Baseball: Vanguard sweeps Westmont

COSTA MESA - The Vanguard University baseball team swept visiting

Westmont in a doubleheader, Saturday, improving to 4-2 in the Golden

State Athletic Conference.

The Lions (12-5 overall) opened with a 7-4 victory as Anthony Walker

pitched his fourth complete game of the season to earn his fourth win.

Vanguard right-fielder Samuel Baeder went 3 for 4 with one RBI, while

Chad Chop and Jeremy Isherwood added two hits each.

Pitchers Ryan Williams, Josh Franco and Garold Shaffer guided the

Lions to a 5-1 victory in the nightcap. Chop hit a two-run home run in

the first inning.

GOLDEN STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Vanguard 7, Westmont College 4

Westmont 004 000 000 - 4 5 3

Vanguard 212 001 10x - 7 10 0

McCochi, Palmer (8) and Lavik; Walker and Garner. W - Walker, 4-1; L -

McCochi, 2-2. 2B- Lavik (W), Chop (V), Baeder (V), Garner (V). 3B-

Clifton (W). HR - Riddell (V).

Vanguard 5, Westmont 1

Westmont 100 000 0 - 1 6 1

Vanguard 200 300 x - 5 6 0

Zemlok, Aguero (6) and Vogot; Williams, Franco (5), Shaffer (5) and

Garner. W - Williams, 1-0. L - Zemlock, 0-4. HR - Chop (V).