Tuesday, April 5
Davis, Calif.
2:30 p.m.
University of San Francisco
at
UC Davis
Photo by: Stephanie Trapp
Dons Matchup with UC Davis Tuesday Afternoon
4/5/2016 9:38:00 AM | Baseball
TUESDAY
USF Dons (9-21, 4-5 WCC) at UC Davis Aggies (7-15, 1-2 Big West)
Tuesday, April 5 | 2:30 p.m. | Dobbins Stadium (Davis, Calif.)
Coverage: Live Stats
Probable Starters: USF: RHP Grant Goodman (0-2, 11.88) Â | Â UCD: TBD
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SAN FRANCISCO – The USF Dons (9-21, 4-5 WCC) travel to face UC Davis (7-15, 1-2 Big West) at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon at Dobbins Stadium. This will be the second matchup between the Aggies and Dons this season, as USF took the first meeting 2-1 on Mar. 1 behind Benji Post's three-inning relief victory and RBI singles from Blake Valley and Matt Warkentin.Â
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Tuesday's action can be followed via live stats on USFDons.com.
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THE STORY SO FAR
USF captured a victory in the series finale at Pepperdine this past week, but dropped the first two games of the series.
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Friday's series opener saw Pepperdine's A.J. Puckett turn in 8.2 innings of shutout ball where he struck out 10 in leading the Waves to a 2-0 win over USF. Dons' starter Anthony Shew took the loss but had a nice outing of his own in going seven innings where he allowed just one run on six hits while striking out three.  Â
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Pepperdine then clinched the series with a 7-0 win on Saturday, as Ryan Wilson and Max Gamboa combined for the shutout in limiting the Dons to a season-low three hits on the day. USF right-hander Thomas Ponticelli was saddled with a loss after throwing 6.2 innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on eight hits with a walk and four strikeouts. Pepperdine used five runs in the seventh and eighth innings to put that game away.
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The Dons salvaged the weekend by earning a 3-1 win on Sunday behind right-hander James Kannenberg's season-best eight shutout innings where he scattered four hits while striking out three. Ross Puskarich delivered a two-out, two-run double in the top of the fourth, while Nico Giarratano contributed a run-scoring single in the eighth to lead the Dons offensively.
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• INF Allen Smoot had his nine-game hitting streak snapped by going hitless in Sunday's win. His streak was the second-longest on the team this season behind Blake Valley's 13-game stretch between Feb. 26 and Mar. 16.
• Smoot has been leading the Dons at the plate over the past 10 games, hitting .361 (13-for-36) with four doubles, five RBI and four runs scored during that span.
• Right-hander James Kannenberg turned in the Dons' longest outing of the year in this past Sunday's 3-1 win at Pepperdine, going eight scoreless innings en route to his third win in his last four starts.Â
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ABOUT UC DAVIS
The Aggies come into the week with a 7-15 overall record and a 1-2 mark in Big West play after losing two of three at UC Riverside this past weekend in their Big West opener. The Aggies' 13-12 win over UCR on Sunday snapped a five-game losing streak.
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Left fielder Mark Cardinalli (.375, 7 RBI) leads UC Davis at the plate, while shortstop Jacob Thomas (.282, 5 RBI) has chipped in offensively.
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The Aggies are hitting .254 as a team with five home runs and are 30-for-48 in stolen base attempts on the year.
The UC Davis pitching staff carries a 4.59 ERA into the week, registering 164 strikeouts in 202.0 innings with opposing batters hitting 2.56 against them.
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THE SERIES
The Dons are 20-5 against the Aggies during head coach Nino Giarratano's tenure (since 1999), while winning five of the last six meetings over UC Davis.Â
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USF Dons (9-21, 4-5 WCC) at UC Davis Aggies (7-15, 1-2 Big West)
Tuesday, April 5 | 2:30 p.m. | Dobbins Stadium (Davis, Calif.)
Coverage: Live Stats
Probable Starters: USF: RHP Grant Goodman (0-2, 11.88) Â | Â UCD: TBD
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SAN FRANCISCO – The USF Dons (9-21, 4-5 WCC) travel to face UC Davis (7-15, 1-2 Big West) at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon at Dobbins Stadium. This will be the second matchup between the Aggies and Dons this season, as USF took the first meeting 2-1 on Mar. 1 behind Benji Post's three-inning relief victory and RBI singles from Blake Valley and Matt Warkentin.Â
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Tuesday's action can be followed via live stats on USFDons.com.
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THE STORY SO FAR
USF captured a victory in the series finale at Pepperdine this past week, but dropped the first two games of the series.
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Friday's series opener saw Pepperdine's A.J. Puckett turn in 8.2 innings of shutout ball where he struck out 10 in leading the Waves to a 2-0 win over USF. Dons' starter Anthony Shew took the loss but had a nice outing of his own in going seven innings where he allowed just one run on six hits while striking out three.  Â
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Pepperdine then clinched the series with a 7-0 win on Saturday, as Ryan Wilson and Max Gamboa combined for the shutout in limiting the Dons to a season-low three hits on the day. USF right-hander Thomas Ponticelli was saddled with a loss after throwing 6.2 innings, allowing four runs (three earned) on eight hits with a walk and four strikeouts. Pepperdine used five runs in the seventh and eighth innings to put that game away.
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The Dons salvaged the weekend by earning a 3-1 win on Sunday behind right-hander James Kannenberg's season-best eight shutout innings where he scattered four hits while striking out three. Ross Puskarich delivered a two-out, two-run double in the top of the fourth, while Nico Giarratano contributed a run-scoring single in the eighth to lead the Dons offensively.
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• INF Allen Smoot had his nine-game hitting streak snapped by going hitless in Sunday's win. His streak was the second-longest on the team this season behind Blake Valley's 13-game stretch between Feb. 26 and Mar. 16.
• Smoot has been leading the Dons at the plate over the past 10 games, hitting .361 (13-for-36) with four doubles, five RBI and four runs scored during that span.
• Right-hander James Kannenberg turned in the Dons' longest outing of the year in this past Sunday's 3-1 win at Pepperdine, going eight scoreless innings en route to his third win in his last four starts.Â
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ABOUT UC DAVIS
The Aggies come into the week with a 7-15 overall record and a 1-2 mark in Big West play after losing two of three at UC Riverside this past weekend in their Big West opener. The Aggies' 13-12 win over UCR on Sunday snapped a five-game losing streak.
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Left fielder Mark Cardinalli (.375, 7 RBI) leads UC Davis at the plate, while shortstop Jacob Thomas (.282, 5 RBI) has chipped in offensively.
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The Aggies are hitting .254 as a team with five home runs and are 30-for-48 in stolen base attempts on the year.
The UC Davis pitching staff carries a 4.59 ERA into the week, registering 164 strikeouts in 202.0 innings with opposing batters hitting 2.56 against them.
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THE SERIES
The Dons are 20-5 against the Aggies during head coach Nino Giarratano's tenure (since 1999), while winning five of the last six meetings over UC Davis.Â
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