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Matt Brown
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UC Santa Barbara UCSB 17-10, 5-4 Big West
11
Winner UC Irvine UCI 24-4, 10-2 Big West
UC Santa Barbara UCSB
17-10, 5-4 Big West
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Final
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UC Irvine UCI
24-4, 10-2 Big West
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UC Santa Barbara UCSB 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 4 8 2
UC Irvine UCI 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 X 11 13 0

W: Luu, Brandon (4-0) L: M. Ager (2-3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Alex Roberts-Croteau

No. 14 Anteaters Win Series Over No. 23 UCSB, 11-4

IRVINE, Calif. --- UC Irvine baseball put up a convincing victory Sunday in Anteater Ballpark, 11-4, over No. 23 UC Santa Barbara for the all-important series win.
  • UCI's offense turned it on early going up 9-0 after three innings
    • Jo Oyama got it going with a two-run home run two batters into the game for a 2-0 lead
    • The sun and defensive miscues from the Gauchos led to two more first-inning runs and a 4-0 advantage
    • UCI added some two-out RBIs for expand the lead to 6-0 after the second inning
    • More sun-aided hits helped a three-run rally in the third inning to make it 9-0
  • Meanwhile on the mound, freshman Brandon Luu was coasting along pitching a career high seven innings to dial up his fourth win. He used a six-pitch inning, seven-pitch inning, and four strikeouts to keep the Gaucho offense down
  • The visitors put up a fight with runs in each of the final three frames, but Ricky Tibbett shut the door and his defense backed him up turning a pair of late double plays to seal the game, 11-4
  • UCI pounded out 13 hits led by three from Oyama. Anthony Martinez scored three runs to lead the way, and Will Bermudez had RBIs on three different plate appearances to lead the team
The win gives UC Irvine a huge boost midway through the season as they improve to 24-4 and have a 10-2 Big West record to stay in first place.

Next up is a midweek trip to Los Angeles to play USC before a weekend series on the road at UC San Diego.

Postgame Thoughts with Woody Hadeen
"We just continue to improve and especially in the showing today. Beating Santa Barbara, and they're put together and a good ballclub, they've been good for a while, so it means a lot to win. And we're looking forward to next week."

"We've got nine great athletes on the field at all times, and it just makes it easy especially in this big ballpark and can cover a lot of ground to go with our infielders who are the best in the nation. It's really fun being out there with them"

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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