LA JOLLA, Calif.—UC San Diego baseball kicked off its final series of the season with a 4-1 victory over Cal Poly on Friday evening in Triton Ballpark. With the win, the Tritons (29-22, 16-12 Big West) moved to 8-3 in the all-time series with the Mustangs (32-20, 17-8 Big West).
 
Anthony Eyanson (6-2) threw the first complete game of his career, going the full 9.0 innings, the first four of which he did not give up a hit. Eyanson finished with seven strikeouts, while giving up a walk and four hits over 107 pitches. 
 
Brock Kleszcz, Delshaun Lanier, and Benjamin Rosengard collected an RBI each, with Kleszcz and Rosengard going 2-for-4 and Lanier going 1-for-3. Emiliano Gonzalez was the recipient of three of Cal Poly's seven conceded walks. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED 
Kleszcz got UC San Diego on the board with a double to the fence in right field to bring home Gonzalez in the second inning. Kleszcz advanced with the help of a single from Rosengard and came home on the throw as Rosengard stole second to make it 2-0, Tritons.
 
Lanier, making his third start in four games, made it 3-0 in the third inning with a speedy grounder through the left side. Rosengard collected an RBI single to center field in the next inning to make it 4-0. 
 
Eyanson held the Mustangs hitless through the first four innings, including retiring the side in order in the third and fourth. Cal Poly knocked a leadoff double in the fifth to break up the no-no and brought the runner home with an RBI single to make it 4-1.
 
The Mustangs advanced a runner to third an inning later, but a ground-out to Noah Sudyka at shortstop ended the inning without a run. 
 
UC San Diego threatened again in the bottom of the seventh, advancing two runners into scoring position with one out. However, the Tritons were unable to cash in and the score remained 4-1.
 
After giving up a leadoff double in the top of the seventh, Eyanson retired the final nine batters in order to close out the contest and secure the series-opening win.
 
TRITON TIDBITS 

• Anthony Eyanson finished the first complete game of his career, which also marked his sixth win of the season. 
• Delshaun Lanier earned his fifth, Benjamin Rosengard got his 25th and Brock Kleszcz got his 31st RBI of the season. 
• UC San Diego is now 8-3 against Cal Poly all-time. 
• Friday's game was Out at the Park night "celebrating being out at the park as your most authentic and free self." The first 100 fans received a Triton-branded Pride flag.  

UP NEXT 
UC San Diego returns for game two of the weekend series with Cal Poly on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Triton Ballpark. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ with live statistics on 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 earned 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.