Upcoming Event: Baseball versus MLB Desert Invitational on February 13, 2026
Baseball
vs MLB Desert Invitational
Grand Canyon University Athletics
UT Arlington vs Grand Canyon
4/27/2025
GCU Ballpark
12:04 pm
UT Arlington
14-26, 6-9
17
Final
5
Grand Canyon
26-17, 12-6
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
Win: Joe Steeber (4-3)Loss: Penzkover, Gunnar (0-2)Save: Anthony Garcia (1)
Scoring Summary
Team | UTA | GCU |
|---|---|---|
2nd T. Bethel homered to right field, RBI (0-1 F). | 1 | 0 |
2nd P. Airhart homered to left field, 3 RBI (0-1 F); C. Dygert scored; L. Haskins scored. | 4 | 0 |
5th X. Melendez doubled to left center, 2 RBI (0-1 K); C. Dodson scored; M. Mims scored. | 6 | 0 |
6th T. Bethel homered to right field, RBI (0-0). | 7 | 0 |
6th C. Dygert homered down the rf line, 2 RBI (0-1 F); L. Haskins scored. | 9 | 0 |
6th X. Melendez singled to right center, RBI (3-2 KBFBBF); M. Mims scored. | 10 | 0 |
6th Peery, C. singled up the middle, RBI (1-2 BFKF); Pelc, E. scored. | 10 | 1 |
6th Yorke, Z. tripled to right field, RBI (2-0 BB); Peery, C. scored. | 10 | 2 |
6th Paton, E. singled to center field, RBI (1-0 B); Yorke, Z. scored. | 10 | 3 |
6th ScaldeferriB homered to right center, 2 RBI (3-2 BBFFBF); Paton, E. scored. | 10 | 5 |
8th X. Melendez singled through the right side, RBI (0-0); C. Dodson advanced to third; C. Dygert scored. | 11 | 5 |
8th X. McAfee doubled to left center, 3 RBI (0-0); T. Armstrong scored; X. Melendez scored; C. Dodson scored. | 14 | 5 |
9th C. Dodson homered to right field, 3 RBI (0-0); C. Dygert scored; L. Haskins scored. | 17 | 5 |
UT Arlington
Player | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cade Dodson | 2B | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Xavier Melendez | 1B | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Tyce Armstrong | RF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Xander Mcafee | CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Tate Bethel | 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Larry Haskins | SS | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Caylon Dygert | DH | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Parker Airhart | C | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Maxwell Mims | LF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Joe Steeber | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
   Anthony Garcia | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 41 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
Batting
2B: Xavier Melendez (1); Xander Mcafee (1)
HR: Cade Dodson (1); Tate Bethel (2); Caylon Dygert (1); Parker Airhart (1)
Baserunning
SB: Larry Haskins (1); Maxwell Mims (1)
HBP: Tyce Armstrong (1)
Grand Canyon
Player | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | LOB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wakefield, Josh | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ohland, Carson | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barreras, Emilio | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pelc, Eddy | CF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diaz, Michael | LF/RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Peery, Cannon | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Yorke, Zach | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Paton, Eli | 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scaldeferri, Billy | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Galvan, Marcus | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Huff, Kade | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Penzkover, Gunnar | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gregory, Billy | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Smith, Jace | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Skaugrud, Barrett | P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 36 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
UT Arlington
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | WP | BK | HBP | IBB | AB | BF | FO | GO | NP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Steeber | 6.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 9 | 6 | 100 |
Anthony Garcia | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 43 |
| Totals | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 37 | 12 | 9 | 143 |
Grand Canyon
Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | WP | BK | HBP | IBB | AB | BF | FO | GO | NP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penzkover, Gunnar | 4.1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 80 |
| Gregory, Billy | 1.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 |
| Smith, Jace | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| Skaugrud, Barrett | 2.0 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 42 |
| Totals | 15 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 41 | 47 | 10 | 6 | 168 |