Columbia University
3-5
Fresno State
10-4
Baseball Swept In Saturday’s Games Against Fresno State, No. 23 UC Irvine
3/9/2024 11:31:00 PM | Baseball
Cooper stays hot by going 5-for-8 on the day with two RBIs
Game 1 Recap
The Lions (3-6) struck first in the opening inning on a Skye Selinsky RBI single to put the visitors up 1-0. Cole Hage came around to score after leading off the game with a double.
Fresno State (10-4, 2-1) knotted it back up in the second inning when Bobby Blandford scored on a wild pitch. Hage would make it a one-run game in the fifth when he blasted a solo home run to make it 3-2 Bulldogs. It was the senior's fourth long ball of the year.
Fresno State exploded for five more runs in the bottom half of the fifth, recording five hits that included a two-run blast by Blandford. Columbia responded with a three-run sixth inning to cut Fresno State's lead to 8-5.
The Bulldogs bullpen was able to put together three scoreless innings of work to close out a victory on their home field. Aiden Cremarosa was credited with the save. Hage, Jack Cooper, and Jack Kail all recorded multi-hit games.
Brandon Madrigal posted a scoreless frame in the eighth and had a strikeout.
Game 2 Recap
UC Irvine (13-1) took a 3-0 lead over the first two innings off Lions starting pitcher Jagger Edwards. The Antears scratched across their first three runs on two singles and a sacrifice fly.
In the home fourth, UC Irvine crushed two grand slams and posted a 10-spot in the frame to go ahead, 13-0. The Lions got on the board in the top of the fifth when Hage doubled in a run and then Kail blasted his first home run of the season to cut UC Irvine's lead to 13-4.
Sam Miller socked a solo blast to continue the Lions' attempt at a comeback. Cooper then stayed hot, depositing a two-run home run to right field to make it 13-7.
UC Irvine would take on eight more runs in the home eighth to put the game away and earn its second victory over Columbia in as many days.
The Lions complete the weekend with another matchup with Fresno State on Sunday at 4 p.m. ET.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: RIDING, Jake (2-0)
L: Parkinson, Will (0-1)
S: CREMAROSA, Aidan (1)
Batting:
2B: Hage, Cole 1 ; Cooper, Jack 1
HR: Hage, Cole 1 ; Miller, Sam 1
RBI: Hage, Cole 1 ; Selinsky, Skye 1 ; Kail, Jack 1 ; Miller, Sam 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Hage, Cole 2 ; Cooper, Jack 1 ; Kail, Jack 1 ; Miller, Sam 1
Batting:
2B: BLANDFORD, Bobby 1 ; STRANSKY, Justin 1
HR: BLANDFORD, Bobby 1
RBI: PEPPI, Rocco 1 ; NEWTON, Ben 2 ; BLANDFORD, Bobby 2 ; STRANSKY, Justin 2
Base Running:
RUNS: HOPFE, Tommy 1 ; MORGAN, Grady 1 ; PIRRUCCELLO, Marco 1 ; NEWTON, Ben 2 ; BLANDFORD, Bobby 2 ; STRANSKY, Justin 1
SB: PEPPI, Rocco 1
HBP: PEPPI, Rocco 1 ; MORGAN, Grady 1 ; PIRRUCCELLO, Marco 1
