May 12, 2021 at 7:43 pm by Garret Harcourt
Siavash Ghadiri / Daily Nexus
UC Santa Barbara: 30-16 (21-11)
UC Irvine: 29-15 (21-7)
Game Three Breakdown: Loss
The Gauchos couldnât get anything rolling in the second game of the doubleheader. They continued their poor hitting into this game, managing a less-than-impressive 2 hits on the day. Starter Cory Lewis tossed a solid game for the Gauchos, going 6.1 innings, giving up 3 earned runs and picking up 11 strikeouts. Reliever Jorge Arellano Jr. got roughed up in the seventh inning, giving up 2 earned runs, putting the Gauchos down 6-0. There were no relief appearances for the Anteaters as their starter, Michael Frias, went the distance to the tune of 10 strikeouts across 9 shutout innings.Â
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Game One Breakdown: Victory
The bats did what theyâve been doing all season, exploding for 7 runs in the first inning and 11 runs throughout the first three innings. This was followed up by a tremendous outing from Michael McGreevy, going 6 of the 7 innings and giving up 2 runs in the six innings. All in all, the Gauchos put it all together in game one, putting up 15 runs, only giving up 2 to the Tritons and committing no errors en route to a 15-2 victory.Â
Game Two Breakdown: Victory!
The bats stayed awake for game one of the doubleheader. The Gauchos put up multiple solid innings of 3 runs in the second, sixth and seventh innings, as well as a 4 spot in the fourth inning. Starter Rodney Boone did his part, going a solid six innings while holding the Tritons to 3 runs. A recurring theme: the gloves were golden, committing 0 errors, leading to a 15-10 win.Â