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Box Score 2 AZUSA, Calif. --- The ball was simply not bouncing in the favor of Biola during its Thursday doubleheader at Azusa Pacific, losing in walk-off fashion in the opener and committing 10 errors in a big loss in game two.
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Sometimes teams just have bad days, and today happened to be one of the very few for this No. 16 Biola team, losing 1-2 in the opener and 1-8 in game two.
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Game one looked like a Biola victory all game long as
Reba DePriest continued to roll with her shutdown stuff and a lockdown defense behind her. She held the Cougars to just two measly singles into the sixth inning and was backed by a
Selina Sherlin solo shot to be in position for a 1-0 win with just six outs to get.
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Those six outs proved to be a bit more difficult than the first 15, as APU got two singles and sandwiched a sacrifice bunt between them to tie the game at one in the bottom of the sixth and then got a two-out walk-off homerun from their nine-spot hitter Renae Chappelle on a 1-2 count to win the game. It was Chappelle's second homerun of the season.
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Game two followed a bit of a different script as Biola's offense went stagnant after a first-inning RBI single from
Heather Hall, leaving 10 base runners stranded in their efforts to push home runs throughout the remainder of the game.
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Hall and Sherlin both found their way on base throughout the second game, but Biola's five through nine hitters were just 1-of-14 in the nightcap.
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The Eagles' defense looked the exact opposite of its sturdy self from game one, committing 10 errors in the second game, which led to six unearned runs for the Cougars.
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APU recorded all of its eight runs in the first through fourth innings, scoring 2-1-4-1 to work its way to the seven-run differential.
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Biola will need to sweep this sweep under the rug and focus on its next opponent after falling to 26-12 overall with the two losses. Azusa Pacific moves to 24-19. BU is back in action on the road on April 11, facing Hope International (8-39, 0-16 GSAC), who currently occupies last place in the conference.