San Francisco Earns Series-Clinching Win Over Utah Valley

Thursday, May 15

San Francisco, Calif.

2:00 p.m.

University of San Francisco

25-29

Utah Valley

28-26

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

Photo by: Christina Leung

5/15/2025 4:53:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - The University of San Francisco baseball team (25-29) secured the series clinching win over Utah Valley (28-25), in a 3-1 victory Thursday afternoon at Benedetti Diamond.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

Following two scoreless innings to begin the game, Utah Valley took an early 1-0 advantage in the third inning as Jimmy De Anda scored on a Mason Strong sacrifice fly. The Wolverines opened the frame with three straight singles to load the bases and tallied the game's first run before the Dons worked out of a jam.
San Francisco responded in the bottom of the fourth inning, with Brendan Burke and Myles Kallinger posting back-to-back RBI singles to give the Dons a 2-1 advantage. Patrick Keighran led off the inning with a double and later scored on the Burke infield knock before Trevor Harmon, who earned a four-pitch walk, scored the go-ahead run on Kallinger's single to center field.
Swinging at the first pitch in the following frame, Eddison Esquivel launched a solo home run over the right-field wall to extend the lead to 3-1.
The green and gold shut out the Wolverines in the final four frames to secure the series victory.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:

Esquival went two-for-three at the plate, recorded his 11th home run of the season, and increased his batting average to .314.
Kallinger added two hits throughout the contest, his second multi-hit game, and posted the go-ahead RBI single in the fourth inning.
Gabriel Barrett earned the start on the mound, his ninth start of the campaign, allowing one run on five hits and striking out a season-high seven batters in four innings pitched.
Tyler Prystajko, Hunter Holzemer, and Quentin Pohorski combined for five innings pitched out of the bullpen and allowed just two hits.
Pohorski pitched the final 1.1 frames and picked up his team-leading sixth save of the season.

POSTGAME WITH THE DONS:

To view the full highlights from today's game, please click here.
To watch the full postgame interview with Head Coach Rob DiToma, Gabriel Barrett, and Eddison Esquivel, please click here.

UP NEXT:
San Francisco concludes the regular season at home when it hosts Utah Valley at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, May 16 at Benedetti Diamond.

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