SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Despite a valiant effort in the early stages of the contest, the University of San Francisco baseball team (20-26, 7-12 WCC) dropped a 10-1 West Coast Conference decision to San Diego (18-26, 12-4 WCC) in the series opener Friday evening at Fowler Park.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

• San Diego scored the opening run in the first inning, taking a 1-0 lead on a Jack Gurevitch leadoff home run over the wall in left field.
• Answering in the top of the second, San Francisco tied the game at a run apiece after Matty Fung recorded an RBI bunt single. Eddison Esquivel worked a leadoff walk to begin the frame and quickly moved into scoring position after a Zack Ramppen hit-by-pitch. Fung followed with a flawless bunt down the third-base line that skipped past the third baseman AJ Beltre, scoring Esquivel from second.
• A pitching duel ensued, as neither program scored in the subsequent four frames. The Dons held the Toreros to one baserunner during the four-scoreless frames, as starting pitcher Gabriel Barrett allowed just one walk in the bottom of the fifth.
• San Diego regained the lead and broke open the game in the seventh inning, scoring eight runs to take a commanding 9-1 advantage. The Toreros added one more tally in the eighth to push the lead to 10-1.
• The Dons failed to score in the top of the ninth inning as the Toreros held on to secure the series-opening win.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:

• Fung supplied the green and gold with offense, going one-for-two at the plate, an RBI, and stole a base.
• Ramppen recorded the Dons' second hit of the game, a double to left-center field for his ninth extra-base hit of the season.
• Barrett pitched into the seventh inning for the second time in his career, finishing his outing with 6.1 frames, allowing two earned runs on five hits, and striking out four batters.

UP NEXT:
San Francisco continues its series at San Diego at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 3 at Fowler Park.

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