Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 COSTA MESA, Calif. --- This weekend's rain only postponed the pain for Biola's baseball team as they suffered a doubleheader sweep at the hands of Vanguard on Tuesday afternoon.
 
The Eagles had two of their top hurlers on the mound, Garrett Picha and Jesse Yancosek, but despite their solid efforts could not muster up the hits and runs to get even a single win.
 
Picha did all that he could to keep Biola in the game and keep Head Coach Jay Sullenger's bullpen arms fresh by going a full eight innings in the early game.
 
He surrendered just seven hits and allowed just 11 total runners to reach base, but it was enough for the Lions to scratch out the three runs they would need to win the game since Biola only plated one run.
 
It marks a second consecutive tough-luck loss for Picha, who was solid in his last start against Concordia, but was outdueled by their ace.
 
"Garrett pitched well enough for us to win," said Sullenger. "We just did not do our job."
 
Biola's lone run of the ballgame came off of the Lions' starter, Scott Torrey. Back-to-back singles followed by back-to-back hit by pitches scored Boone Farrington and left the bases loaded with nobody out in the second inning. A double play and flyout ended Biola's best chance for extended offense.
 
Torrey went the distance for the Lions, picking up his fourth win of the season. He allowed 10 runners on base for the Eagles, but they left six on base to end innings as they continued to struggle pushing base runners home.
 
"We had a lot of chances to score through the first four innings and just did not do it," said Sullenger.
 
Luke Klocek and David McNeill both had solid days with multiple hits at the plate and four putouts each in the field.
 
Game two saw Sullenger take a unique approach to using his pitchers. He threw six different pitchers over the course of seven-plus innings. None of the pitchers got more than 2.2 innings logged on the afternoon.
 
Despite the carousel on the mound, pitching was not the problem in Biola's 4-3 loss. It was again Biola's inability to bring runners home that led to the eventual walkoff win for Vanguard.
 
The Eagles got just one fewer runner on base than the Lions, but it was that one runner that made the difference.
 
Eager to avenge its loss in the first game, Biola plated the first run of the contest in the top of the first. Three singles led to Rob Groeschell scoring his team-leading 17^th run of the season to grab the lead.
 
However, they still had two runners on base when that play was followed with another inning-ending double play.
 
Vanguard struck quickly with two runs off of Yancosek in the second frame and then tacked on another off of Sean Rothfuss in the fifth to extend to a 3-1 lead with just six outs left to play.
 
The Eagles were staring at another two-run defeat in their half of the seventh inning when their bats came alive and singles from Groeschell and Johnny Farrington led to McNeill and Sage Poland runs.

 
The scoring stopped once they tied it up, and Vanguard went on to walk it off one inning later with a perfectly hit double down the left field line.

"We tied it up in the top of the seventh with a couple of hits, but we just weren't able to score more and it ended up hurting," said Sullenger."
 
Bryan Castelli, Tyler Bernheisel, Sean McCarrell and Poland were the other four pitchers that Sullenger utilized in his attempt to keep arms fresh for this weekend's series against San Diego Christian.
 
The two losses dropped Biola's record to 8-17 (4-10 GSAC) and improved the Lions to 12-8 (7-7 GSAC).
 
The series will conclude with a single game on March 10. Between then and now the Eagles travel to No. 22 San Diego for a three-game weekend series.

"It will be tough," said Sullenger. "We are short on arms right now, so we will just see how it works out."