Box Score ORANGE, Calif. – Another series and another sweep for
Chapman University baseball as the team closed its weekend series
against Occidental College with a 5-2 victory at Hart Park on
Sunday afternoon. This was Chapman's sixth consecutive
victory, matching its season-high.
The Panthers had two home runs in the game, powered by senior 1B
Matt Luzar (8) and senior C Joe
Lehman (2). This was both Luzar and Lehman's second
home runs of the series, and Lehman's second in as many days.
Tied at 2-2, Lehman's home run in the bottom of the sixth
proved to be the game-winner as his leadoff blast pushed Chapman
ahead for good 3-2.
Freshman RHP Travis McGee improved to 4-1 and
lowered his team-leading 1.76 ERA, allowing just two runs and six
hits in seven innings pitched. The rookie also struck out five
Tigers. Sophomore LHP Ben Levitt pitched two
perfect innings for his first save of the season.
Luzar's solo home run put the Panthers on the board early
in the second. Luzar is 10-for-23, with a .435 average and has hit
four of his last home runs during the Panthers' six-game
winning streak.
The score remained 1-0 until the bottom of the third when senior
RF Ryan Prechtl stole third base and then scored
on a Tigers' overthrow, giving the Panthers a 2-0 lead.
Chapman stole five bases total during the game, three of which came
from sophomore OF Eric Robbins.
Occidental (7-15) rallied in the fifth inning with a pair of
hits by sophomore OF Jacob Lee and sophomore 3B
Stephen Hilliard singled into the outfield.
Hilliard's hit drove in two, putting the Tigers on the board
for the first time this game.
Lehman, who went 2-for-3, began an early eighth-inning rally
with an infield single. Senior RF Ryan Hall
two-out, bases loaded double added a pair of insurance runs.
by Nicole Inal
Sports Information Intern
Boxscores: http://www.chapmanathletics.com/sports/bsb/2009-10/stats/oxy-cu2.htm
