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Baseball wins rain-shortened game

Eagles post 10 runs in less than six innings for win over San Diego Christian.
Baseball wins rain-shortened game

Biola took on San Diego Christian College at Eagles Diamond on Monday for their second home game against the Hawks in three days. The Eagles jumped on top early, then notched five runs in the sixth inning before the game was called in the middle of the inning due to rain. The final score of the shortened game gave Biola a 10-3 win.

The Eagles put their first few runs on the board thanks to some sloppy play from SDCC in the first inning. After senior left fielder Jerron Largusa flied out, a throwing error from the Hawks allowed sophomore shortstop Connor Kostecka to score, and a later throwing error allowed sophomore designated hitter Ryan Gallegos to score and make it 2-0 Eagles after one.

The Hawks brought the game to 2-1 with a home run in the second inning, but a wild pitch in the bottom half brought senior third baseman Anj Bourgeois home to make it 3-1. The highlight of the game for Biola came in the fourth inning when freshman catcher Caleb Watson crushed a ball over the center field wall for a two-run homer to put his team ahead 5-1.

The Hawks continued to stay in the game with two more runs in the fifth inning, but all doubt was put to rest in the sixth. Kostecka got the scoring started with a single up the middle that plated sophomore center fielder Brandon Cody. Back-to-back bases loaded walks brought home another two runs, and a single from sophomore first baseman Jackson Collins made it 9-3.

The final run of the day came on a wild pitch from the Hawks that allowed Largusa to score. The rain then began to come down heavily and the game was soon called because of it. Junior right-hander Kenny Carillo picked up the win for the Eagles with five full innings pitched before senior right-hander Joey Leavitt pitched the sixth and final frame.

With the win, the Eagles improve to 3-1, and they will look to continue their hot streak at Hope International University on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

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Joel Ashor is a junior broadcast journalism major with a love for sports, friends, and history. Joel is a Notre Dame football, Angels baseball, and Boston Celtics fan. [email protected] Growing up in the small city of Santa Maria, California as the youngest of four boys, I was always surrounded by things much earlier than normal, due to the fact that I experienced things through my much older brothers. One of the things I experienced was sports, and when I started watching and seeing what it looked like to be on a sports team, I fell in love. In my family, sports is not really an option, it just is something that we all do. Luckily my parents never had to force me or my brothers to play sports because we all had a passion for it. From a young age I immersed myself in the culture of sports, watching any sport that was on, growing a particular liking to college football. My uncle attended the University of Notre Dame, and my whole family are die-hard Irish fans. Naturally I became one as well, and I remember Saturday mornings with the family quite clearly. As I grew older I began to see and understand more about what it took to broadcast a live sports game, and I became quite intrigued by it. I decided I wanted to be involved with sports for the rest of my life and cover it in some form. One of the sports commentators I look up to greatly and have always liked is NBC sports reporter Bob Costas, who is a jack of all trades broadcaster and covers all sports from the Olympics to football and many more. I aspire to be a broadcast journalist someday, and the Chimes is an excellent way to hone my skills and continue to practice writing and talking about sports. I look forward to my growth while working with the Chimes in reporting accurately and quickly, and cannot wait to cover Biola sports.
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