MOBILE, Ala. – The Pepperdine baseball team's bats stayed hot in the South Alabama Invitational defeating Southern 16-0 on Saturday morning at Stanky Field. Two Waves homered including Ryan Johnson with another two home run day.
 
The Waves (4-4) scored runs in six of the nine innings against the Jaguars (4-7) and held Southern to only one hit throughout. Pepperdine collected 15 hits for its 16 runs.
 
BIG WAVES

• Junior utility transfer Lincoln Orellana (Apple Valley, Calif./Sheldon HS/Hawai'i/American River College) had a career-high three hits, going 3-for-4 at the plate including two doubles and a walk. Orellana also had an RBI and crossed the plate once.
• Graduate student infielder Greg Mehlhaff (Gresham, Ore./Clackamas HS) was 3-for-4 on the day with two RBI and his third home run of the season. Mehlhaff also earned a walk and scored two runs.
• Senior infielder Ryan Johnson (Phoenix, Ariz./Seton Catholic HS) was 2-for-3, with both hits being home runs, and also had a walk. Johnson tied his career-high in RBI (five) for the second consecutive game. 
• Junior Charles Masino (Newbury Park, Calif./Oaks Christian HS) was also 2-for-3 and scored twice.
• Redshirt sophomore outfielder Luke Pemberton (Boulder, Colo./Boulder HS) hit a two-run RBI double, which was a career-high in RBI.
• Senior LHP Shane Telfer (San Diego, Calif./Cathedral Catholic HS) threw 6.0 shutout innings, only allowing one hit and three walks. Telfer struck out five Southern hitters to collect his second win of the season.
• Freshman RHP Gunnar Nichols (Burbank, Calif./John Burroughs HS) threw a career-high 3.0 innings and struck out two, which is also a career-high.

GAME RECAP
 
Charles Masino led off the game with a single through the left side. After one out, Johnson saw a beautiful pitch on a full count and sent one out of the park over the left field fence to give Pepperdine an early 2-0 lead. The Waves had back-to-back walks courtesy of Lincoln Orellana and Jack Basseer (Pleasanton, Calif./Foothill HS). Pepperdine was then hit by a pitch to load the bases. Quintt Landis (Westlake Village, Calif./Oaks Christian HS) hit a ball deep to center for a sacrifice fly to make it 3-0 in favor of Pepperdine.
 
In the top of the second, Jack Goodman (Medfield, Mass./Medfield HS) sent a pitch right back up the middle to give Pepperdine its first base runner of the inning. With one out, John Peck (Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark HS) roped a double off the left center wall that scored Goodman and made it 4-0. Orellana hit a double down the left field line that brought Peck across the plate and added to the Waves' lead.
 
After a scoreless third inning, the Waves' hot bats continued in the top of the fourth as Johnson smacked his second two-run homer of the game to give Pepperdine a 7-0 lead. Another two scoreless innings for both squads brought the Waves to the top of the seventh inning where the solid hitting resumed. The Waves got runners on base by a walk and hit by pitch. Greg Mehlhaff sent a single to right center to load the bases. Pepperdine was yet again hit by a pitch, which brought in another run to make it 8-0. Luke Pemberton then hit a double to the warning track in left center, having two more runs come across the plate. Pepperdine took advantage of a Southern passed ball and brought in the 11th run of the game. Johnson hit a deep sacrifice fly to left to allow the 12th run for Pepperdine to cross the plate.
 
In the top of the eighth with two outs, Quintt Landis doubled down the right field line. On an 0-2 count for Mehlhaff, he took the next pitch out of the park for a two-run shot to give the Waves a 14-0 lead. Pepperdine retired the Jaguars in order in the bottom of the eighth inning.
 
Pemberton earned a walk to lead off the top of the ninth. With one out, Johnson was hit by a pitch to give Pepperdine two base runners. Nolan Lingley (Tracy, Calif./Ripon Christian HS) stepped in the box for the first time of the day and singled to left to load the bases. Devon Walczykowski (El Dorado Hills, Calif./Jesuit HS) came up to bat for the second time and took the first pitch he saw to left center scoring two runs. In the final three outs for the Jaguars, the Waves retired them in order with a pop up, fly out and a ground ball to secure the win.
 
UP NEXT
 
Pepperdine will play its final game in the South Alabama Invitational on Sunday, March 5 against Iowa. First pitch is scheduled for 9 a.m. PT.