EL CAJON, Calif. – Vanguard baseball matched San Diego Christian's hit total in Monday's make-up Golden State Athletic Conference game but could not equal the Hawk's run tally and fell 6-3 on the SDCC Field.

The Lions sit at 8-8 overall and 3-8 in league play, while the Hawks improve to 13-6 on the season and 6-6 in conference.

Senior Jason Ochart (Glendale, Calif.), senior Ellis Whitman (Seattle, Wash.) and junior Ian Sakry (Long Beach, Calif.) combined for six of the Pride's nine hits, going two-for-five, two-for-four and two-for-three, respectively, in the loss. Ochart and Whitman each registered doubles for Vanguard.

Junior Francisco Torres (Cathedral City, Calif.), fourth-year Bryce Arroyo (Brea, Calif.) and junior John Schwer (Burbank, Calif.) tallied the Blue and Gold's remaining knocks.

On the mound to begin the contest for VU was third-year Richard Perry (Fontana, Calif.). Perry went four innings and took the loss, dropping to 1-2 on the year. He gave up six hits and allowed four runs during his stint.

San Diego Christian took a 3-0 lead in the first and never trailed in the competition. Vanguard scored one run in the third to bring the game within two but the Hawks added two more in the fifth to go up 5-1. The Lions added a pair in the top of the seventh, but SDC put another on the board in the bottom to secure the 6-3 victory.

Vanguard is back in action on March 1st at Biola University. The three-game series will begin at 2:00pm pm Friday and will conclude with an 11:00am doubleheader on Saturday.

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