Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 LA MIRADA, Calif. --- In retrospect, Biola Baseball will be very glad that this weekend's three-game set against No. 22 Vanguard does not count against its 2016 Golden State Athletic Conference record.
 
The Eagles had a very tough day at Eagles Diamond on Saturday in suffering a 17-1 loss and 7-2 loss at the hands of the visiting Lions. Biola was outscored 30-4 over the course of the weekend's three-game series.
 
The first plate appearance of the morning foreshadowed what kind of day would follow for Biola. Lions left fielder Brandon Sandoval took a 1-0 pitch from game one starter Jimmy Gallarda and drove in to shallow center field where it bounced around the glove of a diving Jerron Largusa, rolled to the wall and ended up as a leadoff triple.
 
Vanguard would go on to score six runs in that inning, and it added at least one run in six of the first seven innings as it worked its way to the game one blowout.
 
The Lions clearly had Gallarda's number from the get go, as in his four innings of work he allowed 16 hits and 13 runs to the No. 22 Vanguard offense.
 
Vanguard also got four runs off of Sean McCarrell when he came in relief for 2.1 innings beginning in the fifth. Their scoring finally slowed down once Head Coach Jay Sullenger called on Brandon Valente and Gabe Ihrig. Those two combined for 2.2 scoreless innings and allowed just one hit.
 
Biola's lone run of the firs game came when Alec de Watteville hit a sacrifice fly to left field in the bottom of the fifth.
 
Game two was closer, but it did not feel all that much better for Biola as again Vanguard got off to a quick offensive start.
 
The Lions scored twice in the first inning off of Eric Diomartich. They did get two hits in the inning, but it was back-to-back wild pitches that allowed the second run to trot across the plate.
 
VUSC scored in four of the first five innings to build itself a 7-0 lead and deflate 100 percent of the air from Biola's sails.
 
The only glimmer of hope in game two again came courtesy de Watteville's bat. The junior shortstop took a 3-1 pitch just over the left field fence with no outs in the bottom of the sixth to tighten the game to 7-2.
 
That would be all the offense Biola would get in the seven-inning second game as the team dropped its fifth straight outing to fall to 3-5 on the year. Vanguard's wins improve it to 7-1 on the new season.
 
Biola will look to put this series far, far out of its mind with a home game against CSU San Marcos on Tuesday afternoon.