REDLANDS, Calif. — Pomona-Pitzer baseball defeated Redlands 6-4 in 11 innings Friday afternoon in game one of the two teams' three-game series. 
 
Season Impact: The win puts the Sagehens at 11-5 on the season, including 3-1 in SCIAC play. 
 
Cooper Berry led the team offensively with three RBI, including the go-ahead solo homer in the 11th, going 2-of-4 from the plate. Peter Savas added two RBI while Will Parker added one. Wade Lawson earned the win from the mound, closing the game out with 3.0 IP and seven putouts. Max Brunngraber started and went 6.2 innings with seven strikeouts of his own. 
 
Neither team managed to plate a run until the seventh frame, when Berry sent Greg Pierantoni home off an RBI single. Parker added an RBI off a fielder's choice and Savas earned a bases-loaded walk, giving the Sagehens a 3-0 lead. But Redlands answered in the bottom of the frame with three runs of its own to tie the game at 3-3. 
 
Berry again put Pomona-Pitzer ahead in the eighth, 4-3, with an RBI sac fly. But again the Bulldogs answered with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning to tie the game. Neither team managed to score in the ninth, with Lawson striking out a pair of batters to send the game to extras. 
 
Berry again came through for the Sagehens in the 11th, sending a pitch over the right field wall to give the team a 5-4 lead. Savas added an insurance run, sending James Quintero home on a sac fly. Lawson then struck out the side to close the game and seal the 6-4 win. 
 
Up Next: The Sagehens will take on Redlands again tomorrow, Saturday, Mar. 7, in a doubleheader at Alumni Field. First pitch for game one is slated for 11:00 a.m. PT.