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5
La Verne ULV 2-1
8
Winner Azusa Pacific APU 4-5
La Verne ULV
2-1
5
Final
8
Azusa Pacific APU
4-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
La Verne ULV 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 10 0
Azusa Pacific APU 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 X 8 13 2

W: McKinney, Brad (1-0) L: Scott Lindeen (0-1) S: Canada, Matt (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Cougars Drop La Verne

AZUSA, Calif. – Azusa Pacific used a pair of clutch 2-out, 2-RBI singles, one in the fourth by junior Steven Hubbell, and one in the bottom of the eighth by senior Victor Ambruso to pick up an 8-5 win over neighboring La Verne Wednesday night in Azusa.
 
The win in the Cougars' second in a row, their first such streak this season.
 
Azusa Pacific (4-5) was clinging to a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the eight inning when Ambruso lined a base-hit up the middle scoring sophomore Robbie Lindsey, who earlier in the inning hit his second double of the game, and junior Rocky Binkowski, giving the Cougars a comfortable, 8-5, lead.
 
Senior Matt Canada then put the cap on 2 1/3 innings of relief with a 3-up, 3-down ninth to give the Cougars the win and pick up his first save of the season.
 
La Verne (2-1) jumped on the board with a pair of runs in its first at-bat.  However, the Cougars answered with single runs in the first and second to tie the game at 2-2.
 
Hubbell then pushed the cushion to 4-2 with his 2-out bases-loaded single in the fourth.  The Cougars added 2 more in the sixth when Collin Kyte doubled home Lindsey, who doubled to lead off the sixth.  Two batters later, Ambruso brought home Kyte with a single.
 
La Verne then answered with 3 unearned runs in the top of the seventh to cut the gap to 6-5.
 
Sophomore Brad McKinney (pictured) pitched 2 2/3 innings of relief to pick up his first win of the season.  He allowed 4 hits and 3 runs, but none of them were earned.
 
Ambruso, Lindsey, Shaun Beutner and Eric Ordorica each collected 2 hits apiece.  Ambruso added 3 RBIs, and Kyte and Hubbell added a pair.
 
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