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Zittel and McAninch
Samantha Rainey
10
Winner Biola (CA) BU-BASE 18-20, 15-16 PacWest
7
Menlo MENLO 6-31, 4-27 PacWest
Winner
Biola (CA) BU-BASE
18-20, 15-16 PacWest
10
Final
7
Menlo MENLO
6-31, 4-27 PacWest
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Biola (CA) BU-BASE 3 1 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 10 13 0
Menlo MENLO 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 7 15 2

W: Zittel, Andrew (1-6) L: L. Rowland (0-3) S: Osterhage, Kyle (2)

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

A W for Zittel

The Eagles secured a game one win on Saturday, defeating the Oaks, 10-7.

ATHERTON, Calif. --- Biola (18-20, 15-16 PacWest) went to work and captured at least a series split with a 10-7 win against Menlo (6-31, 4-27 PacWest) on Saturday afternoon. The BU squad did a little bit of everything in an effort for Andrew Zittel's first win of 2025.

The bats were methodical through the first four frames for the Eagles. Through four at bats, the BU offense found eight singles and piled on five runs.

The first extra-base hit for either team came in the fifth frame. James Whitman went all out for a home run, finding a long ball for the fourth time in the last six games. The Eagles did not need another hit to tally another run in the fifth, boasting a 7-3 lead through five.

Ty Cowley logged the next extra-base hit to earn another score for BU. The sophomore logged the RBI double in the sixth for an 8-3 Biola edge.

Menlo pulled within one at 8-7 with a rally in the bottom of the seventh but the Eagles responded. A two-out rally in the eighth gave Biola a 10-7 cushion that would hold through the final out.

Zittel drew his eighth start of this season and delivered six innings of impressive pitching for BU. The lefty offered 18 outs with three strikeouts, giving up just three runs. His strong outing marked win number one for him this season.

A clean relief inning from Josh Eigenbrodt set up Kyle Osterhage to clean up the win. The senior hurler entered in the eighth frame and made swift work of the Oaks' lineup. Osterhage worked around a bases loaded jam in the eighth without giving up a run, before closing the door in the ninth for his second save of 2025.

Whitman and Cowley dominated from the four and five spots in the lineup. The duo each logged three hits in the win, combining for four RBI and five runs scored.

The final installment of the series will begin just after 3:00 pm on Saturday.
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