POMONA, Calif. - The Whitman College baseball team fell in the opener 7-0 but rebounded for a 9-3 win in the nightcap to earn a doubleheader split against Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday in the final day of their three-game series at Alumni Field
Game 1
The opener saw the Blues (1-2) shut out for the second straight game. Jack Hostetler (0-1) battled through five and two-thirds innings and gave up four runs on five hits with five strikeouts.Â
Seo delivered a stellar outing for the Sagehens (7-2), allowing three hits in seven scoreless innings for the win.
Garrett Runyan posted three hits in the game but most of the offense was provided by the Sagehens. Pomona-Pitzer scored a pair of runs in the second inning and added another in the third, but Hostetler settled in for the middle innings. He struck out two in the fourth and retired the side in order in the fifth to keep the Blues in the game.
The Sagehens eventually pulled away on the strength of Ng's two-run homer in the ninth.
Game 2
The bats came alive for Whitman in the back end of the twinbill. Beck Maguire batted 3-5 including a three-run homer in the fourth inning. Brandon Ting and AJ Romero both contributed three hits, one run and one RBI, and Mateus Conaway added three runs and an RBI.
Russell Peterson (1-0) impressed in his collegiate debut, scattering three hits over five scoreless innings while striking out five hitters. Deliyanni (0-2) was tagged with the loss after giving up five runs on seven hits in three and two-thirds innings.
The Blues jumped on the board with a pair of runs in the first inning. Maguire scored on Ting's RBI double to open the scoring, then his three-run bomb in the fourth inning gave Whitman a 5-0 lead.Â
The Blues tacked on another but Kim sliced the lead in half for the Sagehens when he went yard for three runs in the eighth. Whitman responded with three runs in the top of the ninth to put the game away.
Whitman closes out its road trip on Sunday with a single game at La Verne. First pitch is set for 12:00 p.m.
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