UC Irvine
19-3
Loyola Marymount
11-13
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Irvine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 |
| LMU | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
Play at the Plate Ends 10-9 Win in 11 Innings
March 26, 2024 | Baseball
- With two outs in the 11th, LMU loaded the bases trailing by three as Diego Baqueiro blasted a ball high off LMU's giant left field wall. Two runners came in to score, but Frankie Carney's relay to Woody Hadeen was right on the money to Abraham Garcia-Pacheco at the plate to tag the tying run before it could cross and end the game, 10-9
- The pesky Lions came back to tie the game on two other occasions
- UCI led from the jump and held a 4-2 lead in the eighth before LMU scored twice including the tying run on an error with two outs to make it a 4-4 game
- After three-run top of the 10th for UCI, the Lions again tied things at 7-7, but the 'Eater defense held off a fourth run getting the final two outs with bases loaded including a force play at home by Woody Hadeen for the second out
- Coming off a late-night, extra-inning win on Sunday, the 'Eaters pieced things together on the mound from 11 different pitchers
- David Vizcaino's two innings pitched led all 'Eaters.
- Vizcaino along with Tim Grack and Ryder Brooks each had three of the staff's 15 strikeouts
- Nick Rincover was effective retiring all five hitters he saw with two strikeouts
- Michael Pirrello collected his second win of the season pitching the end of the 10th and beginning of the 11th
- Dante Zamudio made his Division I debut entering with one on and one out in the 11th, and came away with the save along with his first career strikeout
- Jo Oyama belted a two-run home run the opposite way to start things off in the first and lead, 2-0
- Anthony Martinez had a three-hit night including the go-ahead two-run double in the 11th
- Abraham Garcia-Pacheco also had a go-ahead two-run hit in the 10th
- Caden Kendle returned from injury that made him miss five games to have a three-hit night along with a run and RBI
- Woody Hadeen reached four times and scored three runs in addition to his run-saving throws on the defensive end
- The game lasted 4:33, the team's longest since 2022 when the 'Eaters played 14 innings in 4:40
IT'S A WALKOFF PLAY AT THE PLATE!!!
— UCI Baseball (@UCIbsb) March 27, 2024
FRANKIE TO WOODY TO BAM AND THE 'EATERS WIN 10-9 IN 11 INNINGS!!#EATERSGOTTAEAT pic.twitter.com/USG85UGp27
Anthony Martinez!! And we're leading in the 11th! #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/NAze9e3OpD
— UCI Baseball (@UCIbsb) March 27, 2024
BIG-HIT BAM! 'Eaters lead in the 10th #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/snYjnBpbkM
— UCI Baseball (@UCIbsb) March 27, 2024
Nick Rincover carving 'em up #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/PduyfQjkyC
— UCI Baseball (@UCIbsb) March 27, 2024
LET'S GO JO!!!
— UCI Baseball (@UCIbsb) March 27, 2024
2-run opposite field shot over the Blue Monster!
2-0 Anteaters Top 1st #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/2zaKFGOgo9
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Pirrello, Michael (2-0)
L: C. Kershaw (1-1)
S: Zamudio, Dante (1)
Batting:
2B: Kendle, Caden 1 ; Martinez, Anthony 1 ; Call, Chase 1
HR: Oyama, Jo 1
RBI: Oyama, Jo 2 ; Kendle, Caden 1 ; Martinez, Anthony 2 ; McCaffrey, Thomas 1 ; Garcia-Pacheco, Abraham 2 ; Bermudez, Will 1
SH: Oyama, Jo 1 ; Stinson, Jacob 1
SF: McCaffrey, Thomas 1 ; Bermudez, Will 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hadeen, Woody 3 ; Oyama, Jo 2 ; Kendle, Caden 1 ; Castagnola, James 1 ; Martinez, Anthony 1 ; Spillane, Luke 1 ; Call, Chase 1
SB: Spillane, Luke 1 ; Garcia-Pacheco, Abraham 1
HBP: Oyama, Jo 1 ; Spillane, Luke 1 ; Carney, Frankie 1
Batting:
2B: D. Baqueiro 1 ; C. Blough 1
RBI: S. Biller 1 ; B. Casillas 1 ; D. Baqueiro 5 ; C. Dicochea 1
SF: D. Baqueiro 1
Base Running:
RUNS: B. Bobo 2 ; S. Biller 2 ; G. Weiss 1 ; B. Zimmerman 1 ; T. Becker 1 ; A. Grenert 2
SB: S. Biller 1
HBP: B. Bobo 2 ; D. Ornelas 2 ; G. Weiss 1 ; C. Dicochea 1
