San Francisco Drops Series Finale to Minnesota

Sunday, March 24

San Francisco, Calif.

12:00 p.m.

University of San Francisco

14-10

Minnesota

10-10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Minnesota	0	1	4	0	1	1	4	0	1	12	15	0
San Francisco	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	6	9	0

3/24/2024 8:32:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The University of San Francisco baseball team (14-10) dropped a hard-fought battle to Minnesota (10-10), falling 12-16 in the series finale Sunday afternoon at Benedetti Diamond.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

San Francisco fell behind early as Minnesota grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning, plating the opening run on a Jake Larsen RBI groundout.
The Dons responded later in the frame, scoring three runs to gain a 3-1 advantage. Back-to-back singles and a walk from Michael Campagna, Matty Fung, and Mattie Thomas highlighted the start of the inning as the Dons loaded the bases with one out.
A Charles-Etienne Pelletier hit-by-pitch in the following at-bat plated the Dons' first run, tying the game at one. Tyvon Moore gave the green and gold the lead shortly after with a single up the middle, scoring Thomas and Fung to propel the Dons to a two-run edge.
Minnesota regained the lead in the third, scoring four runs, highlighted by a Kris Hokenson three-run home run to push ahead 5-3.
Cutting into the deficit in the bottom of the fourth, Moore provided the offense with an RBI single to left-center field, scoring TJ Rogers, to bring the Dons to within 5-4.
The Golden Gophers answered in the top of the fifth inning, plating another run on a Hokenson RBI single, to regain its two-run advantage, 6-4.
Campagna kickstarted a rally at the midway point of the game as he punched a single over the outstretched arm of the shortstop Larsen, plating JT Amaral for a 6-5 deficit after five innings of play.
Minnesota broke the game open in the sixth and seventh innings, totaling five unanswered runs for an 11-5 lead.
Despite Patrick Keighran posting his second home run of the series, a solo shot in the bottom of the seventh, the Golden Gophers solidified the 12-6 win with one final run in the top half of the ninth inning.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:

Moore recorded his first Division I multi-RBI game, totaling three while going two-for-four at the plate.
Pelletier, Campagna, and Keighran totaled one RBI apiece throughout the game, while Keighran hit his second home run of the season.
Hunter Holzemer earned an appearance on the mound for the first time this season, pitching two innings while allowing only one run on two hits and recording one strikeout.

POSTGAME WITH THE DONS:

To view the full highlights of today's game, please click here.
To watch the full postgame interview with head coach Rob DiToma, please click here.

UP NEXT:
San Francisco hits the road at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Mar. 26, when it takes on San Jose State at Excite Ballpark.

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