Garrett Larsen
10
Winner Yale YU 3-3
8
Pepperdine PEPP 2-8
Winner
Yale YU
3-3
10
Final
8
Pepperdine PEPP
2-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yale YU 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 2 10 9 3
Pepperdine PEPP 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 8 13 2

W: Spadaccini, Teo (1-0) L: Pace, Jackson (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bulldogs Rally Late to Claim Rubber Match at Pepperdine

MALIBU, Calif. -- Sophomore Owen Turner drove in two runs in the top of the ninth inning, breaking an 8-8 tie and giving the Yale baseball team a series-clinching 10-8 victory over Pepperdine on Sunday in California. 

With the win, Yale improved to 3-3 overall. After splitting the first two games of the series against the Waves, the Bulldogs rallied late to take the rubber game. Pepperdine dropped to 2-8 overall.

Key Performers
  • Teo Spadaccini earned his first win of the season in relief for Yale. He tossed 1.1 innings of no-run, no-hit baseball to close out the game.
  • Sophomore Jack Dauer went 2-for-4 with three RBIs. 
Scoring Summary
  • Top 5th | After four scoreless innings, the Bulldogs jumped out to a big lead in the fifth. Bryce Miller started Yale's rally with a single to center and proceeded to steal second and third. After a series of bunt attempts and errors by the Pepperdine defense, the Bulldogs tallied six runs during the frame. Jackson Hays drove in a run with a bunt single. Chris DiPrima singled to left, adding an RBI of his own. Dauer concluded the rally with a two-RBI single to center. 6-0 YALE
  • Bottom 5th | Pepperdine answered with five runs in the bottom half of the inning to cut into Yale's lead. 6-5 YALE
  • Top 7th | Dauer drove in teammate Garrett Larsen to cushion the lead to two runs. 7-5 YALE
  • Bottom 7th | The Waves took their first lead of the game with three runs in the seventh. Max Aude and Trey Dunn were credited with RBIs. 8-7 PEPPERDINE
  • Top 8th | Yale tied the game with a run in the eighth. After Colin Sloan reached on a fielder's choice, pinch hitter Matt Hutchinson singled, advancing Sloan to third. Larsen singled to right, scoring Sloan and tying the game. 8-8
  • Top 9th | With one out in the ninth, Dauer, Davis Hanson, and Miller were hit by pitches in three consecutive at-bats. With the bases loaded, Turner lined a single to center, scoring Dauer and Hanson and giving the Bulldogs the go-ahead runs. 10-8 YALE 
Game Notes
  • Yale wrapped up its first-ever series with Pepperdine with a victory, improving to 2-1 overall against the Wave. 
  • Miller had an excellent weekend at the plate, going 5-for-11 with a .571 OBP during the series.
  • Hutchinson played in his first collegiate game, recording a pinch-hit single in his first at bat. 
  • Daniel Cohen started on the mound for the Bulldogs. He tossed 4.1 innings while allowing three earned runs. Brett Faccio, Tate Evans, and Spadaccini relieved Cohen. 
  • Larsen hit his second double of the season.
  • Dauer drove in three runs, bringing his season total to six RBIs.
Up Next
The Bulldogs will host Manhattan on Wednesday, March 4 at 3 p.m. 
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