Baseball Drops Second Tourney Game in Texas

Saturday, February 26

Corpus Christi, Texas

10:00 a.m. PT

Pepperdine University

4-2

Wichita State

1-6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
WSU	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	5	10	1
PEPP	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	1

Photo by: Jeff Golden

2/26/2022 2:34:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: by Athletic Communications

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Pepperdine baseball team dropped its second game in a row at the Kleberg Bank College Classic, falling 5-2 to Wichita State on Saturday.

The Waves (4-2) were inches away from hitting go-ahead three-run home runs in both the seventh and eighth innings, but in both cases, the Wichita State (1-6) right fielder caught the ball right at the wall.

BIG WAVES

Sophomore designated hitter Nolan Lingley (Tracy, Calif./Ripon Christian School) went 2-for-4.
Junior righthander Trevor Hinkel (Temecula, Calif./Chapparal HS) went 5.0 innings in relief and struck out six batters while giving up just one run.

GAME RECAP

Wichita State got the scoring underway with a two-run homer in the top of the third inning. The Waves came back with one run in the bottom of the frame. Lingley had a one-out single, but was put out when junior outfielder Quintt Landis (Westlake Village, Calif./Oaks Christian HS) reached on a fielder's choice. Landis advanced to second on an error, to third on a balk and scored on a wild pitch.

Wichita State plated its third run in the top of the fifth inning on a solo home run.

Lingley's second hit came in the bottom of the seventh. Landis walked, and then with two outs, senior third baseman Greg Mehlhaff (Gresham, Ore./Clackamas HS) hit a ball to the right-field wall that was caught to end the threat. Similarly, in the bottom of the eighth, with runners on first and second and one out, sophomore pinch-hitter Charles Masino (Newbury Park, Calif./Oaks Christian HS) drove one deep to right field, but it was again caught at the wall. However, sophomore outfielder Connor Bradshaw (New Rochelle, N.Y./Trinity-Pawling HS) advanced to third on the play, and he would score on a balk to make it 3-2.

A two-out, two-RBI triple gave the Shockers two insurance runs in the top of the ninth, and the Waves were set down in order to end the game.

UP NEXT

Pepperdine's third game of the Kleburg Bank College Classic is on Sunday against host Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at 1 p.m. PT / 3 p.m. CT. The tournament is being streamed by FloBaseball.