It took a slugfest, but the La Verne baseball team came away with a win in the first game of its series against the Whittier Poets, 17-12, Friday at Ben Hines Field.
La Verne senior first baseman Ben White came through in the clutch with a game-tying home run against Pomona-Pitzer in the bottom of the ninth Saturday.
After losing their second Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference series of the season against the Redlands Bulldogs, the baseball team swept the Whittier Poets in three games.
The baseball team brought its talents back to Ben Hines Field at Campus West for its first game of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and home opener of the season with a 12-1 win Friday over the Caltech Beavers.