
Baseball Drops Series Opener to San Diego
4/21/2023 9:42:00 PM | Baseball
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:
- San Diego got off to a fast start in the series opener as they scored nine runs in their half of the first inning.
- Wasting little time to respond, Christian Stapleton recorded a one out single and came around to score on Mattie Thomas' first base knock of the season on a single up the middle to make it 9-1. Tyler Martinez would come through as well with a single up the middle that scored Patrick Keighran that brought the Dons back within seven.
- USD would go on to add three more runs of their own in the bottom of the fourth to push their lead to 13-2.
- Ready to answer back, the Dons scored their third and final run of the night when T. Martinez led off the inning with a double down the left field line and came around to score on a Mario DeMera sacrifice fly to center field making it 13-3.
- The Toreros would score four more runs in the bottom of the seventh as they went on to secure the 17-3 win in the series opener.
- Hitting in the nine hole on Friday night, T. Martinez had a big evening serving as the team's left fielder going 2-for-3 with an RBI double and a run scored.
- Stapleton put together a multi-hit night going 2-for-4 with a run scored against San Diego.
- Harris Williams III was able to produce some positive results for the Dons as well going 2-for-4 against the Toreros in the series opener.
USF will now continue their weekend series against San Diego on Saturday evening as first pitch is scheduled for tomorrow April 22 at 5:00 p.m. from Fowler Park. Live streaming and live statistics for the contest are available via the team's schedule page.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: SMITH, Austin (3-1)
L: Barron, Jesse (4-2)

Batting:
2B: Martinez, Tyler 1
RBI: DeMera , Mario 1 ; Thomas, Mattie 1 ; Martinez, Tyler 1
SF: DeMera , Mario 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Stapleton, Christian 1 ; Keighran, Patrick 1 ; Martinez, Tyler 1
HBP: Amaral, JT 1

Batting:
2B: ARMAS, Ariel 1
HR: GUREVITCH, Jack 2 ; SIM, Kevin 1 ; ARMAS, Ariel 1
RBI: DECRISCIO, Justin 2 ; GUREVITCH, Jack 5 ; SIM, Kevin 2 ; WORTHINGTON, Will 1 ; SMITH, Austin 2 ; ARMAS, Ariel 2 ; GRANTHAM, Brayden 1
Base Running:
RUNS: DECRISCIO, Justin 1 ; GUREVITCH, Jack 2 ; PERAZA, Angelo 2 ; SEMO, Andrew 1 ; SIM, Kevin 2 ; ALLEN, Dustin 3 ; WORTHINGTON, Will 1 ; SMITH, Austin 1 ; ARMAS, Ariel 2 ; GRANTHAM, Brayden 2
SB: ALLEN, Dustin 1
CS: PERAZA, Angelo 1
HBP: PERAZA, Angelo 1 ; ALLEN, Dustin 1 ; HAAR, Ben 1



















