Mustangs handcuffed by Vanguard

There was no comeback this time.
 
After four consecutive come-from-behind victories, The Master's University dug too deep a hole Friday afternoon and fell 7-1 to Vanguard.
 
The loss snapped an eight-game winning streak and dropped the Mustangs to 7-3 in the GSAC and 13-5 overall.
 
TMU trails first-place William Jessup by half a game.
 
They do so because of the right arm of Lion starter Jordan Dreibelbis.
 
The big senior scattered five hits through eight innings of work, limiting the Mustangs to their lowest run total of the campaign.  Their five hits equaled a season-low.
 
Mustang starter Scott Savage was just as effective as Dreibelbis through the first three frames, holding the Lions to a single.
 
That all changed in the last of the fourth when Vanguard parlayed a walk, a sacrifice fly, and three singles into three runs.
 
The Mustangs got one of those runs back in the fifth when Josh Robison led off with a single, advanced to second base on a wild pitch with two outs, and scored on Pearson Good's infield single.
 
That was it, though, as Dreibelbis quieted their bats over the next three innings.
 
Vanguard added single runs in the sixth and seventh innings, respectively, chasing Savage (1-1) after 6 2/3 innings.
 
The Lions tacked on two more runs in the eighth to finish off the win.
 
Junior Aaron Shackelford led the Mustangs with two hits.
 
The Mustangs have a chance to get the bad taste of a loss out of their mouth quickly when they return to Costa Mesa on Saturday for a doubleheader with the Lions.