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UC Davis UCD 9-11, 4-4 Big West
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Winner Cal Poly CP 14-7, 8-0 Big West
UC Davis UCD
9-11, 4-4 Big West
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Cal Poly CP
14-7, 8-0 Big West
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UC Davis UCD 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 10 0
Cal Poly CP 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 X 5 12 0

W: Estes, Brady (2-0) L: Valdez, Noel (1-3) S: Bonn, Nick (7)

Noel Valdez

Game Recap: Baseball |

Late Homer Lifts Cal Poly Past UC Davis, 5-4

Score: Cal Poly 5, UC Davis 4
Location: San Luis Obispo, Calif. (Baggett Stadium)
RECORDS: UC Davis 9-11 (4-4 Big West), Cal Poly 14-7 (8-0 Big West)


THE SHORT STORY: UC Davis put forth a strong offensive effort with 10 total hits, taking an early 3-0 lead, but Cal Poly rallied late. The Mustangs scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to complete the comeback and hand the Aggies a narrow 5-4 loss on Sunday afternoon.


LEADING OFF

  • Tyler Howard led the Aggies offensively, going 3-for-5 at the plate, highlighted by a solo home run in the fifth inning.
  • Joey Wright delivered a clutch two-run double, finishing 1-for-4 with a run scored.
  • Eli Burnham produced a multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored.
  • The Aggies tallied 10 hits as a team, including four extra-base hits (three doubles and one home run).
  • Cal Poly's Alejandro Garza delivered the decisive blow with a two-run home run in the seventh inning.


HOW IT HAPPENED

  • UC Davis jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the top of the second inning. After Burnham singled and Braydon Wooldridge walked, Wright brought them both home with a two-RBI double to right-center. Zach Story followed immediately with an RBI single down the right-field line to score Wright.
  • Cal Poly got on the board in the bottom of the second when Gavin Spiridonoff hit an RBI triple to left-center, cutting the Aggies' lead to 3-1.
  • The Mustangs trimmed the deficit to 3-2 in the bottom of the third on an RBI single to left field by Cam Hoiland.
  • In the top of the fifth, Tyler Howard launched a solo home run to left field, extending the UC Davis lead to 4-2.
  • Cal Poly orchestrated a decisive three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh. Pinch-hitter Xander McLaurin ripped an RBI double down the left-field line to score Spiridonoff. In the very next at-bat, Alejandro Garza hit a go-ahead two-run homer to left field, giving the Mustangs a 5-4 advantage they would not relinquish.


UP NEXT
UC Davis will look to salvage the series finale against Cal Poly on Monday at 1 p.m. at Baggett Stadium.

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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play UCD CP
UCD TOP 2nd Wright doubled to right center, 2 RBI (2-1 BKB); Wooldridge scored; Burnham scored. 2 0
UCD TOP 2nd Story singled down the rf line, RBI (0-1 K); Wright scored. 3 0
CP BOT 2nd Spiridonoff tripled to left center, RBI (0-1 S); Murray Jr. scored. 3 1
CP BOT 3rd Hoiland singled to left field, RBI; Garza scored. 3 2
UCD TOP 5th Howard homered to left field, RBI (1-2 SSFB). 4 2
CP BOT 7th McLaurin doubled down the lf line, RBI (0-0); Spiridonoff scored. 4 3
CP BOT 7th Garza homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-1 K); McLaurin scored. 4 5

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