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Photo by: Josh Hauser
GCU drops wild finale to Stanford
5/11/2025 7:40:00 PM | Baseball
Lopes fall 16-15 in 10-inning, 4 1/2 hour marathon
STANFORD, Calif. — In a 10-inning thriller that featured 31 runs, 39 hits and four lead changes, Grand Canyon narrowly missed out on a series sweep with a 16-15 loss to Stanford on Sunday afternoon at Sunken Diamond.
The Lopes (30-21) exploded for 20 hits but ultimately fell after Stanford (25-23) scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th after three straight hit batters. Despite the loss, GCU secured the series win, having taken the first two games of the weekend.
The marathon game was 4 hours, 28 minutes long, the longest GCU has participated in since its last visit to Stanford (5:45 in 18 innings on Feb. 28, 2020).
GCU jumped out to an 8-0 lead and was in control early, fueled by a five-run second inning. Graduate center fielder Eddy Pelc delivered a massive performance, going 3 for 5 with six RBIs, including five RBIs in the first two innings. Sophomore first baseman Cannon Peery added three hits and four RBIs, including a solo home run in the sixth.
Peery had GCU's biggest hit of the day, driving in the tying and go-ahead runs with two outs in the top of the ninth. Peery appeared to have given GCU the lead moments earlier, when he hammered a ball down the right-field line that landed on the chalk as a fair ball but was called foul in real time and not overturned in replay review. Two pitches later, he drove a ball to left field that was comfortably fair for the 15-14 Lopes lead.
Stanford used a two-out single in the ninth to send the game to extras and a two-out hit batsman in the 10th to win.
On the mound, GCU used eight pitchers. The Lopes staff struck out 10 but surrendered 19 hits, including three home runs.
Junior shortstop Emilio Barreras went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and scored three times, while junior right fielder Josh Wakefield collected three hits and sophomore Troy Sanders added a pinch-hit single and a stolen base.
GCU will return to Phoenix for a midweek game at Arizona State before finishing the regular season at Tarleton State where postseason seeding will be decided. The Lopes are tied with Abilene Christian one game back of Sacramento State in the WAC standings. GCU controls its destiny for a top-two seed, needing a sweep of the Texans to lock up a top-two seed and a double bye in the WAC Tournament.
The Lopes (30-21) exploded for 20 hits but ultimately fell after Stanford (25-23) scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the 10th after three straight hit batters. Despite the loss, GCU secured the series win, having taken the first two games of the weekend.
The marathon game was 4 hours, 28 minutes long, the longest GCU has participated in since its last visit to Stanford (5:45 in 18 innings on Feb. 28, 2020).
GCU jumped out to an 8-0 lead and was in control early, fueled by a five-run second inning. Graduate center fielder Eddy Pelc delivered a massive performance, going 3 for 5 with six RBIs, including five RBIs in the first two innings. Sophomore first baseman Cannon Peery added three hits and four RBIs, including a solo home run in the sixth.
Peery had GCU's biggest hit of the day, driving in the tying and go-ahead runs with two outs in the top of the ninth. Peery appeared to have given GCU the lead moments earlier, when he hammered a ball down the right-field line that landed on the chalk as a fair ball but was called foul in real time and not overturned in replay review. Two pitches later, he drove a ball to left field that was comfortably fair for the 15-14 Lopes lead.
Stanford used a two-out single in the ninth to send the game to extras and a two-out hit batsman in the 10th to win.
On the mound, GCU used eight pitchers. The Lopes staff struck out 10 but surrendered 19 hits, including three home runs.
Junior shortstop Emilio Barreras went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and scored three times, while junior right fielder Josh Wakefield collected three hits and sophomore Troy Sanders added a pinch-hit single and a stolen base.
GCU will return to Phoenix for a midweek game at Arizona State before finishing the regular season at Tarleton State where postseason seeding will be decided. The Lopes are tied with Abilene Christian one game back of Sacramento State in the WAC standings. GCU controls its destiny for a top-two seed, needing a sweep of the Texans to lock up a top-two seed and a double bye in the WAC Tournament.
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Gomez, Cohen (1-0)
L: Bailey, Gray (2-1)
Batting:
2B: Pelc, Eddy 1
HR: Pelc, Eddy 1 ; Peery, Cannon 1
RBI: Wakefield, Josh 1 ; Barreras, Emilio 2 ; Pelc, Eddy 6 ; Yorke, Zach 1 ; Peery, Cannon 4
SF: Pelc, Eddy 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Wakefield, Josh 2 ; Barreras, Emilio 3 ; Sanders, Troy 1 ; Pelc, Eddy 3 ; Peery, Cannon 1 ; Scaldeferri, Billy 2 ; Sexton, Brody 2 ; Matranga, Austin 1
SB: Sanders, Troy 1 ; Diaz, Michael 1
HBP: Barreras, Emilio 2 ; Diaz, Michael 1
Batting:
2B: Marsh, Tatum 2 ; Sasaki, Rintaro 1 ; Becerra, Temo 1 ; Hott, Ethan 1
HR: Haskins, Trevor 1 ; Nati, Jimmy 1 ; Hott, Ethan 1
RBI: Haskins, Trevor 2 ; Marsh, Tatum 1 ; Nati, Jimmy 2 ; Sasaki, Rintaro 1 ; Becerra, Temo 4 ; Blair, Brett 1 ; Sapien, Jake 1 ; Hott, Ethan 3
SH: Haskins, Trevor 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Haskins, Trevor 2 ; Lavin, Luke 2 ; Marsh, Tatum 4 ; Nati, Jimmy 1 ; Sasaki, Rintaro 2 ; Becerra, Temo 1 ; Sapien, Jake 1 ; Hott, Ethan 3
HBP: Marsh, Tatum 2 ; Nati, Jimmy 1 ; Sasaki, Rintaro 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
7
R
2
H
3
RBI
1
AB
4
R
3
H
3
RBI
2
AB
6
R
1
H
3
RBI
4
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