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Charles Masino
Jeff Golden
Charles Masino
7
UCLA UCLA 19-9-1
8
Winner Pepperdine PEPP 11-19
UCLA UCLA
19-9-1
7
Final
8
Pepperdine PEPP
11-19
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UCLA UCLA 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 1 7 15 1
Pepperdine PEPP 1 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 8 9 3

W: Baird, Jack (2-2) L: Delvecchio, Cody (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | by Athletic Communications

Waves Walk-Off #19 Bruins

MALIBU, Calif. – After a back-and-forth scoring game, the Pepperdine baseball team earned an 8-7 victory over #19 UCLA in the bottom of the ninth with a walk-off by Charles Masino in a midweek contest on Tuesday afternoon at Eddy D. Field Stadium.
 
The Waves (11-19) and Bruins (19-9-1) each scored a run in five out of the nine innings played and were tied three times throughout. Quintt Landis singled in the bottom of the ninth with two outs and a beauty of a blooper by Masino brought him around for the victory. Pepperdine and UCLA have each won a midweek contest on their home turf this season.
 
BIG WAVES
 
  • Junior outfielder Charles Masino (Newbury Park, Calif./Oaks Christian HS) was 3-for-5 on the day and brought in a career-high five RBI.
  • Senior outfielder Grant Schoen (Clackamas, Ore./Clackamas HS) was 2-for-4 including his first career home run, which was a two-run shot and crossed the plate three times.
  • Senior infielder Quintt Landis (Westlake Village, Calif./Oaks Christian HS) was also 2-for-4 on the day and crossed the plate twice including scoring the winning run in the bottom of the ninth.
  • Junior shortstop John Peck (Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark HS) had one hit on the day and one RBI. He also scored two runs and had a stolen base.
  • Sophomore RHP Bobby Christy (Odessa, Fla./Sickles HS) threw 4.0 innings and held UCLA to only one run and struck out a career-high three batters.
  • Graduate student RHP Jack Baird (Parker, Colo./Legend HS) threw 1.1 innings in relief and earned his second win of the season. Baird only allowed one hit, one run and struck out three Bruins.
 
Game Recap
 
Back-to-back singles from Grant Schoen and Ryan Johnson (Tempe, Ariz./Mountain Pointe HS) started the bottom of the first inning and put runners on the corners with no outs. John Peck then hit a sac-fly to right field to give the Waves an early 1-0 lead. After a scoreless second inning, the Bruins scored one run on two hits in the top of the third inning, tying the game 1-all. In the bottom of the third inning, Pepperdine loaded the bases with one out. Charles Masino then roped a bases clearing double down the right field line to give Pepperdine a 4-1 lead.
 
In the top of the fifth inning, UCLA scored three runs on five hits to tie the game 4-all. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Peck and Quintt Landis hit back-to-back singles giving Pepperdine runners on second and third with one out. Masino had a ground ball RBI to break the tie 5-4 in favor of the Waves.
 
UCLA scored one run on two hits knotting the game up 5-all, in the top of the sixth inning. Schoen answered back in the bottom of the sixth with a two-run blast to deep right center putting the Waves back on top 7-5.
 
In the top of the eighth inning, the Bruins scored one run on two hits to cut the deficit to one, 7-6. UCLA then tied the game again 7-all in the top of the ninth. With two outs in the bottom of the ninth, Quintt Landis sent one right back up the middle. On a 2-2 count, Masino then hit a walk-off single to right field to give the Waves the victory.
 
UP NEXT
 
Pepperdine will hit the road and head to San Francisco for a three-game West Coast Conference series beginning on Friday, April 14 and concluding on Sunday, April 16. Game one on Friday is scheduled for 1 p.m. and the game will be live on the WCC Network.
 
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