SANTA CLARA, Calif. – UC San Diego baseball fell to Santa Clara, 8-4, on Sunday afternoon at Schott Stadium. With the loss, the Tritons (6-7) get swept in a weekend series for the first time this season.
 
Michael Fuhrman finished 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored to lead the Tritons offensively. Nick Costello, Austin Smith and Matt Halbach were also credited with an RBI, including a solo home run for Halbach, his third of the season.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Broncos (7-4) got their leadoff man aboard in the first with a triple and scored on a sac-bunt in the bottom of the first to take a 1-0 lead. After that, starting pitcher Ryan Forcucci was lights out, not allowing another hit through the first five innings.
 
UC San Diego took the lead in the fifth with an RBI triple from Costello to plate the first run and A. Smith brought in Costello from third with a ground-out to give the Tritons the 2-1 lead. 
 
Fuhrman added another run for the Tritons in the sixth with an RBI single up the middle to make the lead 3-1. With the Triton bullpen taking over, SCU took advantage, scoring six runs in the bottom of the inning including a three-run homerun to retake the lead 7-3. 
 
Halbach sent a bomb over the left field wall in the top of the seventh to make it 4-7, but the rally ended there. The Broncos would get the run back in the bottom of the inning and hold on for the 8-4 victory.
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• Starting pitcher Ryan Forcucci (Fr., RHP) went 5.0 innings, allowing just one run on one hit with one walk and six strikeouts.
• Michael Fuhrman turned in the only multi-hit performance for the Tritons, finishing 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Fuhrman finished the weekend 7-for-14 with three RBI, two doubles and a run scored.
• With the loss, the Tritons move to 4-7 in the all-time series with Santa Clara and 0-3 in the weekend series, getting swept for the first time this season.

UP NEXT
UC San Diego will head across town to face the University of San Diego in a midweek contest on Tuesday at 6 p.m. PT. A free live stream and live statistics will be available via UCSDTritons.com.
 
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 has begun a new era 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 II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have garnered 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 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.