The No. 15 University of Redlands baseball team lost to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges by a 4-11 final in Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) action Sunday afternoon in Claremont.
The Stags pounded out 16 hits and scored 11 runs before Redlands got on the board in the ninth.
The Bulldogs used three hits and two walks in the top of the ninth to erase the shutout. Junior leftfielder Brandon Owashi (San Diego, CA), graduate student designated hitter Brett Sandford (Santa Barbara, CA), senior catcher Jefre Johnson (Canby, OR) and sophomore pinch hitter Ben Saunders (New River, AZ) all scored as the Maroon and Gray took four back. The deficit, however, was too large to overcome as Redlands could not stop a red-hot Claremont-Mudd-Scripps team.
After the entire starting rotation saw playing time in Saturday's loss against No. 12 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, the Bulldogs counted on four different arms to face the Stags. Junior pitcher Derek Johnson (Canby, OR) lost for the second time in as many days, dropping to 10-2 on the year. He allowed four runs, none of which were earned, on four hits and struck out one in three innings of action. Freshman pitcher Kyle Hart (Burbank, CA) took over in the fourth and threw 1 2/3, yielding three runs on six hits. Senior pitcher Jack Winters (Oradell, NJ) then pitched for 1 1/3, scattering six hits and allowing four runs. In two innings of work in the eighth and ninth, sophomore pitcher Adam Byrd (Bullhead City, AZ) held Claremont-Mudd-Scripps hitless and scoreless.
Alex Sunderland went the distance on the hill for the Stags, earning the victory. He allowed four runs on six hits and four walks while striking out five.
Junior rightfielder Nate Carlson (Portland, OR) and sophomore first baseman Jon Cavender (Rancho Cucamonga, CA) each paced the Bulldog attack with two hits each.
Max Rose helped fuel the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps offense with a 4-for-4 outing, hitting for the cycle. Rose also scored three runs and drove in two.
Redlands (27-8, 19-7 SCIAC) hopes to return to its winning ways on Friday (April 30) when it travels to Whittier to face Whittier College in a SCIAC game. The first pitch is set for 3 p.m.