EUGENE, Ore.—UC San Diego baseball allowed just one hit to shutout Oregon, 3-0, in game one of the two-game series on Tuesday evening at PK Park. With the win, the Tritons improved to 22-24 and the Ducks fell to 28-20 on the season.
 
Austin Smith and Noah Conlon combined for seven strikeouts and a perfect game through 5.2 innings and the Triton pitching staff allowed just three base-runners in the contest. Crew Robinson finished 2-for-4 with a run scored and Blake FitzGerald knocked his fourth homer of the season.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Smith turned in 2.0 dominant innings in his first start on the mound since March 7. The freshman lefthander retired all six batters faced, including two strikeouts. 
 
Conlon took over on the mound in the third and retired the first 11 Ducks he faced before allowing an infield two-out single in the sixth. Conlon tallied five strikeouts in 3.2 scoreless innings. 
 
The Tritons got on the board in the top of the fourth after Blake FitzGerald reached on an Oregon error and A. Smith brought him home with a ground-out to first to make it 1-0. UC San Diego added another run the following inning on an RBI single by Jalen Smith.
 
Blake FitzGerald added an insurance run in the eighth with a solo homerun to right field to make it 3-0.
 
Ryan Rissas came on in relief in the bottom of the sixth and secured the final out of the inning, retiring three of the four batters he faced. Rissas gave way to Izaak Martinez in the seventh who retired six of the seven batters he faced and closed out the game to earn his second save of the year.
 
QUOTABLE
"Really proud and happy for our team tonight," said UC San Diego head coach Eric Newman. "To have that focus on each pitch and battle like they did is a testament to the grit this group has shown."
 
"Huge bounce back outing from Noah [Conlon], I'm happy he was able to go out and pitch like that on this stage."

TRITON TIDBITS

• Starting pitcher Austin Smith retired all six batters faced in his 2.0 innings of shutout baseball, tallying two strikeouts.
• Noah Conlon (4-7) pitched 3.2 innings in relief, allowing one hit and striking out five to earn the win. Izaak Martinez went 2.1 innings with two strikeouts and a walk to earn the save.
• The Triton pitching staff combined for 10 strikeouts, with one hit, one walk and one hit batter, allowing just three base-runners in the contest.
• It was the third shutout of the season, after blanking San Diego State (March 29) and UC Riverside (May 1). 
• UC San Diego now holds a 1-0 record in the all-time series with Oregon after the first meeting between the programs.

UP NEXT
UC San Diego will remain in Eugene for game two of the midweek series with Oregon on Wednesday at 4 p.m. PT. A 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.