ORANGE, Calif. - Another double digit day on offense gave
the Chapman University baseball team a 10-6 victory over visiting
Menlo College on Sunday afternoon at Hart Park. The 10-run, 14-hit
attack completes the Panthers' three-game sweep this weekend and
runs their season-high winning streak to five games.
For the fourth time in the past five games, the Panthers scored
at least 10 runs in the game. Chapman had only had less than 10
hits in a game twice in the first 14 games this season.
Chapman (10-4) snapped a 4-4 tie in the fifth on sophomore OF
John Semel's solo home run with one out in the
inning. The blast was Semel's team-leading sixth of the season and
gave the Panthers the lead for good. Chapman would score twice more
in the inning, thanks to an RBI triple by senior IF Tristan
Phillips and a run-producing error.
The Panthers added to their lead in the later innings, getting a
solo homer from junior OF Ryan Prechtl and another
RBI base hit from Phillips in the eighth. Phillips was 3-for-5 with
three runs scored and two RBI. Semel also had three hits.
Down 2-0 early, Chapman rallied thanks in part to production
from the bottom of its order. Freshman IF Halston
Barcelo drove in the Panthers' first two runs with a
sacrifice fly in the second and a hit-and-run RBI single in the
fourth. Freshman DH Eric Robbins also drove in a
pair of runs from the No. 9 spot.
Freshman LHP Roarke Anderson picked up his
second win of the year in relief, pitching 2 1/3 hitless innings.
