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UA trip hardens GCU for key series
5/8/2018 10:52:00 PM | Baseball, Paul Coro
Wildcats scored 13 unanswered runs for win
TUCSON – When Grand Canyon last had a regrettable mid-week effort, it atoned by winning its most important conference series of the season.
The Lopes need to do that again this week.
Good games put GCU atop the WAC. Bad games like Tuesday night's 20-6 loss to Arizona in front of 2,356 fans at Hi Corbett Field offer unfortunate experience for a weekend series that the Lopes need to keep them in first place.
As GCU players silently filed out of the dugout late Tuesday, Lopes head coach Andy Stankiewicz reiterated what he had just told them about the importance of focusing on this weekend's home series against Sacramento State and the value of not forgetting about Tuesday's slow start, chance to rally and regrettable close.
Arizona (29-17) is a top-40 program nationally in power ratings but GCU (27-21) aggressively schedules the Wildcats and other quality non-conference opponents to raise the program's level and stature. The Lopes delivered 11 hits at UA but their pitching staff, on a non-rotation night, allowed 13 walks and their defense committed four errors.
"It's just frustrating," Stankiewicz said. "That's on me as head coach to get these guys focused and locked in on a Tuesday night. It was embarrassing. We've got a ways to go. It can't just be about the weekends. We have to find the right guys and the right formula to compete mid-week.
"We're going to continue to play UofA, Big Ten, Big 12 and Big West programs. We're not going backward. The program is moving forward."
GCU's visit had a promising start when junior third baseman Zach Malis' single brought home sophomore right fielder Quin Cotton for a 1-0 lead in the first inning. But Lopes starter Drew Zmuda allowed four first-inning runs, including the first of two Nick Quintana home runs, and reliever Coen Wynne allowed three more runs in the second inning.
The Lopes tightened UA's lead to 7-6 in the fourth inning when Cotton's RBI single started the scoring but GCU was shut out from there despite having a bases-loaded, one-out threat in the seventh inning.
The game unraveled in the eighth inning, when Quintana's second home run started a nine-run deluge. On a night that the Lopes were hoping for a three- to four-inning effort from a pitcher, they had to shuffle through seven pitchers. In four of eight innings, GCU pitchers walked the leadoff batter.
"It's really disappointing," said Lopes catcher Griffin Barnes, who singled and doubled. "You've got to throw to contact. That's what we preach here. That's not us. That's not what we're about. It's also our job on defense to pick our guys up and unfortunately we weren't able to do that. We've got to wear this for a couple days and get back on Friday and get at Sac State. We've got to come back Friday and play good baseball or we're going to get embarrassed again."
GCU enters the weekend with a one-game WAC lead on second-place Sacramento State with New Mexico State and Seattle, its final conference road trip, also still in the regular-season championship picture.
The WAC Baseball Tournament in Mesa is only two weeks away.
"It can't be (Jake) Wong, Rep (Jake Repavich) and (Ethan) Evanko in the tournament," Stankiewicz said of his WAC regular-season rotation. "We're going to need somebody out of that bullpen to come out and give us a quality start."
Cotton, staying in the leadoff spot, reached base four times Tuesday and is now hitting .385 for the season. Pikai Winchester and Griffin had GCU's other two-hit games.
"The message to the guys was that we have to move on but we have to learn from our mistakes, be students of the game and fix what we did wrong," Stankiewicz said.
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The Lopes need to do that again this week.
Good games put GCU atop the WAC. Bad games like Tuesday night's 20-6 loss to Arizona in front of 2,356 fans at Hi Corbett Field offer unfortunate experience for a weekend series that the Lopes need to keep them in first place.
As GCU players silently filed out of the dugout late Tuesday, Lopes head coach Andy Stankiewicz reiterated what he had just told them about the importance of focusing on this weekend's home series against Sacramento State and the value of not forgetting about Tuesday's slow start, chance to rally and regrettable close.
Arizona (29-17) is a top-40 program nationally in power ratings but GCU (27-21) aggressively schedules the Wildcats and other quality non-conference opponents to raise the program's level and stature. The Lopes delivered 11 hits at UA but their pitching staff, on a non-rotation night, allowed 13 walks and their defense committed four errors.
"It's just frustrating," Stankiewicz said. "That's on me as head coach to get these guys focused and locked in on a Tuesday night. It was embarrassing. We've got a ways to go. It can't just be about the weekends. We have to find the right guys and the right formula to compete mid-week.
"We're going to continue to play UofA, Big Ten, Big 12 and Big West programs. We're not going backward. The program is moving forward."
GCU's visit had a promising start when junior third baseman Zach Malis' single brought home sophomore right fielder Quin Cotton for a 1-0 lead in the first inning. But Lopes starter Drew Zmuda allowed four first-inning runs, including the first of two Nick Quintana home runs, and reliever Coen Wynne allowed three more runs in the second inning.
The Lopes tightened UA's lead to 7-6 in the fourth inning when Cotton's RBI single started the scoring but GCU was shut out from there despite having a bases-loaded, one-out threat in the seventh inning.
The game unraveled in the eighth inning, when Quintana's second home run started a nine-run deluge. On a night that the Lopes were hoping for a three- to four-inning effort from a pitcher, they had to shuffle through seven pitchers. In four of eight innings, GCU pitchers walked the leadoff batter.
"It's really disappointing," said Lopes catcher Griffin Barnes, who singled and doubled. "You've got to throw to contact. That's what we preach here. That's not us. That's not what we're about. It's also our job on defense to pick our guys up and unfortunately we weren't able to do that. We've got to wear this for a couple days and get back on Friday and get at Sac State. We've got to come back Friday and play good baseball or we're going to get embarrassed again."
GCU enters the weekend with a one-game WAC lead on second-place Sacramento State with New Mexico State and Seattle, its final conference road trip, also still in the regular-season championship picture.
The WAC Baseball Tournament in Mesa is only two weeks away.
"It can't be (Jake) Wong, Rep (Jake Repavich) and (Ethan) Evanko in the tournament," Stankiewicz said of his WAC regular-season rotation. "We're going to need somebody out of that bullpen to come out and give us a quality start."
Cotton, staying in the leadoff spot, reached base four times Tuesday and is now hitting .385 for the season. Pikai Winchester and Griffin had GCU's other two-hit games.
"The message to the guys was that we have to move on but we have to learn from our mistakes, be students of the game and fix what we did wrong," Stankiewicz said.
Follow Paul Coro on Twitter: @paulcoro.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Price, Preston (2-1)
L: Zmuda, Drew (2-2)
Batting:
2B: Barnes, Griffin 1
RBI: Cotton, Quin 1 ; Evans, Ian 1 ; Malis, Zach 1
SH: Bull, Austin 1 ; Mumper, Marc 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cotton, Quin 2 ; Winchester, Pikai 1 ; Pavlica, Preston 1 ; Barnes, Griffin 2
SB: Pavlica, Preston 1
CS: Pavlica, Preston 1
HBP: Cotton, Quin 1 ; Mumper, Marc 1
PO: Pavlica, Preston 1
Batting:
2B: Williams, Donta 1
HR: Cannon, Cameron 1 ; Salazar, Cesar 1 ; Quintana, Nick 2
RBI: Rivas, Alfonso 2 ; Cannon, Cameron 4 ; Salazar, Cesar 5 ; Quintana, Nick 5 ; Fraizer, Matt 1 ; Romo, Seve 1
SH: Romo, Seve 1
SF: Fraizer, Matt 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Stevenson, Cal 5 ; Rivas, Alfonso 2 ; Cannon, Cameron 3 ; Salazar, Cesar 3 ; Quintana, Nick 2 ; Paugh, Blake 1 ; Williams, Donta 2 ; Fraizer, Matt 1 ; Romo, Seve 1
HBP: Paugh, Blake 1
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AB
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H
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RBI
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