Posted: May 01, 2021
LOS ANGELES - Kenny Oyama scored the first run for LMU and drove in two runs while three Lions pitchers combined to allow one run in the Lions 3-1 win over Santa Clara baseball on Saturday night. LMU has taken the first two games of the three game West Coast Conference series.
With the game knotted at 1-all in the bottom of the fifth and facing Broncos starter Freddie Erlandson, Oyama doubled home Dylan Dennis from second in what turned out to be the game winning run.
The hit was only one of three given up by Erlandson, who tossed a season-high 5 1/3 innings. The Bronco right-hander dropped his record to 0-5 on the year after he allowed just two runs (one earned), walked four and struck out one.
LMU (16-25, 9-11) added an insurance run in the seventh courtesy of Oyama's RBI sacrifice fly to plate Alex Lambeau.
Santa Clara (12-25, 5-15) struck first in the opening frame on back-to-back doubles by Jason Dicochea and Mike Bowes against Lions starter Matt McClure to take a 1-0 lead. The run turned out to be the only one in the game for the Broncos which had four doubles among its six hits.
The Lions answered with a run in the home half of the first to tie the score. Oyama manufactured a run on his own drawing a leadoff walk and stealing second and third before coming home on a throwing error by catcher Eamonn Lance in the stolen base attempt.
Each of LMU's three runs came after the Lions put a runner in scoring position on a stolen base. They finished with five steals in the game.
McClure gave up one run on five hits and a walk over five innings. He struck out three to improve to 3-4 on the year.
Diego Barrera replaced McClure to throw three scoreless innings in middle relief before giving way to Matt Voelker in the ninth.
Voelker needed only four pitches to pick up the final three outs to earn his fourth save.
Dicochea went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles. Diego Baqueiro was the only other player with multiple hits in the game, going 2-for-4 for the Lions.
NEXT UP
The Broncos and the Lions play the series finale on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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