Baseball splits doubleheader at HPU

Eagles pick up a win, but lose the nightcap against Hawaii Pacific.

Joel Ashor, Sports Editor • February 26, 2019

Photo courtesy of Courtesy of Biola Athletics / Facebook

Baseball returned to action at Hawaii Pacific University on Monday in their second doubleheader against the Sharks in three days. The Eagles split this twinbill, picking up a 10-6 win in the first game, but falling 4-0 in the second to lose the four-game series.

BATES BRINGS THE BATS

Biola got off to a rocky start in game one, quickly falling behind 3-0 after two innings. However, the offense began to click on all cylinders in the third, starting with a big three-run homerun from sophomore center fielder Brandon Cody that tied the game at three. Sophomore first baseman Ryan Gallegos gave his team the lead with an RBI double later in the inning the give the Eagles their first lead of the game.

Senior left fielder Jerron Largusa padded the lead with a two-run blast in the fifth inning to make it 6-3, and junior right fielder RJ Bates picked up an RBI single to pull Biola ahead 7-3 after five innings of play. Just like they did on Saturday, HPU made a late rally, notching three runs in the eighth inning to pull within 7-6.

The Eagles did not let the Sharks steal a win from them this time, as Bates continued his hot hitting with a two-RBI double. Freshman catcher Caleb Watson picked up an RBI on a groundout and Biola held on to win 10-6.

Senior left-handed pitcher Dallas Burk started the game and pitched four innings, allowing three runs. Sophomore right-hander Anthony Villegas entered in the fifth and picked up the win for the Eagles, while junior right-hander Josh Ludeman picked up the save in 1.1 innings of work.

OFFENSE GOES SILENT

In the nightcap of the doubleheader, the Eagles’ bats went entirely quiet. Ludeman got the start, but was pulled after two innings of work with no runs allowed. The game remained scoreless until the fifth inning, when HPU broke through with four runs.

The offense was not able to muster anything against the pitching staff of the Sharks, tallying only two hits the entire game as HPU took the 4-0 victory.

The Eagles (4-5) open PacWest conference play on Thursday at 8 p.m. at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.

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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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Baseball splits doubleheader at HPU

BATES BRINGS THE BATS

OFFENSE GOES SILENT

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