REDLANDS, Calif. – The University of Redlands baseball team (7-4, 2-4) dropped their Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) doubleheader with University of La Verne 7-2 in game one and 17-10 in game two.
Game 1 (2-7)
The Bulldogs got out in front early thanks to Nathan Miller who homered to left field for a 2-0 lead as Jared Anderson came around following his single.
In the second they had Will Cell at third and Mason Chetcuti at second, after they walked and singled and then advanced on a wild pitch, but the Bulldogs were unable to bring them home as they stayed tied at two.
Trailing 3-2 in the fourth Caesar Correra and Cell were left stranded after walking and singling.
After allowing four more runs Redland went to the ninth down five. After a strikeout began the inning before Jake Burgess doubled to right center.
The Leopards then recorded their second out before Chetcuti walked. Luke De Vries was able to reach on a fielding error at second as they brought the tying run at the plate. Anderson would end up flying out to right as the Bulldogs lost the game to even the series at one.
Joe Godoy started and went 7.1 innings with six runs, four earned, and seven strikeouts. Jack Brown was able to shut down the Leopards in the ninth on only three pitches.
Game 2 (17-10)
Of the 27 runs 24 of them came in the first five innings. Redlands would lead after one inning 3-2 after Ian Umscheid reached on a fielder's choice and got an RBI with the game being tied at two thanks to a throwing error that allowed Anderson to score the second run. Correra made it 3-2 with a single to left center.
After La Verne scored six in the top of the second the Bulldogs scored three to pull within two, 8-6.
Heading into the bottom of the fifth the Bulldogs were down six, 12-6, following two Leopards runs in each of the third and fourth innings. Umscheid would add a second RBI to his day as he brought in Tyler Preece on a sacrifice fly in the fourth. Burgess then got run number two of the inning on a single down the right field line.
La Verne responded to the runs with three more in the third as the deficit was seven, 15-9. In the bottom half of the fifth with no one on and two outs Anderson doubled to right center in front of Preece who brought him in with a double of his own.
The offense would slow down as both pitching staffs held each other without a run in the sixth through eighth innings. In the ninth Will Daniel hit a pinch hit single through the right side as Burgess scored for their 10th and final run.
Burgess finished with a career-high four hits as the Bulldogs recorded 11 hits, walked six times, and Preece was hit by two pitches.
Brown continued his strong day as he added three shutout innings in relief.
Redlands will host Vanguard University on Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. before hosting Pomona-Pitzer on Friday at 2:00 p.m.