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San Francisco USF 28-30
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Winner Loyola Marymount LMU 25-29
San Francisco USF
28-30
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Loyola Marymount LMU
25-29
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco USF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Loyola Marymount LMU 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1 5 0

W: FRASSO, Nick (4-4) L: Ornido, Riley (8-5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

BSB | Dons Fall in Pitching Duel to LMU in Elimination Game

The Rundown
STOCKTON, Calif. - The University of San Francisco Dons baseball's (28-30, 0-2 WCC Tournament) fell in an elimination game to the the No. 3 seeded Loyola Marymount (25-29, 1-1 WCC Tournament) in a pitching duel, 1-0.
 
In a tightly contested elimination game, it was the pitcher's that would star in the game with both Riley Ornido and Tyler Cohen throwing six scoreless innings. The Dons would not be without their chances, getting runners on first and second with one out in the third inning. USF, however, would be unable to get a run on the board.
 
In the sixth, the Dons would have runners in scoring position with two outs, but a strikeout would end the inning and keep the game scoreless.
 
LMU would score the lone run of the game, and take the lead, in the seventh inning, getting runners on first and third with no outs. The Lions' lead-off hitter, Billy Wilson, would ground out to Aaron Ping at second base, scoring the runner from third to make it 1-0. After coming in for Ornido with no-outs, he would allow just the one run to come in and keep the Dons close as the game went into the final two frames.
 
In the ninth inning, Riley Helland would get a one-out single to get the Dons going. Ross Puskarich would come up next and hit a hard ground ball headed into center field, but the ball would hit the foot of LMU's Nick Frasso, allowing the short stop to get the second out of the inning. Frasso would strikeout RJ Cordeiro for the final out of the game to earn a 1-0 win for LMU.
 
With this loss, the Dons are out of the West Coast Conference Tournament and finish the year at 28-30.

COACHES CORNER
USF head coach Nino Giarratano GAME STATS
  • With his hit in the ninth, Helland put up a .571 batting average, leading the Dons in that category.
  • Helland's one hit puts him at 73 on the year, which is second on the team.
  • Michael Perri finishes the year with 22 doubles, which ties the single season record in program history.
  • With just one run scoring, Ornido's ERA drops to 2.58 to finish the year. The sophomore caps an impressive season, leading the pitching staff in wins (8), innings pitched (97.2), strikeouts (95) and opposing batting average (.185).
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