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Sophomore
Paul Bargas earned his first career win for the Highlanders
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Box
Score and Play-by-Play
(April
6, 2008) - UC Riverside used a complete game from Paul
Bargas to pick up a 7-1 victory over 9th ranked Long Beach
State at the Riverside Sports Complex Sunday afternoon. Carl
Uhl and Drew
Garcia each recorded three hits for the Highlanders (9-16,
3-3 Big West) who took two of the three games from the Big
West Conference preseason favorites.
UCR used a five-run third inning to support Bargas (1-3) who
earned his first win as a Highlander after allowing just one
earned run and scattering five hits over his nine-inning effort.
Garcia picked up his fourth three-hit game of the season and
extended his hitting-streak to eight games while also driving
in two.
Garcia gave UCR an early 1-0 lead with an RBI double to right
center to bring Uhl across with one out in the first.
The Highlanders then erupted for five runs in the third, highlighted
by a two-run triple from Aaron
Wible and three RBI singles to open up a 6-0 lead. Garcia
singled with out and Ryan
Goetz then walked to set up first and second for Wible.
Wible drove a 1-0 pitch off the top of the wall in left center,
allowing both runners to score easily and he then slid in
ahead of the throw at third base for his first triple of the
season. Brandon
Schnebly followed with an RBI-double down the left field
line to bring home Wible and he came home one batter late
on a Jordan
Opdyke base-hit through the left side. Uhl capped the
scoring with a run-scoring single to center, bringing home
Opdyke for the 6-0 advantage.
That was more than enough for Bargas who made only one mistake
on the day, allowing a solo homer to Shane Peterson in the
fifth. He settled back in and continued to deal, picking up
five of his six strikeouts over the final five innings. After
walking the lead off batter to start the ninth, Bargas buckled
down to get the final three outs, the last coming on a strikeout
to pick up the victory.
Uhl finished the weekend with nine hits after picking up three
hits from his leadoff spot in each of the three games. Wible
drove in six runs in the series and hit his team-leading third
homerun of the season on Friday.
UCR returns to action on Tuesday with a home game against
San Diego at 6:00 p.m.
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