Courtland & Ortiz Power GCU to Five-Game Sweep of Hilo

Sunday, March 27

GCU

12:00 p.m.

Grand Canyon

16-15

Hawaii Hilo

6-14

Hawai'i Hilo

Grand Canyon

Ortiz hit a grand slam in the sixth inning today.

Courtland & Ortiz Power GCU to Five-Game Sweep of Hilo

3/27/2011 3:22:55 PM | Baseball

Box Score

The Grand Canyon University baseball team completed a five-game series sweep of Hawai’i Hilo today, winning 6-1, at Brazell Stadium in Phoenix.

The win was GCU’s fifth straight and improved their overall record to 16-15. Their Pacific West Conference record remains at 11-9, as today was a non-conference game.

The Antelopes have now won 10-of-13 games since Ryan Bethel took over as the club’s interim head coach.

Today’s game was highlighted by Colin Courtland on the mound and the offense of Ernesto Ortiz.

Courtland picked up his second complete game of the season, both coming against the Vulcans. Courtland allowed one run on eight hits with three strikeouts over 9.0 innings. In the process he saw his ERA drop from 6.88 to 4.85.

Ortiz had three hits today, including a two-out grand slam in the sixth inning that gave the ‘Lopes a 5-0 lead. It was Ortiz’s first home run of the season and fourth by a GCU player.

Joe Jacobson gave Grand Canyon a 1-0 lead with a two-out RBI single in the second.

Tyler Bair and Jackie Samora each finished with two hits.

Grand Canyon returns to action on April 1 and 2, where they face Dixie State in a pair of doubleheaders. First pitch at Brazell Stadium on the April 1 is 1:00 p.m. Dixie State is currently in first place in the PacWest with a 13-3 record, four full games ahead of the Antelopes.

Game Notes: PJ Garcia had his seven-game hitting streak snapped today…Antelope pitchers have six complete games this season, compared to four total in 2010…today was GCU’s ninth errorless ballgame of the season…Bair hit .550 (11-for-20) in the five-game series, with seven runs scored and seven RBI.

GCU 6 HHU 1