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ORANGE, Calif. – Right-hander Devin Drag finally has an earned run average, but it took over 40 innings this season for opponents to finally eek across an earned run. The junior earned his second consecutive complete game victory, retiring Pioneer batters in order in every inning but the eighth as No. 10 Chapman defeated No. 6 Cal State East Bay 5-1 at Hart Park on Sunday afternoon, capturing its second win in three-game series. Drag was all but perfect through the first seven innings, allowing just a worm-killing infield single that traveled less than 10 feet off the bat of East Bay infielder Anthony Quinata in the fourth. Quinata was quickly erased on an inning-ending double play and Drag cruised into the late innings having retired 20 of the first 21 batters he faced and running his scoreless inning streak to 30.1. That streak, which began on Feb. 26, ranks second in Chapman history. The Pioneers finally strung together a pair of hits and a pair of walks to score the first earned run off the right-hander this season in the eighth. Drag’s ERA currently sits at a microscopic 0.21 in 42.1 innings. Meanwhile, the Panthers scored plenty to support their pitcher. Senior designated hitter John Alexander tripled in a pair of runs in the fifth inning to give Chapman a 3-0 lead. An RBI single by junior Tyler Dean in the seventh and a scoring fly ball from sophomore Tyler Norman in the eighth capped the Panthers’ offensive highlights. The Division III West Region independent rivals will meet one final time during the regular season in Hayward on April 13.
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