Friday, February 10
UC Riverside
8
vs
5
Arizona
Highlanders Tame Wildcats 8-5
2/10/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
UC Riverside bounced back from its first defeat of the season for an 8-5 victory over the University of Arizona in front of 682 fans Friday afternoon at the Riverside Sports Complex. Junior INF Kyle Barratt hit a three-run home run and sophomore RHP James Simmons picked up his second straight win to start the season for the Highlanders (4-1).
UCR twice came from behind, including breaking open what had been a tight game with four runs in the sixth. With the score tied at four, senior RF Aaron Grant led off with a single, advancing to third on senior INF Brian Steinmeyer’s double down the left field line. Sophomore INF Aaron Wible drove in Grant with an RBI groundout.
Steinmeyer then scored when he advanced to third on a wild pitch by Preston Guilmet and came home when the ball was thrown into left field by Arizona catcher Konrad Schmidt. After a walk and a hit-by-pitch put runners on first and third, another wild pitch by Guilmet moved the runners up with one out. Junior OF Brett Bigler hit an RBI groundout, the second of the inning, to bring home the third run and junior OF D.J. Hollingsworth followed with a single up the middle that made it 8-4.
Simmons (2-0) struck out eight in 6 1/3 innings, allowing five runs (four earned) on ten hits. Sophomore LHP Dan Runzler bridged the gap with three strikeouts until junior closer Daniel Stange earned his second save with a perfect ninth.
Eric Berger (1-1) took the loss, giving up six runs on 11 hits in five innings.
Arizona (2-2) had taken the lead in the second on T.J. Steele’s two-out two-run triple to left-center. The Highlanders answered back in the bottom of the inning as Barratt hit a three-run home run to give UCR a 3-2 lead. Barratt finished 1-for-2 with three RBI while five other Highlanders each collected two hits.
The Wildcats scored twice more in the third thanks to sloppy UCR defense. First, Wible dropped a foul ball by Brad Boyer but the Highlanders got away with it by getting Boyer to fly out. The next batter, Jason Donald, then lifted a foul ball down the first base line but junior INF Nick Salotti dropped it, giving Donald a second chance, which he gladly took by doubling to left. Three straight singles put Arizona ahead 4-3 before UCR tied it up through an RBI groundout after Hollingsworth had singled and stole second and third.
UCR twice came from behind, including breaking open what had been a tight game with four runs in the sixth. With the score tied at four, senior RF Aaron Grant led off with a single, advancing to third on senior INF Brian Steinmeyer’s double down the left field line. Sophomore INF Aaron Wible drove in Grant with an RBI groundout.
Steinmeyer then scored when he advanced to third on a wild pitch by Preston Guilmet and came home when the ball was thrown into left field by Arizona catcher Konrad Schmidt. After a walk and a hit-by-pitch put runners on first and third, another wild pitch by Guilmet moved the runners up with one out. Junior OF Brett Bigler hit an RBI groundout, the second of the inning, to bring home the third run and junior OF D.J. Hollingsworth followed with a single up the middle that made it 8-4.
Simmons (2-0) struck out eight in 6 1/3 innings, allowing five runs (four earned) on ten hits. Sophomore LHP Dan Runzler bridged the gap with three strikeouts until junior closer Daniel Stange earned his second save with a perfect ninth.
Eric Berger (1-1) took the loss, giving up six runs on 11 hits in five innings.
Arizona (2-2) had taken the lead in the second on T.J. Steele’s two-out two-run triple to left-center. The Highlanders answered back in the bottom of the inning as Barratt hit a three-run home run to give UCR a 3-2 lead. Barratt finished 1-for-2 with three RBI while five other Highlanders each collected two hits.
The Wildcats scored twice more in the third thanks to sloppy UCR defense. First, Wible dropped a foul ball by Brad Boyer but the Highlanders got away with it by getting Boyer to fly out. The next batter, Jason Donald, then lifted a foul ball down the first base line but junior INF Nick Salotti dropped it, giving Donald a second chance, which he gladly took by doubling to left. Three straight singles put Arizona ahead 4-3 before UCR tied it up through an RBI groundout after Hollingsworth had singled and stole second and third.
Thursday, May 21
Monday, May 04
Friday, May 01
Tuesday, March 24
