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Justin Lutes
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Justin Lutes
6
Minnesota Gophers MINN 1-1
8
Winner Pepperdine Waves PEPP 2-0
Minnesota Gophers MINN
1-1
6
Final
8
Pepperdine Waves PEPP
2-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Minnesota Gophers MINN 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 9 0
Pepperdine Waves PEPP 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 8 10 0

W: Chandler, Cooper (1-0) L: Sam Thoresen (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | by Athletic Communications

Waves Win Second in a Row

TEMPE, Ariz. – The Pepperdine baseball team held Minnesota just enough in the final frame to win its second game in a row on Saturday, defeating the Gophers 8-6. Justin Lutes had a heck of a day, going 4-for-4 with two triples and two RBI in the second game of the Angels College Classic.

The Waves (2-0) led the Gophers (1-1) 8-2 going into the final frame, but held on to take the victory after Minnesota scored four times in the ninth.

BIG WAVES
  • Senior infielder Justin Lutes (Las Vegas, Nev./College of Southern Nevada) had the best day of anyone on the diamond, going 4-for-4 with two triples and a pair of RBI. He also scored three times.
  • Senior infielder Aharon Modlin (Irvine, Calif./Woodbridge HS) went 3-for-4 with three runs and a walk.
PLAY-BY-PLAY
Minnesota struck first scoring twice in the second inning, on a single and passed ball. The Waves answered right back, scoring two runs of their own in the second, both on bases-loaded walks. Ryan Johnson (Tempe, Ariz./Seton Catholic HS) was the recipient of the first walk, and Wyatt Young (Honolulu, Hawaii/Mid Pacific Institute) drew the second. The game was tied at two after two.

The Waves scored twice more in the third. The first run came from another bases-loaded walk drawn by Quintt Landis (Westlake Village, Calif./Oaks Christian HS). David LeBioda (Laguna Niguel, Calif./Aliso Niguel HS) then singled in Lutes from third. Pepperdine took a 4-2 lead into the fourth.

In the sixth, Billy Cook (Monument, Colo./Lewis Palmer HS) got on board, as did Modlin before Lutes hit the first of his two triples, driving in the pair. The two-RBI triple gave the Waves a 6-2 lead before a Joe Caparis (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif./Palos Verdes HS) grounded into a double play, but scored Lutes from third to give the Waves a 7-2 lead going into the seventh.

After Modlin got to third in the eighth after a single and a first-to-third advancement on another single, Reese Alexiades(Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mira Costa HS) hit into a fielder's choice to give the Waves an 8-2 lead going into the ninth.

The Gophers got four runs in the ninth, one on a bases-loaded walk, two on a single, and the final on a passed ball. The Waves kept them from scoring anymore and picked up the victory.

Cooper Chandler (Frisco, Texas/Wakeland HS) threw 5.0 innings, struck out four and gave up just a single earned run in his first win of the year.

UP NEXT
The Waves complete the Angels College Classic Sunday morning against Oregon. First pitch is scheduled for 10 am PT.
 
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