No. 11 Anteaters Respond with 16-3 Saturday Win

Saturday, April 13

La Jolla, Calif.

1:00 PM

UC Irvine

25-6, 0

UC San Diego

22-11, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
UC Irvine	3	4	1	4	3	0	0	0	1	16	17	0
UC San Diego	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	5	1

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Photo by: Robert Huskey

No. 11 Anteaters Respond with 16-3 Saturday Win

April 13, 2024 | Baseball

Box Score

By: Alex Roberts-Croteau

LA JOLLA, Calif. --- UC Irvine baseball returned the favor Saturday afternoon in Triton Ballpark with a resounding 16-3 victory over UC San Diego to even up the series.

The offense got on the board first again, this time with three first-inning runs started by a Myles Smith RBI single
Anthony Martinez singled home the first of four runs in the second inning, and Will Bermudez and Chase Call each drove in two-out RBIs to grow the lead to 7-0 after two
A single run scored on a walk in the third before another eruption in the fourth inning scoring four runs thanks to a Call solo home run and Martinez three-run shot to make it 12-0
UCI's barrage finished in the fifth with three more runs, all with two outs, on a two-run single by Jo Oyama and Caden Kendle RBI single to lead 15-0
Trevor Hansen was spectacular in his start no-hitting UC San Diego through 4.2 innings. The Tritons tagged him for three runs before he finished his day and took home his fourth win
Nick Rincover and Max Martin combined for the final four innings of shutout ball including a save recorded for Martin in the 16-3 victory
Every Anteater starter contributed to the 17 hits led by three-hit days for Oyama and Call
- Call reached four times with three extra-base hits, two runs, and two RBIs
- Oyama drove in three while scoring twice himself
- Martinez led all players with four RBIs and also scoring three times
- Thomas McCaffrey returned to the lineup with just one hit but three RBIs
- Hometown kid James Castagnola enjoyed a two-hit day and scored three times
- Woody Hadeen continued his streak of games registering a hit and a run scored now at 14 games, and for good measure walked four times
- Myles Smith joined Hadeen and Caden Kendle as Anteaters that reached five times on the day

The series is even going into Sunday where the Brandon Luu and Matthew Dalquist will pitch the series-deciding game with first pitch at 1:00 p.m.

Postgame Thoughts
Trevor Hansen - "I felt good, commanded the fastball down, just leaving some pitches up and that's where I got in trouble. All three pitches felt good and just keeping them off balance."

Chase Call - "It was important that Trevor got off to a good start, couple of zeroes out of the first couple innings. We just knew that we had to come out swinging today. Rocky start yesterday, but we've got a lot of work to do tomorrow and we're looking forward to it."

"Every game in this league is like a championship game, a playoff-type game. UC San Diego is a really good team, and we have to start from pitch one, swing it in the first inning, and kind of play from ahead because they've good bullpen and we've just got to take it one pitch at a time."