LA JOLLA, Calif. - The UC San Diego baseball team split its doubleheader against Cal Poly Pomona on Sunday, giving the Tritons three wins out of four games in the back-to-back doubleheaders played Saturday and Sunday. The Tritons gave up a seven-run fifth inning and lost game one 11-6. Jonathan Erickson had three hits in the defeat. UCSD won the second game 8-4, powered by Matt Cantele's three-run blast. Ryan Leake pitched three shutout innings for the win. UCSD is now 6-3, while Cal Poly Pomona is 2-11. The defending CCAA champions open conference play against Cal State San Bernardino on Thursday, February 23 at 2:00 p.m. at Triton Baseball Field.
Game One
In the first inning with one out, David Gomez walked and advanced to second on a balk and stole third base. Matt Lawson walked to put runners on the corners. Morehead hit a sac fly to center, scoring Gomez for the 1-0 lead after one inning.
In the UCSD second, Damian Fante bunted a single, followed by Scott Clement's single through the left side to put runners on the corners with no outs. Chris Hom hit a sac fly to centerfield for the 2-0 lead. Garret Imeson then singled and advanced to second on an error as Clement advanced to third. Clement would score on a balk as the Tritons led 3-0 after two.
In the CPP fourth, Robbie Carter singled and Marc Evans connected on a homerun to right field to bring the Broncos within one run.
The Broncos batted around in the fifth and scored seven times, capped by a Ben Lebovitz three-run homerun to lead 9-3.
The Tritons got two runs back in the bottom half of the fifth on a double by Clement to trail 9-5. Clement scored on Imeson's two-out single to cut the deficit to 9-6.
CPP added two more runs to win 11-6.
GAME TWO
UCSD scored first in the second game as Garret Imeson was hit-by-pitch, reached second on a groundball and stole third base. He scored on Lawson's groundout giving UCSD the 1-0 lead.
CPP took the lead in the second inning on a John Daniels two-run double to lead 2-1.
In the bottom half of the second, the Tritons put runners on second and third with one out and Bryan Silverman drove a two run single through the right side as UCSD took a 3-2 lead.
CPP tied it in the third as UCSD committed two errors in the inning. The Broncos took the lead 4-3 on another Triton error in the fourth inning, 4-3.
In the UCSD fifth, Gomez led off with a single and stole second. Matt Lawson found the gap and doubled home Gomez to tie the game 4-4. Lawson advanced to third on Morehead's groundout and would score the go-ahead run on Erickson's sac fly to lead 5-4. After Fante singled and stole second, Clement was intentionally walked. Matt Cantele pinch-hit and homered over the right field fence for three RBI and the 8-4 UCSD lead.
Ryan Leake pitched the final three innings of shutout baseball to earn his first win of the season.
