GCU Splits with Hawaii Pacific

Sunday, March 6

Honolulu

3:00 p.m.

Grand Canyon

6-11, 2-5

Hawaii Pacific

4-9, 2-1

Grand Canyon

Hawai'i Pacific

Joey Bristyan

3/6/2011 10:05:10 PM | Baseball

Box Score 1 Box Score 2

The Grand Canyon University baseball team closed out its nine-game Hawaiian road trip this afternoon, splitting a doubleheader with Hawaii Pacific at Hans L’Orange Field in Waipahu, Hawaii.

GCU finishes the trip with a 3-6 record and sits 6-12 overall, 2-6 in the Pacific West Conference.

The Antelopes took the opener, 10-9, in 10 innings.

GCU scored eight runs on four hits in the third inning to take an 8-0 lead. R.J. Etchebarren’s two-run double was the highlight of the inning.

HPU climbed back into the game with four runs in the fifth and sixth innings to close the gap to 9-8. The Sea Warriors scored a lone run in the seventh to tie the game at 9-9.

Neither team would score in the eighth and ninth innings.

Kalab Evans led off the 10^th with a single and later scored on a PJ Garcia RBI-single to give GCU the 10-9 lead and win.

Etchebarren finished the game with three hits and three RBI.

Cody Repenning picked up the win, his first of the season, allowing two runs on five hits over 4.2 innings.

GCU dropped the second game of the doubleheader, 10-8.

The Antelopes fell behind 9-1 in the nightcap, before rallying for seven runs in the fifth inning to close the gap to one.

The ‘Lopes sent 12 men to the plate in the fifth inning, recording seven straight hits during one stretch.

Evans led the offensive attack with four hits, while Tyler Bair added three.

Grand Canyon returns home for a four-game series with Academy of Art from March 11-12 at Brazell Stadium.

Game Notes: GCU was 14-for-28 with runners in scoring position over the two games…Kaleb Evans hit .533 (16-for-30) during the road trip…R.J. Etchebarren has hit safely in 17-straight games.

GCU 10 HPU 9 (10 inn.)

HPU 10 GCU 8