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Baseball
11 a.m.
vs Cal State Fullerton
Grand Canyon University Athletics
Friday, April 10
Brazell Stadium
6:30 p.m.
Grand Canyon
19-14, 0
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Northern Colorado
9-18, 0
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Grand Canyon
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Zebastian Valenzuela threw 4.2 innings of relief and picked up the win over Northern Colorado Friday.
Photo by: Theon Carrier
GCU Wins Series Opener Over N. Colorado
4/10/2015 10:43:00 PM | Baseball
Grand Canyon opened its Western Athletic Conference baseball series against Northern Colorado with a 12-4 victory at Brazell Stadium Friday.
The Lopes are 19-14 overall and 8-1 in the WAC. The Bears dropped to 9-18 and 6-4. Game two of the three game series is Saturday at 1:30 p.m. The game can be found on radio at KXXT 1010 AM (also via the KXXT TuneIn Radio App), the home of Antelope men's basketball and baseball. Live stats are available at www.gculopes.com.
GCU pounded out 15 hits, getting three each from Paul Panaccione, Brandon Smith and Garrison Schwartz. Panaccione helped close it out with a three-run home run in the seventh. Schwartz had a key two-run double in a seven-run first inning.
"The three-run home run gave us a chance to exhale," said GCU coach Andy Stankiewicz. "We were out in front, but we never felt comfortable the way they were swinging the bats."
Click here to listen to Michael Potter's postgame interview with Panaccione.
In relief of starter Andrew Naderer, Zebastian Valenzuela picked up the victory throwing 4.2 innings, relinquishing just three hits and one run. Ruben Rincon wrapped it up with 2.2 innings of work, fanning three and giving up one hit.
"It was a good win and our bullpen came in and did a nice job," added Stankiewicz. "Zabastian bridged the gap and that was good for him. He's feeling better and pitching better and we'll need him down the stretch. Ruben came in and did a nice job throwing strikes.
"We played really good defense, ran some balls down in the outfield, made some plays in the infield," added the coach. "You have to have that when you give up too many freebies."
GCU pitching gave up nine walks.
The Lopes answered Northern Colorado's one-run first inning with seven in the bottom half. The Bears were on their third pitcher before retiring the first GCU batter. Schwartz and Rouric Bridgewater had back-to-back doubles. Smith and Greg Saenz each had RBI-singles. GCU's first four hitters drew walks. There were five walks in the inning.
"It wasn't real pretty in the beginning for either team, but we were able to jump on them early and take advantage of some freebies," said Stankiewicz.
The Bears cut it 7-3 in the second, before the Lopes added insurance with two in the sixth and Panaccione's homer in the seventh.
GCU 12, UNC 4
The Lopes are 19-14 overall and 8-1 in the WAC. The Bears dropped to 9-18 and 6-4. Game two of the three game series is Saturday at 1:30 p.m. The game can be found on radio at KXXT 1010 AM (also via the KXXT TuneIn Radio App), the home of Antelope men's basketball and baseball. Live stats are available at www.gculopes.com.
GCU pounded out 15 hits, getting three each from Paul Panaccione, Brandon Smith and Garrison Schwartz. Panaccione helped close it out with a three-run home run in the seventh. Schwartz had a key two-run double in a seven-run first inning.
"The three-run home run gave us a chance to exhale," said GCU coach Andy Stankiewicz. "We were out in front, but we never felt comfortable the way they were swinging the bats."
Click here to listen to Michael Potter's postgame interview with Panaccione.
In relief of starter Andrew Naderer, Zebastian Valenzuela picked up the victory throwing 4.2 innings, relinquishing just three hits and one run. Ruben Rincon wrapped it up with 2.2 innings of work, fanning three and giving up one hit.
"It was a good win and our bullpen came in and did a nice job," added Stankiewicz. "Zabastian bridged the gap and that was good for him. He's feeling better and pitching better and we'll need him down the stretch. Ruben came in and did a nice job throwing strikes.
"We played really good defense, ran some balls down in the outfield, made some plays in the infield," added the coach. "You have to have that when you give up too many freebies."
GCU pitching gave up nine walks.
The Lopes answered Northern Colorado's one-run first inning with seven in the bottom half. The Bears were on their third pitcher before retiring the first GCU batter. Schwartz and Rouric Bridgewater had back-to-back doubles. Smith and Greg Saenz each had RBI-singles. GCU's first four hitters drew walks. There were five walks in the inning.
"It wasn't real pretty in the beginning for either team, but we were able to jump on them early and take advantage of some freebies," said Stankiewicz.
The Bears cut it 7-3 in the second, before the Lopes added insurance with two in the sixth and Panaccione's homer in the seventh.
GCU 12, UNC 4
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Valenzuela, Zebastian (1-2)
L: Applebach,Spencer (2-3)
Batting:
3B: Park,Jensen 1
RBI: Vaughn,Brandon 2 ; Reese,Dan 1
SF: Vaughn,Brandon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Sugai,Reyn 1 ; Park,Jensen 2 ; Maltese,Cole 1
CS: Reese,Dan 1
Batting:
2B: Schwartz, Garrison 1 ; Bridgewater, Rouric 1
HR: Panaccione, Paul 1
RBI: Panaccione, Paul 3 ; De La Guerra, Chad 1 ; Smith, Brandon 2 ; Schwartz, Garrison 2 ; Bridgewater, Rouric 1 ; Saenz, Greg 1
SH: Aranda, Humberto 1
SF: Smith, Brandon 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lerouge, Tom 2 ; Walker, David 2 ; Panaccione, Paul 3 ; De La Guerra, Chad 1 ; Smith, Brandon 1 ; Schwartz, Garrison 1 ; Bridgewater, Rouric 1 ; Saenz, Greg 1
Game Leaders
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3
RBI
3
AB
4
R
1
H
3
RBI
2
AB
5
R
1
H
3
RBI
2
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
1
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