TUCSON, Ariz. - In a six-inning shortened game due to a faulty sprinkler system, the Whitman College baseball team dropped its season opener 2-0 to Cal Lutheran on Day 1 of the Arizona Cactus Classic played at the Kino Sports Complex.

With Cal Lutheran ahead by two runs in the top of the seventh, the sprinkler system came on for an extended period of time. The officials deemed the field unplayable after the sprinklers had stopped and, with six completed innings in the books, the win was given to the Kingsman (2-0).

Eric Ma (0-1) went a full six innings before being spelled for Collin Anderson to start the seventh. He found himself pitching with runners in scoring position in nearly every inning but closed with a strong 1-2-3, two-strikeout sixth inning. He gave up two runs on four hits with six strikeouts in his six innings of work.

Troy Frazier (1-0) struck out 11 Whitman (0-1) hitters in earning the win for the Kingsman. He allowed only two hits which came in the form of singles in the fifth and sixth innings by Ben Parker and Matthew Sox, respectively.

All the scoring came in the top half of the third inning. After giving up a leadoff hit to Harrison Dunkel (2 H, 1 R), Ma walked the next two hitters, with a wild pitch in between, to load the bases with no outs. He was able to minimize the potential damage when he forced Ryan Probst into a 6-4-3 double play. Dunkel scored on the play and Tanner Wright scored from third on a wild pitch one batter later.

Whitman retakes the field Saturday for a pair of games. The Blues face Chapman at 2:00 p.m. MT (1:00 p.m. PT) then Redlands at 6:00 p.m. MT (5:00 p.m. PT).