College baseball: Vanguard loses in ninth inning

LA MIRADA - Vanguard University’s baseball team took an early lead

with a four-run second inning Tuesday afternoon. But host Biola staged a

steady comeback and pulled out an 8-7 Golden State Athletic Conference

victory in the top of the ninth inning.

Biola’s Jonathan Rouwenhorst drove in his second run of the day with a

single for the Eagles (13-4, 7-2 in conference). Biola scored four runs

in the last three innings to come back from a 6-3 deficit.

Samuel Baeder went 3 for 5 with one RBI and run scored for the Lions

(3-11, 1-8). Vanguard’s Ryan Dambach went 2 for 3 with an RBI and his

teammate Kevin Candelaria went 3 for 5. Michael Bair and Matt Tisthammer

scored two Vanguard runs.

Biola went through three pitchers in the first 3 1/3 innings. Four of the

Lions’ seven runs were unearned.

GOLDEN STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Biola 8, Vanguard 7

Score by innings

Vanguard 040 200 010 - 7 11 1

Biola 002 011 211 - 8 12 1

Case, Walker (6) and Dodos; Ekin, Eikim (2), Pentecost (4), Copeland (4),

Hansen (8) and Slater, Cardamone (8). W - Hansen, 6-0; L - Walker, 0-1.

2B - Candelaria (VU), Dambach (VU), Meuli (BU), Slater (BU), Wade (BU).