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Brendan Burke at the plate at UCR 2026
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San Francisco SAN FRAN 9-9
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Winner UC Riverside UC RIVER 6-14
San Francisco SAN FRAN
9-9
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Final
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UC Riverside UC RIVER
6-14
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
San Francisco SAN FRAN 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 5 9 1
UC Riverside UC RIVER 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 13 0

W: Joshua Martinez (1-3) L: Gonzales, Thomas (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Baseball Drops Series Finale at UC Riverside in Extra Innings

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The University of San Francisco baseball team (9-9) concluded its three-game series with a 6-5 extra-inning defeat at UC Riverside (6-14) Sunday afternoon at the Riverside Sports Complex.
 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:
  • San Francisco gained an early advantage in the first inning when Eddison Esquivel doubled in the left-center field gap to drive in Tino Vasell for a 1-0 lead.
  • UC Riverside responded in the bottom half of the opening frame, scoring three runs to take a 3-1 lead.
  • Zach Nagy trimmed into the deficit at the top of the fourth inning with a sacrifice fly to right field, getting the Dons to within 3-2.
  • The Highlanders answered with a two-run home run in the home half of the fourth frame, extending their advantage to 5-2.
  • San Francisco plated two runs in the fifth, when TJ Rogers recorded an RBI groundout, and Wyatt Davis slashed a single to right field, scoring Jayden Garrison, to cut the deficit to 5-4.
  • Trailing in the top of the eighth inning, Myles Kallinger recorded a sacrifice fly to right field to bring home Nick Walsh to tie the game at five.
  • UC Riverside walked off the green and gold in the bottom of the 10th inning on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch to secure the win and series, 6-5.
NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:
  • Esquivel paced San Francisco at the plate, going two-for-five, with a double and an RBI.
  • Nagy, Davis, Rogers, and Kallinger also registered an RBI throughout the contest.
  • Vasell impressed as the lead-off man, as he recorded one hit in two at-bats and walked a season-high four times.
  • Cal Amborn pitched three solid innings out of the bullpen, allowing just one hit and posting one strikeout.
  • Nick Bacura also pitched two clean frames as he gave up two hits and one walk.
UP NEXT:
San Francisco returns to the Hilltop at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Mar. 17, when it hosts Sacramento State in a nonconference contest at Benedetti Diamond.
 
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SPONSOR THE DONS:
The University of San Francisco Athletics Department would like to acknowledge our department sponsor – Bauer's Intelligent Transportation - 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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