Titans Rally in Ninth to Beat Waves

Brett Kay’s infield single with two outs in the ninth inning scored Steve Woodward from third and Kirk Saarloos pitched out of trouble in the bottom of the inning as Cal State Fullerton rallied for a 5-4 nonconference victory Tuesday at Pepperdine.

Saarloos pitched 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, allowing one hit and striking out one. The Waves had men on first and second with one out in the ninth but Saarloos got the final two outs on a foul pop and a strikeout.

David Bacani singled to open the ninth and Woodward then beat out a bunt. Murph Norris followed with a sacrifice and Chris Beck walked to load the bases. Jason Carapci’s hard grounder turned into a force out at second as Bacani scored the game-tying run. Kay then hit a hard grounder at shortstop Tony Garcia and it went off him for a hit as Woodward scored from third with the winning run.

Fullerton (6-5) had spotted Pepperdine (7-8) a 4-0 lead in the second when an error by shortstop Mike Martinez opened the door for four unearned runs.

The Titans got their first run in the third on Woodward’s two-out single.

In the Golden State Athletic Conference:

Concordia 10, Westmont 6--Concordia, down 6-4 entering the eighth, scored six runs to take the lead and went on to win its fourth straight game. Matt Broesamle and Nick Swanson each homered in the eighth-inning rally.