Comeback Falls Short in Series Finale - UC Riverside Athletics

Sunday, March 20

Riverside, Calif.

1:00 p.m.

UC Riverside

1-16, 0-3

8

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12

CSU Bakersfield

8-10, 3-0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Cal StateBakersfield	0	2	0	1	3	4	0	2	0	12	13	0
UC Riverside	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	8	15	3

Dylan Orick

Comeback Falls Short in Series Finale

3/20/2022 5:07:00 PM | Baseball

RIVERSIDE, Calif. - UC Riverside fought valiantly in the finale of a three-game series with CSU Bakersfield at the Riverside Sports Complex on Sunday, but Dylan Orick's 4-for-5 afternoon wasn't enough as the Highlanders dropped the matinee, 12-8.

Orick's first four-hit game since May of last season included three runs and an RBI.

Bakersfield jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but UCR climbed back in with a run in the second and a three-spot in the fourth. Mason Grace knocked the first pitch he saw into left center for a two-run RBI single that put the Highlanders up 4-3.

UC Riverside plated two runs in the ninth to cut the deficit to 12-8, but no further damage was done.

Orick's outfield partner in Cole Pofek did an equal amount of damage at the plate, going 3 for 5 with two runs and three RBIs. The redshirt senior and Riverside native entered Sunday with just nine games on the season of empty at-bats before his breakout performance.

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Robert Pitts rounding third

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Box Score Recap Listen Live Stats History

Team Stats

Pitching:

W: Comnos, Matt (1-0)

L: Nicolai, Joey (0-4)

S: Verdugo, Ryan (1)

Cal StateBakersfield

Batting:

2B: Rice, Evan 1 ; Salas, Nick 1

3B: Morrissey, Jashia 1

HR: Miller, AJ 1 ; Morrissey, Jashia 1

RBI: Rice, Evan 3 ; Bell, James 1 ; Miller, AJ 4 ; Anderson Vine, Nic 1 ; Morrissey, Jashia 2 ; Casillas, Aaron 1

SH: Casillas, Aaron 1

SF: Anderson Vine, Nic 1 ; Casillas, Aaron 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Rice, Evan 1 ; Carrizosa, Daniel 1 ; Bell, James 2 ; Miller, AJ 1 ; Saldivar, Angel 1 ; Perez, Aaron 1 ; Morrissey, Jashia 3 ; Salas, Nick 2

SB: Bell, James 1

CS: Morrissey, Jashia 1

HBP: Salas, Nick 1

UC Riverside

Batting:

2B: Orick, Dylan 1 ; Juline, Taylor 1 ; Grace, Mason 1

3B: Pofek, Cole 1

RBI: Orick, Dylan 1 ; Melendrez, Andrez 1 ; Pofek, Cole 3 ; McLeod, Sean 1 ; Grace, Mason 2

SH: McLeod, Sean 1

Base Running:

RUNS: Nicolai, Joey 1 ; Orick, Dylan 3 ; Mata, Anthony 1 ; Juline, Taylor 1 ; Pofek, Cole 2

CS: Gamez, Andrew 1

HBP: Nicolai, Joey 2

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McLeod Sean

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Mason Grace

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Dylan Orick

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Cole Pofek

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Jaxon Byrd gets the win over UCI

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Matthew O'Brien against UCI

Highlanders Drop Game Two to the Anteaters

Saturday, May 09

Isaiah Hernandez at bat vs UCI

Highlanders Fall to Anteaters in Series Opener

Friday, May 08

Robert Pitts rounding third

Highlanders Drop Series Finale in Hawai'i

Sunday, May 03

Mason Grace

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Dylan Orick

OF

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Cole Pofek

LHP/OF

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