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Carl Uhl picked up two hits, drove in two runs, and stole
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(May
9, 2008) - UC Riverside pushed across three runs in the eighth
inning to pick up a 7-6 come-from behind win over UC Davis
at the Riverside Sports Complex Friday night. Carl Uhl recorded
two hits and two RBI for the Highlanders (17-26 11-5 Big West)
who continue their push towards repeating as conference champs,
staying on the heels of first-place Cal State Fullerton.
UCR
picked up five runs in their final two at-bats, using two
Aggie errors, a squeeze play, and two-out eighth inning double
to pick up their fifth straight conference victory.
Joey
Gonzales continued his hitting tear, smacking a one-out triple
to right center in the first. Drew Garcia followed with a
single back up the middle to drive Gonzales home and give
UCR an early 1-0 lead.
Highlander
starter Paul Applebee pitched well with the early lead, retiring
the first 11 batters before running into some trouble in the
fourth. He allowed four consecutive two-out base-hits, which
brought three runs across and gave UC Davis a 3-1 lead.
Things
would stay that way until the sixth when Gonzales was at it
again, driving a one-out double to the left center gap. A
Garcia groundout moved Gonzales up to third and Aaron Wible
followed with a hot shot up the middle to pick up a two-out
RBI and cut the Aggie lead to 3-2.
A
Highlander rally started with two outs in the seventh when
Daniel Pellegrino singled up the middle. UCR received some
help on the next play as Trevor Hairgrove’s pop fly
into shallow left field was dropped by UCD shortstop Scott
Heylman. Pellegrino slid in ahead of the tag at third and
Hairgrove hustled around to second for the lead off hitter,
Carl Uhl. Uhl chopped a 0-1 pitch over the third baseman and
down the left field line for a two-run double to put UCR up
4-3.
UC
Davis came right back as Heylman led off the Aggie eighth
with a base-hit up the middle. He was then bunted up to second
for Ty Kelly. After the sacrifice bunt, UCR went to the bullpen
and brought in Stephen Penney to face the UCD two-hole hitter.
Kelly jumped on Penney’s first pitch, singling back
up the middle to bring around Heylman to tie the game at 4-4.
Two batters later, Ryan Scoma squeaked a ball by the diving
Highlander first baseman and through the right side to bring
Kelly across as the go-ahead run, giving Davis a 5-4 lead.
UCR
answered with three runs in their half of the eighth. Garcia
led off the inning with a walk and one batter later Ryan Goetz
grounded a ball down the third base line. Ty Kelly made the
back hand play but his throw went wide of first and down the
right field line, bringing home Garcia to tie the game at
5-5. Tony Nix brought home Goetz, who had made it all the
way to third on the Aggie error, with a perfected executed
squeeze play to put UCR up 6-5. Pellegrino added a very important
insurance run with a RBI-double down the right field line,
scoring Brandon Schnebly all the way from first to open up
a 7-5 lead.
Pellegrino’s
double proved to be huge as UCD brought a run across off of
UCR closer Joe Kelly in the ninth before he retired the final
batter on a flyout to right. Penney
(2-5) picked up the win after the UCR ninth inning rally off
of Andy Suiter (4-1) who took the loss after allowing three
earned in 1.1 innings of work. Kelly picked up his sixth save;
all have come in Big West play.
Applebee
worked hard in his 7.1 innings of work, striking out a career-high
before leaving with the lead.
UCR
continues their series with UC Davis on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
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