Waves Drop Game Two Against BYU

Friday, May 19

Provo, Utah

5:00 p.m. PT

Pepperdine University

18-30, 0

BYU

24-27, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Pepperdine	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	0	9	14	1
BYU	0	1	0	5	5	0	0	6	X	17	16	0

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Photo by: Jeff Golden

5/19/2023 9:00:00 PM | Baseball

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By: by Athletic Communications

PROVO, Utah – The Pepperdine baseball team dropped to BYU 17-9 in game two of the three-game West Coast Conference series at Miller Park on Friday evening.

The Waves (7-19, 18-30) tried to piece together a comeback against BYU (13-13, 24-28) after scoring seven unanswered runs to get within two, 11-9, but a six-run bottom of the eighth inning for the Cougars gave them insurance with the lead to collect the victory.

BIG WAVES

Junior infielder Lincoln Orellana (Apple Valley, Calif./Sheldon HS/Hawai'i/American River College) was 3-for-5 on the night including two RBI. Orellana's three hits tie his career-high.
Senior outfielder Grant Schoen (Clackamas, Ore./Clackamas HS) was also 3-for-5 including his third home run of the season. Schoen's three hits tie his career-high as well.
Junior infielder John Peck (Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark HS) was 2-for-4 including a walk and a RBI.
Senior catcher Quintt Landis (Westlake Village, Calif./Oaks Christian HS) was 2-for-5 on the night.
Freshman designated hitter Jack Basseer (Pleasanton, Calif./Foothill HS) hit his fifth home run of the season, which was a two-run shot. Basseer also had a two-run homer in game one against the Cougars and this is the first time this season he has gone yard in back-to-back games.

GAME RECAP

Lincoln Orellana got the Waves on the board in the top of the first inning after an RBI single to right field, 1-0. BYU answered in the bottom of the second inning with a RBI single of their own to right field to tie the game 1-all. In the top of the third, Orellana gave the Pepperdine the lead back with another RBI single through the right side, 2-1.

The Cougars took back the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning scoring five runs on two hits to make it 6-2. BYU brought in five more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to add to their lead, 11-2. Grant Schoen led off the top of the seventh inning with a solo homer to center to make it, 11-3, still in favor of BYU. With two outs, Quintt Landis sent a single back up the middle to bring in Pepperdine's fourth run. On a 1-2 count, Jack Bassseer smacked one out over the left field wall to cut the deficit to five, 11-6.

Luke Pemberton (Boulder, Colo./Boulder HS) was hit by a pitch to give Pepperdine a runner with no outs in the top of the eighth inning. Jack Goodman (Medfield, Mass./Medfield HS) and Schoen roped back-to-back singles to load the bases. Ryan Johnson (Tempe, Ariz./Seton Catholic HS) reached on a fielder's choice that brought in a run to make it 11-7. John Peck then hit a RBI single up the middle to get the Waves back within three, 11-8. The Waves took advantage of a BYU wild pitch to close the lead to two, 11-9. In the bottom of the eighth, the Cougars countered and earned six insurance runs on six hits to extend the lead to 17-9. In the top of the ninth inning, the Waves were retired in order.

UP NEXT

The Waves and Cougars will play the series finale tomorrow, Saturday, May 20 with first pitch set for 12 p.m. PT. The game will be live on BYUtv.