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Aaron Wible picked up a career-high five hits in the 19-9
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(May
3, 2008) - UC Riverside recorded season-highs 19 hits and
19 runs to pick up a 19-9 Big West Conference victory over
Pacific in Stockton, CA Saturday night. Aaron Wible tied a
UCR Division I record with five hits and UCR (15-25, 9-5 Big
West) put up the second most runs in school history and also
moved into a three-way tie for second place in the Big West
standings.
All
nine UCR hitters recorded at least one RBI and scored at least
one run. Joey Gonzales and Drew Garcia each scored four times
as the Highlanders took advantage of five Tiger errors to
pick up their fourth win out of their last five Big West games.
The
Highlanders brought runs across in each of the first five
innings to build a 10-7 lead after five complete innings.
UCR added two runs in the seventh and later put the game out
of reach with seven runs in the ninth. Trevor Hairgrove tied
a career-high with four hits and Carl Uhl, Garcia, and Tony
Nix also picked up two hits a piece. Uhl also stole two bases.
In addition to his first career five-hit performance, Wible
scored two runs and drove home two runs. Garcia homered for
the second consecutive night and Gonzalez later added his
third long ball of the season.
Highlander
starter Matt Larkins picked up his team-leading sixth win
of the season after working through five innings and then
handing the ball over the bullpen.
UCR
closes out their series with Pacific Saturday at 1:00 p.m. |
