BOX SCORE LA MIRADA, Calif – Playing at Biola University, No. 12-ranked The Master's College broke a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the eighth inning with a two-out RBI single to defeat Corban, 4-3.
The Mustangs (17-2) managed just five hits in the game, but used four singles and a base on balls off starter
Jacob Kopra to score three times in the bottom of the first inning. The senior right-hander settled in to toss the next four innings without allowing a run or hit as Corban rallied to tie.
The Warriors (2-4) got on the board in the second when
Gregg Romero walked and went to third on a
Davis Alderman base hit. Romero then scored on a ground ball.
Corban cut the deficit to 3-2 in the fifth.
Vince Gonzalez singled and advanced to second on a balk. Gonzalez moved to third on a single by
Marc Gallegos and came home on a
Landon Frost bunt.
A two-out rally knotted the contest in the seventh. Frost got things going with a double and
Daniel Orr brought in the tying run with a single.
Eli Driessen suffered the loss in relief of Kopra. Driessen allowed just one hit in 2.2 innings, but the single was the game-winner following a leadoff base on balls in the eighth.
Corban had nine hits against The Masters. Frost delivered a pair of doubles, while Alderman and Gallegos each singled twice.