UC Irvine
9-10, 0
Cal State Fullerton
9-9, 0
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Irvine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
| Cal State Fullerton | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 9 | 11 | 0 |
'Eaters Cannot Make Up Big First Inning in 9-5 Loss
March 14, 2026 | Baseball
- Saturday's contest started with a pair of Anteater hits in the first inning that were erased on a double play ball
- Cal State Fullerton's first two hitters reached on hits and later scored on a Paul Contreras double for a 2-0 Titan lead
- Fullerton added on with an RBI single and later a hit by pitch forcing in a run to go up 4-0
- With two outs, the Titans laid down a bunt that Ricky Ojeda threw away allowing all three runners to score putting the 'Eaters behind, 7-0
- Tyler Foster came in to slow the Titan bats allowing them just two runs over four innings of relief
- Meanwhile, the 'Eaters were struggling to catch up until the fifth inning
- Four straight hits to began the inning helped put UCI on the board driven by RBI singles from Efren Ortega and Zach Doyle
- Two more Anteaters came around on ground ball outs for a four-run frame and an 8-4 deficit
- Fullerton responded with a home run to start their fifth inning to swing the momentum back, and they rode that down the stretch to claim the victory
- UCI is now 9-10 on the season and off to a 1-4 start in Big West action
- Ricky Ojeda drew the loss after just one inning of work. He allowed all seven of the runs with five earned
- Foster was effective in relief striking out three without a walk over four innings
- Danny Suarez continued his run of solid pitching with three scoreless innings down the stretch allowing just one hit
- UCI's bats again put up 11 hits with two-hit games by Zach Doyle, Landon Gaz, Tommy Farmer, and Efren Ortega
- Doyle and Ortega each scored and drove in a run
- New faces showed up in the batting order with Theo Kim getting his first start of the year while Michael Podstreleny made his first collegiate start
T-Fost comes up big to escape a jam #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/9L752uAn0b
— UCI Baseball (@UCIbsb) March 15, 2026
Stringing hits together courtesy of Efren and Doyle #EatersGottaEat pic.twitter.com/El3ED3wgY0
— UCI Baseball (@UCIbsb) March 15, 2026
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Smith, D. (1-2)
L: Ojeda, Ricky (1-2)
S: Dockan, B. (1)
Batting:
2B: Ortega, Efren 1
RBI: Doyle, Zach 1 ; Fjelstad, Zach 1 ; Reyes, Alonso 1 ; Gutierrez, Auggie 1 ; Ortega, Efren 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Doyle, Zach 1 ; Farmer, Tommy 1 ; Kim, Theo 1 ; Ortega, Efren 2
HBP: Fjelstad, Zach 1 ; Kim, Theo 1
Batting:
2B: Kim, C. 1 ; Contreras, P 1 ; Miller, N. 1 ; Burdick, C. 1
HR: Kirchner, A. 1
RBI: Lopez, E. 1 ; Contreras, P 2 ; Miller, N. 1 ; Kirchner, A. 1 ; Wilkinson, B 1 ; Burdick, C. 1
SH: Kirchner, A. 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Lopez, E. 1 ; Kim, C. 1 ; Contreras, P 1 ; Ortega, M. 1 ; Miller, N. 2 ; Kirchner, A. 2 ; Burdick, C. 1
SB: Lopez, E. 1 ; Contreras, P 1
HBP: Burdick, C. 1
