Saturday, February 18
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Santa Clara
UCR Squeaks Past Santa Clara, 1-0
2/18/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Freshman James Simmons tied a career-high with 10 strikeouts in eight innings and sophomore Jeff Dunbar drove in the game's only run as UC Riverside defeated Santa Clara University 1-0 Saturday afternoon at Schott Stadium. The Highlanders post their second consecutive victory to improve to 6-3 and the Broncos fall to 3-5.
It was a pitcher's kind of day as Santa Clara's Sean O'Neill and UC Riverside's James Simmons matched goose eggs through the first seven innings of the contest. The Highlanders finally broke through in the eighth as senior RF Aaron Grant reached on an error by 3B Dustin Realini to lead off the inning. Senior DH Andrew Martinez sacrificed Grant to second and junior 1B Nick Salotti walked. That marked the end of O'Neill's day as Chris Stansbury came on in relief. Dunbar greeted him by smacking his second pitch through the right side to bring home Grant.
Simmons (3-0) tied his career-high of 10 strikeouts that he set earlier this year against San Francisco. He walked only one and gave up five hits in 8.0 innings, his longest outing of the season. Junior Daniel Stange pitched the ninth for his fourth save of the year.
Despite taking the loss, O'Neill (0-1) struck out six Highlanders and did not allow an earned run through 7 1/3 innings. He allowed four hits but also walked four.
Dunbar extended his hitting streak to six games while senior SS Brian Steinmeyer went 1-for-4 to reach safely in his seventh straight game.
Daniel Nava went 2-for-4 for Santa Clara while Matt Long added a double and Kevin Drever and Dustin Realini each singled in four at-bats.
The teams will return to the diamond tomorrow afternoon with a doubleheader to cap off this three-game series. The first game is scheduled to start at 12 noon while the nightcap will get underway approximately 20 minutes after the conclusion of Game 1.
It was a pitcher's kind of day as Santa Clara's Sean O'Neill and UC Riverside's James Simmons matched goose eggs through the first seven innings of the contest. The Highlanders finally broke through in the eighth as senior RF Aaron Grant reached on an error by 3B Dustin Realini to lead off the inning. Senior DH Andrew Martinez sacrificed Grant to second and junior 1B Nick Salotti walked. That marked the end of O'Neill's day as Chris Stansbury came on in relief. Dunbar greeted him by smacking his second pitch through the right side to bring home Grant.
Simmons (3-0) tied his career-high of 10 strikeouts that he set earlier this year against San Francisco. He walked only one and gave up five hits in 8.0 innings, his longest outing of the season. Junior Daniel Stange pitched the ninth for his fourth save of the year.
Despite taking the loss, O'Neill (0-1) struck out six Highlanders and did not allow an earned run through 7 1/3 innings. He allowed four hits but also walked four.
Dunbar extended his hitting streak to six games while senior SS Brian Steinmeyer went 1-for-4 to reach safely in his seventh straight game.
Daniel Nava went 2-for-4 for Santa Clara while Matt Long added a double and Kevin Drever and Dustin Realini each singled in four at-bats.
The teams will return to the diamond tomorrow afternoon with a doubleheader to cap off this three-game series. The first game is scheduled to start at 12 noon while the nightcap will get underway approximately 20 minutes after the conclusion of Game 1.
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