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Baseball by Jeff Hoffman, Sports Information Director

Eagles Drop a Pair of Games at San Diego Christian in Season Finale

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 EL CAJON, Calif. --- Biola's 2013 season came to a disappointing end on Saturday afternoon as the Eagles lost both games of a doubleheader at San Diego Christian, falling 3-2 in 10 innings and 7-4 in game two.

Biola ends the 2013 season with a record of 25-26 and fails to reach postseason play for just the third time in 16 seasons under Head Coach John Verhoeven. Today's games were also the final under Verhoeven's direction as the winningest coach in program history is leaving to pursue other ventures. His final record at Biola is 546-301-6.

The first game of the day was a low-scoring affair, but both teams had numerous chances. Biola finished the game with 12 hits while San Diego Christian had 10. However each team left 11 runners on base in the game.

Biola scored the first run early on, tallying one in the first inning. Paul Slater led the game off with a double, moved to third on a fly out and came around to score on a sacrifice fly by Benji Sutherland to make it 1-0.

The Eagles would tack on another run in the froth inning as Sam Thorne hit a one-out single and came round to score on a single by Nick Oddo. Later in the inning the Eagles had the bases loaded, but a double play ended the threat.

After recording just three hits through the first five innings, San Diego Christian got on the board with two hits in the sixth including and RBI triple to make it 2-1.

In the eighth inning, the Hawks tied the score with a leadoff home run by Taylor Eichhorst.

Biola had a good chance to take the lead back in the top of the ninth, but with runners on the corners and two outs, a ground out ended the threat.

San Diego Christian failed to score in the ninth and the teams headed to extra innings. Biola went 1-2-3 in the top of the 10th, but the Hawks wasted no time as Eichhorst led off with a double and came around to score on a walk-off single by Jeff Lusardi.

Biola starter Josh Staumont did not receive a decision in the game, allowing just two runs on seven hits over seven innings, striking out 12 batters while walking just four.

The Eagles fell behind early in game two and--despite a late rally--weren't able to tie things up late.

San Diego Christian got on the board first with a four-spot in the bottom of the first. A two run home run and a pair of run scoring singles gave the home team an early lead.

Biola got two of those runs back in the top of the third. Kona Olson single through the right side to open the inning and Johnny Farrington was hit by a pitch to put the first two batters of the inning on. Both advanced 90 feet with Olson moving on a wild pitch and Farrington stealing second. A sacrifice fly brought one in and Sutherland singled home another, but was thrown out trying to stretch it to a double, ending the inning.

San Diego Christian got that run back in the bottom of the third as a pair of errors made it a 5-2 game.

Biola scored on in the sixth inning as the first three batters of the inning reached. Vince Lawrence singled to open the inning followed by Sutherland, who reached after being hit by a pitch. Sam Thorne loaded the bases with a single and a run came in to score on a double play. But a ground out ended the inning with Biola still down 5-3.

After the Hawks scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the sixth to stretch the lead to four, Biola put forth one final rally. With one out, pinch-hitter James Petrilli drew a walk and Farrington singled to left to put two on. A hard-hit ball up the middle. With the tying run at the plate, Lawrence hit a sacrifice fly to bring home one run, but a ground out ended the game and the season.

Freshman Trevor Oaks suffered the loss, falling to 4-5. He went five innings, allowing four earned runs on seven hits while striking out seven.

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