ORANGE, Calif. - The Chapman University baseball team
snapped a brief two-game skid with a decisive 11-2 victory over
visiting Westmont College at Hart Park on Friday afternoon. The
Panthers rallied from a fifth-inning 1-0 deficit to score 11 times
over the next three innings for their most lopsided win of the
season.
Senior IF Tristan Phillips went 3-for-5 with a
two-run double in the sixth inning to lead Chapman (6-4)
offensively. The Panthers added to a 5-1 lead in the seventh with a
six-run inning, capped by junior DH Joe Lehman's
three-run home run to left, his first of the season. Lehman
finished the game 2-for-4.
Senior RHP Wayde Kitchens improved to 2-1 this
season, tossing seven solid innings and allowing just one run. The
two-time All-American struck out six batters while scattering six
hits. Kitchens benefited from a pair of unusual double plays to get
him out of jams in the fourth and fifth innings. Junior OF
Ryan Prechtl started both twin-killings by
doubling up Westmont runners at first base on fly balls.
Eight Chapman starters had at least one hit, including senior IF
Patrick Ohail and freshman OF Eric
Robbins who had two hits apiece.
The Panthers improved to 2-2 at Hart Park this season.
