The Mavericks dropped the second game of the series against Cal Baptist by the score of 8-5.
Chris Ramirez started for the Mavericks. He went 5 innings before being relieved by Jarett Bott. Ramirez finished with two earned runs and five hits allowed while striking out three. Bott received the loss (1-1) after giving up two earned runs and relinquishing the lead.
Lancers’ starting pitcher Justin Montgomery lasted only 4 innings before he was relieved by Seth Kaneen. Kaneen received the win (1-0) after going 3.2 innings and giving up his first two runs of the year.
Will Dixon opened the scoring when he grounded out to the shortstop and Bligh Madris scored from third base after a lead off single.
The Lancers took the lead after Tommy Bell homered (5) to left field to lead off the top of the 4th inning for the Lancers. Michael Mora drove in Ryan Williams after he had stolen second and third base.
The Mavericks responded in the bottom half of the 4th when PJ Gonzalez drew a leadoff walk and Dixon sacrifice flied out to drive in Gonzalez. Zach McLeod drove in Lane LaCrone on a single to centerfield to give the Mavericks a 3-2 lead.
Gonzalez made his third excellent defensive effort of the game when he doubled off Alfredo Rodriguez at third base to end the top half of the 5th inning. However, the Mavericks left runners stranded in the bottom half of the 5th inning after Matt Haggerty was doubled off at first base by the center fielder Williams.
The Lancers batted around in the 6th inning as Bell lead off with a single to center field. After Williams walked a sacrifice fly moved the runners to second and third where Tyler Johnson drove in both to retake the lead 4-3. A Michael Mora double and a walk by Matt Plaia loaded the bases for Alfredo Rodriguez. Rodriguez was hit by a pitch driving in Johnson. Bryce Macy drove in two more runs after a single to left field giving the Lancers a 7-3 lead.
Serrano lead off the bottom of the 8th inning with a solo home run (2) to bring the Mavericks within three. Two batters later Gonzalez added his own solo home run (2) to cut the deficit to two, 7-5.
Kyle Oyama was hit by a pitch to lead off the 9th inning and Bell added to his spectacular day when he doubled to right center and drove in Oyama.
Bell finished the day for the Lancers going 3-5 (HR, 2B) and driving in two runs.
The Mavericks finished the day with seven hits while nobody had more than one hit
The second game of the doubleheader will be played at Suplizio Field starting at 3 p.m.
