CLAREMONT, Calif. – Visiting Whitworth took an early lead in both games of Saturday's non-conference baseball doubleheader, but host Pomona-Pitzer won each game to sweep the three-game series. The Sagehens won Saturday's first game 15-5 and the second 10-7 in a game called after seven innings due to darkness.
Whitworth (0-3) will conclude its season-opening trip to Southern California with a single game at La Verne on Sunday.
Game 1: Pomona-Pitzer 15, Whitworth 5
The Pirates took a 4-0 lead into the bottom of the third, but the Sagehens scored five in the third and steadily pulled away.
Zach Tincher had a two-run double and Austin Paul followed with a two-out, two-run single in Whitworth's four-run second inning.
Isaac Kim started Pomona-Pitzer's rally in the third with a three-run home run. After the Sagehens took the lead, Tincher pulled Whitworth back within 6-5 with another RBI double. But the Pirates would not score again in the game.
Pomona-Pitzer scored in every inning after the second. Donovan Crook went 3-6 with four RBIs to lead the Sagehens at the plate.
Riley Cissne went 3-4 with two runs scored for the Bucs.
Dylan Bishop started on the mound for Whitworth and allowed three runs on two hits and three walks in 2.1 innings. Boe Hesse (0-1) took the loss after allowing five runs on four hits and eight walks in 2.1 innings of relief. Josh Grimes (seven runs) and Mason Greene followed up.
Harry Deliyanis started as pitcher for Pomona-Pitzer and allowed five runs on four hits and three walks in 4.2 innings. Four pitchers followed in relief and Enoch Kim got the win after throwing a scoreless sixth inning.
Game 2: Pomona-Pitzer 10, Whitworth 7 (7 innings)
The Pirates had a 3-0 lead until the fourth and the Sagehens used a seven-run fifth inning to break away in a game that was called after seven innings due to darkness.
Cissne's RBI single got Whitworth on the board in the first and Paul added his second two-run hit of the day in the second for a 3-0 lead. David Bedrosian, who finished 3-4 at the plate, tied the game with a three-run home run in the fourth inning.
Whitworth briefly retook the lead in the fifth after loading the bases with no outs. Aidan Morrison delivered a sacrifice fly, but the Pirates could not complete the rally. JC Ng hit a three-run home run in the Sagehen's seven-run fifth inning rally.
Trailing 10-4, Whitworth got closer on Dawson Warner's RBI single in the sixth. Brett Barrett added a two-run double in the top of the seventh. Warner finished 3-4 at the pate, while Barrett had a pair of hits.
Landon Shigeta allowed six runs on six hits in four innings for the Bucs and took the loss. Aidan Smith followed and gave up four runs on five hits and four walks in three innings of relief.
Hannoh Seo (three runs) went the first four innings for the Sagehens. Jake Albro pitched to innings of relief and picked up the win after allowing one run.
