HONOLULU—UC San Diego baseball fell to Hawai'i, 17-8, on Saturday evening at Les Murakami Stadium. The Tritons (21-12, 10-4 Big West) dropped game two of the weekend series to the Rainbow Warriors (16-12, 5-5 Big West), moving to 3-6 in the all-time series and 0-2 for the weekend.
Nine different Tritons recorded a hit in the contest, led by
Noah Sudyka finished with three RBI and a run scored.
Matt Halbach,
Brock Kleszcz,
Bradlee Preap and
Ryson Ujimori were also credited with an RBI in the contest.
UC San Diego used seven different pitchers in the contest, who combined to allow 12 hits with seven walks and five strikeouts.
HOW IT HAPPENED
UC San Diego got on the board in the top of the first with a solo home run to right field by Halbach—his fourth of the season. The Tritons advanced a runner to third with one out in the second but were unable to bring him home, maintaining the 1-0 lead.
The 'Bows took the lead in the bottom of the second, scoring five runs on two hits—all coming with two outs—to jump in front, 5-1. Hawai'i added four more runs the following inning to take a commanding 9-1 lead.
The Tritons got three runs back in the top of the third, after Sudyka drove in two runs with a double to left field and scored on a UH fielding error to make it 9-4. The Rainbow Warriors responded, however, in the bottom of the inning, answering with three runs of their own to build back the eight-run lead, 12-4.
UC San Diego rallied to score two more runs in the top of the sixth on an RBI single by Ujimori and a sac-fly by Sudyka to make it 12-6. The Tritons threatened again in the top of the seventh with two runners on with two outs but were unable to cut into the deficit any more.
Hawai'i added to its lead again in the bottom of the seventh, hanging five runs on the board to lead, 17-6.
The Tritons rallied one final time in the ninth inning, getting the first two runners on and scoring on a sac-fly by Kleszcz and a two-out RBI double by Preap. However, the deficit proved too much and UC San Diego dropped its second game of the series.
TRITON TIDBITS
- Nine Tritons recorded at least one hit and five players were credited with at least one RBI.
- The Bows' 17 runs was the most given up by the Tritons this season.
- With the loss, the Tritons moved to 3-6 in the all-time series with Hawai'i.
UP NEXT
The Tritons will wrap up the weekend series at Hawai'i on Sunday at 4 p.m. PT. There will be no live broadcast for the series but 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.
