College baseball: Lions lose

COSTA MESA - Vanguard University senior Chad Chop slammed his 12th

home run of the season, but the Lions’ baseball team had its four-game

winning streak snapped, as nonconference visitor California Baptist won,

6-4, Thursday.

The Lions end the regular season at 23-23-1, and will begin Golden

State Athletic Conference Regional play Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Azusa Pacific, where the Lions will duel Point Loma.

Chop, who is leading the team with a .403 batting average, drove in

all of the Lions’ runs and went 2 for 4. He crushed the home run, a solo

shot, over the right field fence to put the Lions up, 2-1, in the bottom of the third inning.

Vanguard held the lead until the top of the sixth when the Lancers put

three runs on the board, when the Lancers posted three runs.

Chop tied the game in the seventh, when his base hit with the bases

loaded brought in two runs. But the Lions couldn’t hold the Lancers

(21-21-2), who scored two runs in the top of the ninth.

Vanguard center-fielder Mike Bair wnet 2 for 5 and scored twice.

NONCONFERENCE

California Baptist 6, Vanguard 4

Cal Baptist 001 003 002 - 6 12 2

Vanguard 101 000 200 - 4 10 1

Harris, Owens (6), Hartsock (7), Mireles (8) and Anady; Shaffer,

Franco (3), Harris, (4), Griggs (5), Searle (6), Carnahan (8) and

Riddell. W - Hartsock, 1-1. L - Carnahan, 3-7. 2B - Ferreira (CB) 2,

Enriquez (CB). HR - Crouch (CB), Chop (VU).