james-castagnola-uci-bsb-2026-california
Matt Brown
3
California CAL 2-3
5
Winner UC Irvine UCI 5-0
California CAL
2-3
3
Final
5
UC Irvine UCI
5-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
California CAL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 7 1
UC Irvine UCI 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 X 5 9 0

W: Hansen, Trevor (2-0) L: Oliver de la Torre (0-2) S: Rodgers, Peyton (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Alex Roberts-Croteau

Hansen Powers 5-3 Win Over California

IRVINE, Calif. --- UC Irvine baseball gutted out a Friday night 5-3 win over California behind another dominant Trevor Hansen pitching performance in Anteater Ballpark.
  • The Anteater junior was on his game from the start facing the minimum through the first three innings
    • A single in the second inning was cut down on a line drive double play to Alonso Reyes
    • A leadoff double in the fourth inning was erased on the basepaths on a smart play by Zach Fjelstad and James Castagnola
    • Hansen picked it up with the strikeouts adding a pair in each of the third, fourth, fifth, and seventh innings
  • The offense sputtered through three innings with all nine batters retired, but hit its stride in the fourth inning
    • Hits from Frankie Carney and Zach Fjelstad to open the inning put runners into scoring position, and they came home on a Tommy Farmer sacrifice fly and tough at-bat from Alonso Reyes to get a single and make it 2-0 Anteaters
    • In the fifth inning, UCI got a gift on a dropped fly ball in left field followed by a bloop double against reliever Quinn Larson.
    • Carney grounded a ball to bring home one of the runs for a 3-0 lead
    • With two outs and a runner on third base still, Tommy Farmer drew a walk and stole second setting up Reyes again to singled both runners home to go up 5-0
  • UCI had multiple chances to build on their lead, but left multiple runners on base in the seventh and eighth innings.
  • California finally got to Hansen loading the bases with one out in the seventh inning
    • A line-drive by Gannon Snyder into the left field corner was snagged on a diving play by Rowan Felsch for the out saving multiple runs from scoring
    • Hideki Prather smashed a single to make it a 5-2 deficit, but the defense cut him down trying to stretch it into a double for the final out of the inning
  • Hansen went out for the ninth inning looking to finish what he started getting the first out, but left after a one-out triple on 95 pitches
    • Peyton Rodgers entered allowing a double to draw Cal within 5-3
    • A groundout and another lineout eventually ended the game for Rodgers' second save and lift UCI to 5-0 on the year
UC Irvine 5, California 3
  • For the second time in his career, Hansen pitched into the ninth inning
    • He finished with nine strikeouts coming off an 11-strikeout performance last weekend
    • Hansen's shutout streak ended at 14.1 innings before the runs allowed in the eighth, and he had allowed three total hits during that stretch
  • The offense put out nine hits and 13 total baserunners
    • Carney and Reyes each had two-hit nights with Reyes leading all players with three RBIs. Carney also had a hit and an RBI
    • Farmer joined him recorded one of each and stayed perfect on the season with four steals in four attempts
    • Sophomore transfer Dylan Hillman made his collegiate debut starting at second base. He was lifted for Noah Alvarez who later in the game got his first hit as an Anteater
  • The win is the fourth for UCI all-time against a current ACC opponent and first in Anteater Ballpark in three tries
The series rambles on Saturday, February 21, for a 1:00 p.m. first pitch between Ricky Ojeda and California's Ethan Foley

 

 
 
 
 
 

 
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