Waves Fall in Series Finale with UCSB

Sunday, February 28

Malibu, Calif.

1:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

1-6

UC Santa Barbara

6-1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
UC Santa Barbara	2	4	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	12	12	1
Pepperdine	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	6	5

Brandon Llewellyn

Photo by: Dana Rubin

2/28/2021 4:32:00 PM | Baseball

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By: by Athletic Communications

MALIBU, Calif. – The Pepperdine baseball team finished off its series with #9 UC Santa Barbara on Sunday, falling 12-2.

The Gauchos (6-1) got ahead early, and the Waves (1-6) tried to make a comeback, but came up short.

BIG WAVES

Senior utility Billy Cook (Monument, Colo./Lewis Palmer HS) was the only Wave with more than one hit, as he went 2-for-4 on the day.
Junior infielder Wyatt Young (Honolulu, Hawaii/Mid-Pacific Institute) continued his hot start, driving in one of the Waves' two runs.

PLAY-BY-PLAY

The Gauchos started the scoring early, getting a two-run home run in the top of the first inning to take a 2-0 lead after one. They added four runs in the second to take a 6-0 lead through two innings of play.

Neither team scored until the sixth inning, when, after a throwing error, the Gauchos got their seventh run across, taking a 7-0 lead. The Waves got their first run of the game across on an RBI groundout from Justin Lutes. Billy Cook singled up the middle, advanced to second on a wild pitch, stole third and was eventually knocked in by Lutes' groundout. After six innings, UC Santa Barbara led 7-1.

The Gauchos scored three more runs in the seventh, taking a 10-1 lead through seven innings. They scored another run in the eighth to extend their lead to 11-1.

Pepperdine answered in the bottom when, after Joe Caparis reached second on an error, Wyatt Young hit a double into the right-center field gap to drive in Caparis to cut the lead to 11-2. After Cook got an infield single, a Lutes walk loaded the bases, but a groundout ended the threat.

UC Santa Barbara got back-to-back doubles to extend their lead to 12-2 in the top of the ninth.

UP NEXT
The Waves hit the road next weekend, with a three-game set, one each coming at UCLA, USC and Cal State Fullerton. The first game of the weekend will be at UCLA starting at 6 p.m.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Lewis, Cory (1-0)

L: Kniskern, Trevor (0-2)

UC Santa Barbara

Batting:

2B: Cummings, Cole 1 ; Sprinkle, Jordan 1 ; Rodriguez, Zach 1

3B: Mosby, Leo 1

HR: Castanon, Marcos 1

RBI: O'Connor, McClain 2 ; Castanon, Marcos 4 ; Sprinkle, Jordan 1 ; Willits, Bryce 1 ; Willow, Jason 1 ; Bloom, Gianni 1 ; Mortensen, Broc 1

SH: Ledford, Steele 1

Base Running:

RUNS: O'Connor, McClain 1 ; Cummings, Cole 2 ; Castanon, Marcos 2 ; Willits, Bryce 1 ; Mosby, Leo 1 ; Willow, Jason 1 ; Ledford, Steele 1 ; Rodriguez, Zach 1 ; Stone, Damian 1 ; Bloom, Gianni 1