alonso-reyes-uci-bsb-2026-lasvegasclassic-vanderbilt-calstatefullerton
3
UC Irvine UCI 9-9
8
Winner Cal State Fullerton CSF 8-9
UC Irvine UCI
9-9
3
Final
8
Cal State Fullerton CSF
8-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UC Irvine UCI 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 15 2
Cal State Fullerton CSF 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 X 8 9 0

W: Negrete, M. (3-1) L: Grack, Tim (2-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Alex Roberts-Croteau

Seventh Inning Makes Difference in Friday Night Loss

FULLERTON, Calif. --- UC Irvine baseball matched the hosts Cal State Fullerton Friday night at Goodwin Field until the seventh inning went awry in an 8-3 loss.
  • The 'Eaters and Titans played an even back-and-forth through six innings with the game sitting at a 3-3 tie
    • UCI put up the first run on a Zach Fjelstad home run to right field to start off the second inning
    • Fullerton evened the score in the bottom of the inning with a home run of their own to make it 1-1
    • The Titans manufactured a pair in the third inning with a two-out hit for the lead and then forcing an error on the basepaths to go up 3-1
    • UCI got back even in the sixth inning with four hits including two-out singles by Auggie Gutierrez and Landon Gaz to make it a 3-3 game
  • The seventh inning started out UC Irvine's way loading the bases with one out
    • Fjelstad hit a hard line drive that went right at the shortstop for the second out, and then a strikeout halted the rally
    • The Titans answered back in the seventh with a gift on a walk, single, and wild pitch to put two in scoring position, and a passed ball on a walk gave them the lead back
    • With two outs, another walk extended the inning before a double up the first baseline put the Titans up 6-3
    • A squeeze bunt was thrown away to score two more for a five-run frame and 8-3 Cal State Fullerton lead
Cal State Fullerton 8, UC Irvine 3
  • Trevor Hansen again put up a quality start that was tossed aside for a no-decision. He allowed three runs, two earned, in six innings striking out six including the side in his final inning to leave two on base
  • The bats put up a season-high 14 hits on the evening with Gutierrez and Gaz each posting three hits and an RBI
    • Fjelstad's home run was one of two hits for him and the team's third home run of the season while scoring twice
    • The 'Eaters also left 13 runners on base including Zach Doyle who had two hits and Tommy Farmer who reached twice and scored the third run
The second game of the weekend series comes Saturday, March 14, with a 5:00 p.m. first pitch with Ricky Ojeda on the mound for the 'Eaters


Postgame Thoughts from head coach Ben Orloff
"This is what we've been. We get a pretty good start; get a couple hits, tied late, we don't play very good down the stretch. The walks, wild pitch, passed ball, errors, this is pretty identical to the three losses last week too where it's tied late, and they do some things right too, but we do not give ourselves a chance to win."

"It was good to get hits. We've got to string it together and play better offense to score runs. The amount of chances we had to not make it a 3-3 game, it's a common theme on what we've been. Until we can start stringing at-bats together, hitting with runners in scoring position, it's good to get more hits but runs are going to be hard to come by."

 

 
 
 
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