College baseball: Moglia muscles up

COSTA MESA - Sean Moglia’s two-run eighth-inning home run broke a

5-5 tie and Chad Chop added a two-run blast to help host Vanguard

University earn a 9-7 nonconference baseball win over Culver-Stockton

College Monday.

Moglia, a junior second baseman, went 3 for 4 with four RBIs to help

the Lions improve to 10-9.

Vanguard turned a 3-0 deficit into a 5-3 lead, but the visitors scored

single runs in the seventh and eighth to set the stage for the Lions’

long-ball heroics.

Vanguard starter Jason Searle allowed just two earned runs in six

innings, but Brian Wood, one of three Lion relievers, earned his first

victory of the season.

NON CONFERENCE

Vanguard 9, Culver-Stockton 7

Culver-Stockton 001 200 112 - 7 9 1

Vanguard 000 023 04x - 9 9 2

McGinley, Smith (5), Gray (8) and Harris; Searle, Griggs (7), Wood

(8), Franco (9) and Garner. W - Wood, 1-0. L - Smith, 0-1. Sv - Franco

(1). 2B - Gallardo (CS), Tisthammer (VU),, Freeman (VU), Moglia (VU). HR

- Gallardo (CS), Chop (VU) Moglia (VU).