Anteaters answer with 7-1 win over No. 10 Long Beach St.
UC Irvine dusted off its 9-4 loss to No. 10 Long Beach State Friday
and came back with a resounding 7-1 victory to tie a Big West
Conference baseball series in front of 733 at Anteater Ballpark
Saturday .
Sophomore pitcher Brett Smith stepped up with a brilliant
performance and was backed up by an effective offense that collected
11 hits, and a four-run fourth inning that put the Anteaters in
control. Smith struck out five, scattered six hits and allowed one
run in eight innings. Smith improved to 7-1 on the season.
Second baseman Matt Fisher led the Anteater offense with a 3-for-4
performance, while designated hitter Greg Wallis produced two RBIs.
UCI improved to 15-21, 3-2 in the Big West, while the “Dirtbags,”
ranked No. 10 by Baseball America, dropped to 22-12, 3-2.
The Big West rubber game starts today at 1 p.m., with Paul French
on the mound for UCI and Cesar Ramos pitching for Long Beach.
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Big West Conference
UC Irvine 7, Long Beach St. 1
Score by Innings
L. Beach 000 001 000 -- 1 6 2
UC Irvine 000 400 30x -- 7 11 2
Weaver, Baumback (6), Andrade (7), Paz
(8) and Jennings; Smith, Nicoll (9). W
-- Smith, 7-1. L -- Weaver, 7-3. 2B --
Davis (LB). 3B -- Klemm (UCI) Wagner
(UCI)
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