SAN DIEGO, Calif. --- UC Irvine baseball out-hit the hosts Tuesday night at Tony Gwynn Stadium, but could not out-score them falling 8-4 to San Diego State.
- The 'Eaters shot out of the gate with a leadoff home run by Tommy Farmer for a 1-0 lead
- The lead was short-lived as SDSU got a leadoff single and then a home run to quickly tie the game, 2-2
- The next inning was more of the same this time with two outs getting a single and home run to go up, 4-2
- UCI kept coming with the offense with runners on nearly every inning but unable to push any across leaving multiple runners on base in seven innings on the night
- The Aztecs added to their lead with a four-run sixth inning
- A pair of hits put runners on the corners, and a safety squeeze brought the run home with a wild throw to first base setting the table
- After his two-run home run in the second, Zane Kelly plated two more with a double up the first base line to make it a 7-4 lead
- He would eventually score on a passed ball to make it 8-2
- Zach Fjelstad answered back with a solo home run to start off the next frame, 8-3, and with two outs the Anteaters got a pair of doubles to make things interesting, but again left a pair on to end the game
San Diego State 8, UC Irvine 4
- Tyler Foster made his first collegiate start but drew the loss as a victim to the pair of two-run home runs in the first two innings
- Effective relief came in the form of Danny Suarez, two shutout innings to keep his scoreless streak going now at 12.1 innings pitched
- Dane Grant also came in and settled things down stranded two inherited runners as he retired all four hitters he faced
- UCI's offense had 12 hits to nine for SDSU while leaving 15 runners on base Tuesday
- Zach Crandall had a three-hit game for the 'Eaters and reached a fourth time on a walk
- Frankie Carney reached four times with a hit, two walks, and a hit by pitch scoring a run, and nearly a fifth time with a video review negating it
- Zach Fjelstad hit his second home run of the season and drove in two runs
- Kai Smith and Dylan Hillman each had a double in the ninth as part of their two-hit nights
- Tommy Farmer's home run gives him the team lead with three
- The loss drops UCI to 9-15 and snaps a seven-game winning streak UCI had against San Diego State
- The loss is also UCI's ninth in a row setting a program record
Up next is a trip to UCI's Black & Blue rivals, Long Beach State, for three games starting Friday, March 27 at 6:05 p.m. Friday's game as well as Sunday's will be broadcasted on ESPN+
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