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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Friday, February 26
Phoenix, Ariz.
7 P.M.
Grand Canyon
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Tennessee
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Grand Canyon
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Lopes fall victim to hot Tennessee bats
2/26/2016 5:23:00 PM | Baseball
PHOENIX -- After allowing 15 combined runs in the third and fourth innings, the Grand Canyon baseball team fell to SEC opponent Tennessee in front of a season-high 1,987 fans at Brazell Stadium on Friday night. The Volunteers finished the game with 25 runs on 21 hits.
"As a team, you've got to learn from a rough time," head coach Andy Stankiewicz said. "We can still become better as a ball club. Obviously we're frustrated with this loss tonight because we're a better team than that."
Tennessee jumped on the board early in the opening inning off of GCU starter Jorge Perez. With a pair of runners on base, Volunteers' cleanup man Vincent Jackson hit a three-run blast well over the right field fence. Perez used a double play to get out of the first without any additional damage, despite two singles.
After a pair of strikeouts in a three up, three down second inning for Perez, the Volunteers quickly got back to work offensively in the third inning. The Lopes' starter didn't make it out of the third, exiting with a 7-0 deficit. Tennessee tacked on two more runs after reliever Jake Wong entered to run its advantage to 9-0.
Grand Canyon scratched across its first run of the ballgame in the home-half of the third inning. Zach Stierstorfer reached on an error to leadoff the inning and eventually came around to score on the wild pitch to make the score 9-1.
The wheels came off for the Lopes in the top of the fourth, allowing nine Tennessee runs on just three hits and a pair of GCU errors. Following a chaotic fourth, the Volunteers held an 18-1 lead.
The Lopes finally put a significant offensive rally together in the fourth inning, looking to rebound from the nine-spot allowed in the top of the frame. Matt Haggerty, Ben Mauseth and Stierstorfer strung together consecutive hits to get the wheels turning for Grand Canyon. The highlight of the inning was a three-run homer by Paul Panaccione, his first of the season. Garrison Schwartz doubled and Haggerty logged his second hit of the inning as GCU pushed across seven runs.
"That's a good team. They swung the bats well," Stankiewicz said. "Tough lessons to learn, but hopefully the guys will learn from it and we'll be ready to go as the season moves along."
Indivdually, Nick Senzel led the offensive attack for the Volunteers on a 5-for-7 night with 6 RBIs. Seven Tennessee batters finished the game with multiple hits.
Grand Canyon returns to action in its third game of the GCU Classic on Saturday evening. The Lopes will host a rematch with Central Michigan, who they defeated in the tournament opener on Thursday, 5-4. First pitch between the Lopes and Chippewas is slated fro 6 p.m. MT.
"As a team, you've got to learn from a rough time," head coach Andy Stankiewicz said. "We can still become better as a ball club. Obviously we're frustrated with this loss tonight because we're a better team than that."
Tennessee jumped on the board early in the opening inning off of GCU starter Jorge Perez. With a pair of runners on base, Volunteers' cleanup man Vincent Jackson hit a three-run blast well over the right field fence. Perez used a double play to get out of the first without any additional damage, despite two singles.
After a pair of strikeouts in a three up, three down second inning for Perez, the Volunteers quickly got back to work offensively in the third inning. The Lopes' starter didn't make it out of the third, exiting with a 7-0 deficit. Tennessee tacked on two more runs after reliever Jake Wong entered to run its advantage to 9-0.
Grand Canyon scratched across its first run of the ballgame in the home-half of the third inning. Zach Stierstorfer reached on an error to leadoff the inning and eventually came around to score on the wild pitch to make the score 9-1.
The wheels came off for the Lopes in the top of the fourth, allowing nine Tennessee runs on just three hits and a pair of GCU errors. Following a chaotic fourth, the Volunteers held an 18-1 lead.
The Lopes finally put a significant offensive rally together in the fourth inning, looking to rebound from the nine-spot allowed in the top of the frame. Matt Haggerty, Ben Mauseth and Stierstorfer strung together consecutive hits to get the wheels turning for Grand Canyon. The highlight of the inning was a three-run homer by Paul Panaccione, his first of the season. Garrison Schwartz doubled and Haggerty logged his second hit of the inning as GCU pushed across seven runs.
"That's a good team. They swung the bats well," Stankiewicz said. "Tough lessons to learn, but hopefully the guys will learn from it and we'll be ready to go as the season moves along."
Indivdually, Nick Senzel led the offensive attack for the Volunteers on a 5-for-7 night with 6 RBIs. Seven Tennessee batters finished the game with multiple hits.
Grand Canyon returns to action in its third game of the GCU Classic on Saturday evening. The Lopes will host a rematch with Central Michigan, who they defeated in the tournament opener on Thursday, 5-4. First pitch between the Lopes and Chippewas is slated fro 6 p.m. MT.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Eric Freeman (1-0)
L: Perez, Jorge (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Jeff Moberg 1 ; Chris Hall 1 ; Nick Senzel 2
3B: Derek Lance 1
HR: Vincent Jackson 1 ; Jordan Rodgers 1
RBI: Jeff Moberg 1 ; Chris Hall 2 ; Nick Senzel 6 ; Vincent Jackson 3 ; Brodie Leftridge 1 ; Jordan Rodgers 5 ; Benito Santiago 1 ; Max Bartlett 1 ; Derek Lance 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Jeff Moberg 3 ; Chris Hall 2 ; Matt Waldren 1 ; Nick Senzel 3 ; Vincent Jackson 3 ; Jordan Rodgers 2 ; Benito Santiago 2 ; Daniel Neal 2 ; Max Bartlett 2 ; Jared Pruett 2 ; Derek Lance 3
SB: Benito Santiago 1
HBP: Chris Hall 1 ; Jordan Rodgers 2
Batting:
2B: Schwartz, Garrison 1 ; Malis, Zach 1 ; Haggerty, Matt 1 ; Stierstorfer, Zach 1
HR: Panaccione, Paul 1
RBI: Panaccione, Paul 3 ; Stierstorfer, Zach 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Lerouge, Tom 1 ; Panaccione, Paul 1 ; Schwartz, Garrison 1 ; Saenz, Greg 1 ; Haggerty, Matt 1 ; Mauseth, Ben 1 ; Stierstorfer, Zach 2
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
3
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
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