DAVIS, Calif. – The Pepperdine baseball team had a four-run fourth inning, which proved to be enough for a 5-2 Sunday afternoon victory over UC Davis.
The Waves (5-9) and Aggies (5-9) split the four-game weekend series, the last non-conference series for Pepperdine before West Coast Conference play starts.
BIG WAVES
- Junior infielder Wyatt Young (Honolulu, Hawaii/Mid-Pacific Institute) had the Waves' best day, going 3-for-4 with three RBI. Two of those RBI came from a double in the fourth inning.
- Senior outfielder Reese Alexiades (Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mira Costa HS) went 2-for-3 on the day.
- Junior RHP Trevor Kniskern (Lighthouse Point, Fla./Pompano Beach HS) had his best outing of the year so far, throwing 6.0 innings, giving up just two runs on four hits and striking out four batters.
PLAY-BY-PLAY
The Waves got on the board first to open up the second inning.
Connor Bradshaw (New Rochelle, N.Y./Trinity-Pawling HS) walked with one out before
John Peck (Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark HS) was hit by a pitch. After a
Grant Schoen (Clackamas, Ore./Clackamas HS) walk,
Joe Caparis (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif./Palos Verdes HS) reached first on a fielder's choice, scoring Bradshaw from third. Pepperdine added to its lead on a Young double, scoring both Schoen and Caparis. Young reached third on a throwing error and then scored on a wild pitch, giving the Waves a 4-0 lead through two innings.
The Aggies got on the board in the bottom of the fourth inning with a two-run home run and cut the Waves' lead to 4-2 through four innings.
Neither team had anything going until the ninth, when after back-to-back singles from Peck and Schoen, Young hit a sacrifice fly into center field, scoring Peck for his third RBI of the game. The Waves held the Aggies off in the bottom half, securing the series split.
UP NEXT
The Waves begin WCC play next week, traveling to San Francisco for the conference-opening three-game series. Game one is scheduled to start at 2 p.m.
