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Billy Cook
Stephen Wandzura
Billy Cook
8
Winner UC Santa Barbara UCSB 24-5
2
Pepperdine PEPP 16-12
Winner
UC Santa Barbara UCSB
24-5
8
Final
2
Pepperdine PEPP
16-12
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UC Santa Barbara UCSB 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 8 8 1
Pepperdine PEPP 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 9 2

W: Arellano, Jorge (2-1) L: Salazar, Raul (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | by Athletic Communications

Pepperdine Drops Midweek Matchup with UC Santa Barbara

MALIBU, Calif. –Billy Cook of the Pepperdine baseball team hit his second home run in as many games as the Waves fell 8-2 to UC Santa Barbara on Tuesday.
 
The Waves (16-12) outhit the Gauchos (24-5), but could not string any together to get runs on the board.  
 
BIG WAVES
  • Sophomore infielder Billy Cook (Monument, Colo./Lewis Palmer HS) continued his hot streak, hitting his second home run in two games and his fifth overall.
  • Sophomore infielder Brandt Belk (Houston, Texas/Westside HS) went 2-for-5 on the day, including a triple in the 8th inning.
  • Junior infielder Quincy McAfee (Houston, Texas/Westside HS) had the Waves' other RBI on a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning.
 
PLAY-BY-PLAY
The Gauchos hit the ground running in the second inning, scoring five runs on a solo home run by Armani Smith and back-to-back singles to take a 5-0 lead after two.
 
The Waves got their first run in the sixth when Cook hit a ball into deep left-center field, over the fence for a solo home run. After six innings, the Gauchos led 5-1.
 
In the top of the seventh, UC Santa Barbara scored twice more on two sacrifice flies to take a 7-1 lead after seven innings. The Gauchos then scored in the eighth inning on another sacrifice fly. After eight innings of play, the Gauchos led 8-1.
 
Pepperdine got the final run of the game in the bottom of the ninth on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly from McAfee, scoring Cory Wills from third to get to the final, 8-2 score.

HIGHLIGHTS
 
UP NEXT
The Waves have a quick turnaround this week, as they head to Utah to take on BYU Thursday to Saturday. First pitch on Tuesday is set to 6 p.m. PT.
 
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