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Joey Gonzales finished with seven hits and seven runs
scored in the series sweep of Pacific. |
(May
4, 2008) - UCR used a six-run seventh inning to pick up a
6-5 win and complete a three-game sweep of the Pacific Tigers
in Stockton, CA Sunday afternoon. Joey Gonzales finished off
a monster weekend by picking up three more hits for the Highlanders
(16-25, 10-5 Big West) who have won five of their last six
and is now in sole possession of second place in the Big West
standings.
Gonzales
finished the weekend 7-for-14 and seven runs scored and Drew
Garcia added three more RBI Sunday to finish the series with
seven RBI. After rallying with two runs in the ninth to win
the series opener on Friday, the Highlanders came back from
a 5-0 deficit in the series finale to pick up their first
series sweep this season.
Pacific
(9-34, 2-16 Big West) built their 5-0 lead with a two-run
homer in the first inning and a three-run shot in the fourth
off of Highlander starter Paul Bargas. Rob Waite relieved
Bargas a batter later and held the Tigers two just one hit
over his 3.1 innings of work before giving way to Stephen
Penney and Joe Kelly who worked perfect eighth and ninth innings,
respectively.
The
Highlander seventh started with Tony Nix reaching on a hit-by-pitch,
followed by a Justin Shultz walk. Jordan Opdyke then singled
home Nix for the first run of inning. A batter later, Carl
Uhl got hit by the pitch to load the bases for Gonzales. He
singled through the left side, bringing home Opdyke to make
it a 5-2 ball game. The next batter was Garcia who smacked
a bases-clearing triple to centerfielder to tie the game at
5-5. After another walk and fielder’s choice put runners
on first and second. Nix, batting for the second time in the
inning, doubled down the left field line to score Aaron Wible
and give the Highlanders their 6-5 lead.
Penny
fired a 1-2-3 eighth and then gave way to Kelly who also set
the Tigers down in order to pick up his second save of the
series and fifth of the season. Waite improved to 2-4 and
Casey Neimeyer (1-2) took the loss for the Tigers.
Nix
and Opdyke each picked up two hits, scored a run, and drove
in one. Gonzales also stole two bases.
UCR
begins a six-game home stand with a non-conference match-up
against UC Irvine on Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. |
