FRESNO, Calif. – The Fresno Pacific baseball team dropped the finale of a four-game PacWest Conference series on Saturday afternoon, falling 3-2 to longtime rival California Baptist in 11 innings at FPU Diamond.
 
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: California Baptist 3, Fresno Pacific 2 (11 innings)
Records: FPU (15-19, 12-16 PacWest), CBU (25-13, 18-10)
Location: FPU Diamond |Fresno, Calif.    
All-Time Series: CBU leads 35-19
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HOW IT HAPPENED:  
• CBU centerfielder Ryan Williams started the scoring with an infield single in the second inning, and he came in to score on a fielding error to give the Lancers an early 2-0 lead.
• FPU backstop Braden Frankfort beat out an infield single of his own in the home third, scoring Derek Arkelian from third.
• Frankfort struck again in the fifth with a single to right center, allowing Eddie Sievers to cross the plate and tie the game at 2-2.
• With the bases loaded and two away in the top of the 11th, CBU first baseman John Glenn drew a four pitch walk to bring in the go-ahead run.
• Nate Case struck out to begin the home half but reached first base on a wild pitch, and Sievers singled up the middle two batters later.
• A wild pitch advanced both runners 90 feet closer, but Frankfort hit a bouncing comebacker that CBU's Logan Rinehart knocked down for the final out of the game.
• As the sixth man to toe the rubber for the Lancers for the day, Rinehart picked up his fourth win of the season after tossing both the extra frames.
• After a strong eight innings from Nic Boatman, Jonathan Molina took the loss for the home nine, dropping him to 2-3 on the year.
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE:
• Sievers extended his reached base streak to 16 games, the longest active streak on the team. Ross Dodds has the longest streak of the season with 19 games.
• Hunter Villanueva is one home run away from setting the program's single-season record.  
• Frankfort tallied his seventh multi-RBI game of the season. Only Sievers and Villanueva have more, and they each have eight.
 
ON DECK:
• The Sunbirds will be on the road for the final 12 games of the season, beginning next week against Concordia. First pitch from Friday's doubleheader is scheduled for noon in Irvine.