Long Beach State University
5-6
Pepperdine
8-4
Dirtbags Win Third Straight with 2-1 Victory Over Pepperdine
3/8/2022 9:45:00 PM | Baseball
Zach Voelker got the midweek start and was impressive, tossing four scoreless innings in his first Dirtbag start. Only three baserunners reached against the right-hander while he struck out four. He handed the ball off to Marques Johnson who followed up with three scoreless innings of his own while striking out three.
.@VoelkerZach's through 4 with 4 K's ??
— LBSU Dirtbags (@LBDirtbags) March 9, 2022
1-0 'Bags heading into B4 pic.twitter.com/gPK2jyF3Oj
The Dirtbags put a run the board right away with Rocco Peppi coming across the plate in the first inning after an errant throw on an Eddie Saldivar stolen base flew into center field.
The 1-0 score would hold until the bottom of the seventh when Tanner Carlson came through with an RBI single into left field. Sebastian Murillo, who went 1-for-3 on the night, came in to score Long Beach State's second run of the night.
'Bags up 2-0 through 7 thanks to @tcarls5_ ?? pic.twitter.com/gU3dLjLc2u
— LBSU Dirtbags (@LBDirtbags) March 9, 2022
Heading into the eighth, the Dirtbags called on Matt Fields to pitch. The right-hander surrendered a solo homer to the first batter he faced in the inning to cut the lead in half, but bounced back to get out of the inning with the lead.
After a rally came up empty in the top half of the ninth, Fields headed back to the bump and worked a quick one-two-three inning to secure the Dirtbags' 2-1 victory.
Carlson led the offense out of the nine-hole with a 2-for-3 performance and the game-winning RBI. Murillo and Chase Luttrell were the only other Dirtbags to record a hit in the win.
Long Beach State is back in action this weekend with a schedule change as they will now host No. 15 ranked Gonzaga in a three-game series at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field.
Tickets are available for just $5 until Friday at noon and can be purchased at longbeachstate.com/DirtbagsTickets
Got our weekend opponent?
— LBSU Dirtbags (@LBDirtbags) March 8, 2022
We will be hosting #15 @ZagBaseball this weekend for a three-game series!
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Voelker, Zach (1-0)
L: BAIRD, JACK (3-1)
S: Fields, Matt (1)
Batting:
2B: MALINCHAK, MIKE 1
HR: PECK, JOHN 1
RBI: PECK, JOHN 1
Base Running:
RUNS: PECK, JOHN 1
SB: PECK, JOHN 1
Batting:
RBI: Carlson, Tanner 1
SH: Schulze, Peyton 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Peppi, Rocco 1 ; Murillo, Sebastian 1
SB: Saldivar, Eddie 1
HBP: Peppi, Rocco 1 ; Saldivar, Eddie 1 ; Long, Jonathon 1
