‘Eaters fall on walk-off homer

The visiting UC Irvine baseball team erased a 3-0 deficit with one

run in the eighth and two in the ninth, but Fresno State answered

with the game-winner in the bottom of the ninth to claim a 4-3

nonconference victory Tuesday.

Anteater senior left fielder Chris Klemm homered in the eighth and

freshman right fielder Matt Falk belted a pinch-hit dinger to pull

the visitors within 3-2 in the ninth. Sophomore catcher Matt Wehrun

followed with a game-tying homer, but Bulldog sophomore reliever Chad

Edwards, the seventh hurler used by the Western Athletic Conference

representative, ended the threat.

Fresno State (21-17), however, sent the home crowd away happy as

senior center fielder Scott Beshears drilled a 2-2 Mike Davern pitch

over the right-field fence.

Wehrun, whose home run was his first this spring, went 2 for 3 to

pace the Anteaters’ seven-hit attack.

Jon Horwitz, Greg Wallis and Matt Fisher also had hits for th

visitors, who fell to 15-23.

UCI continues its road trip Thursday, beginning a three-game

series at Big West rival University of the Pacific.

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Nonconference

Fresno St. 4, UCI 3

Score by Innings

UC Irvine 000 000 012 -- 3 7 0

Fresno St 000 002 101 -- 4 9 1 Krist, Alstot (5), Raulinaitis (6),

Koehler (6), Davern (8) and Werhun;

Scott, Wiebe (5), Infante (6), Girazian

(7), Griffin (7), Wolfenbarger (7),

Edwards (9) and Marcelli. W -- Edwards,

2-1. L -- Davern, 0-1. 2B -- Haag (FSU).

HR -- Klemm (UCI), Falk (UCI), Werhun

(UCI), Beshears (FSU)

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