Completed Event: Baseball at Stanford on May 9, 2025 , Win , 4, to, 3
Baseball
at Stanford
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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Friday, May 2
Phoenix, Ariz.
7 p.m.
Grand Canyon
26-19, 12-7
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Sacramento State
27-19, 11-5
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Grand Canyon
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Photo by: Sebastian Molinar
GCU homers 4 times in Friday loss
5/2/2025 9:50:00 PM | Baseball
Lopes can't limit Sacramento State offense in series-opening defeat
Grand Canyon homered four times but could not contain the Sacramento State offense in a 15-5 loss on Friday night at GCU Ballpark.
GCU (26-19, 12-7 WAC) hit four home runs — a season high — including two in the first inning to grab a 2-0 lead. The Hornets (27-19, 11-5 WAC) pounded out 15 runs and 21 hits including a pair of five-run innings to overcome GCU's power display.
Graduate center fielder Eddy Pelc and junior first baseman Zach Yorke hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning to get the Lopes on the board.
Senior third baseman Eli Paton added a home run in the fourth inning, and senior left fielder Michael Diaz hit a two-run home run in the seventh.
Sac State quickly erased its 2-0 deficit with a five-run third inning. The Hornets built on it with another five-run inning in the fifth. Sacramento State scored in the final four innings to invoke the mercy rule.
The series continues Saturday at 7 p.m. as Grand Canyon looks to bounce back and maintain its positioning in the tight WAC standings.
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GCU (26-19, 12-7 WAC) hit four home runs — a season high — including two in the first inning to grab a 2-0 lead. The Hornets (27-19, 11-5 WAC) pounded out 15 runs and 21 hits including a pair of five-run innings to overcome GCU's power display.
Graduate center fielder Eddy Pelc and junior first baseman Zach Yorke hit back-to-back home runs in the first inning to get the Lopes on the board.
Senior third baseman Eli Paton added a home run in the fourth inning, and senior left fielder Michael Diaz hit a two-run home run in the seventh.
Sac State quickly erased its 2-0 deficit with a five-run third inning. The Hornets built on it with another five-run inning in the fifth. Sacramento State scored in the final four innings to invoke the mercy rule.
The series continues Saturday at 7 p.m. as Grand Canyon looks to bounce back and maintain its positioning in the tight WAC standings.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Gibbons, Evan (8-1)
L: Lyon, Isaac (3-4)
Batting:
2B: Poturnak, Jakob 1 ; Cortez, Jacob 1
3B: White, Tyler 1
RBI: White, Tyler 3 ; Perazzo, Michael 1 ; Pimentel-Guerrero, L 3 ; Smith, JP 1 ; Masciangelo, Matt 2 ; Cortez, Jacob 3 ; Christiansen, Ryan 2
Base Running:
RUNS: White, Tyler 2 ; Perazzo, Michael 1 ; Pimentel-Guerrero, L 1 ; Smith, JP 1 ; Masciangelo, Matt 2 ; Poturnak, Jakob 2 ; Sewell, Cameron 2 ; Cortez, Jacob 2 ; Christiansen, Ryan 2
HBP: Pimentel-Guerrero, L 1 ; Christiansen, Ryan 1
Batting:
2B: Paton, Eli 1
HR: Pelc, Eddy 1 ; Yorke, Zach 1 ; Paton, Eli 1 ; Diaz, Michael 1
RBI: Pelc, Eddy 1 ; Yorke, Zach 1 ; Paton, Eli 1 ; Diaz, Michael 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Pelc, Eddy 1 ; Yorke, Zach 1 ; Paton, Eli 2 ; Diaz, Michael 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
4
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1
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1
RBI
1
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3
R
1
H
1
RBI
2
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