BSB | Late Inning Runs Not Enough Against No. 2 Stanford - University of San Francisco Athletics

Tuesday, May 1

Stanford, Calif.

6 P.M.

University of San Francisco

24-21

Stanford

34-6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
San Francisco	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	6	2
Stanford	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	X	5	8	0

BSB | Late Inning Runs Not Enough Against No. 2 Stanford

5/1/2018 10:43:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

The Rundown
Stanford, Calif. - The University of San Francisco Dons (24-21) baseball team fell in a tough non-conference game against No. 2 Stanford (34-6), 5-2.

Stanford would open the scoring in the first inning, bringing in one run. With two-outs and a runner on second, a ground ball to Jack Winkler at third would see the freshman make a long throw over to Ross Puskarich at first base that the senior would mishandle. The runner on second would come around to score and make it 1-0, Stanford.

After a scoreless second, Stanford would add another three runs in the third inning. A ground out and a strike out would have the Dons an out away from another scoreless inning, but Stanford's Will Matthiessen would hit a three-run home run over the left field fence to make it 4-0.

Stanford would add another run in the fifth inning on a wild pitch from Bo Jelinek, allowing the runner on second to advance to third and the runner from third to score and make it 5-0.

USF would get a run across in the seventh inning, after Brady Bate worked an eleven pitch walk with two-outs, the senior would come around to score on back-to-back singles from Winkler and Robert Emery to cut the Stanford lead to 5-1.

After the fourth inning, the Dons pitching staff would work four scoreless innings through a combination of Haydn King, Alex Pham, Grant Young and Brendan Jenkins. Those four would allow just three hits while registering five strike outs.

The Dons would cut the Stanford lead to 5-2 in the eighth inning. After Jonathan Allen would hit a one-out double that would one hop the right field wall, Riley Helland would single into center field to bring Allen around to score from second.

The Dons are now 24-21 and will head down to Malibu to take on Pepperdine in a pivotal three-game West Coast Conference series.

COACHES CORNER
USF head coach Nino Giarratano

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— USF Dons Baseball (@SFDonsBaseball) May 2, 2018

GAME STATS

Jack Winkler added another two hits tonight, continuing his momentum from the Sunday game against Santa Clara.
Helland's double in the first inning was his 15th of the season, while adding a RBI in the eighth to put him on 26 RBIs for the season.
Allen's double was his 14th this year, while coming around to score for the team-leading 41st time.
Haydn King's three strike outs on the night improve his season total to seven.
Jenkins' two strike outs in the eighth inning improves his season total to 40.