LA JOLLA, Calif.—UC San Diego baseball fell to Hawai'i, 4-3, in 10 innings on Friday evening in Triton Ballpark. the Tritons (26-12, 13-6 Big West) dropped their fifth extra inning affair of the season, moving to 0-1 in the weekend series with the Rainbow Warriors (23-15, 7-9 Big West). 
 
Starter Anthony Eyanson went 6.2 innings, allowing three runs on three hits with two walks and five strikeouts in the no-decision. Izaak Martinez (4-2) pitched 3.1 innings in relief, allowing one unearned run on three hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
 
Noah Sudyka finished 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI, while Benjamin Rosengard went 2-for-5 with a run scored.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Tritons got on the board first, scoring two runs on a double to right center by Sudyka in the bottom of the second for the early, 2-0, lead. 
 
Hawai'i answered an inning later, scoring three runs on two hits in the top of the third inning. A strikeout/wild pitch would have been the second out of the inning for the Tritons, but the batter reached and a single put runners on the corners with one out. UH then scored on fielder's choice for its first run of the inning. A hit batter and a triple brought in two more runs and give the Rainbow Warriors the lead, 3-2.
 
UC San Diego tied the game in the bottom of the sixth after Rosengard hit a leadoff single and advanced to third on a fielding error by the UH right fielder. Emiliano Gonzalez hit a ground-out to score Rosengard from third and make it, 3-3.
 
Each team continued to get baserunners on in the closing innings but the score remained locked headed into the ninth.
 
Hawai'i had two on with two outs before Martinez secured a strikeout to end the threat in the top of the inning. Doyle Kane knocked a leadoff single in the bottom of the ninth and Tritons advanced him to second with one out, but a strikeout and a fly-out ended the rally and sent the game to extras.
 
After a leadoff single for UH in the top of the 10th, a failed sacrifice bunt was popped into Martinez's hands but an error on the throw back to first allowed the runner to advance to third. A single through the left side brought in the go-ahead run for the Rainbow Warriors, 4-3. 
 
The Tritons were retired in order in the bottom of the inning to end the contest in 10 innings.
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• It was the 13th multi-hit game for Benjamin Rosengard this season and ninth for Noah Sudyka.
  • It was the fifth multi-RBI game for Sudyka.
• UC San Diego is now 8-6 in one-run contests and 1-5 in extra inning games.
• The Tritons moved to 4-7 in the all-time series with Hawai'i.

UP NEXT
UC San Diego will continue the three-game series with Hawai'i on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Triton Ballpark. 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.