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CLAREMONT, Calif. – For the third time this season the Whittier College baseball team was held to just one run in a game as they fell 11-1 to Pomona-Pitzer Friday afternoon that opened a three game series.
Lane Miles held the Poets to one run on four hits, while Nick Garcia (Anaheim, Calif.) was tagged for his third loss on the season lasting just 2.1 innings giving up eight runs on 10 hits.
The game was shortened to seven innings due to the SCIAC's 10-run rule. Whittier falls to 2-9 overall and 1-3 in conference play, while Pomona-Pitzer improves to 9-3, 6-1 SCIAC.
Pomona-Pitzer tagged Garcia for three runs in the first all coming on two outs. Jake Bruml started the rally with a single, and after Mark Okuma drew a walk, Rosenbaum hit a line drive single for the first run of the game. E.J. Lopez followed with an infield single to shortstop, and Okuma raced all the way around from second when the throw to first was late. Kenny Rabin then capped off the inning with an RBI single to make the score 3-0.
The Sagehens then broke it open with seven runs in the bottom of the third, including a three-run homer from Tanner Nishioka. Okuma had an RBI single to score Bruml, who led off with a double, Adam Hinthorne had a two-run single, and the catcher added an RBI double before Nishioka's homer.
Freshman Matthew Macey (Oceanside, Calif.) broke up the shutout in the fourth with a solo shot, but Rosenbaum answered with a solo shot in the bottom half to match the run and keep the 10-run rule in effect.
Ben Cerami (Berkeley, Calif.), Macey, Max Bradshaw (Salt Lake City, UT), and Graham Pimm (Clayton, Calif.) all had a hit.
Whittier wraps up the three game series tomorrow, Saturday, February 28 as they host Pomona-Pitzer for a doubleheader with game times set for 11:00am and 2:30pm.
