San Diego 5, at Pepperdine 1

MALIBU, Calif. (Interstat) — Diego Gutierrez delivered a dominant starting performance and the San Diego Toreros capitalized on early Pepperdine mistakes to secure a 5-1 victory over the Waves in a nonconference baseball game Friday evening. Gutierrez, the clear star for the Toreros, set a commanding tone over five innings of work. The right-hander allowed just one earned run on no hits, striking out eight Waves batters. The lone blemish was a solo home run by Pepperdine’s Daniel Patterson in the bottom of the first inning. Gutierrez’s effort built on his previous start, a five-inning, scoreless outing against Gonzaga on… Read more...