CLAREMONT, Calif. — Pomona-Pitzer baseball opened SCIAC play with a 15-0 win over Chapman Friday afternoon at Alumni Field.
Season Impact: The win puts the Sagehens at 6-2 on the season, including 1-0 in conference action.
Cooper Berry paced the team offensively with six RBI after going 4-of-4 from the plate with four runs scored.
Kai Gonzaga added three RBI on a three-run homer in the sixth while
Jack Gold also posted three RBI.
Tanner DeGrazia and
James Quintero each batted a pair of runs in.
Max Brunngraber (2-0) pitched a complete game shutout from the mound, striking out seven while only allowing two hits in 7.0 innings of work.
Quintero got the scoring started in the second with a two-out two-RBI single to right field. DeGrazia added an RBI single in the third before Berry blasted a three-run shot to right, giving the Sagehens a 6-0 lead.
Gold drew a bases-loaded walk in the fourth and DeGrazia added a sac fly RBI. Berry then belted a three-run double off the right center wall to put Pomona-Pitzer up 11-0.
Peter Savas pitched in an RBI single to seal a six-run fourth inning.
Gonzaga added a three-run homer of his own in the sixth, as the Sagehens entered the top of the seventh up 15-0. Brunngraber sealed the run-rule victory with a backwards "K" for his seventh punchout of the game.
Up Next: Pomona-Pitzer will face Chapman again tomorrow, Saturday, Feb. 21, in a road doubleheader beginning at 11:00 a.m. PT.