LEWISTON, Idaho - Taylor Siemens tossed an eight-hitter and struck out nine while teammate Brian Sharp went 4-for-5 with three RBI to help No. 3 California Baptist (49-14) remain alive with a 10-3 win over No. 10 Tennessee Wesleyan (46-18) during a loser-out game at the 54th annual Avista-NAIA World Series at Lewis-Clark State College's Harris Field on Saturday afternoon.

Siemens, a lanky 6-foot-5 sophomore left-hander, improved to 11-1 on the season with his complete game performance. He gave up only two earned runs and two walks. He also struck out nine.

Sharp helped kick start the offense that was lagging on Friday when the third-seeded Lancers opened the 10-team double-elimination tournament with an 8-0 setback to No. 6 seed Oklahoma City. In fact, the top four hitters in CBU's lineup - Matt Marnati, Garrett Rau, Sharp, and Sharif Othman - combined to go 8-of-17 at the plate with seven RBI and six runs scored. The other two hits came from designated hitter Drew Madrigal.

Tennessee Wesleyan, which was making its first Series appearance and was the No. 10 seed, finishes it season at 46-18.

The Bulldogs did manage to strike first in the bottom of the second inning when Max Loveland doubled, stole third, and scored on Brad Pippa's sacrifice fly to right.

The lead, however, was short lived as CBU scored the next seven runs in the game.

Cal Baptist was able to take advantage of control problems by Bulldog start Freddy Lewis for a pair of walks to start the third. After a ground out moved the runners to second and third, Sharp singled in the Lancers first run. A double steal scored the second run, while Othman's single to right field scored Sharp to put CBU ahead 3-1.

The Lancers added four more in the fourth to break the game open, all with two outs. With runners on first and third, Marnati dropped a bunt, which relief pitcher Daniel Wood fielded and appeared to have an easy play on Marnati at first. Wood, however, fired the ball wide of the Bulldog first baseman and the ball wound up in right field. That allowed two runs to score and Marnati to reach all the way to third.  Rau followed with an RBI double down the right-field line and Sharp brought Rau in with a single to right.

Pippa hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth for his seventh blast of the season. That helped cut the lead to 7-2, but the Lancers answered with two runs in the top of the sixth for a 9-2 advantage. Marnati singled in a run, while Sharp collected an RBI double.

Each team scored a run late in the game. The Bulldogs made it 9-3 in the bottom of the eighth on Loveland's RBI single, while Othman had an RBI single for CBU in the top of the ninth.

Loveland went 3-for-4 with an RBI for Tennessee Wesleyan, while Pippa was 2-for-3 with two RBI.

Cal Baptist, 48-13 overall, returns to action on Monday at noon, Pacific time, against the loser of the Lewis-Clark State/Point Loma Nazarene contest, which will be played Saturday night.

GAME NOTES: Tennessee-Wesleyan was trying to become the first team since 1998 to win the Series title in its initial appearance... The Bulldogs gave up five stolen bases in their two games ... The Bulldog offense struggled in the tournament by going 15-of-73 for a .205 average... California Baptist's defense continued to sparkle as the team has only one error in two games... After suffering their first shutout of the season, the Lancers got back on track with the 10 runs. The team averaged 8.6 runs per game this season, which ranked 13th in the NAIA heading into the tournament.... The top four hitters continue to carry CBU. They had four of the team's six hits in the opening game and eight of 10 on Saturday.