University of Northern Colorado Athletics
University of Northern Colorado
10-28, 0
Sacramento State University
27-17, 0
Bears pound out 8 runs and 14 hits against the top staff in the WAC
5/3/2019 6:48:00 PM | Baseball
After just one run had been scored in the first 3 and a half innings, and it came without the benefit of a hit, the two offenses exploded over the next four innings combing to score 13 runs. Tied at 5-5 in the sixth, Tyler Yamaguchi came on to pinch hit and made his first appearance in six games worthwhile by driving in the go-ahead run with a single up the middle.
UNC would go on to tack on a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh and scored what turned out to be the game-winning run on a wild pitch. Matt Zoba delivered the second of his two RBIs to give the Bears an insurance run.
Connor Anderson was brilliant out of the pen. He threw 3 1/2 innings and allowed just one run on one hit to close out the Bears second-straight conference win.
BREAKING OUT OF THE BOX SCORE
- UNC had nine players with at least one hit.
- Adrian Vela, Sam Leach, Jake Gitter, Matt Burkart and Zoba all had a pair of hits.
- Jack Pauley had a solo home run that started the scoring for UNC.
- Anderson struck out four.
- Eight of the games 14 runs were scored with two outs.
- The Bears scored all their runs between the fourth and eighth innings.
UNC will look to pick up the series win over Sacramento State on Saturday when the two square off in Game 2 of the series starting a 1 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Anderson, Connor (1-8)
L: Rodriguez, Brady (5-4)
Batting:
3B: McPhillips, Dylan 1
HR: Bacho, Dawsen 1
RBI: Torres, Keith 1 ; Bacho, Dawsen 3 ; Iwasa, Nick 2
SH: Gibbons, Evan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Torres, Keith 1 ; Smith, Matt 1 ; Bacho, Dawsen 2 ; McPhillips, Dylan 1 ; Iwasa, Nick 1
HBP: Walstad, Ryan 1
Batting:
2B: Gitter, Jake 1
HR: Pauley, Jack 1
RBI: Pauley, Jack 1 ; Gitter, Jake 1 ; Burkart, Matt 1 ; Zoba, Matt 2 ; Yamaguchi, Tyler 1
SH: Moreland, Billy 1 ; Zoba, Matt 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Pauley, Jack 1 ; Vela, Adrian 1 ; Leach, Sam 2 ; Gitter, Jake 2 ; Moreland, Billy 1 ; Burkart, Matt 1
SB: Leach, Sam 1 ; Yamaguchi, Tyler 1
CS: Inniss, Braxton 1
