BSB | Dons Held Scoreless in Opener Against Gonzaga - University of San Francisco Athletics

Friday, April 20

San Francisco

3 P.M.

University of San Francisco

21-17, 0

Gonzaga

20-16, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Gonzaga	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	6	11	0
San Francisco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0

BSB | Dons Held Scoreless in Opener Against Gonzaga

4/20/2018 6:09:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

The Rundown
SAN FRANCISCO - The University of San Francisco Dons (21-17, 10-6 WCC) baseball team were kept scoreless in their game one loss to West Coast Conference foe Gonzaga (20-16, 10-6 WCC).

In this toughly contested conference game, it would take four innings for either team to get on the board, and it would be Gonzaga to get the scoring started. After a lead-off walk, a one-out double down the left field line would put runners on second and third. A ground out to second base by Austin Pinorini would give the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead.

The Bulldogs would add three more in the fifth inning, which began with a hit batter. The lead-off batter, Carson Breshears, would then steal second base and third base on the Dons to get into scoring position with one out. A batter later Gonzaga would score on a single up the middle that drove in the runner from third to make it 2-0. After a walk to load the bases, Ponticelli would get the second out of the inning through a strikeout, before Isaac Barrera came up and hit a fly ball that would land just under the glove of a diving Jonathan Allen to drive in two and give the Bulldogs a 4-0 lead.

USF would threaten in the bottom of the sixth. Matt Campos and Brady Bate would hit back-to-back singles with one out, with Campos advancing to third on the single from Bate. The right fielder would steal second in the next at-bat to put runners on second and third with one out. The Dons were unable get any runs across as a fly out and strike out would end the inning and keep the score at 4-0.

Gonzaga would score a run in both the eighth and ninth innings. In the eighth, the Bulldogs would open the inning with a single up the middle by Pinorini. A sacrifice bunt and a single to right field would move Pinorini to third base, putting runners on first and third with one out. A bunt single from Ernie Yake would bring in the runner from third. In the ninth, a two-out single followed by a double would bring in another run to make it 6-0.

With this loss the Dons are now 21-17 overall and 10-6 in the WCC. USF will look to bounce back in the second game tomorrow with first pitch slated for 1 p.m.

COACHES CORNER
USF head coach Nino Giarratano

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— USF Dons Baseball (@SFDonsBaseball) April 21, 2018

GAME STATS

Half of the USF hits came from the seventh and eighth holes in Matt Campos and Brady Bate.
Bate led the Dons in hits today with two. The senior was two-for-three on the afternoon.
Michael Perri's double in the ninth inning was his 14^th of the season, taking him to tops on the team, as well as the conference.
Both Bate and Winkler registered stolen bases on the night, which brings them to four and two total, respectively.
Ponticelli's eight strike outs put him at 63 on the year, just two behind tomorrow's starter Riley Ornido.