LA MIRADA, Calif. --- Senior Trever Blood drove in six runs including four on a first-inning grand slam as Biola cruised past the University of La Verne 9-4 in a non-conference game at Eagles Diamond on Monday afternoon.

The Eagles improve to 3-0 on the season with the victory, having scored at least eight runs for the third time this season. The loss was the first of the year for the Leopards who fall to 0-1. The game was a make-up for Friday's rainout.

Blood continued his dominance through his first few games for Biola, going 3-for-4 with the grand slam and a pair of RBI-singles. The home run was his third on the young season and he now has 11 RBIs.

The offensive output helped Biola starter Chris Baek earn his second win of the season despite tossing over 100 pitches in five innings. Baek scattered six hits and allowed two unearned runs over five innings, striking out seven and walking two to improve to 2-0 on the season.

Biola got on the board in a hurry with five runs in the bottom of the opening frame. La Verne starter Tim Jolly had trouble finding the strike zone in his season debut, walking four of the nine batters he faced in the first. Boone Farrington opened the game with one of those walks, then moved to third on a double by Garrett Leon.

Back-to-back walks to Vinnie Fayard and Mac Sullivan forced home the first run, then Blood cleared the bases with a monster shot to make it a 5-0 game.

After allowing an unearned run in the top of the second, Biola answered back with two runs in the bottom of the frame. With two out, Sullivan had an RBI double to center, then came around to score on a single by Blood which made it 7-1.

The Eagles tacked on a run each in the third and fourth innings to round out the scoring. Armando Arzate led off the third with a double and came around to score on an RBI single by Farrington. The fourth was a similar story with Fayard leading off the frame with a double, then scoring on a single by Blood.

La Verne answered back with a run in the top of the fifth on a bases-loaded wild pitch, then tacked on two more in the eighth on a two-RBI double by Jason Munoz. Of the four runs the Leopards scored, just one was earned thanks to four Biola errors in the game.

The Eagles' bullpen pitched well over the final four innings, allowing just two runs--one earned--on two hits the rest of the way.

Biola returns to action on Tuesday (Feb. 9), hosting NCAA Division II Cal State Dominguez Hills in a non-conference game at 2:00 p.m. at Eagles Diamond. The Eagles defeated the Toros 8-3 when the two met last week with Blood going 3-for-4 with a pair of home runs and five RBIs.