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serratos at bat
Meg Nakazawa
12
Biola Eagles BU-BASE 16-24
13
Winner CUI Golden Eagles CUI 16-22
Biola Eagles BU-BASE
16-24
12
Final
13
CUI Golden Eagles CUI
16-22
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Biola Eagles BU-BASE 0 0 0 0 7 2 3 12 9 1
CUI Golden Eagles CUI 0 2 0 1 3 3 4 13 12 2

W: Bulger, Colton (1-2) L: Serratos Jr., Oscar (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Ethan McGarvey, Sports Information Director

It’s a Wild One

Game two on Friday was a chaotic affair but Concordia came through for the Friday split.

IRVINE, Calif. --- Biola (16-24, 10-12 PacWest) and Concordia (16-22, 11-14 PacWest) combined for 22 runs in the final three innings of Friday's doubleheader. A grand slam ended the night, as the Golden Eagles walked it off against BU in a 13-12 final score.

Friday's game two began quietly with three runs total through four innings of play. The host squad of CUI pulled ahead with a pair of runs in the second and one in the fourth but Biola was well within reach in the seven inning bout.

The tide turned with two swings of the bat. First, Oscar Serratos left the yard, tying the game at three with a three-run blast to right field. The opposite field dinger was his eighth of the year and knotted the game at three. 

Two batters later, Wyatt Duncan repeated Serratos' success. On the first pitch of the at bat, Duncan went to center field, allowing himself and Gavin Ayers to trot around the bases and touch home. A pair of singles and a CUI error aided two more runs for Biola, as the Eagles tallied seven scores in the fifth.

The back-and-forth continued from there with each offense cashing in on each opportunity. CUI responded in the bottom of the fifth with three and then added three more in the sixth.

Biola was finding success with the home run, tacking on two runs in the sixth and three in the seventh.

The sixth started with a bang when Serratos left the yard for the second time in the contest. The solo shot put the Eagles up by two at 8-6. Back-to-back hit by pitches followed to keep the at bat alive. A double play came next but Ayers was able to move to third and came home on the next hit, as James Whitman scored him on a single. 

The three-run lead evaporated before heading to the seventh and final frame but Ayers was ready. Two walks put two runners on with two outs on the board and Ayers took a high fastball and turned on it. The ball went flying over the left field fence and the Eagles took control.

A 12-9 BU lead seemed strong but the bottom of the seventh spelled trouble. Three runners quickly reached base for CUI with a walk and two hit by pitches. A strikeout and popout followed, so BU needed just one more out to end the game. The Golden Eagles found the miracle and won the game with a walkoff grand slam. 

In the contest, Eagles batters went 9-for-28 at the plate with four homers. The top of the order dominated with the top three batters in the lineup, scoring seven runs and nine RBIs.

On the base paths, Jonathan Smith and Andrew Lujan each picked up a steal.

BU will look to bounce back on Saturday, as the team hosts Concordia with a doubleheader beginning at 12:00 pm.
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