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Oxy baseball breezes through Texas trip

Box Score 1 | Box Score 2
By Michael Wells
Sports Information Director
 

SHERMAN, Texas — The Occidental College baseball team made it a perfect 4-0 this weekend at Austin College, picking up two more wins in Texas on Sunday.

 

Game 1: Occidental 5, Austin College 3 

Freshman lefty CJ Maruyama (Danville) picked up his first career win, in his first career start, going five innings, with just two hits and an earned run charged against him, in a 5-3 win over Austin College in Game 1 on Sunday.

The Tigers led through all seven innings, though the game never felt comfortably in hand.

Scott Hong (Los Angeles), the SCIAC's leader in saves last season, shut the door on the Roos with three strikeouts in the seventh.

Jacob Lee (Olympia, Wash.) drove in two runs with an RBI double in the sixth that provided some insurance.

Johnathan Brooks (Huntington Beach) went 2 for 3 with an RBI and a run scored for the Tigers.

Game 2: Occidental 11, Austin College 7

A.J. Libunao (Huntington Beach) and Alec Strain (Sacramento) each had RBI doubles during a five-run eighth inning, leading Oxy to a come-from-behind win over the Roos, 11-7, in the last of a four-game stretch.

Oxy led for most of the game until Austin scored a pair of runs in the sixth and two more in the seventh, taking a 7-6 lead.

Then the Tigers got rolling.

Libunao's knock brought home Victor Munoz (La Verne) and Trevor Lecka (Newbury Park), and then Strain brought him home with a shot to right.

Strain and Van Fudge (Corvallis, Ore.) crossed the plate on errors, giving the Tigers an 11-7 lead heading into the ninth.

Strain finished the game 4 for 5 with two RBIs and two runs scored.

Brooks went 2 for 3 with a pair of RBIs.

Oxy has its home opener against La Sierra next Sunday. First game of the doubleheader starts at 11 a.m.

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Players Mentioned

Johnathan Brooks

#16 Johnathan Brooks

1B
6' 0"
Sophomore
Van Fudge

#18 Van Fudge

INF
5' 8"
Junior
Scott Hong

#25 Scott Hong

OF/P
5' 10"
Senior
Trevor Lecka

#15 Trevor Lecka

P
6' 3"
First Year
Jacob Lee

#22 Jacob Lee

OF
5' 10"
Senior
A.J. Libunao

#10 A.J. Libunao

3B
6' 0"
Sophomore
Victor Munoz

#5 Victor Munoz

C
6' 2"
Sophomore
Alec Strain

#45 Alec Strain

UTIL
5' 11"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Johnathan Brooks

#16 Johnathan Brooks

6' 0"
Sophomore
1B
Van Fudge

#18 Van Fudge

5' 8"
Junior
INF
Scott Hong

#25 Scott Hong

5' 10"
Senior
OF/P
Trevor Lecka

#15 Trevor Lecka

6' 3"
First Year
P
Jacob Lee

#22 Jacob Lee

5' 10"
Senior
OF
A.J. Libunao

#10 A.J. Libunao

6' 0"
Sophomore
3B
Victor Munoz

#5 Victor Munoz

6' 2"
Sophomore
C
Alec Strain

#45 Alec Strain

5' 11"
Junior
UTIL