DAVIS, Calif.—UC San Diego baseball defeated UC Davis, 2-1, in another low-scoring contest on Sunday afternoon at Dobbins Stadium. With the win, the Tritons (16-5, 3-2 Big West) even the series with the Aggies (11-10, 2-3 Big West).
 
For the second game in a row, the Tritons got a career-long performance out of their starter. Matthew Dalquist pitched 7.1 innings, allowing one run on seven hits with five strikeouts and one walk. Izaak Martinez (2-0) earned the win, coming in for the final 1.2 innings and allowing one hit collecting one strikeout. 
 
Michael Crossland was the only Triton with a multi-hit day, finishing 2-for-4, while Bradlee Preap went 1-for-2 with the only extra-base hit—a double—and the eventual game-winning RBI. Emiliano Gonzalez was credited with the other RBI in the contest.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Similar to game one, the Aggies struck first, scoring their only run of the ballgame in the bottom of the first inning. After a leadoff triple, UC Davis brought in the first run of the day with an RBI ground-out to make it 1-0.
 
The Aggies threatened in the second, third and fourth with runners in scoring position each inning. But Dalquist remained composed, and the Tritons played solid defense to keep it a one-run.
 
 In the top of the sixth, UC San Diego got its first real opportunity of the day with runners on the corners and one out. Gonzalez knocked a sac-fly to left field to bring in Nick Costello and tie the game, 1-1.
 
It looked as if UC Davis would break the tie in the bottom of the inning after getting two runners on with no outs. Gonzalez picked off the lead runner at second, Dalquist got his fifth strikeout and Gonzalez ended the inning by throwing out an attempted steal at second to keep the game knotted at 1-all.
 
After Dalquist secured the first out of the eighth, Martinez entered to retire the next two Aggies in order and send the game to the ninth.
 
In the top of inning, Rosengard singled to left field with one out and stole second to give the Tritons a chance at the lead. Preap then knocked a double to the wall in right center to score Rosengard and make it 2-1.
 
After a one-out single by the Aggies, Martinez forced a fly-out to right and a pop-up to short to secure his second victory of the season.
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• Matthew Dalquist recorded the longest outing of his collegiate career (7.1 innings).
• Izaak Martinez lowered his ERA to 0.35 in his second appearance of the weekend  and has an opponent batting average of .098. Both lead the Big West. 
• The Tritons are now 5-4 in one-run games this season.
• The teams have combined to score five runs over two games (Saturday, 2-0 and Sunday, 2-1).
• With the win, the Tritons moved to 12-18 in the all-time series against UC Davis, 8-4 in Division I and 1-1 in the weekend series.

 UP NEXT
The Tritons will conclude the three-game series with UC Davis on Monday at 1 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ with live statistics 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.