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Highlanders Shut Out By UCI
5/26/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
UC Irvine junior Justin Cassel hurled a five-hit shutout to lead the Anteaters to a 5-0 win over UC Riverside Friday at Anteater Ballpark. The shutout was lifted the Anteaters to 35-21 overall and 10-9 in the Big West while the Highlanders dropped to 28-24 overall and 8-11 in conference play.
Cassel, who improved to 7-8, faced the minimum through 7.2 innings before senior 3B Brian Steinmeyer singled and advanced to second on an error by Taylor Holiday. Junior LF D.J. Hollingsworth drew a walk before junior 1B Kyle Barratt would pop up to catcher Aaron Lowenstein to end the inning. Cassel struck out four and walked two in his fourth complete game of the season.
UC Irvine scored four runs in the third, all with two outs. Danny McCarthy was hit by the pitch and Holiday pushed McCarthy to second on a single up the middle. After Ben Orloff?s sacrifice bunt moved the runners over, second baseman Cody Cipriano delivered a 1-0 pitch up the middle to score both runs. Jaime Martinez singled and designated hitter Zach Robinson followed with a double to right-center to give UCI a 4-0 lead.
The Anteaters added a run in the sixth on Holiday?s single to score outfielder Matt Morris, who led off the inning with a single.
Cipriano went 3 for 4 while Robinson, Morris and Holiday each had two hits.
Steinmeyer was the only Highlander to collect multiple hits, going 2-for-4. Junior CF Brett Bigler was 1-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to eight games.
UCR junior RHP Taylor Bills (5-5) threw his second consecutive complete game and his third of the season, giving up five runs on 10 hits in eight innings.
Cassel, who improved to 7-8, faced the minimum through 7.2 innings before senior 3B Brian Steinmeyer singled and advanced to second on an error by Taylor Holiday. Junior LF D.J. Hollingsworth drew a walk before junior 1B Kyle Barratt would pop up to catcher Aaron Lowenstein to end the inning. Cassel struck out four and walked two in his fourth complete game of the season.
UC Irvine scored four runs in the third, all with two outs. Danny McCarthy was hit by the pitch and Holiday pushed McCarthy to second on a single up the middle. After Ben Orloff?s sacrifice bunt moved the runners over, second baseman Cody Cipriano delivered a 1-0 pitch up the middle to score both runs. Jaime Martinez singled and designated hitter Zach Robinson followed with a double to right-center to give UCI a 4-0 lead.
The Anteaters added a run in the sixth on Holiday?s single to score outfielder Matt Morris, who led off the inning with a single.
Cipriano went 3 for 4 while Robinson, Morris and Holiday each had two hits.
Steinmeyer was the only Highlander to collect multiple hits, going 2-for-4. Junior CF Brett Bigler was 1-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to eight games.
UCR junior RHP Taylor Bills (5-5) threw his second consecutive complete game and his third of the season, giving up five runs on 10 hits in eight innings.
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