Long Beach State University Athletics
Long Beach State University
20-14
Pepperdine
23-12
Peterson Cycles Through Pepperdine
4/15/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 15, 2008
LONG BEACH--Shane Peterson hit for the cycle and drove in five runs as No. 25-ranked Long Beach State (20-14) crushed visiting No. 32-ranked Pepperdine (23-12), 10-0 on Tuesday evening paced by 14 hits.
Peterson completed the cycle with a double down the right field line to score two in the sixth. He started the night with a two-run opposite field home run in the first, added an RBI triple to center in the third and had an infield single in the fourth.
Peterson went 4-for-4 with five RBIs and a walk, while Jonathan Jones, Steve Tinoco and Robert Burk added two hits a piece.
It is the first known cycle in Dirtbag and maybe 49er history. Any additional research or knowledge is encouraged.
Brett Lorin (2-2) pitched the first five shutout innings, striking out five, while walking two. He scattered four hits on 99 pitches. Lorin, David Roberts, Nick Vincent and Bryan Shaw combined on a six-hitter.
The last time Lorin won, on March 24 against Harvard, LBSU was 17-3, prior to losing at Pepperdine the next day. Since then they have lost 11 of 13 prior to tonight's win. It was also the last the team hit double digits.
The Dirtbags went up 3-0 in the first inning, paced by a sacrifice fly by Jason Corder, followed by a two-run home run by Peterson (3).
Long Beach State then added to four runs in the third off of two Pepperdine pitchers to lead 7-0. After Robert Dickman (3-4) gave up a single, followed by an RBI triple by Peterson, reliever Jonathan Harmston walked three straight to make it 5-0, before a two-run single by Robert Burk made it 7-0.
Dickman gave up the first five runs on seven hits.
LBSU embarks on a four-game road trip beginning with a three-game trek to CS Northridge starting on Friday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Lorin, Brett (2-2)
L: DICKMANN, Robert (3-4)
Batting:
2B: MENDONCA, Bryce 1 ; d'ARNAUD, Chase 1
Batting:
2B: Peterson, Shane 1
3B: Peterson, Shane 1
HR: Peterson, Shane 1
RBI: Corder, Jason 1 ; Peterson, Shane 5 ; Krick, Taylor 1 ; Howell, Travis 1 ; Burk, Robert 2
SH: Burk, Robert 1
SF: Corder, Jason 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Jones, Jonathan 1 ; Tinoco, Steve 2 ; Corder, Jason 1 ; Mittelstaedt, TJ 1 ; Peterson, Shane 3 ; Espinosa, Danny 1 ; Krick, Taylor 1
