UC Irvine
42-16
Fresno State
31-29
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Irvine | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 1 |
| Fresno State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
'Eaters Win 8-3 in NCAA Elimination Game
May 31, 2025 | Baseball
- Another scoreless first inning from starters Riley Kelly and Aidan Cremarosa without a baserunner set things up for the sides
- The second inning saw the Anteater hitters work their way on base with a hit by pitch and a walk setting up James Castagnola to pop a two-out fly to left field and just over the fence for a three-run home run and a 3-0 lead
- Jacob McCombs continued the momentum pelting the center field batter's eye with another home run to extend the lead to 4-0 in the third, and a fifth run came home on a double play ball in the fourth for 5-0 advantage
- Fresno State crawled back into the game slowly with an unearned run in the fourth, but Riley Kelly stopped the rally with a strikeout and two runners on base. A solo home run in the fifth made it 5-2 and ended Kelly's day giving way to David Utagawa
- Utagawa kept the door shut leaving the game after a leadoff single in the eighth for 2.1 shutout frames. Max Martin allowed that runner to score, but that was the lone blemish helping finish the game and the win, 8-3
- The Anteater offense put up 11 hits adding some insurance later in the game for the eight runs
- McCombs reached base four times on three hits and added an RBI along with his 12th home run on the season
- Anthony Martinez had a hit and drove in a run on a sac fly for the eighth run
- Martinez's sac fly was significant being the 16th of his career setting a new Anteater all-time record, and the RBI that came home was the 189th of his career tying him with Jeff Malinoff on top of the all-time list
- Castagnola had a two-hit game as did Colin Yeaman and Frankie Carney, all three scoring a run, and Yeaman posting an RBI along with three from Castagnola
- Utagawa takes the win to improve to 2-0 on the year and 5-1 as an Anteater winning his second career NCAA Regional game
- Riley Kelly did a brunt of the work without picking up the decision. He was one out from the minimum five innings allowing just one earned run with four strikeouts
Hello from @castagnolajames !! #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/5kyCK1l3XT
— UCI Baseball (@UCIbsb) May 31, 2025
Jacob McCombs testing the batter's eye!! #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/Ea6SCSeYpD
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Huge K from Riley #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/bQq7FVB4Zh
— UCI Baseball (@UCIbsb) May 31, 2025
Yeaman adds to it! #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/LKhTHad5eX
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History for @Tonytinez77
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??Ties UCI's all-time RBI mark
??New UCI all-time sac fly leader#EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/1tBy1l4cYW
Ballgame!! Max to Tony and the season continues #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/I5E577DmLg
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Utagawa, David (2-0)
L: CREMAROSA, A (6-6)
Batting:
HR: McCombs, Jacob 1 ; Castagnola, James 1
RBI: Yeaman, Colin 1 ; Martinez, Anthony 1 ; McCombs, Jacob 2 ; Castagnola, James 3
SH: Penso, Blake 1 ; Castagnola, James 1
SF: Martinez, Anthony 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Yeaman, Colin 1 ; McCombs, Jacob 1 ; Call, Chase 1 ; Penso, Blake 1 ; Reyes, Alonso 1 ; Castro, Ryan 1 ; Castagnola, James 1 ; Carney, Frankie 1
SB: Carney, Frankie 1
HBP: McCombs, Jacob 1 ; Call, Chase 1 ; Castagnola, James 1
Batting:
HR: SALDIVAR, E. 1
RBI: SALDIVAR, E. 1 ; STRANSKY, J. 1 ; TREVINO, L. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: SALDIVAR, E. 2 ; STRANSKY, J. 1
SB: STRANSKY, J. 1
HBP: SCHNEIDER, C 1
