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Drew Garica drove in three runs the 7-6 come from behind
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(May
2, 2008) - UC Riverside rallied with two runs in the ninth
for the second consecutive game and picked up a 7-6 win over
Pacific in Friday night’s series opener in Stockton,
CA. Joey Gonzales tied the game with a base-hit in the ninth
and Drew Garcia followed with a RBI sacrifice fly to put the
Highlanders (14-25, 8-5 Big West) up for good.
After
UCR starter Paul Applebee surrendered single runs to the Tigers
(9-32, 2-14 Big West) in the first and third innings before
UCR answered with two runs in the fourth. Gonzales led off
the inning with a double and a batter later, Aaron Wible launched
his team leading sixth homer of the season to tie the game
at 2-2.
Pacific
regained the lead on a solo homer in their half of the fourth
but again UCR came right back with three runs in the fifth.
After Carl Uhl brought home Trevor Hairgrove with a sacrifice
fly, Gonzales walked and Garcia followed with his second homer
of the year to give UCR a 5-3 lead.
UP added a single run in the fifth to cut the lead to one
before again regaining the lead 6-5 with two runs in the seventh
off of Highlander reliever Rob Waite.
After
leaving runners on second and third in the eighth, UCR manufactured
two runs in the ninth. Tony Nix got hit by the pitch to start
off the inning and Hairgrove singled to put runners on first
and second for the top of the order. Uhl then walked to load
the bases for Gonzales who promptly singled to right center
to bring home Nix as the tying run. Garcia came through with
a sacrifice fly to left field, bringing home Hairgrove to
give UCR a 7-6 lead.
Joe
Kelly fired a scoreless ninth to pick up his fourth save of
the season. Stephen Penney picked up the win after holding
the Tigers to just two hits in his two innings of work before
Kelly closed the ninth.
Gonzales
recorded three hits and scored two runs along with Hairgrove
who also recorded two hits from his nine hole spot.
The
two teams resume their series on Saturday at 6:00 p.m. |
