ORANGE, Calif. -  High-scoring innings have been a trademark of the Chapman University baseball team in 2009 and Sunday night's 10-8 victory over Hendrix College (Ark.) at Hart Park was no different as the Panthers scored eight second-inning runs en route to the win.

Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the second, the Panthers responded with an eight-run, nine-hit inning off of Warrior sophomore starter Jordan Suydam. Thirteen Panthers came to the plate in the inning, highlighted by a three-run homer to center by sophomore OF/P John Semel (his seventh), and a two-run double by junior IF Halston Barcelo.

Hendrix (6-10) answered back with two runs in the top of the third off of Chapman's freshman RHP Richard Matamoros to narrow the lead to 8-3. With Matamoros struggling with his control having given up a single and two walks, senior OF Daniel Ward came up with a bases-loaded RBI groundout followed by a run-scoring single from senior OF Matt Giza.

Chapman (12-5) added runs in the fourth and sixth innings to push the lead to 10-3. Matamoras (2-0) pitched three consecutive scoreless innings after the third but ran into some trouble in the seventh inning as Hendrix sophomore IF Jeff Forgeson hit a solo homer to right. The Warriors added one more run in the seventh narrowing the Panthers lead to 10-5. Matamoras pitched six innings while allowing five runs and six hits.

Hendrix added three runs in the eighth but could not rally in the ninth as the Panthers held on for the 10-8 victory. Semel pitched the final two innings for his second save of the season.

With the victory, the Panthers are now 7-0 when scoring 10 runs or more and have won seven of their last eight ballgames.