LA JOLLA, Calif. --- UC Irvine baseball dropped the series opener to UC San Diego at Triton Ballpark, 15-4, Friday night.

• The 'Eaters actually held the first lead scoring in the top of the first. Two walks to start the game turned into a run as Anthony Martinez's grounder plated Woody Hadeen for a 1-0 edge
• The host Tritons answered back with the game's next 15 runs
  • They plated five in their first inning with four hits and helped by two Anteater errors
  • Two home runs in the second inning helped score three more and make it an 8-1 game
  • A two-out triple scored two in the third and a two-out, three-run home run in the fourth capped off a four-run inning to make it 14-1, UCSD
• UCI put together three singles to start the eighth inning scoring all later on from two sacrifice flies and a bases loaded walk as the score ended, 15-4
• Nick Pinto was touched up for the first time this year allowing seven earned runs and lasting just two innings
  • Cameron Wheeler couldn't stem the tide allowing six runs in his two innings, five earned
  • Tim Grack, David Butler, and David Vizcaino allowing just one run in the final four innings with Butler and Vizcaino each recording a scoreless frame
• The offense drove in all four of their runs by some other means than a single
  • Woody Hadeen scored twice and added a hit extending a streak to 13 straight games with one of each
  • Caden Kendle drove in a run, but was held off the bases for the first time in 67 games
  • Jo Oyama reached four times from three walks while scoring a run and connecting for one of UCI's five hits

The series rolls along with Saturday's game now moved to a 1:00 p.m. (previously slated for 2:00 p.m.) in an effort to avoid rain later in the evening.