Saint Mary's Best Dons in Series Opener

Friday, April 28

San Francisco, Calif.

1:00 p.m.

University of San Francisco

14-23, 0

Saint Mary's

18-19, 0

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Saint Mary's	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	8	0
San Francisco	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	6	1

Photo by: Christina Leung

4/28/2023 4:26:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Beginning another weekend series on their home diamond, the USF Dons baseball team (14-23, 5-14) came up short in a close game dropping Friday afternoon's game against the Saint Mary's Gaels by a 4-2 final score.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

Friday afternoon's game featured a tremendous pitcher's duel as both teams were held scoreless until the bottom of the fifth when USF broke the tie.
Stepping up to the plate with two out and nobody on base, Harris Williams III came through with a big home run to right center field that put the Dons ahead 1-0 heading into the sixth.
Looking to add to their lead late in the game, Blake Atkins led off the USF seventh with a walk and then came around to score on a key double from Patrick Keighran down the left field line that brought home Atkins to extend the lead to 2-0.
Saint Mary's would go on to score all four of their runs for the game in the top of the ninth as they earned the 4-2 series opening victory from Benedetti Diamond.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:

Jesse Barron turned in a tremendous start on Friday tossing 8 1/3 innings while allowing three runs, seven hits, only one walk and struck out eight Gaels' hitters in the series opener.
Williams III continued building on his tremendous season by hitting his sixth home run of the season as he went 2-for-3 with a walk against Saint Mary's.
Will Asby had a multi-hit performance slotted in the three hole as he went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles in the series opener.
Coming through with another RBI extra base hit, Keighran went 1-for-4 with his double on Friday afternoon.

POST GAME WITH THE DONS:

To watch the highlights from today's game, please click here.
To view our post game press conference with USF head baseball coach Rob DiToma, please click here.

UP NEXT:
The second game of the weekend set on the Hilltop will be tomorrow, Saturday April 29 with a 1:00 p.m. first pitch scheduled. Live streaming and live statistics for the contest are available via the team's schedule page.

FOLLOW US:
For updates and more information on the USF baseball program, be sure to follow @SFDonsBaseball on Twitter, @USFDonsBaseball on Instagram and @University.of.San.Francisco.Baseball on Facebook.

MERCHANDISE:
Want to dress like the Dons? Rep USF today by visiting the all-new USF Dons online store at www.usfdons.com/shop.

SPONSOR THE DONS:
The University of San Francisco Athletics Department would like to acknowledge our department sponsor – Corona - 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.