HAYWARD, Calif. - The 3rd-ranked UC San Diego baseball team got four RBI apiece from Evan Kehoe and Brandon Gregorich en route to a 12-7 win over Cal State East Bay on Saturday afternoon at Pioneer Field. The game took 3:36 minutes as the teams combined for 29 hits, 13 by the Tritons. Matt Rossman went 5.1 inning to earn the win, improving to 4-0 while three Triton relief pitchers closed out the win. With the win, UCSD improves to 18-3, 9-2 California Collegiate Athletic Association, while Cal State East Bay drops to 5-12-1, 2-9 CCAA).

Kehoe and Gregorich finished the day with three hits apiece. One of Kehoe's hits was his first homerun of the season. Kehoe also had a sac fly to center field for an RBI, a ball that could have gone for a homerun but was robbed by a nice catch by the CSUEB center fielder.

Vance Albitz went 2-for-6 with two doubles while Matt Hubbard also had two hits. Robert Sedin went 1-for-3 with two RBI.  Aaron Bauman went 1-for-2 with a double and four walks.  Bauman's on-base percentage is now up to .651 this season.

On the mound, Rossman allowed three earned runs in his 5.1 innings of work. He did manage to get out of two jams as CSUEB left the bases loaded in the fourth and fifth innings.

Sean Greer pitched 1.1 innings of work allowing two runs, while Eric Abraham and Daniel Simmons finished off the game.

CSUEB's John Volk (0-4) took the loss, and the Pioneers left 14 runners on base, while the Tritons left 10 runners on base.

UCSD took a commanding 9-1 lead in the top of the sixth, but CSUEB scored four times in the bottom half of the inning to come back within 9-5. UCSD would push across three runs in the seventh which proved to be too much as UCSD cruised to the 12-7 win.

UC San Diego is back in action on Sunday for the series finale against Cal State East Bay. First pitch is set for 11:00 a.m. in Hayward.