UC Irvine
17-20, 8-9
UC Santa Barbara
24-12, 11-6
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Runs R | Hits H | Errors E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Santa Barbara | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| UC Irvine | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 | 9 | 0 |
Anteaters Snag Saturday Win over UC Santa Barbara, 6-3
April 18, 2026 | Baseball
- The Gauchos again sprung into the lead scoring a leadoff double on a two-out passed ball for a 1-0 advantage in the second inning.
- UCI roared back in the third to take their first lead of the weekend
- The first three 'Eaters reached base putting Tommy Farmer in position to triple the other way and score all of them and make it 3-1, UCI
- Daniel Polasek's sac fly brought in Farmer to make it a four-run inning
- UCSB answered with a pair of two-out hits to score runs in the next half-inning. A ground-rule double kept the tying run from scoring as UCI held on to the 4-3 lead
- Alonso Reyes pelted a home run to lead off the bottom of the fourth inning to get some more breathing room, 5-3
- Frankie Carney had a two-out hit for the sixth Anteater run in the seventh, his fourth hit of the day
- Ricky Ojeda was the story of the day going 5.1 shutout innings of relief to earn the win and lock down the Gaucho bats
- He allowed just one hit and walked one with three strikeouts
- He immediately came in and retired the first 12 hitters he faced including stranding two runners in the fourth
- Finnegan Wall went 3.2 innings as the starter striking out a pair and allowing two earned runs
- Carney's four hit day was part of nine UCI hits and he drove in a run
- Farmer's triple was his third to lead the team and lifted him to 15 RBIs this season
- Reyes' home run was the first of his career at home and second overall of the season
- Notably was Efren Ortega reaching three times and scoring once, and Zach Fjelstad scoring twice on both times he reached
Finn with a 1-2-3 first#TogetherWeZot pic.twitter.com/b1MTACVmry
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WHAT DID AUGGIE JUST DO?!#TogetherWeZot pic.twitter.com/1XZ79fhXy1
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That's @tommyfarmerr country!!#TogetherWeZot pic.twitter.com/tlv3ofSCVY
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ZO LONG, BALL!!#TogetherWeZot pic.twitter.com/HbWs7lYEnh
— UCI Baseball (@UCIbsb) April 18, 2026
RicKKy gets 'em @RicardoOjeda23 #TogetherWeZot pic.twitter.com/vfyctvJeUK
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A golden hit for Frankie's 4th of the day!#TogetherWeZot pic.twitter.com/MXWfEOoyPV
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Ballgame!! 5.1 IP from Ricky to close the door!#TogetherWeZot pic.twitter.com/uLACHi3njC
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Ojeda, Ricky (3-3)
L: Nathan Aceves (2-2)
Batting:
2B: Nate Vargas 1 ; Cole Kosciusko 1
RBI: Jonathan Mendez 1 ; Cole Kosciusko 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Nate Vargas 2 ; Corey Nunez 1
SB: Rowan Kelly 1
Batting:
3B: Farmer, Tommy 1
HR: Reyes, Alonso 1
RBI: Farmer, Tommy 3 ; Polasek, Daniel 1 ; Carney, Frankie 1 ; Reyes, Alonso 1
SF: Polasek, Daniel 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Farmer, Tommy 1 ; Reyes, Alonso 1 ; Alvarez, Noah 1 ; Ortega, Efren 1 ; Fjelstad, Zach 2
CS: Carney, Frankie 2
HBP: Ortega, Efren 1
PO: Carney, Frankie 1
