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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Biola pounded out 24 hits including a school-record four triples en route to a 22-5 blow out win over Westmont College in a Golden State Athletic Conference baseball game on Thursday afternoon at Russ Carr Field in Santa Barbara.

The Eagles improve to 20-9 on the season and 11-7 in GSAC play with the win while the Warriors fall to 7-16 and 3-14 in conference action.

Biola was led by junior centerfielder Chris Foreman and sophomore catcher Daniel Bodemer, who each went 4-for-5 on the day. Foreman was a home run short of the cycle and scored five runs while driving in three. Bodemer drove in four runs, scored two and blasted his first home run of the season--a two-run shot to center in the top of the sixth.

The Eagles wasted no time tying the school record for triples, recording a pair in the top of the first inning. Foreman was hit by a pitch to open the game, stole second, then scored the first run on a triple by Hawkins Gebbers. Kris Cook followed with a sacrifice fly, then Brent Chavez followed with a triple of his own to tie the existing school record.

Westmont plated two in the bottom of the first, but that would be it for the Warriors until the ninth.

Meanwhile, as The Carpenters would say, Biola had only just begun. The Eagles would reclaim the lead with two runs in the top of the second, then broke the game open with six runs in the fourth. Biola received RBI-singles from Cook, Chavez, Chad Pace, Bodemer and Matt McQueen with an RBI-double by Foreman mixed in.

The Eagles added three in the fifth with Bodemer's two-run shot capping off the inning. Biola scored four more runs in the sixth highlighted by a two-run triple to right by Foreman.

The Eagles capped the scoring with five runs in the eighth inning. Pinch-hitter DJ Harbeson hit a two-run single for the first two runs of the inning followed by a two-run triple by pinch-hitter Steven Alexander. Alexander then scored on an RBI-groundout by Brent Opdyke.

Westmont was able to score three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning as the first four batters reached base in the inning.

Junior pitcher Brian Albert was the beneficiary of the offensive outburst and improved to 4-3 on the season. He allowed just two runs on five hits over seven innings while striking out six.

The Eagles' four triples in the game shattered the previous school record of two, last done in 2002 against Cal Poly Pomona.

Including an 11-2 win over Patten University in the second game of a doubleheader on Tuesday, Biola has now scored 33 runs on 36 hits over the last 16 innings.

Biola returns to action on Saturday (Mar. 29), traveling to El Cajon to face San Diego Christian College in a GSAC doubleheader at Noon.

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