Waves Earn Series Victory Over Gaels

Saturday, March 27

Malibu, Calif.

1:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

10-11, 4-1

Saint Mary's

12-10, 1-4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Saint Mary's	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	2
Pepperdine	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	X	7	12	1

Connor Bradshaw

Photo by: Jeff Golden

3/27/2021 4:47:00 PM | Baseball

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By: by Athletic Communications

MALIBU, Calif. – The Pepperdine baseball team earned its second straight West Coast Conference series victory on Saturday, defeating Saint Mary's 7-2.

The Waves (11-10, 4-1 WCC) outhit the Gaels (11-11, 1-4 WCC) 12-7 after falling behind in the first inning.

BIG WAVES

Junior infielder Wyatt Young (Honolulu, Hawaii/Mid-Pacific Institute) led the way for the Waves, going 2-for-4 with two RBI. He extended his hitting streak to 18 games, the best on the team by 12 games.
Freshman outfielder Connor Bradshaw (New Rochelle, N.Y./Trinity-Pauling HS) had three hits on the day and stole a base. He also scored two runs.
Freshman infielder John Peck (Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark HS) went 2-for-2 with two walks and three runs scored.
Senior infielder Justin Lutes (Las Vegas, Nev./College of Southern Nevada) had two hits, including a home run to deep right-center field in the third inning.
Sophomore LHP Nathan Diamond (Oak Park, Ill./Oak and River Forest HS) threw 4.0 innings of relief, giving up four hits but no runs and striking out three batters.

PLAY-BY-PLAY

The Gaels struck first in the top of the first inning. After a leadoff walk and sacrifice bunt, a single through the right side brought home the first run of the game and gave Saint Mary's a 1-0 lead through an inning of play.

The Waves tied the game in the second inning on an RBI-single from Grant Schoen (Clackamas, Ore./Clackamas HS). After Bradshaw singled and stole second, he got to third after a groundout. Schoen brought him in on a single into right field, and the game was tied at one through two innings.

In the third, Lutes hit a 375-foot line drive home run to right-center, giving the Waves a 2-1 lead through three innings.

Pepperdine struck again in the fourth inning. After three singles from Bradshaw, Peck and Joe Caparis (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif./Palos Verdes HS), Young hit a single up the middle to score two runs. The Waves led 4-1 after four innings.

A bases-loaded walk got the Gaels to within two runs in the top of the fifth. Michael Mahony (Huntington Beach, Calif/Edison HS) entered the game with the bases loaded and one out and induced a double play to limit the damage to just one run. Pepperdine led 4-2 through five innings.

In the sixth, Peck singled and stole second. Schoen then laid down a bunt, reaching first on a throwing error, allowing Peck to score and give the Waves a 5-2 lead. Schoen stole second and reached third on a Caparis single and then scored on a Reese Alexiades (Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mira Costa HS) fly ball.

Pepperdine added another run in the bottom of the eighth on a Young sacrifice fly. He scored Peck, who walked, stole second and advanced to third on a groundout. The Waves led 7-2 after eight innings. Diamond, who entered in the sixth inning, put the Gaels down in order in the ninth to secure the series victory for the Waves.

UP NEXT
The Waves look to complete their first series sweep of the season on Sunday, taking on the Gaels with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m.