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Kody Watanabe at the plate vs. Saint Peter's
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San Francisco USF 12-6
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Winner Creighton CU 13-2
San Francisco USF
12-6
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Final
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Creighton CU
13-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco USF 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 5 5 2
Creighton CU 0 0 2 0 4 1 3 3 X 13 10 0

W: Dominic Cancellieri (4-0) L: Shepardson, Blake (0-2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Gabby Rizzo

Baseball Falls to Creighton in Series Opener

OMAHA, Neb. – The University of San Francisco baseball team (12-6) dropped the series-opening game at Creighton (13-2) Friday evening, falling 13-5 at Charles Schwab Field Omaha.  
 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:
  • After two scoreless innings to start the contest, Creighton took the lead in the third, scoring runs to take a 2-0 advantage. A pair of one-out walks began the bottom half of the frame, followed by back-to-back RBI singles by Teddy Deters and Matt Scherrman to propel the Bluejays to the early lead. 
  • San Francisco answered in the top of the fifth inning, plating two runs to tie the game. Patrick Keighran kickstarted the rally with a leadoff single, followed by two straight walks from TJ Rogers and Logan Schweizer to load the bases. With no outs recorded, Matty Fung followed with a hit-by-pitch, scoring Keighran to cut the deficit in half. After AJ Guiliana struck out looking, Kody Watanabe laced a single to left field, scoring Rogers, to even the score at two.
  • Highlighted by a Colby Canales grand slam in the following half inning, the Bluejays regained the lead and held a commanding 6-2 edge after five innings of play.
  • Michael Campagna maneuvered around the basepath in the top of the sixth, scoring the Dons' third run to cut the deficit to 6-3. Leading off the frame with a single, Campagana made his way into scoring position after Keighran earned a four-pitch walk. Later in the inning, after Rogers reached on a hit-by-pitch to load the bases, Campagana crossed home plate on a Fung RBI groundout.
  • Creighton broke open the game, scoring five runs in the following two innings to grab a 10-3 lead. 
  • Continuing to battle, the Dons added two runs in the top of the eighth on a Blake Pitts RBI groundout and a Logan Azem RBI single to bring the green and gold to within five, 10-5. 
  • The Bluejays answered with three more runs in the last of the eighth to solidify the 13-5 victory.  
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:
  • Watanabe led the green and gold offensively, going two-for-five at the plate with one RBI, extending his multi-hit game streak to six. 
  • Azem, Kieghran, and Campagna earned one hit apiece in the game. 
  • On the mound, Andrew Hazell had a solid outing in his second start of the season, allowing just two runs on two hits and striking out three batters in four innings of work. 
UP NEXT:
San Francisco returns to action at 12 p.m. on Saturday, Mar. 16, when it takes on Creighton in the second game of the series at Charles Schwab Field Omaha

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SPONSOR THE DONS:
The University of San Francisco Athletics Department would like to acknowledge our department sponsor – San Francisco Toyota - 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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