LA JOLLA, Calif. – The UC San Diego baseball team dropped a pair of games at Triton ballpark to close out a series against San Diego State. They fell 7-5 in eleven innings in game one and 13-6 in game two. The Tritons now sit at 1-3 while San Diego State improve to 5-2.
GAME ONE
The Aztecs got on the board first with an RBI single in the top of the second inning. In the bottom of the second,
Noah Sudyka hit his first career hit for a double to drive a runner in. Devon Hawkes hit a sacrifice fly to right field to give the Tritons the 2-1 lead.
The Aztecs tied the game in the third with a RBI double. They loaded the bases with two outs but the Tritons were able to close the door on the inning with a force play at second base.
A two-run homer sparked a 3-0 inning in the fifth to give the Aztecs a 5-2 lead.
In the bottom of the eighth,
Aaron Kim made his first appearance of the season as a pinch hitter and blasted the ball deep over the wall in right field for a three-run homer to tie the game.
The game remained tied up until the 11
th inning when the Aztecs took the 7-5 lead off a two-run RBI double and ultimately won.
GAME TWO
Tate Soderstrom drilled a hit to right field to give the Tritons the 1-0 leading in the first inning. They loaded up the bases and looked to do more damage, but Michael Furhman lined out to end the inning. The Aztecs responded the next inning with three runs to take the lead.
Down 8-2 in the sixth, the Tritons made it interesting with Furhman driving in a runner and a home run from
Brock Kleszcz to cut the lead to 8-5. But the Aztecs added five more runs in the seventh innings and the Tritons were unable to overcome the deficit.
FROM THE COACH
"Walking out of this series, we're disappointed that we lost the series. That's a good team we played but I thought we head many opportunities with many chances to win multiple games and we've gotta grow up a little bit," stated Head Coach
Eric Newman. "We got to be better in bigger moments then we were especially with guys in scoring position. We left a lot of guys on base. We had tons of opportunities we weren't able to take advantage of. Obviously, every time defensively we made a mistake, they took advantage of us. We have to learn to clean it up a little bit and if we do those things, this schools got a chance to make some noise. We're not going to be satisfied or feel good about just the fact that we got out here and played because we know we gave some opportunities away. We'll get back to work this weekend and get back out there and compete better."
TRITON TIDBITS
- Aren Alvarez earned his first career start in game two.
- The Tritons loaded the bases three times in game two and left 17 runners on base.
- Anthony Lucchetti went 5-11 between two games today.
- The Tritons were out hit 30 to 22 on the day.
- Brock Kleszcz made his first career start in game two and went 2-for-4 at the plate.
UP NEXT
The Tritons will take on University of San Diego for a four-game series starting at Triton Ballpark on March 4 at 6:00 pm.
