Friday, April 29
Riverside, CA
6:00 PM
UC Riverside
5
vs
3
UC Santa Barbara
Photo by: Ross French
Baseball Wins Sixth Straight With 5-3 Win Over Visiting UC Santa Barbara
4/29/2011 6:09:45 PM | Baseball
UC Riverside 5, UC Santa Barbara 3 - Box Score
Riverside—The UC Riverside Baseball Team won its sixth straight game with a 5-3 Big West Conference victory over visiting UC Santa Barbara Saturday evening. The win moved the Highlanders to the .500 mark in conference at 5-5 while the Gauchos fell to 4-6.
Matt Andriese (3-3) brought a scoreless streak of 23.2 innings into the game, and he faced the minimum nine batters through the first three innings of play.
The Highlanders staked him to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third as Dan Pellegrino opened the inning with a double down the left field line. After an Eddie Young sac bunt moved Pellegrino to third, Trevor Hairgrove extended his hitting streak to 13 games with an RBI single to left.
The Gauchos Derek Eligio opened the top of the fourth with a shot back up the box that caromed off of Andriese's foot high into the air. Sean Williams moved him to second with a sac bunt, and Trevor Whyte's ground out put Eligio 90 feet away from home. Mark Haddow's line drive single up the middle tied the score at one. It was the first run that Andriese had allowed in 27.1 innings.
David Andriese put UC Riverside back on top in the bottom of the fourth, though, as he turned on a 2-1 offering and ripped it over the Baker's sign in right field.
The Highlanders tacked on another run in the bottom of the sixth. Justin Shults opened the frame with a double to left, and after a Tony Nix sacrifice moved him to third, Andriese came through with a sac fly to right.
UC Santa Barbara cut into that cushion in the top of the seventh when Joe Winterburn doubled home Joe Wallace slicing the Highlanders lead in half, but Tony Nix's sac fly in the bottom of the inning put UCR back up by two, and Andriese's single to left gave him three RBIs on the night and made it a 5-2 ball game.
The Gauchos picked up a run in the top of the ninth off of Mitch Patito, but Kevin Dickey recorded the final out with the bases loaded for his second save of the season.
The Highlanders and Guachos face off against one another Saturday evening at 6 pm PT at the Riverside Sports Complex.
Riverside—The UC Riverside Baseball Team won its sixth straight game with a 5-3 Big West Conference victory over visiting UC Santa Barbara Saturday evening. The win moved the Highlanders to the .500 mark in conference at 5-5 while the Gauchos fell to 4-6.
Matt Andriese (3-3) brought a scoreless streak of 23.2 innings into the game, and he faced the minimum nine batters through the first three innings of play.
The Highlanders staked him to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third as Dan Pellegrino opened the inning with a double down the left field line. After an Eddie Young sac bunt moved Pellegrino to third, Trevor Hairgrove extended his hitting streak to 13 games with an RBI single to left.
The Gauchos Derek Eligio opened the top of the fourth with a shot back up the box that caromed off of Andriese's foot high into the air. Sean Williams moved him to second with a sac bunt, and Trevor Whyte's ground out put Eligio 90 feet away from home. Mark Haddow's line drive single up the middle tied the score at one. It was the first run that Andriese had allowed in 27.1 innings.
David Andriese put UC Riverside back on top in the bottom of the fourth, though, as he turned on a 2-1 offering and ripped it over the Baker's sign in right field.
The Highlanders tacked on another run in the bottom of the sixth. Justin Shults opened the frame with a double to left, and after a Tony Nix sacrifice moved him to third, Andriese came through with a sac fly to right.
UC Santa Barbara cut into that cushion in the top of the seventh when Joe Winterburn doubled home Joe Wallace slicing the Highlanders lead in half, but Tony Nix's sac fly in the bottom of the inning put UCR back up by two, and Andriese's single to left gave him three RBIs on the night and made it a 5-2 ball game.
The Gauchos picked up a run in the top of the ninth off of Mitch Patito, but Kevin Dickey recorded the final out with the bases loaded for his second save of the season.
The Highlanders and Guachos face off against one another Saturday evening at 6 pm PT at the Riverside Sports Complex.
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