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UC San Diego

Michael Fuhrman
8
Winner UC San Diego UCSD 12-24, 9-15 Big West
2
UC Riverside UCR 14-21, 12-16 Big West
Winner
UC San Diego UCSD
12-24, 9-15 Big West
8
Final
2
UC Riverside UCR
14-21, 12-16 Big West
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UC San Diego UCSD 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 8 14 0
UC Riverside UCR 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 8 1

W: Weed, Brandon (2-2) L: Abbott Haffar (1-3) S: Mitchell, Michael (3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Sixth Inning Offensive Outburst Propels Tritons to Victory Over Highlanders

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The UC San Diego baseball team closed their weekend out with an 8-2 win over UC Riverside at Riverside Sports Complex, giving them the series split. A huge offensive output in the sixth inning proved to be the difference in the game. The Tritons improve to 12-24 and 9-15 in Big West games while the Highlanders fall to 14-21 and 12-16 in conference action.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The game remained scoreless through the first three innings as both teams put on good defensive performances. Each team recorded three hits through three innings with the Triton's Michael Fuhrman as the lone batter to hit for extra bases.
 
The Highlanders got on the board first when Cole Pofek hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the fifth inning.
 
In the top of the sixth, Blake Baumgartner hit a lead off single and Lucchetti drew a walk. Jackson Kritsch advanced the runners with a Sac Bunt and Soderstrom hit the ball deep into center to bring both runners in. Aaron Kim followed up with a single to plate Soderstrom at home plate and give the Tritons a 3-2 lead. The Tritons continued to be relentless at the plate as Brock Kleszcz, Fuhrman and Everett Lau hit RBI singles to give the Tritons a 6-2 lead.
 
The Tritons picked up some insurance runs in the ninth when Marc Filia smashed a triple to the center field wall to drive in a pair of runners.
 
Michael Mitchell, who came in relief of Brandon Weed in the bottom of the sixth, pitched a four-inning save. He tossed five strike, gave up two hits and a walk, and kept the Tritons scoreless through four innings.

FROM THE COACH
"Our pitching really stepped up today. Weed and Mitchell threw the ball very well and attacked the strike zone," stated Head Coach Eric Newman. "We Strung together some really quality at bats in the sixth with Soderstrom's double being key to getting us going. Kim backed it up with a great two-strike at bat and RBI."
 
TRITON TIDBITS
  • For a third time in three starts, Weed recorded a pick off. He earned the win after pitching five innings.
  • Fuhrman stole a career high two bases. He went 3-for-5 from the plate with an RBI.
  • The Tritons recorded a season high four bases. Lau and Ryan McNally stole a base in addition to Fuhrman's two.
  • The Tritons matched a season high of two SAC hits with SAC bunts coming from Kritsch and Kleszcz. 
  • Defensively, the Tritons played their cleanest series of the season and only recorded one error on the weekend.
UP NEXT
The Tritons remain on the road next week and will play CSUF in a four-game series from May 7-9.
 
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions III and II and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America accolades, while 38 have received prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.
 
Return To Sport… Safely
In order for UC San Diego scholar-athletes to be permitted to return to training and competition safely and within federal, state, local and university guidelines, the athletic department implemented a number of measures designed to complement and enhance the university's highly-successful Return To Learn program.  Notable actions include being physically distanced when practical, including during out-of-season training sessions; wearing masks, except when undergoing physically strenuous exercise; and maintaining proper hygiene.  Athletes, coaches and staff are testing at a higher frequency than the campus population, teams adhere to CDC, NCAA and Big West Conference guidelines and department officials participate in regular meetings with conference and university-affiliated physicians and the UC San Diego emergency operations staff.
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