Waves' Bats Lead to Game 1 Victory Over BYU

Thursday, May 20

Provo, Utah

5:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

18-22, 0

BYU

21-27, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Pepperdine	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	6	13	0
BYU	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	8	0

Aharon Modlin

Photo by: Jeff Golden

5/20/2021 8:30:00 PM | Baseball

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By: by Athletic Communications

PROVO, Utah – The Pepperdine baseball team opened up its penultimate series of the year with a 6-3 victory over BYU on Thursday night. Every batter in Pepperdine's lineup had at least one hit on the night.

The Waves (18-22, 10-12 WCC) got home runs from Justin Lutes, Aharon Modlin and John Peck and proved too much for the Cougars (21-27, 12-12 WCC).

BIG WAVES

Senior infielder Justin Lutes (Las Vegas, Nev./College of Southern Nevada) opened up the scoring with a solo shot in the first inning.
Senior infielder Aharon Modlin (Irvine, Calif./Woodbridge HS) went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run in the fifth inning to retake the lead.
Freshman infielder John Peck (Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark HS) went 2-for-4 including a solo home run off the scoreboard in the seventh inning to extend the Waves' lead.
Freshman RHP Brandon Llewellyn (Colleyville, Texas/IMG Academy) threw five innings, giving up three runs and striking out four, not surrendering a walk.

PLAY-BY-PLAY
The Waves got on the board first in the second inning on a deep fly ball to straight away center field from Lutes to give the Waves a 1-0 lead. BYU answered in the bottom half with a 2-run double to take a 2-1 lead through two innings.

In the top of the fifth, The Waves got a single up the middle from Wyatt Young (Honolulu, Hawaii/Mid-Pacific Institute). Billy Cook (Monument, Colo./Lewis Palmer HS) then drew a seven pitch walk before Modlin hit a three-run home run deep into left field to give the Waves a 4-2 lead. BYU got a run back in the bottom half with a solo home run. Pepperdine led 4-3 through five innings.

After Ryan Johnson singled and reached second on a wild pitch, Joe Caparis (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif./Palos Verdes HS) singled into center field, bringing Johnson around to score. Pepperdine led 5-3 through six innings.

With two outs in the seventh, Peck hit a ball off the scoreboard in left to extend the lead to 6-3 in favor of the Waves through seven innings.

The Cougars loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth, but Trevor Hinkel (Temecula, Calif./Chaparral HS) closed the door with a strikeout.

UP NEXT
The Waves and Cougars are back at it on Friday evening for game two of the series, with first pitch scheduled for 5 p.m. PT.