SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The University of San Francisco baseball team (7-6) dropped an 18-7 nonconference decision at home to UMass Lowell (2-6) Saturday afternoon at Benedetti Diamond.
 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

• San Francisco trailed early in the contest, falling behind 7-0 in the fifth inning. The Dons plated four runs to trim the deficit to 7-4 in the bottom half of the frame. Wyatt Davis and Tyler Harries recorded RBI base hits while Jackson Nystrom and Tino Vasell drove in runs with a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch and a walk.
• The Dons' deficit expanded to 11-4 before their offense got back on the scoreboard, cutting into that deficit in the seventh inning. San Francisco scored twice on Jackson Nystrom's two-run home run, tightening the River Hawks' lead to 11-6.
• Trailing 16-6, Trevor Busby doubled to right field, scoring Brady Luyben to get within 16-7 in the bottom of the eighth frame.
• UMass Lowell added two more runs in the top of the ninth, solidifying the 18-7 victory.

• Eddison Esquivel's three-hit performance led San Francisco offensively.
• Nystrom recorded his second home run of the season, a two-run blast over the left-field wall in the bottom of the seventh inning. He also tallied an RBI, his third of the game, on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch.
• Busby recorded his first-career hit, an RBI double, in the eighth inning.
• San Francisco pitchers faced 53 UMass Lowell hitters throughout the game, allowing nine ground balls and five fly balls, while striking out eight.

• To watch the full postgame interview with Head Coach Rob DiToma, please click here.

NEXT UP:
San Francisco returns to action at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, Mar. 8, when it hosts UMass Lowell in the third game of the four-game set, at Benedetti Diamond.

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