(LA MIRADA, Calif.) No. 4 PLNU Baseball played to a doubleheader split with Biola on Friday in La Mirada to open its final series of the regular season.
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Derek Silva threw seven shutout innings and struck out nine batters to earn the win in Point Loma's 3-2 game one victory.
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Tristan Moore homered in the sixth before
Matt Bernath's RBI-single scored what proved to be the winning run in the top of the ninth.
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The Sea Lions came close to winning game two after a miraculous late-inning comeback, before the Eagles prevailed 9-8.
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Trailing by four entering the top of the seventh and down to its final three outs,
Owen May and Moore hit back-to-back solo home runs to cut Point Loma's deficit in half.
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PLNU then manufactured three more runs, the final of which came on
Levi Ham's sacrifice bunt, to put the Sea Lions up 8-7. However, the Eagles responded in the bottom half with two runs in a walk-off victory, sending the series back to San Diego.
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Point Loma (39-10 overall, 35-7 PacWest) hosts Biola on Saturday on Senior Day, with the season-ending doubleheader set to begin at noon.
