Box Score STOCKTON, Calif. – The Pepperdine baseball team took care of business in game one of the final series of the year, defeating Pacific 13-6.
The Waves (19-24, 11-14 WCC) added to their West Coast Conference-leading home run tally, getting numbers 57 and 58 thanks to
Billy Cook and
Justin Lutes. The pitching staff also kept the Tigers (16-33, 6-19 WCC) from scoring until the fifth inning.
BIG WAVES
- Senior outfielder Billy Cook (Monument, Colo./Lewis Palmer HS) continued his scorching hot conference play, hitting his fourth home run in two games. He added another hit on the day as well.
- Senior infielder Justin Lutes (Las Vegas, Nev./College of Southern Nevada) got his 14th home run of the year as part of the five-run third inning.
- Sophomore utility Ryan Johnson (Tempe, Ariz./Seton Catholic HS) went 2-for-5 with three RBI.
PLAY-BY-PLAY
The Waves got off to a great start in the top of the first.
Wyatt Young (Honolulu, Hawaii/Mid-Pacific Institute) led the game off with a double. He was quickly driven in on a
Reese Alexiades (Manhattan Beach, Calif./Mira Costa HS) double. Then, Cook hit a blast into left field, over the wall for a three-run home run. An RBI groundout from Johnson gave the Waves a 4-0 lead through an inning of play.
In the third,
John Peck (Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark HS) doubled into left field, and was brought home on Lutes' 14th homer of the year. A bases loaded walk to Alexiades gave the Waves a 7-0 lead. Cook then hit a ball through the left side for a 2-RBI single, bringing home the Waves' eighth and ninth runs of the game. Pepperdine led 9-0 through three innings.
Joe Caparis (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif./Palos Verdes HS) was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the fourth, and Young had a sacrifice fly to give the Waves an 11-0 lead through four innings.
After two walks and a wild pitch, Cook and Lutes scored on a single up the middle from Johnson. In the bottom half of the inning, Pacific got three runs, and the Waves led 13-3 through five innings of play.
In the seventh, Pacific added a run, cutting the lead to 13-4 in favor of the Waves after seven innings.
The Tigers added a two-run home run in the ninth but could not come all the way back against the Waves.
UP NEXT
The Waves and Tigers continue the series on Friday, with first pitch scheduled for 5 p.m.
