Completed Event: Baseball at Washington State on March 22, 2026 , Loss , 2, to, 6
Baseball
at Washington State
L 2-6
Grand Canyon University Athletics
Saturday, March 15
Corvallis, Ore.
11 a.m.
Grand Canyon
3
vs
8
Santa Clara
Photo by: Nathan Peters
GCU falls to Santa Clara in Corvallis
3/15/2025 1:57:00 PM | Baseball
Wakefield continues tear with 3-hit day
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Grand Canyon dropped a Saturday neutral-site contest to Santa Clara 8-3 at Goss Stadium.
Junior right fielder Josh Wakefield continued to produce offensively, racking up three more hits to raise his average to .489 on the season.
Only five hits were scattered through the remainder of GCU's offense, highlighted by a two-RBI day from graduate center fielder Eddy Pelc that included a home run.
GCU (12-7) surrendered a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the first and could never catch Santa Clara (8-7) the rest of the way.
The Lopes mounted their biggest threat in the fifth inning by loading up the bases with no outs. Pelc drew a bases-loaded walk to get the Lopes on the board and junior first baseman Zach Yorke followed with a sacrifice fly. With the deficit cut in half at 4-2, the Lopes re-loaded the bases with one out but a pair of infield outs ended the frame.
Santa Clara homered two more times in the sixth inning to stretch the lead to 8-2.
Pelc homered in the ninth and senior third baseman Eli Paton tripled, but GCU fell 8-3.
Sophomore righty Garrett Ahern had built a 3-0 winning record entering the game and lost for the first time, ending an impressive 7-0 start to his college career.
GCU will get a rematch with the host No. 8 Beavers on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.
Junior right fielder Josh Wakefield continued to produce offensively, racking up three more hits to raise his average to .489 on the season.
Only five hits were scattered through the remainder of GCU's offense, highlighted by a two-RBI day from graduate center fielder Eddy Pelc that included a home run.
GCU (12-7) surrendered a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the first and could never catch Santa Clara (8-7) the rest of the way.
The Lopes mounted their biggest threat in the fifth inning by loading up the bases with no outs. Pelc drew a bases-loaded walk to get the Lopes on the board and junior first baseman Zach Yorke followed with a sacrifice fly. With the deficit cut in half at 4-2, the Lopes re-loaded the bases with one out but a pair of infield outs ended the frame.
Santa Clara homered two more times in the sixth inning to stretch the lead to 8-2.
Pelc homered in the ninth and senior third baseman Eli Paton tripled, but GCU fell 8-3.
Sophomore righty Garrett Ahern had built a 3-0 winning record entering the game and lost for the first time, ending an impressive 7-0 start to his college career.
GCU will get a rematch with the host No. 8 Beavers on Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m.
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