Toros Baseball Team Leaves Phoenix With Saturday Doubleheader Loss to Antelopes
March 24, 2007

Courtesy Grand Canyon Sports Information Office

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Brazell Stadium (Phoenix , AZ) -- The homestanding Grand Canyon University Antelopes swept a Saturday baseball doubleheader with Cal State Dominguez Hills, picking up 7-3 and 5-3 wins. The Toros drop to 8-21-1 on the season.

In Saturday's opener, the Antelopes (15-14) jumped on the back of another strong pitching performance by Pat Lawler (4-1), who pitched six strong innings. Lawler was only tagged for four hits and three runs, while striking out six to earn his fourth win of the year.

The Lopes jumped on top of the Toros in the bottom of third with three runs and scattered four more throughout the game to earn the 7-3 victory.

Cody Johns had a big day at the plate for GCU, going 4-5 with 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored.

David Leyva (2-3) was hit with the loss for Dominguez Hills, as he allowed 11 hits and 4 runs over five innings of work.

In the nightcap, the Antelopes (16-14) got all of the offense they would need in the first two innings as they plated one in the first and three in the fourth to hold off Dominguez Hills (8-20-1) by a score of 5-3.

After the first two innings, Toros pitcher Gus Hernandez (2-3) settled down by pitching 6 2/3 innings, allowing five runs and six hits. But, the effort was not enough as Ben Corser (3-1) turned in a dominating performance by pitching a complete game allowing three runs on five hits.

Cody Johns continued his hot hitting by going 2-3 with a double. Johns went 6-8 on the day for the Lopes.

Thursday and Friday CSUDH plays at UC San Diego.