Grack Shines to Take 8-4 Win at San Diego

Tuesday, April 30

San Diego, Calif.

6:00 PM

UC Irvine

33-8

San Diego

30-13

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
UC Irvine	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	13	1
San Diego	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	7	0

Photo by: Matt Brown

Grack Shines to Take 8-4 Win at San Diego

April 30, 2024 | Baseball

Box Score

By: Alex Roberts-Croteau

SAN DIEGO, Calif. --- UC Irvine baseball finished April with a resounding 8-4 Tuesday win at San Diego and Fowler Park.

Anteater starter Tim Grack had the best outing of his young career pitching five solid inning allowing just one run against the Toreros. He picked up his first career win in now his fifth career start.
The bats backed him up scoring the first eight runs of the night to lead 8-0 after four innings
- UCI dropped four in the second inning led off by a Dub Gleed solo home run the opposite way.
- The 'Eaters got two crucial two-out hits that scored runs in that second inning from Myles Smith and Caden Kendle
- UCI followed that up with three in the third as Chase Call boomed an RBI double off the wall and then an Abraham Garcia-Pacheco single and Woody Hadeen sacrifice fly made it 7-0
- The eighth run came in the fourth as Anthony Martinez started the frame off with a smash over the right field wall to lead 8-0
The Toreros got a run off Grack before he left in the fifth, but he did strand a runner in scoring position
USD managed a run in four of the final five innings to close the game to 8-4, but each inning the 'Eater bullpen halted any rallies stranding multiple runners on base
- Nick Rincover managed two outs but was hit around for a pair of hits and walks in the sixth inning
- Ryder Brooks quashed a bases-loaded situation and did so again in the seventh allowing a single run
- Ricky Tibbett pitched the final two innings allowing one run and loading the bases himself on walks in the ninth, but worked through it to end the game, 8-4
UCI finishes April on an eight-game winning streak and a record of 11-5. The team is now 33-8 overall
All nine hitters had a base hit while seven drove in a run and six scored one
- Jo Oyama reached all five times he batted with three hits and two runs scored
- Woody Hadeen reached four times with three on walks and added a hit and a sacrifice fly
- Caden Kendle and Myles Smith each had two-hit games with Kendle adding two RBIs

The Anteaters return home where they will play the next four starting Friday night with first pitch at 6:00 p.m. UCI welcomes in Cal Poly for a pivotal Big West series between two squads battling at the top of the standings.

Postgame Thoughts with Tim Grack
"I felt good. I feel like it's just been kind of the culmination of things. We've been working upward and getting better and better as outings have gone on, but today it was the culmination of it, getting my offspeed better, and really working."

"It's really nice when the offense is going like that. I think we scored eight in four innings so it's always nice to play from ahead and not have to worry about what they're doing, but it's always nice to pitch with a lead."

#ClubDub drops the beat!! #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/wkHKxJEUjQ
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'Eaters rally for a 4-run inning thanks to 2-out RBI hits by Munch and Hog #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/Z1FowdyG6u
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Chase Call tries to hit it THROUGH the outfield wall #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/EnxkZNgjE6
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Anthony Martinez gets out in a hurry!! #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/ikwNWXzCrI
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GracK is dialed in #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/dlSASyhR20
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Ryder rings 'em up!! Keeps the bases loaded and strikes out the side

T8 ?? UCI 8-2 USD #TWZ pic.twitter.com/jj29BoMc1E
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