Final Stats

MALIBU, Calif. - The Pepperdine baseball team was defeated by Michigan State on Saturday at Eddy D. Field, 5-2. Quincy McAfee went 2-for-4 for the Waves, including an RBI single in the fifth inning.

The Spartans (1-5) had a four-run sixth inning, pulling away from the Waves (3-4), who had seven hits on the afternoon.

Box Score

BIG WAVES

• Junior RHP Christian Stoutland (Calabasas, Calif./Oaks Christian HS) started on the hill for the Waves, going 5.0 innings, giving up three hits and one run.
• Junior infielder Chase Lambert (Malibu, Calif./Malibu HS) went 2-for-4 on the day, with two singles.
• Sophomore infielder Quincy McAfee (Houston, Texas/Westside HS) also went 2-for-4 and was a part of each run the Waves scored. He scored on a wild pitch in the first, and had an RBI single in the fifth.

PLAY-BY-PLAY

The Waves got off to a hot start, with McAfee doubling to deep left-center field, and then coming around to score on a passed ball and a wild pitch, giving the Waves a 1-0 lead after one inning of play. On the mound, Stoutland was extremely effective, giving up only three hits and one run.

The one run Stoutland gave up was in the fifth inning. After getting a walk from the leadoff batter, the Spartans bunted him to second, before singling him in to tie the game at one.

The Waves retook the lead in the bottom half of the fifth, when Aharon Modlin was hit by a pitch and bunted to second by Joe Caparis. McAfee then hit a sharp line drive up the middle to score Modlin from second.

In the sixth inning, the Spartans opened the game up. Stoutland exited the game after five innings, handing the ball off to Jonathan Pendergast. After a walk, Marty Bechina hit a ball into deep left-center and over the wall for a two-run home run. Two more runs would score in the inning after an error and an RBI single. At the end of six, the Spartans had what would be the final lead, 5-2.

UP NEXT

The Waves and Spartans face off in the final game of the series tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. The probable pitching matchup will be LHP Easton Lucas for the Waves against RHP Mason Erla for the Spartans.

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