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Matt Brown
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Hawai'i UH 34-20
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Winner UC Irvine UCI 40-13
Hawai'i UH
34-20
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Final
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UC Irvine UCI
40-13
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hawai'i UH 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 11 1
UC Irvine UCI 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 7 7 0

W: Ojeda, Ricky (13-0) L: Itsuki Takemoto (2-6) S: Martin, Max (14)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Alex Roberts-Croteau

'Eaters Head to Winner's Bracket with 7-5 Win

FULLERTON, Calif. --- UC Irvine came through victorious in their Big West Championship opener 7-5 over Hawai'i Thursday afternoon at Goodwin Field.
  • The 'Eaters got on the board first putting the first three on base and Anthony Martinez got an RBI on a single for the 1-0 lead
  • The Rainbow Warriors came back with two runs in their second inning, but couldn't get the tying run in stranding them
  • UCI put up three more runs in the second thanks to a groundball under the second baseman's glove to score two more, and another McCombs grounder added the third run to lead 6-2
  • The pitching and defense stepped up the next four innings with zeroes all over the scoreboard
    • Riley Kelly got out of a pair of jams pitching into the fifth inning and striking out five
    • Ricky Ojeda came on in relief going three innings to secure another win to improve 13-0
  • Hawai'i drew within one with a three-run home run in the seventh inning making it a 6-5 game
  • Max Martin closed the door five of his six batters with three strikeouts and leaving the tying run at home plate for his 14th save
  • Will Bermudez paced the offense reaching base all five times with a pair of hits, runs, and an insurance RBI in the eighth
    • Martinez and McCombs had four RBIs between them with just one hit
  • The 'Eaters hit the 40-win mark with the victory marking the second straight season, 10th season overall, and third time under head coach Ben Orloff in his seventh season.
UCI is back on the field Friday at 3:00 p.m. against 2-seed Cal Poly. Trevor Hansen will take the mound in the winner's bracket matchup








 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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