CLAREMONT, Calif. – Pomona-Pitzer picked up the three-game series sweep after taking 8-7 and 7-4 wins over Linfield at Alumni Field on Saturday afternoon.
Jake Hoskins led the Wildcats with five hits while
Danny Kahn and Hoskins finished the day with three RBIs each. The 'Cats struggled to bring runners in as they left nine runners on base in each game.
GAME 1: Pomona-Pitzer 8 - Linfield 7
Nearly a carbon copy from the series opener, the Wildcats stormed back from a hefty deficit but couldn't bring the tying run across as they dropped Saturday's opener.
Jacob Swenson started on the mound for Linfield, going three and a third innings, giving up seven hits and five earned runs. Hoskins tallied three hits for the second straight game and tied Kahn for the team lead with two RBIs.
JC Ng led the Sagehens with three hits while Jimmy Legg posted a game-high five RBIs. Hannoh Seo went six innings as the starter for Pomona-Pitzer, giving up two earned runs and striking out six batters.
Pomona-Pitzer's Jack Gold and Legg each hit home runs in the bottom of the third inning with Legg blasting a bases-clearing grand slam to put the Sagehens ahead 6-0. By the end of the sixth inning, the Wildcats faced an 8-2 deficit until an offensive outburst in the top of the seventh frame.
Nick Holm, Khan, and Hoskins each tallied at least one RBI and the 'Cats took advantage of two Pomona-Pitzer errors to climb back within one run. Linfield put the tying runner in scoring position in the top of the ninth, but couldn't bring it across as the Sagehens held on for the win.
GAME 2: Pomona-Pitzer 7 - Linfield 4
The Sagehens' three-run sixth-inning powered Pomona-Pitzer to a game-two win.
Hoskins and Tyler Maris led the Wildcats with two hits each. Four Linfield players recorded an RBI.
Casey Struckmeier started game two for the Wildcats and went five innings and gave up three runs.
Linfield and Pomona-Pitzer each scored a single run in the second inning. Gold broke a 3-3 deadlock in the bottom of the sixth inning with a two-RBI single to center field that put the Sagehens up 6-3.
Linfield got one run back in the seventh inning but Pomona-Pitzergot the run right back off a sac-fly. The Wildcats went down in order to finish the game.
ON DECK
The Wildcats (0-2) return to the Roy Hesler Field for their first home games when they host Division-II Saint Martin's for a doubleheader on Feb. 24.
