COLLEGE BASEBALL: WAVES GET ONE HIT IN LOSS PEPPERDINE CAN'T CONVERT FEW CHANCES VS. HOUSTON HOUSTON 2, PEPPERDINE 0.Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer MALIBU - Danny Zell was at times wild, and the Houston pitcher put Pepperdine into more scoring opportunities than Waves hitters created for themselves. But it didn't matter that Zell walked two, hit two more and threw a wild pitch. Nor was it a factor that his shortstop messed up a routine throw to first. Or that his catcher was charged with a passed ball. Pepperdine struggled with the bats Saturday and lost 2-0 to the No. 11 Cougars in a Battle at the Beach tournament game. The Waves (1-1) mustered just one hit against Zell (seven innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. , four strikeouts) and two relievers. It was the second consecutive day in the new season Pepperdine gasped for baserunners. It got away with just five hits in Friday's 1-0 victory over Washington. But the Cougars (1-1) scratched out single runs in the fourth and seventh innings and encountered little duress duress (dy  `rĭs, d`–, d throughout the Waves' at-bats. ``Toward the later innings when I was out there, they were a little frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: ,'' said Zell, a junior left-hander who went 8-2 with a 2.86 ERA last season. ``And then I started adding my changeup change·up n. Baseball A pitch intended to look like a fastball, which actually approaches the plate at a slow speed, thereby causing the batter to swing prematurely. [Alteration of change-of-pace.] into my pitching thing and made them off-balance even more.'' The Waves had precious few opportunities to break through against Zell: Kevin Rooney's leadoff single in the third; Zell hitting the first batter in the next two innings; his back-to-back walks to Cory Brightwell and Ty Harper with one out in the sixth. But cleanup batter Chris Kelly Chris Kelly may refer to the following persons:
``I'm not down on it. We'll be there,'' said shortstop Kevin Estrada, whose home run that beat Washington on Friday represents the bulk of the Waves' offensive output through the first two games. ``Our guys can hit the ball, right now it may be a little frustrating frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: . But I don't think, I know "I Don't Think, I Know" is the second single released from Brooke McClymont. It peaked at number forty-five on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart January 2003. Track listing
Estrada's confidence makes sense. Though the young club did have two freshmen in the lineup Saturday, the top four hitters in the order are seasoned. Estrada spent two seasons at Florida before sitting out as an injury redshirt last season. Brightwell, Harper and Kelly are returning starters and drove in at least 40 runs. ``We hit the ball at people all day. And (Zell) was pretty good,'' Harper said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Houston's Sam Mitchell Sam Mitchell may refer to:
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