Box Score LA VERNE, CA. – The Pomona-Pitzer Baseball team earned the first SCIAC Tournament Championship in program history with their 11-6 win over CMS on Saturday afternoon at Ben Hines Field.
The Sagehens won the SCIAC Postseason Tournament as the No. 2 seed with three-straight wins to improve to 32-11 overall and earned the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.
Isaac Kim was named SCIAC Tournament MVP after going 10-13 during the tournament with 11 RBIs and six runs scored.
The Sagehens were led today by
Jack Gold who went 3-5 with five RBI and a run scored.
JC Ng also went 3-5 with three RBI and a run scored while Kim also had a multi-hit game going 2-3 with an RBI and a run scored.
Greg Pierantoni,
Nate Jakobs,
Jimmy Legg,
Jackson Fleming, and
William Kinney all had one-hit performances for the Sagehens as well.
Harry Deliyannis got the start and the win with five innings pitched, gave up six hits and four runs with seven strikeouts.
Wade Lawson came in bridge the gap with three innings pitched while
Eric Prough closed the game out.
The Sagehens got on the Stags early in the game with three runs in the bottom of the first to play from in front. The Sagehens loaded the bases and Jakobs brought in the first run off of a hit by pitch while Gold doubled to left to extend the lead to 3-0.
CMS came back to tie the gamer with three runs in the fourth off of as double and a home run with the game knotted up at 3-3 after four innings of play.
The Stags went on to take the lead with another run in the top of the fifth to make it 4-3, but the Sagehens came roaring back in their next at-bats as Gold hit a three-run blast to right field and Ng doubled later in the inning to score Legg to put the Sagehens back on top 8-4.
CMS tried to cut back into the lead with a run in the top of the sixth to make it a three-run game at 8-5, but the Sagehens responded once again with RBIs from Ng, Kim and Pierantoni to push the lead to 11-5.
The Stags got a consolation run in the top of the eighth, but the Sagehen bullpen slammed the door shut to claim their first SCIAC Tournament Championship in program history.
Up Next: The Sagehens will await their NCAA Tournament opponent with the selection show on Monday morning.