EUGENE, Ore.—UC San Diego baseball dropped a 15-6 decision at Oregon on Wednesday evening to split the series 1-1 at PK Park.
 
The Tritons (22-25) were led by Ryan McNally who finished 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, two RBI and a run scored. Luke Glascoe went 3-for-5 with two RBI and Matt Halbach went 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UC San Diego got on the board first, scoring on an infield single by Halbach to take a 1-0 lead. The Triton defense got out of an early jam in the bottom of the inning with two Ducks on base and no outs, with a double-play and a ground-out to third. 
 
The Ducks (29-20) did most of their damage early, scoring five runs in both the second and third innings to take a 10-1 lead.
 
In the top of the fourth, UC San Diego scored on an RBI single to right field by Brock Kleszcz to score McNally from second. Oregon answered in the bottom of the inning to get the run back to make it 11-2.
 
The Tritons cut into the deficit again, scoring three runs in the fifth with a bases-loaded walk by McNally and a two-RBI single by Glascoe to make it 11-5. However, the Ducks answered with three runs of their own in the bottom of the frame and added one more in the eighth to build the lead to ten, 15-5.
 
UC San Diego advanced a runner into scoring position in the sixth and two in the seventh, but the Tritons were unable to bring them home. In the ninth, Halbach knocked a two-out single and advanced to second before McNally drove him in with a single to center field but that was all the Tritons could add, eventually falling 15-6. 
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• Starting pitcher Chris Gilmartin (0-1) was credited with the loss in his first appearance of the season, pitching 1.0 innings and being credited with four runs in the second.
• Matt Halbach, Luke Glascoe, Brock Kleszcz and Ryan McNally were credited with RBI in the contest.
• The 5, 6, 7, 8 batters of Halbach, McNally, Glascoe, Kleszcz all turned in multi-hit performances.
• Senior Ryan McNally took a turn at all nine defensive positions for the Tritons, starting the game at catcher and finishing in his regular position in center field.
• With the loss, UC San Diego moves to 1-1 in the all-time series with Oregon. This was the first series and meeting between the two programs. 

UP NEXT
UC San Diego will remain on the road, traveling to UC Davis for the 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.