No. 19 Anteaters Drop Heartbreaker in 11 Innings
March 17, 2024 | Baseball
- The Anteater bats were working early taking the lead on a four-run second inning. Chase Call crushed a solo home run to start things off, and three more runs with two outs made it a 4-0 lead
- UCI added a run in the fourth to go up 5-0, and after a UC Davis run in the top of the fifth, the Anteaters came back with four more runs in the bottom as Thomas McCaffrey started it off with a solo home run, and run-scoring hits by Woody Hadeen and Jo Oyama put UCI on top, 9-1
- Brandon Luu and the pitching staff was marvelous through eight innings. Luu went five innings allowing a run and no-hit the Aggies through the first four innings.
- Tim Grack, Michael Pirrello, and David Utagawa all followed with scoreless innings allowing one baserunner over the late innings
- UC Davis found another gear down to their final three outs. After walks to start the inning and a pair of singles, UCD was on the board with their first run of the inning.
- The first six Aggies reached in the inning to tighten things up to a 9-4 ballgame before Ricky Tibbett got two outs.
- UC Davis found more life with two outs shooting three straight hits capped by Braydon Wooldridge's bloop double to score two and tie it up at 9-9.
- The game went extra innings where the Aggies got a run in the top half to take their first lead of the weekend, 10-9.
- UC Irvine answered down to their final strike as Dub Gleed clobbered a home run to tie it back up at 10-10
- The Aggies kept the momentum homering for the lead in the 11th inning and adding an insurance run to make it a 12-10 game
- UCI got the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the 11th, but were unable to find another answer
Chase Call deep and gone!! #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/TToM3Sz67C
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Frankie with some St. Patty;s Day baseball gold!! #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/rZ3gkRkwJs
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Woody into the gap scores Frankie!! #RipEm pic.twitter.com/bsPqe57dAG
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Jo flips one to CF to make it a 4-run inning! #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/65msheQYBz
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B-Luu's 1st K today and 3 of his 5 pitches that inning #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/xAGCeCUhYs
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Anthony Martinez scalds a 2-out RBI #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/iFw4GH6Wgl
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Thomas touches the scoreboard!! #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/4vR7F6mdvW
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Clutch RBIs from @joichirooyama #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/VI15goGlAs
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Utagawa with 2 filthy Ks in the 8th #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/zsJTrS2rQy
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#CLUBDUB SAYS WE'RE STILL PLAYING!! 10-10 IN THE 10TH!! #EATERSGOTTAEAT pic.twitter.com/vUCT7nVIJF
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Braydon Wooldridge (1-0)
L: Wheeler, Cameron (1-1)
Batting:
2B: Braydon Wooldridge 1 ; Nick Leehey 1
HR: Jack Gallagher 1
RBI: Alex Gouveia 2 ; Riley Acosta 1 ; Jack Gallagher 1 ; Braydon Wooldridge 2 ; Jason Hanson 1 ; Mark Wolbert 3 ; Ryan Lee 1 ; Theo Forshey 1
SH: Mark Wolbert 1
SF: Ryan Lee 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Alex Gouveia 1 ; Riley Acosta 2 ; Jack Gallagher 1 ; Braydon Wooldridge 1 ; Nick Leehey 3 ; Jason Hanson 1 ; Joey Wright 1 ; Mark Wolbert 1 ; Theo Forshey 1
HBP: Joey Wright 1

Batting:
2B: Hadeen, Woody 2
HR: Gleed, Dub 1 ; McCaffrey, Thomas 1 ; Call, Chase 1
RBI: Hadeen, Woody 2 ; Oyama, Jo 3 ; Martinez, Anthony 1 ; Gleed, Dub 1 ; McCaffrey, Thomas 1 ; Call, Chase 1 ; Carney, Frankie 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hadeen, Woody 2 ; Gleed, Dub 1 ; McCaffrey, Thomas 1 ; Call, Chase 1 ; Spillane, Luke 1 ; Bermudez, Will 1 ; Carney, Frankie 3
SB: Oyama, Jo 1 ; Spillane, Luke 1
HBP: Hadeen, Woody 1 ; Oyama, Jo 1 ; Bermudez, Will 1
















