Waves Defeat Pacific for First WCC Series Sweep

Sunday, March 27

Malibu, Calif.

1:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

14-8, 0

Pacific

7-15, 0

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

Nathan Diamond

Photo by: Charlie Blake

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By: by Athletic Communications

MALIBU, California – The Pepperdine baseball team completed its first West Coast Conference series sweep of the season against Pacific, defeating the Tigers 5-3 on Sunday afternoon at Eddy D. Field Stadium.

The Waves (14-8, 4-2) fought back after falling 2-0 to the Tigers (7-15, 0-6) in the second inning. Pepperdine scored four runs in the fourth inning and held the lead the rest of the game.

BIG WAVES

Junior catcher Ryan Johnson (Tempe, Ariz./Seton Catholic HS) went 3-for-4 including a three-run home run.
Freshman infielder Cam Conley (Lincoln University, Pa./Malvern Prep) went 2-for-3 and scored a run.
Junior LHP Nathan Diamond (Oak Park, Ill./Oak and River Forest HS) threw 4.2 innings in relief to get the win while allowing five hits and striking out six hitters.

GAME RECAP

Pacific took an early 2-0 lead in the top of the second inning. In the bottom of the fourth inning, John Peck (Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark HS) led off with a double to left-center. Mike Malinchak (Delray Beach, Fla./American Heritage HS) hit an RBI single through the right side to get the Waves' first run of the game and make it 2-1. Connor Bradshaw (New Rochelle, N.Y./Trinity-Pawling HS) followed Malinchak with a single of his own to left field. On a Tigers' wild pitch, Malinchak and Bradshaw moved into scoring position. With one out, Johnson went yard over the right-center wall and gave Pepperdine the lead at 4-2.

In the top of the seventh inning, Pacific was able to get one back on a single up the middle to make it 4-3. In the second half of the seventh, Conley and Charles Masino (Newbury Park, Calif./Oaks Christian HS) hit back-to-back singles and Conley was able to advance to third, putting runners on the corners with one out. Peck hit a chopper to shortstop that scored the insurance run for the Waves and made it 5-3.

In the top of the final frame, Grant Georges (Flower Mound, Texas/Flower Mound HS) came in with one out. Georges collected the last two outs on a strikeout and ground ball to complete his seventh save of the season.

UP NEXT

Pepperdine will host Long Beach State on Tuesday, March 29, for a non-conference midweek matchup. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. and the game will be streamed on the WCC Network.