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Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
JC ETBU hit
10
Winner Pomona-Pitzer POMONA-P 2-1
5
East Tex. Baptist EAST TEX 1-2
Winner
Pomona-Pitzer POMONA-P
2-1
10
Final
5
East Tex. Baptist EAST TEX
1-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Pomona-Pitzer POMONA-P 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 10 12 1
East Tex. Baptist EAST TEX 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 4 1

W: Wallace, William (1-0) L: B. Karnes (0-1) S: Wiessinger, Jack (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Sagehens Take Series Over No. 5 East Texas Baptist

MARSHALL, TX. – The Pomona-Pitzer Baseball team opened the season with one of their most impressive series wins in program history after they took the rubber game against No. 5 East Texas Baptist 10-5 on Saturday night.
 
The Sagehens were led by JC Ng who went 2-5 on the day with two runs scored and four RBIs coming from his grand slam. Jimmy Legg and Jack Gold also turned out two-hit performances while Carson Evans, Greg Pierantoni, Nate Jakobs, Tanner DeGrazia, Matthew Nishimura, and Kade Morihara earned a hit as well.
 
Hannoh Seo got the start and made it 3.1 innings with three runs off three hits and five strikeouts. Eric Prough, Wade Lawson, William Wallace, and Jack Wiessinger made relief appearances with Wallace picking up the win and Wiessinger with the save.
 
A game that was well worth the wait in Marshall that saw five lead changes, a weather delay, a grand slam in the ninth, a behind-the-back catch to end the game, and after five hours and 32 minutes, the Sagehens came away with the series win.
 
Pomona-Pitzer jumped out to a lead in the top of the first with an RBI single by Evans. Seo started with three scoreless frames for Pomona-Pitzer until the Tigers stirred up some offense in the bottom of the fourth with three runs off a walk with the bases loaded, an RBI single a sacrifice fly to take a 3-1 lead.
 
The Sagehens chipped away over the next few innings with one run in the sixth, seventh, and eighth with RBIs from Legg, Gold, and Legg again to reclaim the lead at 4-3 in the top of the eighth.
 
ETBU responded in the bottom half of the inning with two runs coming off of a wild pitch with the bases loaded that turned into two runs after the attempt at home was thrown over the pitcher's head to allow the Tigers to take a late 5-4 lead.
 
The Sagehens loaded the bases with one out in the ninth and pinch hitter Morihara came through with a two-RBI single that struck the bag at first to bring home Gold and DeGrazia to put the Sagehens back on top 6-5. The Sagehens weren't done yet as they loaded the bases again and Ng blasted his second home run of the series with a grand slam to blow the game open at 10-5.
 
With a comfortable lead in hand, Wiessinger closed out the game for Pomona-Pitzer and capped off the wild weekend with a behind-the-back grab for the final out of the game as the Sagehens took the series over No. 5 East Texas Baptist.
 
Up Next: The Sagehens will return home to host Linfield on Friday, February 16th at 2:00 p.m.
 
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