single from Daniel Amaral, scoring Jake Pries from second, giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead.

Chandler threw four innings of solid baseball, giving up only the one run in the second. He also had five strikeouts and gave up five hits. Farraye came on in relief to start the fifth inning and threw two scoreless innings, giving up only one hit.

The Bruins threatened in the seventh inning, getting a runner to second on a walk and stolen base, but Mahony entered the game in relief of Farraye and struck out the first two batters he faced. He got a pop out to keep UCLA from adding on to their lead.

In the top half of the eighth inning, Modlin led off with a single to left. He was then moved to second by a sacrifice bunt from Chase Lambert. After a groundout, Qsar came up to the plate and hit a screaming line drive into right-center field, plating Modlin, and tying the game at 1.

Qsar took to the mound for the bottom of the eighth inning, and gave up a double, but two strikeouts sent the game to the ninth, still tied at 1.

Pepperdine went quietly in the ninth inning, going down 1-2-3 to UCLA relief pitcher Brian Gadsby. In the bottom half of the ninth, Daniel Amaral led off the inning with a single, and was moved over by a dribbler back to the mound. After an intentional walk, Strumpf came to the plate and hit a deep line drive off the base of the wall in left field, the winning run crossing the plate to end the game.

UP NEXT

The Waves host Michigan State at Eddy D. Field Stadium for a three game series from Friday to Sunday. First pitch on Friday is scheduled for 3 p.m.

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