Seth Gill was one of eight APU pitchers to throw Tuesday night
By Tim Peterson
(Glendora) – Azusa Pacific used eight pitchers, survived three bases loaded jams and 13 hits, and pounded out 11 hits of its own. When the dust finally settled the Cougars emerged with a 4-1 victory over Cal Poly Pomona Tuesday night on their home field.
The Cougars led 3-0 with a run in the first and two in the fourth but were in trouble several times throughout the ballgame. The Broncos loaded the bases in the second, fourth and sixth innings but managed just one run – a passed ball in the sixth that scored Jacob Bernardy.
Meanwhile the Cougars kept parading pitchers out to the hill. Joe Huthsing started but worked just two innings before giving way to Joel Belk. Belk worked one inning plus followed by…get ready…Royal Bradley, Kale Morton, Seth Gill, Hayden Jorgenson, Billy Sanford and David May.
May gave up two hits in the ninth with one out before getting the final two batters on fly balls to end the three hour affair.
Cal Poly used four pitchers as well to try to thwart the Cougars. APU got a run in the first when Mychael Goudreau walked and after Pablo O’Connor singled, Goudreau scored on a base hit by Michael Staudinger.
They added two in the fourth when Staudinger tripled and scored on a two bagger by Cam Bennett. Bennett then rolled home on a double Rene Reyes.
Adrian Tovalin played a solid third base for the Cougs
Reyes accounted for the fourth run when he turned on a fastball and parked it over the left field wall with one out in the sixth.
Tyler Rowe started for the Broncos and worked three and two-thirds.
Cal Poly couldn’t get enough bang for it buck with 13 total hits and they also committed two errors. Leaving the sacks full three times proved to be their undoing.
Goudreau, O’Connor, Staudinger and Reyes all had two hits for the Cougars.
Azusa Pacific improved to 18-16 overall while Cal Poly Pomona fell to 21-11.
CP 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
AP 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 4
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