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Occidental College

Tigers take the field
5
Occidental OCCIDENT 8-18
13
Winner Cal Lutheran CAL LUTH 15-6
Occidental OCCIDENT
8-18
5
Final
13
Cal Lutheran CAL LUTH
15-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Occidental OCCIDENT 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 2
Cal Lutheran CAL LUTH 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 4 X 13 12 0

W: J. Kim (1-0) L: Alfers, Aidan (1-6) S: F. Willius (1)

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at Chapman University

4/5/2024 | 3:00 PM

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Apr. 05 (Fri) / 3:00 PM
at Chapman University
History

Game Recap: Baseball |

Palme Homers but Kingsmen Win Game 3

Thousand Oaks, CA— Oxy baseball was in action for game 3 of their series with Cal Lutheran on Friday afternoon. 

The Tigers would get on the board first in the 1st inning when Garrett Palme blasted a home run over the wall to make it 1-0 Oxy. Cal Lutheran tied the game at 1 with a sac fly in the bottom half of the inning, but Oxy responded with a big 2nd inning. 

Jackson Short had an RBI single that scored Mason Olson, and Sancho Llamas followed with a 2 RBI triple. Palme would drive in another run on the day with a sac fly that scored Llamas from 3rd base and made it 5-1 Tigers early on. 

The Kingsmen would get 2 runs back in the bottom half of the inning to make it 5-3 Tigers, and they tied the game at 5 with a 2-run homer in the 3rd. The Kingsmen took the lead in the 4th with help from a 2 RBI double that made the score 8-5. 

Cal Lu would go on to win by a score of 13-5, taking the final game of the series. Garrett Palme ended the day for Oxy 1 for 3 at the plate with a homer, a run scored and an RBI. Sancho Llamas continued to see the ball well, going 2 for 5 at the plate with a 2 RBI triple. 

Alex Henderson was 2 for 3 and Ben Rutkin went 3 for 5 for the Tigers. Elias Oster had a solid performance out of the Tiger bullpen, not allowing a run over 1.1 innings and striking out 1 batter. 

The Tigers will be back in action in Orange when they take on the Chapman Panthers for game 1 of a 3 game set on Friday, April 5th at 3:00pm.

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Players Mentioned

Sancho Llamas

#15 Sancho Llamas

INF
6' 0"
Senior
Garrett Palme

#21 Garrett Palme

1B
5' 10"
Senior
Ben Rutkin

#14 Ben Rutkin

OF
6' 0"
Sophomore
Elias Oster

#12 Elias Oster

P
6' 5"
First Year
Jackson Short

#18 Jackson Short

INF
5' 8"
First Year
Alex Henderson

#50 Alex Henderson

1B
First Year

Players Mentioned

Sancho Llamas

#15 Sancho Llamas

6' 0"
Senior
INF
Garrett Palme

#21 Garrett Palme

5' 10"
Senior
1B
Ben Rutkin

#14 Ben Rutkin

6' 0"
Sophomore
OF
Elias Oster

#12 Elias Oster

6' 5"
First Year
P
Jackson Short

#18 Jackson Short

5' 8"
First Year
INF
Alex Henderson

#50 Alex Henderson

First Year
1B