Waves Dominate Dons in WCC Opener

Friday, March 19

San Francisco, Calif.

2:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

6-9, 1-0

San Francisco

4-13, 0-1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Pepperdine	0	0	8	2	6	0	0	0	0	16	12	0
San Francisco	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	1

John Peck

Photo by: Jeff Golden

3/19/2021 5:27:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: by Athletic Communications

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The Pepperdine baseball team had an explosive third inning, scoring eight runs to defeat San Francisco 16-2 in Friday's West Coast Conference opener.

The Waves (6-9, 1-0 WCC) scored all of their runs over three innings after the Dons (4-13, 0-1 WCC) took a 2-0 lead in the second inning.

BIG WAVES

Freshman infielder John Peck (Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark HS) had a career day at the plate, going 3-for-5 at the plate with two home runs and six RBI.
Senior outfielder Reese Alexiades (Manhattan Beach, Calif/Mira Costa HS) went 3-for-5 on the day, driving in two runs. He boosts his season average to .516
Sophomore utility Ryan Johnson (Tempe, Ariz./Seton Catholic HS) went 1-for-3, but made his one hit count, hitting a grand slam to drive in four of his five RBI.
Senior infielder Aharon Modlin (Irvine, Calif./Woodbridge HS) drove in three runs on one hit in the game.

PLAY-BY-PLAY
The Dons got on the board first in the second inning. Two sacrifice flies gave the Dons a 2-0 lead after two innings of play.

Pepperdine took the lead in the top of the third. After Grant Schoen (Clackamas, Ore./Clackamas HS) singled, Joe Caparis (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif./Palos Verdes HS) reached on an error. Wyatt Young (Honolulu, Hawaii/Mid-Pacific Institute) then walked to load the bases. Alexiades then hit a ball down the left field line that just stayed fair, getting to the wall for a two-run double. Justin Lutes (Las Vegas, Nev./College. Of Southern Nevada) then walked to reload the bases. Johnson then hit a ball deep into the left-center field gap, over the wall for a grand slam. Peck then added a two-run home run of his own to extend the Waves' lead to 8-2 through three innings.

The Waves added to their lead in the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly and a double. After three straight walks from Lutes, Johnson and Connor Bradshaw (New Rochelle, N.Y./Trinity-Pawling HS) , Modlin hit a sacrifice fly to score Lutes from third. Then Peck added another extra base hit, dropping a ball in between two Dons for an RBI-double, scoring Johnson from second and giving the Waves a 10-2 lead through four innings.

In the fifth inning, the Waves loaded the bases yet again, this time on two walks and a single. Johnson then drew a walk to score Young from third. Modlin then doubled through the left side, plating Lutes and Alexiades to put the Waves up 13-2. Peck then blasted a ball over the left field wall for his second home run of the day, scoring Modlin and Johnson to give Pepperdine a 16-2 lead through five innings of play.

The Waves and Dons each held the other scoreless through the final four innings.

UP NEXT
Pepperdine and San Francisco continue thee three-game set on Saturday, with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m.

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Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Hinkel, Trevor (2-2)

L: BOURASSA, Landen (1-2)

Pepperdine

Batting:

2B: Alexiades, Reese 1 ; Peck, John 1

HR: Johnson, Ryan 1 ; Peck, John 2

RBI: Alexiades, Reese 2 ; Johnson, Ryan 5 ; Modlin, Aharon 3 ; Peck, John 6

SF: Modlin, Aharon 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Young, Wyatt 2 ; Alexiades, Reese 2 ; Lutes, Justin 3 ; Johnson, Ryan 3 ; Bradshaw, Connor 1 ; Modlin, Aharon 1 ; Peck, John 2 ; Schoen, Grant 1 ; Caparis, Joe 1