2
Winner Simpson (CA) SIMPSON 17-20
0
Westcliff (CA) WESTCLIF 14-19
Winner
Simpson (CA) SIMPSON
17-20
2
Final
0
Westcliff (CA) WESTCLIF
14-19
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Simpson (CA) SIMPSON 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 0
Westcliff (CA) WESTCLIF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2

W: Brogdon, Garrett (1-0) L: B. Weller (0-1) S: Palacioz, Nathan (1)

8
Winner Simpson (CA) SIMPSON 18-20
1
Westcliff (CA) WESTCLIF 14-20
Winner
Simpson (CA) SIMPSON
18-20
8
Final
1
Westcliff (CA) WESTCLIF
14-20
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Simpson (CA) SIMPSON 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 8 13 0
Westcliff (CA) WESTCLIF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3

W: Alford, Dalton (1-0) L: S. Cazares (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Sam Nakata

Red Hawks Sweep Day Two and Wins the Series Against Westcliff

IRVINE, Calif. - The boys looked to avenge it's game one loss on Friday with a reverse sweep to take the series against Westcliff. 

Game one featured a pitcher's duel as Simpson's Garrett Brogdon had himself a day on the mound. 

Brogdon threw a stellar game as he went 7.1 innings while giving up just three hits and striking out 10 Westcliff batters. 

Both teams looked to scratch a run across as the game went seven shutout innings before the Red Hawks broke through in the eighth inning. 

A lead-off infield single by Kade Kupihea came around to score on a Warrior error to break the 0-0 ball game. 

Alex Tolbert came through with a huge two-out RBI single to add an insurance run. 

The Red Hawks bullpen nailed down the 2-0 lead as Chad Horton came in relief of Brogdon in the eighth inning and inherited a runner-on first situation. 

Horton stranded the runner on first as he induced two fly balls to end the eighth. 

Closer Nathan Palacioz preserved the 2-0 ball game as he fired a 1-2-3 ninth inning to earn his eighth save of the year and is now tied for the Simpson single season and career record. 

Game 2:

Simpson looked for the series win behind starter Jaydon Tomas

The Red Hawks grabbed the early 1-0 lead after a leadoff walk to Kade Kupihea came around to score on a sacrifice fly by Brady Meeds

But the Warriors tied the game in the next half inning on a RBI single. Tomas limited the damage as he stranded the bases loaded to keep the game 1-1. 

A leadoff double by Maximiliano Lopez to open the fifth inning put the Red Hawks in business. 

Another key sacrifice fly by Meeds put Simpson on top 2-1. But Simpson padded its lead in the following inning on key RBI doubles by Andreyes Palacios and Kade Kupihea to extend its 4-1 lead. 

The bullpen proved to be nails once again as starter Tomas fired four innings of one-run baseball before handing the ball to the Simpson pen. 

Simpson broke it open in the ninth inning with a crooked number as they plated four runs on five hits and one Warrior error. 

Dalton Alford, Chad Horton, and Nathan Palacioz combined for five innings of shutout baseball and just four Warrior base runners to seal the 8-1 victory. 

Simpson pounded out 13 hits and had multi-hit games from Kade Kupihea, Maximiliano Lopez, Micah Kele, Dominic Folks, and Andreyes Palacios

With the win, Simpson improves its conference record to 13-5 and are now in sole possession of second place in the Cal Pac standings as they keep pace with first-place Ben U. 
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