Waves Drop Series Finale to Gaels

Sunday, March 28

Malibu, Calif.

1:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

11-11, 4-2

Saint Mary's

12-11, 2-4

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

John Peck

Photo by: Jeff Golden

3/28/2021 4:46:00 PM | Baseball

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By: by Athletic Communications

MALIBU, Calif. – The Pepperdine baseball team fell in the final game of second West Coast Conference series of the year, as Saint Mary's came away with a 3-2 victory on Sunday.

The Waves (11-11, 4-2 WCC) still came away with the series victory, as Pepperdine defeated the Gaels (12-11, 2-4 WCC) in the first two games.

BIG WAVES

Freshman infielder John Pack (Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark HS) had the Waves' biggest hit of the ball game, a solo home run in the fifth inning.
Junior RHP Trevor Kniskern (Lighthouse Point, Fla./Pompano Beach HS) threw 5.1 innings, giving up three runs and striking out five batters.

PLAY-BY-PLAY
Pepperdine opened up the scoring in the second inning. After Ryan Johnson (Tempe, Ariz./Seton Catholic HS) was hit by a pitch and Aharon Modlin (Irvine, Calif./Woodbridge HS) singled, Saint Mary's catcher attempted a back-pick to first, but the ball got into the outfield. Modlin advanced to second and Johnson got a great jump, allowing him to score all the way from second.

The Gaels got their first run of the game in the top of the fourth inning on a home run to left. A two out single then scored two after a batter was hit by a pitch and another singled. The Gaels took a 3-1 lead through three and a half innings.

Peck hit a 370-foot home run to deep left field in the bottom of the fifth to get the Waves back within one as the Gaels led 3-2 through five innings.

Pepperdine had a number of chances to tie the game. In the seventh, a strikeout ended the inning with runners on first and second. And in the ninth, the Waves had two runners on again, but a line out ended the game.

UP NEXT
The Waves hit the road on Tuesday, taking on #10 UCLA in Los Angeles. First pitch at Jackie Robinson Stadium is scheduled for 6 p.m.