THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - At the conclusion of the initial round of play in Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) competition in 2015, the Cal Lutheran baseball team found itself in familiar territory with the No. 1 seed going into pool play for the final four games of the regular season. The Kingsmen went on the road to take down Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 11-2 today to begin Round Robin action.
A five run third inning was all the visiting Violet and Gold would need as they held as much as a 7-0 lead through five. CLU added a run in the seventh and three more in the final frame on a Spencer DuBois homerun while CMS pushed across a pair in the bottom of the sixth.
A 4-for-5 day from Kyle Sanchez included a double as he crossed the plate twice and DuBois was hot in the second spot with a 3-for-6 day that featured three RBIs and a run. The quartet of Collin Crowl, Nico Filice, Gabe Gunter and Max Price provided two hits apiece with Crowl, Filice and Price each scoring a pair of runs. Crowl drove in three and Filice also notched a homerun, driving in two on the swing while also hitting the plate twice. Justin Caña lifted two sacrifice flies and Davey Casciola added an RBI and a run with Ramsey Abushahla rounding out the scoring for CLU.
The bullpen was solid for Cal Lutheran as Nate Wehner, Evan Peterson and Landry Kiyabu combined for 3.1 hitless innings and none of the relievers issued a walk. Wehner struck out two Stags. In the closer role, Kiyabu put 10 of 13 pitches in the strike zone and sat down one. Trey Saito earned the win after working 5.2 innings, striking out two and surrendering two runs on four hits.
Cal Lutheran (26-10, 18-7 SCIAC) is back on the road Saturday morning for a single game against Occidental. The Kingsmen and Tigers will take the field at 3:00 p.m.
Box Score: CLU 11, CMS 2
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