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Baseball
at Hawai'i
Grand Canyon University Athletics
Sunday, May 3
Brazell Stadium
12 p.m.
Grand Canyon
28-20, 0
13
vs
11
Seattle
23-23, 0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle U | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 0 |
| Grand Canyon | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 22 | 2 |
Paul Panaccione's two-run walk-off homer in the 13th game GCU a 13-11 win over Seattle U.
Photo by: Darryl Webb
Panaccione Ends Marathon With Walk-Off HR
5/3/2015 5:23:00 PM | Baseball
Paul Panaccione ended Sunday's marathon with a two-run walk-off home run to give Grand Canyon a 13-11 victory in 13 innings over Seattle U at Brazell Stadium, Sunday.
The win gave GCU the series win and kept the Lopes in first place in the Western Athletic Conference. GCU is 28-20 overall and 15-5 in the WAC. Seattle U drops to 23-23 and 14-7. The Redhawks fell to third place. Bakersfield, which won a three-game series over Northern Colorado over the weekend, has moved to second place at 14-6-1 in the conference. GCU plays host to Bakersfield for a three-game set next weekend. Friday and Saturday games at Brazell Stadium begin at 6:30 p.m. Sunday's contest starts at noon.
Games for the Bakersfield series 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 and an audio link will be available at www.gculopes.com.
Panaccione's big fly wasn't just a walk-off, it was a buzzer beater. With Seattle U facing time constraints on its travel plans out of Phoenix, it was determined earlier that the 13th inning would be the last. Had Panaccione not drove in the winning runs, the game would have ended in a tie.
After the first two batters of the inning were retired, GCU pinch-hitter Brian Kraft reached on a walk. Panaccione followed with his fourth hit of the game.
Click here, for Michael Potter's postgame interview with Panaccione.
Seattle U forced extra innings with a three-run ninth. GCU had an 8-3 lead after four, but weren't able to put the Redhawks away. GCU had 22 hits, but left 14 runners on base. SU had 19 hits and 14 LOBs. Chad De La Guerra and Thomas Lerouge joined Panaccione in the four-hit club. De La Guerra had a three-run home run in the fourth to give the Lopes their 8-3 advantage. Lerouge scored three runs scored. Panaccione scored four times. Matt Haggerty had three hits in seven trips.
"Baseball is such a grind," said GCU coach Andy Stankiewicz. "I think our guys grew up today. No matter how at-bats go early, you still have to stay in and know you're going to be in those same situations later in the game. You have to be mentally strong and believe in yourself and you have to produce. I hope our guys learned that today.
We knew coming in this was going to be a great series," added Stankiewicz. "It was like a heavyweight fight, trading blows, trading punches."
Zebastian Valenzuela threw the final three and one-third innings to get the win and improve to 2-3.
GCU 13, SU 11 (13 innings)
The win gave GCU the series win and kept the Lopes in first place in the Western Athletic Conference. GCU is 28-20 overall and 15-5 in the WAC. Seattle U drops to 23-23 and 14-7. The Redhawks fell to third place. Bakersfield, which won a three-game series over Northern Colorado over the weekend, has moved to second place at 14-6-1 in the conference. GCU plays host to Bakersfield for a three-game set next weekend. Friday and Saturday games at Brazell Stadium begin at 6:30 p.m. Sunday's contest starts at noon.
Games for the Bakersfield series 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 and an audio link will be available at www.gculopes.com.
Panaccione's big fly wasn't just a walk-off, it was a buzzer beater. With Seattle U facing time constraints on its travel plans out of Phoenix, it was determined earlier that the 13th inning would be the last. Had Panaccione not drove in the winning runs, the game would have ended in a tie.
After the first two batters of the inning were retired, GCU pinch-hitter Brian Kraft reached on a walk. Panaccione followed with his fourth hit of the game.
Click here, for Michael Potter's postgame interview with Panaccione.
Seattle U forced extra innings with a three-run ninth. GCU had an 8-3 lead after four, but weren't able to put the Redhawks away. GCU had 22 hits, but left 14 runners on base. SU had 19 hits and 14 LOBs. Chad De La Guerra and Thomas Lerouge joined Panaccione in the four-hit club. De La Guerra had a three-run home run in the fourth to give the Lopes their 8-3 advantage. Lerouge scored three runs scored. Panaccione scored four times. Matt Haggerty had three hits in seven trips.
"Baseball is such a grind," said GCU coach Andy Stankiewicz. "I think our guys grew up today. No matter how at-bats go early, you still have to stay in and know you're going to be in those same situations later in the game. You have to be mentally strong and believe in yourself and you have to produce. I hope our guys learned that today.
We knew coming in this was going to be a great series," added Stankiewicz. "It was like a heavyweight fight, trading blows, trading punches."
Zebastian Valenzuela threw the final three and one-third innings to get the win and improve to 2-3.
GCU 13, SU 11 (13 innings)
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Valenzuela, Zebastian (2-3)
L: Doyle, Kyle (2-1)
Batting:
2B: Andreychuk, Griffin 1 ; Peterson, Colin 1
HR: Olson, Brian 1
RBI: Cray, Landon 3 ; Olson, Brian 2 ; Stober, Sheldon 2 ; Carpenter, Brock 1 ; Reisinger, Jack 2 ; Newton, Grant 1
SH: Hurd, Dalton 1 ; Peterson, Colin 1
SF: Cray, Landon 1 ; Carpenter, Brock 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Andreychuk, Griffin 2 ; Cray, Landon 1 ; Olson, Brian 2 ; Stober, Sheldon 1 ; Hurd, Dalton 1 ; Carpenter, Brock 1 ; Sutton, Sean 1 ; Peterson, Colin 1 ; McCann, Michael 1
CS: Stober, Sheldon 1
HBP: Andreychuk, Griffin 1 ; Hurd, Dalton 1
PO: Stober, Sheldon 1
Batting:
2B: Haggerty, Matt 1 ; Bridgewater, Rouric 1 ; Aranda, Humberto 1
HR: Panaccione, Paul 1 ; De La Guerra, Chad 1
RBI: Lerouge, Tom 1 ; Panaccione, Paul 3 ; De La Guerra, Chad 5 ; Saenz, Greg 2 ; Haggerty, Matt 1 ; Aranda, Humberto 1
SH: Wagner, Charles 1 ; Mauseth, Ben 1 ; Aranda, Humberto 1
SF: Saenz, Greg 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Lerouge, Tom 3 ; Kraft, Brian 1 ; Panaccione, Paul 4 ; De La Guerra, Chad 2 ; Medin, Alex 1 ; Mauseth, Ben 1 ; Aranda, Humberto 1
SB: De La Guerra, Chad 1 ; Haggerty, Matt 1
CS: Eggimann, Jayden 1
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
3
H
4
RBI
1
AB
6
R
4
H
4
RBI
3
AB
6
R
2
H
4
RBI
5
AB
7
R
0
H
3
RBI
1
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