LA JOLLA, Calif.—UC San Diego baseball dropped a 13-4 decision to the University of San Diego on Tuesday night at Triton Ballpark.
 
The Tritons (11-17, 3-3 Big West) were led by Austin Smith who went 2-for-3 with a run scored. Nick Costello, Blake FitzGerald, Luke Glascoe and Brock Kleszcz were credited with RBI for UC San Diego.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Toreros (17-9) took the early 1-0 lead in the top of the first with an RBI single. UC San Diego answered immediately, tying the game on an RBI single from FitzGerald in the bottom of the inning.
 
USD did most of its damage in the top of the second, hanging six runs on four hits and an error to take a 7-1 lead. 
 
The Tritons got one run back in the bottom of the inning, after loading the bases with no outs and scoring when Glascoe drew a walk to force in Emiliano Gonzalez from third. However, that would be the only run for the Tritons after a double-play and fly-out to right ended the inning.
 
The Toreros added a run in the third, two runs in the fourth and one more in the sixth to build a 11-2 lead. 
 
UC San Diego had its best inning in the bottom of the sixth, after scoring on an RBI triple from Brock Kleszcz and a sac-fly from Nick Costello to bring him in from third to make it 11-4. 
 
The Toreros rallied again in the eighth, adding two more runs in the inning to secure the 13-4 advantage. 
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• Starting pitcher Cole Dale (0-1) pitched 1.0 inning, allowing five runs on two hits with four walks and was credited with the loss.
• Nick Costello, Blake FitzGerald, Luke Glascoe and Brock Kleszcz were credited with RBI for UC San Diego.
• Austin Smith turned in the only multi-hit performance for the Tritons, finishing 2-for-3.
• With the loss, the Tritons fall to 0-2 in the season series and 0-6 in the Division I series with the University of San Diego.

UP NEXT
UC San Diego will play host to UC Irvine for a Big West weekend series Friday-Sunday. The games will be broadcast on ESPN+ 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.