Soberon Leads Dons to Series Win Over Pacific

Sunday, April 28

San Francisco, Calif.

12:00 p.m.

University of San Francisco

19-25, 0

Pacific

8-35, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Pacific	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
San Francisco	0	0	2	5	2	0	1	0	X	10	12	1

4/28/2024 5:57:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

By: Gabby Rizzo

SAN FRANSCISO, Calif. – Led by Joe Soberon's solid pitching performance and timely hits, the University of San Francisco baseball team (19-25, 3-12 WCC) defeated Pacific (8-35, 3-12 WCC) in the rubber match to secure the series win Sunday afternoon at Benedetti Diamond.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

Soberon started on the mound, issuing a leadoff walk before the Dons' defense cleaned up the next three Tiger batters.
Heating up, Soberon returned in the second inning and quickly retired the side with back-to-back strikeouts and a flyout to keep the game scoreless.
On the attack in the bottom of the third, Blake Pitts got things started for the Dons with a one-out single to right center. Following his lead, Charles-Etienne Pelletier knocked a single through the left side, and Matty Fung loaded the bases on a five-pitch walk.
Reaching on a fielder's choice in the following at-bat, Myles Kallinger batted in Pitts to give the Dons the lead. Kody Watanabe stepped up to the plate and hit a two-out double down the right-field line to bring Pelletier home shortly after, extending the lead to 2-0.
Leading off in the bottom half of the fourth inning, the Dons quickly loaded the bases after Logan Leax led off with a ground out. Pelletier and Fung followed suit with back-to-back bases-loaded walks to drive in two runs to push the advantage to 4-0.
Kallinger came up big once again as he singled to score two runners, and Watanabe hit a sacrifice fly to break open the game, 7-0.
Continuing to dominate offensively, the Dons got to work in the fifth, with Logan Azem recording a leadoff single. With one out on the board, Pitts came up to the plate and smashed an RBI triple to right-center field for his second hit. Fung kept the inning alive later with two outs, hitting an RBI single to center field to stretch the lead to 9-0.
Fung continued his dominating play as he extended the green and gold's lead to 10-0 in the bottom of the seventh as he punched an RBI double to right field, scoring Pitts.
Pacific got on the board in the ninth inning on a Jake Tandy sacrifice fly, but Kolby Calia solidified the win with a Kaden Peterson groundout.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:

Pitts led San Francisco at the plate, putting together a strong performance, going three-for-four with one RBI and four runs scored.
Fung and Kallinger both lead the team in RBI with three. The duo combined for four hits, with Fung recording an extra-base knock.
Holding Pacific scoreless through five innings, Soberon totaled six strikeouts and only allowed four hits to earn his third win of the season.

POSTGAME WITH THE DONS:

To view the full highlights of today's game, please click here.
To watch the full postgame interview with head coach Rob DiToma, Joe Soberon, and Blake Pitts, please click here.

UP NEXT:
San Francisco returns to action at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 2, when it kicks off a three-game series against Portland at Joe Etzel Field.

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