LOS ANGELES, California – Shane Telfer threw seven scoreless innings and the Pepperdine baseball team took down Loyola Marymount 6-1 in the West Coast Conference series finale and collected a PCH Cup point on Sunday afternoon at Page Stadium.
 
The Waves (22-24, 10-14 WCC) jumped out front 2-0 in the bottom of the second and held the Lions (18-29-1, 13-11 WCC) scoreless for eight out of the nine innings played, while only allowing just four hits. Pepperdine tallied 11 hits, including a homer in the top of the third inning.
 
BIG WAVES
 

• Junior LHP Shane Telfer (San Diego, Calif./Cathedral Catholic HS) threw a career-high 7.0 innings and had a career-high 10 strikeouts, while only allowing two hits. Telfer improved to 2-1 on the season.
• Junior catcher Ryan Johnson (Tempe, Ariz./Seton Catholic HS) went 2-for-5 on the day including his 10th home run of the season and collected his 100th career hit with the solo blast.
• Redshirt junior Michael Winaker (Walnut Creek, Calif./San Ramon HS) went 2-for-4, which ties his career-high in hits with two. Winaker crossed the plate once.
• Freshman infielder Cam Conley (Lincoln University, Pa./Malvern Prep) went 2-for-3 with three RBI, which ties his career-high in RBI. Conley hit the only triple of the game, which was the first of his career.
• Sophomore infielder Nolan Lingley (Tracy, Calif./Ripon Christian School) also had two hits.
• Sophomore infielder John Peck (Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark HS) had one hit on the day and extended his hitting streak to nine games and his reached base streak to 11 games.

 
GAME RECAP
 
In the top of the second inning, Devon Walczykowski (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Jesuit HS) led off with a single to center field. The Waves took advantage of a Lions' fielding error to give Pepperdine runners on first and second. Quintt Landis (Westlake Village, Calif./Oaks Christian HS) and Walczykowski advanced into scoring position on a LMU wild pitch. Conley hit a sacrifice fly to center that scored the first run of the game and made it 1-0. Greg Mehlhaff (Gresham, Ore./Clackamas HS) hit an RBI ground ball to the shortstop to extend the Waves' lead at 2-0.
 
In the top of the third inning, Johnson went yard over the left-center wall to increase the Pepperdine lead at 3-0. After four scoreless innings, Winaker put down a bunt single to give the Waves a runner on first with two outs in the top of the eighth inning. Walczykowski was hit by a pitch that moved Winaker to second. Charles Masino (Newbury Park, Calif./Oaks Christian HS) blooped a double down the left-field line that scored the fourth run of the game for Pepperdine at 4-0. Conley roped his first career triple that scored two runs to increase the Waves' lead to 6-0. In the bottom of the eighth, Dylan Dennis of LMU hit a solo home run to give the Lions their first run of the game at 6-1.
 
In the bottom of the final inning, the Lions led off with a walk, but the Waves then sat down LMU on a fly out to center and a double play to end the game and hold onto the win.
 
UP NEXT
 
The Waves will be back at Eddy D. Field Stadium on Tuesday, May 17 for a non-conference midweek matchup hosting Cal Poly. First pitch is set for 3 p.m. and the game will be streamed live on the WCC Network.