Westmont’s offense broke things open early on Friday as the Warriors defeated Saint Katherine 15-7 for their first win of the baseball season.
Robbie Haw got the party started when he led off the bottom of the first inning with a no-doubt home run to straight-away left. It was the first home run in a Westmont uniform for Haw, who recorded just seven extra-base hits in 162 plate appearances last season.
Josh Rego was the next Warrior to leave the yard when he scorched a line drive over the left field wall to open up the bottom of the second. Westmont broke the game open during the same frame. After Brady Renck brought in a run with an infield single, Simon Reid unloaded the bases for a three-run triple that put the club up 6-0.
An inning later, Rego hit the third consecutive leadoff home run of the day. Later on, in the fifth inning, David Martinez clubbed the fourth home run of the day for the Warriors and his first in a Westmont uniform.
In the bottom of the sixth, Reid picked up his fourth and fifth RBIs of the day when he sprayed a double down the left field line. Thomas Rudinsky then drove in Reid with a clean single up the middle to cap off a three-run inning.
After picking up his second hit of the day, Renck carried home the club’s 13th run on a throwing error in the eighth. Then, Justin Rodriguez drove in a run with a double off the wall for his first collegiate hit. Eventually, Jack Thompson scored the final run of the day when he came home on a fielding error.
Bradley Heacock, in his first collegiate start, scattered just three singles over five innings of work, struck out five and didn’t walk a batter.