LA MIRADA, Calif. – The Regis University Baseball team split a doubleheader with Biola University (Calif.) on Saturday afternoon. RU dominated the first game, 19-7, while BU took the late game, 10-2. The Rangers move to 1-3, while the Eagles now sit at 3-1.

GAME ONE

Grayson Headrick and Bobo Iandoli were walked to start the game, setting up a huge first inning for Regis. Jack Moulin singled, scoring Headrick, followed by a three-RBI homer from Ethan Wood. With two outs, Ayden Harrison was walked, then stole second, getting into scoring position for Parker Burt's RBI double, finishing a five-run frame. Grant Belcher struck out the first two Eagles in the bottom of the inning, as RU retired three straight batters.

The Rangers loaded the bases to lead off the second, including a Moulin double, and back-to-back sacrifice flies from Mason Pettingill and Dylan Perry extended the lead to 7-0. A pair of two-out singles from Biola recouped those two runs but Regis continued to roll in the third. Burt doubled, followed by a George Smith RBI-single. Smith was brought all the way around by Iandoli's double, pushing the advantage to 9-2.

A single to the pitcher let the Eagles score in the bottom of the inning, but the Rangers had an answer in Burt's RBI double which scored Harrison. Belcher caught another batter looking, helping make quick work of BU in the bottom of the fourth. A Biola RBI single would be the only run scored in the fifth, and while Smith batted in Harrison in the top of the sixth, BU made up some ground with an RBI triple, single, and wild pitch.

The seventh inning saw a Moulin single followed by another Wood homerun, and a quick three fours for the Eagles. RU stayed hot in the eighth, with Headrick being hit by a pitch, stealing second, then coming home on an Ioandoli sac bunt, in which an error kept Iandoli on first. He was also able to steal second, and Wood was intentionally walked, and Pettingill was hit by a pitch, loading the bases.  Harrison sent a ball over the left field fence, clearing the bases and bringing the score to 18-7.

Sam Fisher struck out two Eagles in the bottom, and Regis added one more insurance run in the ninth, a Wood RBI single.

GAME NOTES

·        Wood went 2-4 at the plate, scoring three runs and batting in six on with two homeruns

·        Harrison added four RBIs on 4-6 batting

·        Burt posted a game-high four hits in six at-bats

·        Regis totaled 19 hits, with eight extra-base hits

·        The Rangers stole seven bases, the second-highest total in program history 

·        Belcher (W, 1-0) struck out four batters in the win. Aidan Cube (L, 0-1) recorded the loss

GAME TWO

Neither team would score in the first inning, producing the only scoreless opening inning in the series. However, Biola strung together three straight two-run innings before the Rangers got on the board behind a Harrison solo shot in the fifth. A pinch-running Robbie Peppell stole second, then scored on a Headrick single.

BU continued to roll in the bottom of the fifth, scoring on a two-run homer, an RBI single, and a passed ball. JJ Gines and Dylan Perry earned bases in the sixth, but were unable to score, and the game ended there due to darkness, 10-2.

GAME NOTES

·        Five different Rangers recorded a hit

·        Headrick and Harrison supplied RBIs for RU

·        Cody Sheet struck out two batters. Ryan Garcia (L, 0-2) recorded the loss, while Jacob Talbot (W, 1-0) earned the win

·        Both teams stole one base

UP NEXT

The Rangers return to Colorado next weekend for a home-and-home non-conference series with Colorado School of Mines. The teams will play one game at Mines on Friday, Feb 6, and Sunday, Feb 8, and a double header at Regis on Saturday, Feb 7.