Baseball: Vanguard drops two to Westmont

COSTA MESA - Vanguard University’s baseball team dropped two tough

games to visiting Westmont Saturday in a Golden State Athletic Conference

doubleheader.

In the first game, the Lions (4-14, 2-11 in conference) tied it, 2-2, in

the fifth inning before the Warriors retook the lead to win, 5-3. Sam

Baeder had two RBIs for Vanguard with a single, and Ryan Dambach had an

RBI double for the Lions. Anthony Walker pitched eight innings and gave

up four earned runs for Vanguard.

In the second game, the Lions scored three times in the bottom of the

third, but lost, 4-3, as they gave up runs in the sixth and eighth

inning. Westmont’s Mike Murphy hit two home runs, but it was his

sacrifice fly that drove in the winning run. James Dent had two hits for

Vanguard.

GOLDEN STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Game 1

Westmont 5, Vanguard 3

Score by innings

Westmont 101 002 100 - 5 13 1

Vanguard 000 020 001 - 3 3 2

Reeves, Lowe (7) and Ainley; Walker, Williams (9) and Steckler. W -

Reeves, 4-1; L - Walker, 1-4. 2B - LaRue (WC), Ainley (WC), Baeder (VU),

Dambach (VU).

Game 2

Westmont 4, Vanguard 3

Score by inningsWestmont 101 001 010 - 4 5 2

Vanguard 003 000 000 - 3 8 1

Zemlock and Ainley; Taylor, Steele (8) and Dodos. HR - Murphy 2 (WC).