Baseball Downed by Santa Clara in Series Finale

Sunday, April 30

Malibu, Calif.

1:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

15-25, 0

Santa Clara

23-15, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Santa Clara	0	1	4	0	0	0	2	2	2	11	12	1
Pepperdine	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	6	9	0

Ryan Johnson

Photo by: Kennedy Duke

4/30/2023 5:14:00 PM | Baseball

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By: by Athletic Communications

MALIBU, Calif. – The Pepperdine baseball team fell 11-6 in the West Coast Conference series finale to Santa Clara on Sunday afternoon at Eddy D. Field Stadium.

The Waves (15-25, 7-14) tied the game 5-all with the Broncos (23-15, 10-8) in the bottom of the sixth inning, but Santa Clara scored two runs in each of the next three innings to secure the win and series.

BIG WAVES

Freshman Jack Goodman (Medfield, Mass./Medfield HS) was 2-for-4 on the day.
Senior outfielder Grant Schoen (Clackamas, Ore./Clackamas HS) was also 2-for-4 on the day and had two RBI. Schoen also scored one run for Pepperdine.
Senior infielder Ryan Johnson (Tempe, Ariz./Seton Catholic HS) hit his 15th home run of the season, which was a two-run blast and ties him eighth on the Pepperdine all-time list. Johnson still leads the WCC in homers.

GAME RECAP

The Broncos got on the board first with a solo home run in the top of the second inning. In the bottom of the inning, the Waves had bases loaded with no outs. Jack Basseer (Pleasanton, Calif./Foothill HS) hit a hard sac fly to right field on a full count to tie the game 1-all. Connor Bradshaw (New Rochelle, N.Y./Trinity-Pawling HS) gave the Waves a 2-1 lead after a sac fly to center. Santa Clara took the lead back in the top of the third inning after scoring four runs on three hits to make it 5-2.

Grant Schoen led off the bottom of the sixth inning with a single through the right side. Ryan Johnson then sent one over the left field fence to get Pepperdine back within one, 5-4. Charles Masino (Newbury Park, Calif./Oaks Christian HS) hit an RBI single to left field to tie the game at 5-all. In the top of the seventh, Santa Clara went back on top after a two-run homer, 7-5. Pepperdine answered with a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to get within one, thanks to a Schoen sac fly to right, 7-6.

In the top of the eighth inning, the Broncos grabbed two insurance runs on a homer over the right field fence, 9-6. Santa Clara added two more to their lead in the top of the ninth inning on a hit to the right side, 11-6. In the bottom half of the final frame, the Waves left a man on base after being retired on a ground ball and a strikeout.

NOTABLE

John Peck (Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark HS) has now reached base in 24 consecutive games.
Lincoln Orellana (Apple Valley, Calif./Sheldon HS/Hawai'i/American River College) is now on a 21-game on-base streak.
Basseer has reached base in 20 straight games.
Quintt Landis (Westlake Village, Calif./Oaks Christian HS) is on a 14-game on-base streak and an eight game hitting streak.

UP NEXT

The Waves will stay on home turf and host Cal Poly on Tuesday, May 2 for a midweek contest. First pitch is scheduled for 3pm and the game will be live on the WCC Network.