Tuesday, April 18
UC Riverside
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Highlanders Bust Out 18 Hits in 11-1 Win At USD
4/18/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
UC Riverside showed no ill effects of a week's layoff, pounding out a season-high 18 hits en route to an 11-1 victory at #19 University of San Diego Tuesday afternoon at Cunningham Stadium. The Highlanders improve to 19-13 on the season while dropping the Toreros to 24-15.
After taking a 1-0 lead in the second, the Highlanders pushed across five runs in the fourth thanks to five singles and two walks. Sophomore C Jeff Dunbar led off with a walk against Scott DeNault, then was sacrificed to second. Junior DH Nick Salotti followed with his second run-scoring single of the day to make it 2-0 and junior 1B Kyle Barratt singled, bringing an end to DeNault's day. Nicholas Cranmer relieved and promptly allowed a single to sophomore SS Jaime Pedroza that brought home Salotti. Senior RF Aaron Grant walked to load the bases and junior CF Brett Bigler hit a two-run single to right, advancing to second on the throw. Senior 3B Brian Steinmeyer brought home Grant with the inning's fifth single to make it 6-0.
Logan Gelbrich hit a solo home run to lead off the fifth to bring USD back to 6-1 but six consecutive singles in the sixth tacked four runs on the board for UCR to make it 10-1. Pedroza's RBI triple in the ninth completed the scoring.
Every Highlander starter had at least one hit, including three each by Steinmeyer and Dunbar, who were both 3-for-4. Steinmeyer also had two RBI, as did Salotti, Bigler, and Pedroza.
Junior LHP Marc Rzepczynski (1-1) picked up the win for the Highlanders, allowing one run on four hits in 5.1 innings of work. Four UCR relievers combined to allow just one hit the rest of the afternoon.
Ricardo Pecina (4-2) was saddled with the loss for the Toreros, giving up one run on three hits in three innings of work. Gelbrich led the way offensively for the Toreros, going 2-for-4 with one home run and one RBI.
With the win, UCR completes its six game road trip with an even 3-3 record and improves to 1-4 this year against ranked opponents.
After taking a 1-0 lead in the second, the Highlanders pushed across five runs in the fourth thanks to five singles and two walks. Sophomore C Jeff Dunbar led off with a walk against Scott DeNault, then was sacrificed to second. Junior DH Nick Salotti followed with his second run-scoring single of the day to make it 2-0 and junior 1B Kyle Barratt singled, bringing an end to DeNault's day. Nicholas Cranmer relieved and promptly allowed a single to sophomore SS Jaime Pedroza that brought home Salotti. Senior RF Aaron Grant walked to load the bases and junior CF Brett Bigler hit a two-run single to right, advancing to second on the throw. Senior 3B Brian Steinmeyer brought home Grant with the inning's fifth single to make it 6-0.
Logan Gelbrich hit a solo home run to lead off the fifth to bring USD back to 6-1 but six consecutive singles in the sixth tacked four runs on the board for UCR to make it 10-1. Pedroza's RBI triple in the ninth completed the scoring.
Every Highlander starter had at least one hit, including three each by Steinmeyer and Dunbar, who were both 3-for-4. Steinmeyer also had two RBI, as did Salotti, Bigler, and Pedroza.
Junior LHP Marc Rzepczynski (1-1) picked up the win for the Highlanders, allowing one run on four hits in 5.1 innings of work. Four UCR relievers combined to allow just one hit the rest of the afternoon.
Ricardo Pecina (4-2) was saddled with the loss for the Toreros, giving up one run on three hits in three innings of work. Gelbrich led the way offensively for the Toreros, going 2-for-4 with one home run and one RBI.
With the win, UCR completes its six game road trip with an even 3-3 record and improves to 1-4 this year against ranked opponents.
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