Score: UC Davis 3, Cal Poly 8
Location: San Luis Obispo, Calif. (Baggett Stadium)
Winning Pitcher: Steven Brooks (5-5)
Losing Pitcher: Tyler Wood (2-3)
Records: UC Davis 18-22 (5-12), Cal Poly 24-16 (14-6)
The short story: The Aggies out-hit the Mustangs in the ballgame and tried to rally back late, but it was too late as an early seven runs from Cal Poly proved too much to come back from for a UC Davis squad that left 12 men on base throughout.
LEADING OFF
- Braydon Wooldridge and Riley Acosta each tallied a pair of hits, as UC Davis out-hit the Mustangs at a 10-9 clip
- Jaxon Murphy, Nick Leehey and Alex Gouveia led the Aggie comeback efforts, each registering RBIs for the Aggies in the final three innings
- Leehey and Murphy each added doubles for UC Davis, along with Jason Hanson who hit a pinch-hit double in the eighth
- Sal Batres was efficient in his 4.0 innings of work, allowing just three hits and no runs, giving the Aggies a chance to respond back in the middle innings
- Cal Poly was led offensively by Dylan Kordic, who went 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs
- Steven Brooks, an Elk Grove local, led the Mustangs pitching staff, throwing 6.0 innings of two-run ball
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Trailing 7-0, the Aggies first put runs on the board in the sixth inning
- UC Davis got an RBI single from Gouveia, scoring Leehey from third base to chip away at the lead
- The Aggies kept the deficit at 7-1 before closing the gap further in the seventh with Tyler Howard coming across to score the lone run of the inning for UC Davis on a sacrifice fly to bring the score to 7-2 in favor of the Mustangs
- UC Davis held the Mustangs off the scoreboard before narrowing the gap to 7-3 in the eighth, when they added a run with Murphy's two-out RBI double
- UC Davis was unable to get any closer, as Cal Poly added one run to their tally on the way to an 8-3 final
NOTABLE
- This is only the second time this season UC Davis has lost when out-hitting their opponent; they had been 10-1 in all other previous instances this season
NEXT UP
UC Davis will play Cal Poly in the series finale tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. (PT).
