will-bermudez-uci-bsb-2025-usc-louisiana
Matt Brown
4
Louisiana LA 5-5
7
Winner UC Irvine UCI 6-3
Louisiana LA
5-5
4
Final
7
UC Irvine UCI
6-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Louisiana LA 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 7 0
UC Irvine UCI 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 X 7 8 2

W: Ojeda, Ricky (2-0) L: Matthew Holzhammer (0-1) S: Martin, Max (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Alex Roberts-Croteau

Bermudez, Suarez Key 7-4 Win over Louisiana

IRVINE, Calif. --- UC Irvine baseball secured a hard-fought Friday night victory in Anteater Ballpark holding off Louisiana, 7-4, to open the weekend series.
  • The game started off with a bang for either side with home runs in the first inning:
    • The Ragin' Cajuns for a two-out blast from Drew Markle to go up 1-0 in their half of the first
    • Colin Yeaman answered with a two-run blast of his own to take the lead after one, 2-1
  • The pitchers took the baton after the long balls settling in and commanding the following innings:
    • Danny Suarez went on a tear striking out the final hitter of the first and ringing up 11 of the next 12 outs he recorded as he left with a lead after five innings
    • UL's Chase Morgan matched him with nine strikeouts through his five innings
  • The offenses were opportunistic through all the strikeouts getting runs in against the pair:
    • Louisiana tied things up in the third inning as Markle was there again to triple home a run with two outs to make it, 2-2
    • UCI grabbed the lead back in the fourth with three straight hits including Rowan Felsch's opposite field double to lead, 3-2
  • The bullpens came in with some success. Chase Call launched a home run to right on the first pitch he saw to grow the lead to 4-2
    • Riley Kelly came in with two shutout innings to hold the lead until walking the first hitter of the eighth
    • The Ragin' Cajuns took advantage as UCI brought in Ricky Ojeda and managed to steal their way to a two-out, seeing-eye single from pinch-hitter Trip Dobson and tie it back up, 4-4
  • UC Irvine went to work in their eighth inning using hit by pitches and walks against UL reliever Matthew Holzhammer
    • Will Bermudez stepped in for the huge two-run single under the dive of the th second baseman to put UCI ahead 6-4
  • Max Martin came in to end the game on a double play and earn the save by a score of 7-4.
  • Ojeda took home the win to go to 2-0. Suarez was the star of the show with a career high 12 strikeouts in just five innings. The staff as a whole earned 17 strikeouts on the night.
  • The offense was a team effort with two-hit games from Call and Felsch, two-RBI games by Yeaman and Bermudez, and 10 walks or hit by pitch from the order.
The sides are back at it Saturday for a 1:00 p.m. first pitch as Jack Ross makes his Anteater Ballpark debut against UL's Blake McGehee.




 

 

 

 

 

 
 
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