LA JOLLA, Calif.— UC San Diego baseball topped San Diego, 8-7, in an extra-innings contest on Tuesday night at Triton Ballpark. The Tritons' (3-4) offense capitalized on 12 walks and six hit batters in the 10-inning battle with the Toreros (6-2) that lasted nearly five hours. It is the program's first Division I victory over the crosstown foe in 12 meetings.
 
Gabe Camacho recorded three RBI and reached base five times, finishing 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, a walk and two hit-by-pitches. Michael Crossland tallied two runs and two hits, including a double. Anthony Potestio drew three walks, scored once, and stole a base while also collecting four assists in the field. Alex Leopard finished 2-for-3, also reaching base five times with a pair of walks and a hit-by-pitch to go along with a double. J.C. Allen added two hits and one RBI to his team's efforts.
 
Jake Villar started the game, pitching 2 1/3 innings, allowing seven hits and five earned runs, while striking out four batters. Garrett Davidson and Quincey Brown provided effective relief, combining for 2 2/3 innings without allowing a hit and striking out four. Brown (1-0) secured his first collegiate win with a scoreless 10th inning, striking out two and allowing no hits.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
The game opened with the Toreros taking an early lead in the first inning, driving in a run on an RBI single to put them ahead 1-0.
 
In the third inning, USD widened its lead with an RBI double and a pair of home runs to left field to lead, 5-0. The Tritons responded as Camacho hit a solo homer in the bottom of the inning to get UC San Diego on the board. Crossland doubled, then scored on Allen's RBI single to make it 5-2. An error allowed another run, tightening the game to 5-3 in favor of the visitors.
 
An inning later, the Tritons equalized the score when Camacho doubled down the right field line, bringing in two runs to make it 5-5.
 
USD edged ahead in the seventh, scoring a runner from third on a one-out groundout to second base. The Toreros added an insurance run in the top of the eighth, after a single up the middle brought in a runner from second to make it 7-5.
 
The Tritons responded in the bottom of the eighth loading the bases with two outs via an error, a single and a hit batter. UC San Diego scored an unearned run, thanks to Bryan Bradshaw's bases-loaded walk to make it 7-6, but the Tritons left the bases loaded after a strikeout ended the rally.
 
The Tritons got another chance in the bottom of the ninth, loading the bases once again with one out. Leopard was hit by a pitch to force in the tying run, but a strikeout and a diving catch by USD's left fielder over the fence in foul territory ended the inning with the score knotted, 7-7.
 
In the tenth, true freshman Shane Cannon drew a leadoff walk in his first collegiate at-bat to get another rally started for the Tritons. A pair of walks for Camacho and Potestio loaded the bases to set up the walk off scenario. On an 0-2 count to Allen, a wild pitch went to the backstop, allowing Cannon to score the game-winner for UC San Diego, 8-7.
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• Gabe Camacho knocked his fourth home run of the season.
• Shane Cannon made his collegiate debut in the contest, scoring the winning run.
• Quincey Brown recorded his first collegiate win, pitching a clean 10th inning.
• The Tritons used eight pitchers, including Jake Villar, Nathan Huy, Connor Etnire, Julian Cazares, Devon King, Kayden Henson, Garrett Davidson and Quincey Brown.
• All three of the Tritons wins this season have come by scores of 8-7.
• UC San Diego is now 6-38-2 in the all-time series and 1-11 in the D-I series with USD. 

 
UP NEXT

The Tritons will hit the road for a three-game series at Louisiana beginning Friday at 4 p.m. PT. The games will be broadcast on ESPN+ and live statistics will be available via UCSDTritons.com.

 
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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 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 84 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.