Rogers Posts Two-Run Home Run as Dons Fall at California

Tuesday, April 16

Berkeley, Calif.

6:05 p.m.

University of San Francisco

17-20

California

21-14

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

Photo by: Christina Leung

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Box Score

BERKELEY, Calif. – The University of San Francisco baseball team (17-20) kicked off its four-game road trip in the East Bay and dropped a 6-2 non-conference decision to California (21-14) Tuesday evening at Stu Gordon Stadium.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

A scoreless game through the first two innings of play, California scored five unanswered runs to jump ahead in the bottom of the third inning. C Lomavita started the affair with a hit by pitch, and the Golden Bears rattled off four straight hits from Green Jr., P Schulze, M Handron, and D Smaldino to go up 3-0. Cal added two more runs later in the frame to solidify the five-run advantage.
Trailing 6-0 at the start of the sixth inning, the Dons cut the deficit to 6-2 on a TJ Rogers' two-run home run. Myles Kallinger kicked off the frame with an infield single, his second knock of the game, and later scored when Roger sent a long blast over the left-field wall.
Rogers continued the Dons' comeback, producing an RBI single in the top of the eighth to cut the deficit to 6-3. Back-to-back base hits from Kallinger and Tyvon Moore began the inning, and Rogers followed with a liner to left field, scoring Kallinger trim the Golden Bears' advantage in half.
San Francisco threatened when Kody Watanabe punched a one-out single through the right side of the infield, but was ultimately stranded as California struck out the final two batters.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES

Rogers was near-perfect at the plate, going two-for-three with a home run, three RBI, and scored a run. Responsible for all of the Dons' offense throughout the contest, Rogers recorded his second-straight multi-hit game, 11th overall, and posted his fifth long ball of the season.
Kallinger also totaled two hits, his first career multi-hit performance, and plated two runs.
Eight pitchers saw action throughout, with Hunter Holzemer, Blake Shepardson, Quentin Pohorski, Gabriel Barrett, Matt McConnell, and Austin Cupic combined for 6.2 scoreless innings and nine strikeouts.

UP NEXT:
San Francisco returns to West Coast Conference play at 3 p.m. on Friday, Apr. 19 when it kicks off a three-game series against Saint Mary's at Louis Guisto Field.

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