College baseball: UCI goes 2-1 at UOP

STOCKTON - The UC Irvine baseball team closed out its three-game

series against host University of the Pacific with a 4-2 loss Saturday,

which came after two straight wins to open Big West Conference Play.

The Pacific Tigers (16-11-1, 1-2 in conference) broke away from a 2-2

tie with two runs in the sixth and then held on for the win.

Jaime Martinez and Steve Guthrie led UCI (19-14, 2-1), as each

finished 2 for 4. Martinez slammed a solo home run in the top of the

fourth to put the Anteaters up, 2-1.

B.J. Eucce scored on a passed ball to give UCI a 1-0 lead. UCI center

fielder Jon Horwitz collected a single to extend his hitting streak to 11

games. He also had a hit, and an RBI, in the 9-5 UCI win Friday.

The Anteaters, who have won 11 out of their last 16, answered a 3-1

deficit with a four-run third inning, grabbing momentum and holding on

for the win. Martinez, Guthrie, Eucce and Efren Trejo contributed two

hits each. Guthrie earned three RBIs, while Horwitz, Trejo, Eucce, Chris

Klemm and Jordan Szabo added one each.

UCI pitcher Glenn Swanson (6-1) earned his sixth win, completing four

scoreless and hitless innings.

The Anteaters return to action with a nonconference game Tuesday at 5

p.m. at USC, where UCI Coach John Savage worked as pitching coach before

becoming an Anteater.

BIG WEST CONFERENCE

University of the Pacific 4, UC Irvine 2

UC Irvine 001 100 000 - 2 8 1

Pacific 001 102 00x - 4 6 1

French, Alstot (6), Tripoli (9), Koller (9) and Miller; Lozano,

Jurvakainen (8) and Fitzgerald. W - Lozano, 4-0. L - French, 3-4. Sv -

Jurvakainen (4). HR - Martinez (UCI).

Friday

UC Irvine 9, University of the Pacific 5

UC Irvine 014 000 130 - 9 12 0

Pacific 121 010 000 - 5 8 3

Smith, Swanson (6) and Miller; Godkin, Mahoney (6), Jurvakainen (8),

Smith (9) and Amezquita. W - Swanson, 5-1. L - Mahoney, 0-2. 2B - Trejo

(UCI), Szabo (UCI), Harper (P). HR - Summers (P), Gilhooly (P).