PEPPERDINE RIPS NEVADA PITCHING WAVES COMPLETE SWEEP OF WOLF PACK PEPPERDINE 16, NEVADA 3.Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer MALIBU - Drip by drip, the water had steadily seeped through the cracks all weekend until the Pepperdine Waves let loose with a final tsunami Sunday afternoon. ``The dam broke,'' Waves baseball coach Frank Sanchez said of Nevada's fourth-inning meltdown. ``And the rest was history.'' Pepperdine scored six runs in the fourth thanks partly to erratic Nevada pitching, and won 16-3 at Eddy D. Field Eddy D. Field is home of the Pepperdine University Waves' baseball team located in Malibu, California. It was originally built in 1973, but underwent renovations in 1980 and 1999. It now holds up to 2,000 spectators, all box seats. Stadium. Pepperdine swept the Wolf Pack wolf pack n. A group of submarines that attack a single vessel or a convoy. Noun 1. wolf pack - a group of submarines operating together in attacking enemy convoys by a cumulative score of 36-6. On Friday and Saturday, the Waves (4-0) had done in Nevada (1-5) utilizing productive offense (16 hits) and quality starting pitching (Jay Adams' eight scoreless innings) in 18-3 and 2-0 wins, respectively. The Wolf Pack, trying to salvage Sunday's game, led 1-0 into the fourth inning. But starter Mateo Miramontes (1-1) and reliever George Moran The name George Moran may refer to two different individuals:
Woody Cliffords and Danny Garcia Daniel Joseph (Danny) Garcia (born April 12, 1980 in Riverside, California) is an American baseball player who played second base for the New York Mets in 2003 and 2004. This season, with Triple-A Columbus Clippers, Garcia hit .242, with 3 home runs, and 39 RBIs. collected back-to-back RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in singles and Jared Pitney hit a two-run homer to crush Nevada's brief moment of confidence. `'Our bench got up and got a little rowdy that inning. I think that had a lot to do with it,'' said Pitney, who went 4 for 6 with two RBI and three runs scored. Three runs were already in when Garcia provided more juice to the Waves' dugout. After his base hit, Garcia broke for second thinking a balk balk the action of a horse when it refuses to obey a command to which it usually responds. See also jibbing. was called. But Moran threw to Nevada second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker Joey Herrera and Garcia ran it out in case the play was live. He slid into the bag, knocking Herrera off his feet. That further riled rile tr.v. riled, ril·ing, riles 1. To stir to anger. See Synonyms at annoy. 2. To stir up (liquid); roil. [Variant of roil.] Adj. 1. up Pepperdine's bench. And when Garcia was called back to first, he moved up two bases on a wild pitch and took out Nevada third baseman Alex Rangel with another aggressive but clean slide. ``It was a real up inning. That (Herrera) play kind of sparked us. Our dugout fires up when we get something going,'' Garcia said. ``I hit that guy and that guy at third as well. We had a couple big hits and we were rolling.'' The Waves have rarely been slowed in four wins over quality opposition. Pepperdine, ranked 18th by Baseball America but left off two other preseason Top 25 polls, beat 12th-ranked Cal State Fullerton in Tuesday's opener. ``We're real versatile,'' said Pitney, referring to the Waves' ability to sweep the Wolf Pack with potent hitting and Adams' effective pitching on Saturday. ``If we need somebody like Adams to step up and throw a shutout for eight innings, we've got that. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Danny Garcia of Pepperdine slides into second base as the catcher's throw goes high over Alex Rangel. Evan Yee/Staff Photographer |
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