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Jesse Barron Action Shot
Christina Leung
4
Winner Saint Mary's SMC 18-19
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San Francisco USF 14-23
Winner
Saint Mary's SMC
18-19
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Final
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San Francisco USF
14-23
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Saint Mary's SMC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 8 0
San Francisco USF 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 1

W: TAUREK, Ryan (2-2) L: Barron, Jesse (4-3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Saint Mary's Best Dons in Series Opener

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Beginning another weekend series on their home diamond, the USF Dons baseball team (14-23, 5-14) came up short in a close game dropping Friday afternoon's game against the Saint Mary's Gaels by a 4-2 final score.
 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:
  • Friday afternoon's game featured a tremendous pitcher's duel as both teams were held scoreless until the bottom of the fifth when USF broke the tie.
  • Stepping up to the plate with two out and nobody on base, Harris Williams III came through with a big home run to right center field that put the Dons ahead 1-0 heading into the sixth.
  • Looking to add to their lead late in the game, Blake Atkins led off the USF seventh with a walk and then came around to score on a key double from Patrick Keighran down the left field line that brought home Atkins to extend the lead to 2-0.
  • Saint Mary's would go on to score all four of their runs for the game in the top of the ninth as they earned the 4-2 series opening victory from Benedetti Diamond.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:
  • Jesse Barron turned in a tremendous start on Friday tossing 8 1/3 innings while allowing three runs, seven hits, only one walk and struck out eight Gaels' hitters in the series opener.
  • Williams III continued building on his tremendous season by hitting his sixth home run of the season as he went 2-for-3 with a walk against Saint Mary's.
  • Will Asby had a multi-hit performance slotted in the three hole as he went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles in the series opener.
  • Coming through with another RBI extra base hit, Keighran went 1-for-4 with his double on Friday afternoon.
POST GAME WITH THE DONS:
  • To watch the highlights from today's game, please click here.
  • To view our post game press conference with USF head baseball coach Rob DiToma, please click here.
UP NEXT:
The second game of the weekend set on the Hilltop will be tomorrow, Saturday April 29 with a 1:00 p.m. first pitch scheduled. Live streaming and live statistics for the contest are available via the team's schedule page. 
 
FOLLOW US:
For updates and more information on the USF baseball program, be sure to follow @SFDonsBaseball on Twitter, @USFDonsBaseball on Instagram and @University.of.San.Francisco.Baseball on Facebook.
 
MERCHANDISE:
Want to dress like the Dons? Rep USF today by visiting the all-new USF Dons online store at www.usfdons.com/shop.
 
SPONSOR THE DONS:
The University of San Francisco Athletics Department would like to acknowledge our  department sponsor – Corona - for their continued support of USF Athletics. Interested in sponsoring the Dons? Please contact Frank Allocco, the Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director of External Relations, at fallocco@usfca.edu or at (415) 422-4561.
 
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