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GCU wins Tulane series with 1st shutout
3/28/2021 3:10:00 PM | Baseball
Young, McCarville blank Green Wave; Lopes bats rack up 13 hits
NEW ORLEANS — Grand Canyon secured a series victory over Tulane with a dominant 6-0 Sunday win in the Lopes' first shutout victory of the season.
While a 13-hit performance and a shutout victory came from several contributors at Tulane, no one shined brighter than a pair of GCU freshmen in third baseman Elijah Buries and starting pitcher Carter Young.
Buries collected four hits, including a double and his second home run in as many days, while scoring three times. Young posted the first scoreless start of his career, tossing six innings with six strikeouts and limiting Tulane to four hits.
"It all starts on the mound," GCU head coach Andy Stankiewicz said. "Carter Young is just a little competitor and doesn't seem to be caught up other than his job: throwing strikes and mixing up pitches. I thought (senior catcher) David Avitia did a great job of calling a game with him together. It's encouraging. This was as good of an offensive performance as we've put together. It's a momentum game. Now we have to be able to build on it. We can't let it go."
Young picked up his second straight victory to improve to 3-0 with a 1.86 ERA.
"I love it," Young said of starting a rubber match. "I love the pressure. It's an amazing feeling to have the coaches just put their faith in me and for me to able to be perform for them is the best feeling."
GCU senior right-hander Dawson McCarville finished off the Green Wave with three scoreless and hitless frames to earn the save.
"This is a great program," Stankiewicz said of Tulane. "You look at the history of the program, they've been great. For us to come here and take a series is a nice moment for our program."
While Young and McCarville limited the Green Wave to a season-low four hits, GCU's offense had a 13-hit performance that was its second most on the season.
For the third straight game, GCU was on the board first. The Lopes got first-inning singles from Buries and senior center fielder Brock Burton to place runners on the corners for junior second baseman Juan Colato. A fielder's choice off Colato's bat drove in Buries from third for to give GCU a 1-0 edge.
The Lopes didn't look back.
Buries hit another no-doubt home run to left field in the third inning for a 2-0 lead. Colato led off the fourth inning with a triple and scored on sophomore right fielder Tayler Aguilar's ensuing RBI single for a 3-0 lead. Avitia doubled to score Aguilar to make it 4-0. The insurance runs continued with a Colato RBI single in the seventh and a Burton sacrifice fly in the ninth.
Conversely, Tulane only advanced a runner to second base three times and never got a runner to third base.
After posting the second four-hit game by a GCU batter this year, Buries leads the team with a .397 batting average, .638 slugging percentage, .463 on-base percentage, 19 RBIs and five stolen bases.
"Elijah had another great day offensively," Stankiewicz said. "He has a really solid approach at the plate. He uses the middle of the field really well. I was encouraged by the two-out runs that we scored today. I try to encourage the guys that with two outs, that doesn't mean that we can't still score runs. That's part of our development offensively. With two outs and nobody on, no big deal. Just get to first base. That's his job. I thought we did a good job of putting good at bats together with two outs."
GCU was 5 for 14 (.357) with two outs. The Lopes also hit 7 for 17 (.412) with runners on base and were successful on 10 of 18 advancement opportunities.
The Lopes leave New Orleans with a series win over a Tulane program that has advanced to the College World Series twice since 2000 and entered the weekend in the NCAA RPI rankings' top 80.
"It's amazing," Young said. "It shows that we're a lot better than people think we are. It's a great chance for us to put ourselves on the map."
The Lopes briefly return to Phoenix before heading back out on the road for a three-game series at Utah Valley beginning on Thursday.
While a 13-hit performance and a shutout victory came from several contributors at Tulane, no one shined brighter than a pair of GCU freshmen in third baseman Elijah Buries and starting pitcher Carter Young.
Buries collected four hits, including a double and his second home run in as many days, while scoring three times. Young posted the first scoreless start of his career, tossing six innings with six strikeouts and limiting Tulane to four hits.
"It all starts on the mound," GCU head coach Andy Stankiewicz said. "Carter Young is just a little competitor and doesn't seem to be caught up other than his job: throwing strikes and mixing up pitches. I thought (senior catcher) David Avitia did a great job of calling a game with him together. It's encouraging. This was as good of an offensive performance as we've put together. It's a momentum game. Now we have to be able to build on it. We can't let it go."
Young picked up his second straight victory to improve to 3-0 with a 1.86 ERA.
"I love it," Young said of starting a rubber match. "I love the pressure. It's an amazing feeling to have the coaches just put their faith in me and for me to able to be perform for them is the best feeling."
GCU senior right-hander Dawson McCarville finished off the Green Wave with three scoreless and hitless frames to earn the save.
"This is a great program," Stankiewicz said of Tulane. "You look at the history of the program, they've been great. For us to come here and take a series is a nice moment for our program."
While Young and McCarville limited the Green Wave to a season-low four hits, GCU's offense had a 13-hit performance that was its second most on the season.
For the third straight game, GCU was on the board first. The Lopes got first-inning singles from Buries and senior center fielder Brock Burton to place runners on the corners for junior second baseman Juan Colato. A fielder's choice off Colato's bat drove in Buries from third for to give GCU a 1-0 edge.
The Lopes didn't look back.
Buries hit another no-doubt home run to left field in the third inning for a 2-0 lead. Colato led off the fourth inning with a triple and scored on sophomore right fielder Tayler Aguilar's ensuing RBI single for a 3-0 lead. Avitia doubled to score Aguilar to make it 4-0. The insurance runs continued with a Colato RBI single in the seventh and a Burton sacrifice fly in the ninth.
Conversely, Tulane only advanced a runner to second base three times and never got a runner to third base.
After posting the second four-hit game by a GCU batter this year, Buries leads the team with a .397 batting average, .638 slugging percentage, .463 on-base percentage, 19 RBIs and five stolen bases.
"Elijah had another great day offensively," Stankiewicz said. "He has a really solid approach at the plate. He uses the middle of the field really well. I was encouraged by the two-out runs that we scored today. I try to encourage the guys that with two outs, that doesn't mean that we can't still score runs. That's part of our development offensively. With two outs and nobody on, no big deal. Just get to first base. That's his job. I thought we did a good job of putting good at bats together with two outs."
GCU was 5 for 14 (.357) with two outs. The Lopes also hit 7 for 17 (.412) with runners on base and were successful on 10 of 18 advancement opportunities.
The Lopes leave New Orleans with a series win over a Tulane program that has advanced to the College World Series twice since 2000 and entered the weekend in the NCAA RPI rankings' top 80.
"It's amazing," Young said. "It shows that we're a lot better than people think we are. It's a great chance for us to put ourselves on the map."
The Lopes briefly return to Phoenix before heading back out on the road for a three-game series at Utah Valley beginning on Thursday.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Young, Carter (3-0)
L: JOHNSON, Trent (1-3)
S: McCarville, Dawson (1)
Batting:
2B: Buries, Elijah 1 ; Avitia, David 1
3B: Colato, Juan 1
HR: Buries, Elijah 1
RBI: Buries, Elijah 1 ; Burton, Brock 1 ; Colato, Juan 2 ; Aguilar, Tayler 1
SF: Burton, Brock 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Ortiz, Channy 1 ; Buries, Elijah 3 ; Colato, Juan 1 ; Wilson, Tyler 1
SB: Colato, Juan 1
CS: Aguilar, Tayler 1
PO: Ortiz, Channy 1
Base Running:
HBP: BIHM, Matthew 1
Game Leaders
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5
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1
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2
RBI
2
AB
3
R
0
H
2
RBI
1
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
0
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