LA JOLLA, Calif.—UC San Diego baseball earned the series sweep over UC Davis with a 13-4 victory on Saturday afternoon in Triton Ballpark. The Tritons (20-9, 10-2 Big West) recorded their third conference series sweep and fourth sweep of the season, improving to 7-3 in Division I against the Aggies (10-17, 3-9 Big West).
 
Crew Robinson led the team with four RBI, finishing 1-for-1 with a three-run home run, a sac-fly and a walk. Doyle Kane went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored and Patrick Hackworth finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Michael Fuhrman and Brock Kleszcz also recorded home runs in the contest, finishing with two RBI each.
 
Ethan Holt (3-1) earned the victory out of the bullpen, allowing just one hit in his 2.2 shutout innings. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
UC Davis threatened with the bases loaded in the top of the second, but Seth Sumner struck out the side to keep the game scoreless early. The Aggies broke through two innings later, hanging two runs on the board to take the early, 2-0, lead.
 
The Tritons responded immediately, scoring five runs in the bottom of the inning. UC San Diego loaded the bases with one out and Nick Costello drew a walk to bring in the first run for the Tritons. Kleszcz sent a sac-fly to center field to tie the game at 2-all and Robinson sent a three-run homer over the fence in right field to give the Tritons the 5-2 lead.
 
UC San Diego added a run in the fourth on an RBI single from Kane and a run in the fifth with a leadoff home run by Kleszcz. Robinson brought in his fourth RBI of the game in the bottom of the sixth with a sac-fly to make it 8-2. 
 
The Tritons added two runs in the seventh with a sac-fly by Matt Halbach and an RBI single by Kane, and tacked on three more in the eighth with an RBI single by Bradlee Preap and a two-run homer by Fuhrman. 
 
UC San Diego scored at least one run in each of the final six innings to build a commanding, 13-2, lead.
 
The Aggies got two runs back in the top of the ninth, but the Tritons came away with the series finale victory for their fourth sweep of the season.
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• It was the third Big West sweep for the Tritons who sit alone in first place at 10-2. 
• Fuhrman, Kleszcz and Robinson homered in the contest.
• Fuhrman, Kane, Kleszcz and Robinson all collected multiple RBI in the contest.
• The Tritons improved to 7-3 in the D-I series and 10-17 all-time against UC Davis.

 
UP NEXT
The Tritons will face San Diego State in a home-and-home matchup early in the week, hosting the Aztecs on Monday at 6 p.m. in Triton Ballpark before traveling to Tony Gwynn Stadium on Tuesday. Monday's 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.