STOCKTON, Calif. – The Pacific Tigers made a comeback on the strength of their power bats but would end up losing 7-6 to the Pepperdine Waves in game one Saturday.  The Tigers hit four homers but couldn't get the win and fall to 9-11 this year.  Pepperdine is 11-9.

Danny Mayer had his second multi-homer game of the season while Matt Tarantino and Ryan Schalch also left the yard. 

Ryan Shreve struck out a career-high six batters in his six innings of work, making it back-to-back six-inning outings for the freshman.  He struck out at least one batter in each of the first four innings, including a three-strikeout first.

Vince Arobio took the loss, his first since April 24 of 2016 and just the fourth in his career.

Despite the strikeouts by Shreve, the Waves scored in the first inning.  Pepperdine reached on a wild-pitch third strike and, after a single, scored on a throwing error.

Pepperdine strung together a series of bloop hits in the second inning to score two more runs as the ball continually landed just out of reach of the Tiger defenders.

The Tigers homered four times in three innings, helped along by back-to-back blasts by Mayer and Tarantino in the fourth.  Mayer's second homer of the game, this time in the fifth, tied the game at four runs. 

It was Schalch who would give Pacific their first lead with a two-run slam in the sixth, driving in Lucas Halstead with a shot deposited in the leftfield bullpen.  It was Schalch's first homer of his Pacific career and made it 6-4.

Pepperdine would tie the game with a run in the seventh and another in the eighth.  A passed ball allowed the runner to score from third in the eighth, making it 6-6.  The Waves then took back the lead with a hard single into centerfield.  Pepperdine would hold that lead and get the win.

STAT NOTES

• Before today, Shreve had six strikeouts in 15 innings.  Shreve matched that mark in just 3.1 innings today.
• In conference play thus far, Schalch has hit .428.
• Tarantino is hitting .350 with four runs and three RBI when batting third.
• The homers in the fourth by Mayer and Tarantino were the second time this year the Tigers have had back-to-back homers: Tarantino and Mayer also did it in the eighth inning against Fresno State on February 28.
• This was Mayer's second multi-homer game of his career.  His first came February 17 of this year at San Diego State.
• Mayer now has seven RBI in his last two games after picking up eight in his first 17 games.

The Tigers and Waves will play again in half an hour.  Game three of the series will be on Sunday at 1:00 pm.  Tickets for that third game are available online.

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