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Reese Alexiades
Fredrik Bouw
Reese Alexiades
2
Gonzaga GON 8-10
4
Winner Pepperdine PEPP 10-7
Gonzaga GON
8-10
2
Final
4
Pepperdine PEPP
10-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Gonzaga GON 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 0
Pepperdine PEPP 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 X 4 4 0

W: Chandler, Cooper (2-1) L: WELLS, Mason (0-1) S: Stoutland, Christian (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | by Athletic Communications

Alexiades Goes Deep in Waves' Win Over Gonzaga

MALIBU, Calif. –Sophomore outfielder Reese Alexiades of the Pepperdine baseball team hit a towering home run in the fourth inning to help lead the team over Gonzaga 4-2 at Eddy D. Field Stadium on Friday afternoon in a West Coast Conference matchup.
 
The Waves (10-7, 3-1 WCC) got seven great innings from Cooper Chandler, holding the Bulldogs ( 8-10, 2-2 WCC) to six hits and two runs.
 
BIG WAVES
  • Sophomore outfielder Reese Alexiades (Huntington Beach, Calif./Mira Costa HS) had the big hit of the day, a two-run blast, boosting the Waves to a 4-1 lead at the time with his first career home run.
  • Junior infielder Quincy McAfee (Houston, Texas/Westside HS) had the other two RBI on a third-inning, two-RBI double down the line.
  • Sophomore RHP Cooper Chandler (Frisco, Texas/Wakeland HS) was stellar on the mound, going a full seven innings, allowing six hits and just two runs as he picked up his second win of the year.
  • Senior RHP Christian Stoutland (Calabasas, Calif./Oaks Christian HS) picked up his second save of the year, throwing two innings of scoreless relief, giving up just one hit and striking out two.
 
PLAY-BY-PLAY
The Bulldogs started off hot, getting a leadoff triple from Guthrie Morrison, who was then brought in on a sacrifice fly, giving the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead after one.
 
Pepperdine broke through in the bottom of the third when, after two walks, McAfee doubled down the left field line, scoring Mike Malinchak from second and Mitchell Dickson all the way from first to give the Waves a 3-1 lead after three innings of play.
 
In the fourth, Aharon Modlin walked, and on the very first pitch of his at-bat, Alexiades blasted a ball to the power alley in left center field, over the palm trees for a two-run blast that gave the Waves a 4-1 lead after four.
 
Gonzaga threatened in the top of the sixth, when a bases-loaded single scored their second run of the day. A double play that started with Chandler ended the threat to limit the damage, preserving a 4-2 lead.
 
Both pitchers were outstanding as Mason Wells from Gonzaga threw eight full innings, and Chandler threw seven.

HIGHLIGHTS

 
UP NEXT
The Waves and Bulldogs are at it again on Saturday in game two of the three-game set. Pepperdine is looking for its second-straight WCC series win.
 
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