Score: UC Davis 3, Hawai'i 1
Location: Davis, Calif. (Dobbins Stadium)
Records: UC Davis 26-25 (14-16 Big West), Hawai'i 25-21 (14-13 Big West)
THE SHORT STORY: UC Davis closed its regular season and its tenure as a Big West Conference member with a 3-1 win over Hawai'i on Sunday afternoon at Dobbins Stadium, taking the three-game weekend series two games to one.
Braydon Wooldridge delivered five innings of one-run ball as the starter before the Aggies broke through with a run in the fifth and two in the sixth, with
Ethan Felix's RBI double and
Ryan Lee's RBI single each driving in a run in the deciding frame.
Tyler Wood (2-2) earned the win after two innings of scoreless relief, andÂ
Rowen Barnes recorded his 12th save of the season with a 1-2-3 ninth. Brody Martin-Grudzielanek (0-5) took the loss for Hawai'i.
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LEADING OFF
- Wooldridge worked 5.0 innings as the starter, allowing one run on five hits with no walks on 74 pitches
- Wood (2-2) earned the win after 2.0 scoreless innings, allowing just four hits with one strikeout on 33 pitches
- Mason Lerma added a scoreless inning of one-hit ball with two strikeouts on 17 pitches
- Barnes recorded his 12th save of the season with a 1-2-3 ninth on 10 pitches
- Barnes is now tied for the second most saves in the country
- Ethan Felix went 2-for-3 with an RBI double, a hit by pitch and a run scored
- Elijah McNeal finished 2-for-4 with a double and scored on Felix's RBI double in the sixth
- Zach Story added a 1-for-4 day with the game-tying RBI single in the fifth
- Lee finished 1-for-3 with the go-ahead RBI single in the sixth, a walk and a run scored
- Jaxon Murphy added a 2-for-4 day from the six hole
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Hawai'i opened the scoring in the top of the third on a Tate Shimao RBI single to left center that scored Noah Rodriguez, who had reached on a leadoff single, for a 1-0 lead.
- UC Davis tied the game in the bottom of the fifth as Lee drew a walk to lead off the inning, advanced to second on a Wooldridge groundout and scored on Story's RBI single to left field.
- The Aggies took the lead with a two-run sixth: McNeal singled to left, Felix doubled to left center to score McNeal, and Lee followed with an RBI single to left to plate Felix for a 3-1 lead.
- Wood worked around four singles across two scoreless innings in the sixth and seventh, including a 6-4-3 double play to end the seventh, before Lerma struck out two in a clean eighth.
- Barnes set Hawai'i down in order in the top of the ninth on 10 pitches to lock up his 12th save of the season.
UP NEXT
UC Davis hosts California Baptist on Wednesday, May 13 at 6 p.m. at Phil Swimley Field at Dobbins Stadium to open a three-game non-conference series, with additional games scheduled for Thursday at 6 p.m. and Friday at noon.
