Hansen, Ojeda Keep 'Eaters Alive with 6-3 Win

Thursday, May 14

Irvine, Calif.

6:00 PM

UC Irvine

24-26, 13-15

Cal State Bakersfield

22-31, 10-18

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
CSU Bakersfield	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	4	0
UC Irvine	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	X	6	10	2

Trevor Hansen makes a pitch vs. California

Photo by: Matt Brown

Hansen, Ojeda Keep 'Eaters Alive with 6-3 Win

May 14, 2026 | Baseball

Box Score

By: Alex Roberts-Croteau

IRVINE, Calif. --- UC Irvine baseball got a win when they needed it most topping Cal State Bakersfield, 6-3, Thursday night in Anteater Ballpark.

With the season on the line, the pitching duo of Trevor Hansen and Ricky Ojeda stepped up on the mound
- Hansen had things working early posting on strikeout in every inning he pitched
- After the leadoff man reached second in the second, Hansen struck out a pair to eventually strand the runner at second
- Hansen struck out the side in the fourth inning and in the process jumped to seventh all-time in career strikeouts at UCI surpassing Andre Pallante
- He finished with an even 10 strikeouts on the night, his fourth career performance with 10 or more
The Roadrunners got their first threat going in the sixth inning loading the bases and delivering a two-run single to knock him from the game
- Ojeda was called upon allowing a run on a grounder, but finishing the inning with the 6-3 lead intact
- Ojeda allowed a leadoff double in the seventh before leaving him on second base with the help of two strikeouts
- He picked up a strikeout in each inning he threw finishing with five
- Following that double, Ojeda proceeded to retire the final nine batters of the game to earn his fifth career save and second of the season
The offense made its mark with a big fifth inning that began as a 0-0 tie
- After leadoff batters reached in the first and second innings that were promptly doubled up, the leadoff hitter made his way to third base this time after a Tommy Farmer double
- Theo Kim dunked a single into right-center to plate each and grab a 2-0 lead
- Later in the inning, Lucas Schermer found the same gap as Kim doubling him and another home to increase the lead to 4-0
- Efren Ortega smashed a clutch single with two outs to complete the five-run frame

UC Irvine 6, Cal State Bakersfield 3

The win keep UCI's head above water needing to sweep the weekend for any chance at the postseason; now 24-26 overall and 13-15 in Big West play
- Later in the evening, UC San Diego completed a 10-6 victory of Cal State Fullerton for the other part of UCI's postseason equation now one game behind with two games remaining
The win for Hansen boosts him to a 7-4 record on the season and now 22-11 in his career over 46 starts
- His career strikeout total reached 264 settling in seventh in UCI history following the game
The bats busted out 10 hits led by Theo Kim's two-hit, two-RBI night
- Daniel Polasek reached all five times scoring a run and adding two hits
- Schermer joined Kim with two RBIs on the game while Zach Crandall had two hits
- Zach Fjelstad reached three times and scored twice

The formula remains the same heading into Friday matchup with first pitch at 6:00 p.m. between Finnegan Wall and CSUB's Ryan King: an Anteater win coupled with a Cal State Fullerton loss would keep UCI's postseason chance alive.

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Trev with a big strikeout to strand 2#TogetherWeZot pic.twitter.com/4gjIwHRmMp
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Theo here we go!!#TogetherWeZot pic.twitter.com/i61oLdLYhU
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Scherm drives in 2 more!#TogetherWeZot pic.twitter.com/GYIEuuc47W
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Efren feeling golden!!#TogetherWeZot pic.twitter.com/XH6zGRchxO
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Trevor strikes out the side and jumps Andre Pallante to 7th on UCI's all-time strikeout list ??#TogetherWeZot pic.twitter.com/fCjnQr4tHG
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Trev keeps racking up the KK?K?K?K?s#TogetherWeZot pic.twitter.com/cuZfjy3OQf
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10th and final K of Trevor's night - 5.1 IP (95 pitches), 4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 10 K

Ricky on with 2 on 1 out leading 6-2 Top 6th #TWZ pic.twitter.com/eWpLYyG8pb
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