No. 13 UC Irvine Done In by Big Inning
May 24, 2024 | Baseball
- In a 3-3 game in the third inning, the Matadors singled three times to start the inning to break the tie and lead, 4-3
- An error on a sac bunt by Trevor Hansen ended his night with the bases loaded nobody out
- A long sac fly followed by a groundout gave the 'Eaters two outs and trailing just 5-3
- A pair of walks kept the inning going and forced in the third run of a frame
- CSUN got the big hits when it mattered though clearing the bases with a double to double the lead, 6-3
- After another walk and another pitching change, a home run added three more runs for a nine-run inning and a 12-3 deficit for UCI
- The Anteaters fought back with a four-run sixth and runs in the seventh and eighth innings getting as trailing five runs
- The 'Eaters were within striking distance in the sixth as Anthony Martinez gave it a ride to the gap in right-center, but it was run down while crashing into the fence by the CSUN right fielder to take away a potential three-run hit and end the rally
- UCI pitching was largely ineffective as all five Anteaters allowed a run despite only five of the 14 runs allowed being earned
- David Utagawa fared the best pitching hitless baseball for the final three innings with no earned runs and three of the team's seven strikeouts
- The defense contributed to the woes with three errors costing nine unearned runs
- UCI hitting did managed to out-hit CSUN with 13 of their own and at least one from every batter
- Anthony Martinez was the only Anteater without an RBI despite a pair of doubles
- Chase Call reached three times scoring twice and hitting a home run
- The bats also struck out just two times with none until the final out of the eighth inning
Munch covers a lotttttttttttttttt of ground for the catch!! #RipEm pic.twitter.com/pZbBEkNvTA
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Chase Call touch 'em all!! #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/Z4h9pKVMsx
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Will wraps an RBI double #RipEm pic.twitter.com/trKSnmxfrW
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Oyama finds some outfield!! #RipEm pic.twitter.com/8Hg5fWcUcP
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Bam gets some baseball gold!! #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/GRgU9dywEP
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#ClubDub back with the laser show #RipEm pic.twitter.com/1oIag8V4ky
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Utagawa with a pickoff in his 8th!!
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Oyama-Bam-Hadeen due up in the 9th
B9 ?? UCI 9-14 CSUN #TWZ pic.twitter.com/qsgomYdMjx
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Halamicek, Ryan (6-3)
L: Hansen, Trevor (6-3)
Batting:
2B: Sakaino, Shunsuke 1
HR: Sanderson, Jarren 1
RBI: Neighbors, Kamau 1 ; Sakaino, Shunsuke 3 ; Sanderson, Jarren 5 ; Sojka, Andrew 1 ; Barraza, Nathan 1 ; Fitzer, Kevin 1
SH: Barraza, Nathan 1 ; Le, Mason 1
SF: Fitzer, Kevin 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Neighbors, Kamau 2 ; Sakaino, Shunsuke 2 ; Simons, Jakob 3 ; Sanderson, Jarren 3 ; Sojka, Andrew 2 ; Barraza, Nathan 1 ; Le, Mason 1
SB: Sakaino, Shunsuke 1 ; Sanderson, Jarren 1
CS: Sakaino, Shunsuke 1
HBP: Simons, Jakob 1
PO: Neighbors, Kamau 1

Batting:
2B: Smith, Myles 1 ; Martinez, Anthony 2 ; Bermudez, Will 1 ; Oyama, Jo 1
HR: Call, Chase 1
RBI: Hadeen, Woody 1 ; Smith, Myles 1 ; Kendle, Caden 1 ; Gleed, Dub 2 ; Bermudez, Will 1 ; Call, Chase 1 ; Oyama, Jo 1 ; Garcia-Pacheco, Abraham 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Hadeen, Woody 1 ; Smith, Myles 1 ; Kendle, Caden 1 ; Martinez, Anthony 1 ; Bermudez, Will 2 ; Call, Chase 2 ; Oyama, Jo 1
HBP: Bermudez, Will 1 ; Call, Chase 1 ; Garcia-Pacheco, Abraham 1










