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Sophomore Ryan Hooper enters the week on a five-game hitting streak and is batting .438 in Big West Conference play thus far this season. (Photo by Mark Honbo/UC Davis Athletics Communications)

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Aggies fall in Fullerton finale

Box Score April 17, 2016

Box Score

FULLERTON, Calif. -- Sophomore Ryan Hooper slugged his first career home run, while Spencer Henderson and Logan Denholm each added RBIs, but it wasn't enough to offset season-high numbers from the Cal State Fullerton offense as the host Titans swept their Big West Conference series with UC Davis with a 13-3 win on Sunday at Goodwin Field.

The Aggies lost their sixth straight contest, falling to 8-21 overall and 1-8 in Big West play. Fullerton, which scored double-digit runs in two of the three games on the weekend, improved to 21-13 and 7-2 in league play.

Henderson drove a sacrifice fly deep to center in the third to score teammate Brad Pluschkell, who finished 2-for-3, and cut a two-run deficit in half. However, that would be as close as UC Davis would come as the Titans scored nine times over the next three innings to put the game out of reach.

A Henderson double to lead off the sixth -- which extended his hitting streak to five games -- led to another Aggie run as the senior would eventually come around to score on a two-out single to center by Denholm, who drove home his 10th run of the season.

That set the stage for Hooper's blast in the ninth, as the sophomore sent the first pitch from reliever Chad Hockin over the wall in right field, becoming the fifth UC Davis hitter to hit a home run this season.

Senior Nat Hamby (1-3) suffered the loss for the Aggies, allowing three earned on five hits over three innings. Starter Blake Quinn (4-2) earned the win for Fullerton, allowing just one run on four hits over the first five innings.

Senior Tanner Bily joined Pluschkell with multiple hits on the day, finishing 2-for-4 at the top of the order for his seventh multi-hit contest of the season, while Cameron Olson also added a single in the second and has a hit in seven of his last eight starts.

UC Davis returns to the diamond on Tuesday (April 19) with a road non-conference contest at Saint Mary's at 3 p.m., before returning to Dobbins Stadium for a three-game Big West series against UC Irvine on April 22-24.

Cal State Fullerton 13, UC Davis 3 (Apr 17, 2016 at Fullerton, Calif.)
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UC Davis............ 001 001 001 - 3 8 3 (8-21, 1-8 Big West)
Cal State Fullerton. 022 340 11X - 13 14 0 (21-13, 7-2 Big West)
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Pitchers: UC Davis - Hamby, Nat; Brown, Chris (4); Blais, Matt (5); Hannah, Blake (7); Van Blake, Caleb (8) and Denholm, Logan; Diaz, Ignacio. Cal State Fullerton - Quinn, Blake; Conine, Brett(6); Gibbs, Maxwell(7); Velasquez, Gavin(8); Hockin, Chad(9) and Bravo, Jerrod; Pacheco, Niko.
Win - Quinn, Blake (4-2) Loss - Hamby, Nat (1-3) T-2:59 A-1564
HR UCD - Hooper, Ryan (1).
Weather: 89, Sunny, E14 mph gusts to 20
Hamby faced 1 batter in the 4th.


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Players Mentioned

Logan Denholm

#12 Logan Denholm

C/IF
6' 1"
Freshman
Ignacio Diaz

#16 Ignacio Diaz

C
6' 3"
Junior
Blake Hannah

#27 Blake Hannah

RHP
6' 3"
Freshman
Caleb Van Blake

#30 Caleb Van Blake

IF/RHP
6' 0"
Freshman
Chris Brown

#40 Chris Brown

LHP
5' 10"
Freshman
Nat Hamby

#21 Nat Hamby

RHP
6' 4"
Junior
Brad Pluschkell

#28 Brad Pluschkell

IF
5' 11"
Freshman
Matt Blais

#31 Matt Blais

RHP
6' 0"
Freshman
Cameron Olson

#16 Cameron Olson

C
6' 1"
Sophomore
Ryan Hooper

#19 Ryan Hooper

OF
6' 0"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Logan Denholm

#12 Logan Denholm

6' 1"
Freshman
C/IF
Ignacio Diaz

#16 Ignacio Diaz

6' 3"
Junior
C
Blake Hannah

#27 Blake Hannah

6' 3"
Freshman
RHP
Caleb Van Blake

#30 Caleb Van Blake

6' 0"
Freshman
IF/RHP
Chris Brown

#40 Chris Brown

5' 10"
Freshman
LHP
Nat Hamby

#21 Nat Hamby

6' 4"
Junior
RHP
Brad Pluschkell

#28 Brad Pluschkell

5' 11"
Freshman
IF
Matt Blais

#31 Matt Blais

6' 0"
Freshman
RHP
Cameron Olson

#16 Cameron Olson

6' 1"
Sophomore
C
Ryan Hooper

#19 Ryan Hooper

6' 0"
Freshman
OF