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Nic Gregson v UNLV
Rishi Yalamarty/UC San Diego
2
Long Beach State LBSU 10-7
14
Winner UC San Diego UCSD 11-6
Long Beach State LBSU
10-7
2
Final
14
UC San Diego UCSD
11-6
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Long Beach State LBSU 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
UC San Diego UCSD 0 1 0 0 3 1 5 4 X 14 12 0

W: Gregson, Nic (3-0) L: Zeglin, Nico (2-2) S: Ernisse, Zack (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Gregson, Ernisse Shine and Offense Continues to Roll

UC San Diego defeated Long Beach State, 14-2, on Saturday afternoon

LA JOLLA, Calif.—UC San Diego baseball improved to 2-0 in Big West play with a dominating 14-2 victory over Long Beach State on Saturday afternoon in Triton Ballpark. The Tritons (11-6, 2-0 Big West) recorded 12 hits—their 11th game with 10+ hits—while holding the Dirtbags (10-7, 0-2 Big West) to just three hits in the contest.
 
Michael Fuhrman and Emiliano Gonzalez led the way offensively for the Tritons. Fuhrman finished 2-for-4 with a three-run home run and two runs scored, while Gonzalez also finished 2-for-4 with three RBI and a home run.
 
Nic Gregson (3-0) earned the victory in his second start of the year, pitching 5.0 innings and allowing the only two runs—both solo homers—and recording four strikeouts and two walks. Zack Ernisse earned his first save of the season, pitching 4.0 shutout innings in relief and allowing one hit and one walk with four strikeouts.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Tritons struck first with a sac-fly by Crew Robinson in the bottom of the second for a 1-0 lead. However, the Dirtbags responded in the top of the third with a solo home run to tie the game 1-1. 
 
Long Beach State took the lead in the top of the fifth with its second solo home run of the day to make it 2-1. 
 
The Triton offense came alive in the fifth inning, plating three runs on the Fuhrman homer to right-center field to retake the lead, 4-2. It was the first home run of the season for the redshirt senior. 
 
UC San Diego went on to score at least one run in each of the final three innings, beginning in the sixth with Gonzalez's solo homer to right. The Tritons scored five more runs in the seventh, highlighted by Matt Halbach's two-RBI triple—his fifth of the season—and Gonzalez's two-RBI single to make it 10-2.
 
The Tritons added four more runs in the bottom of the eighth, highlighted by a pinch-hit RBI single for Nick Costello and an RBI double by Colton Lomanto—his first collegiate hit for the Tritons.
 
TRITON TIDBITS
  • Nic Gregson earned his third victory and Zack Ernisse was credited with his first save of the season. 
  • Fuhrman recorded his first home run of the season and Gonzalez recorded his third.
  • Fuhrman, Halbach and Gonzalez turned in multi-hit performances and were credited with multiple RBI in the contest.
  • Matt Halbach and Doyle Kane lead the Big West with 26 hits each.
    • Halbach also leads the conference with five triples.
  • The Tritons improved to 5-4 in the all-time series with Long Beach State.
 
UP NEXT
The Tritons will wrap up the weekend series with Long Beach State on Sunday with first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m. The game 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 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 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 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.
 
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