Dons Earn Series Win, Defeat Toreros in Sunday Finale

Sunday, April 12

San Francisco, Calif.

1:00 p.m.

University of San Francisco

18-15, 0

San Diego

13-20, 0

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

Photo by: Christina Leung

4/12/2026 4:46:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Despite an early deficit, the University of San Francisco baseball team (18-15, 9-3) rallied for the second straight game to earn a 6-1 series-clinching victory over San Diego (13-20, 6-6) Sunday afternoon at Benedetti Diamond.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT:

San Diego jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first, scoring the game's first run on an Andrew Gauna RBI single.
San Francisco answered in the bottom of the third inning as Isaiah Landry plated the tying run on a Jared Lewis single through the right side of the infield.
Brendan Burke gave the Dons a 2-1 advantage in the following frame, recording a two-out RBI single to plate Eddison Esquivel.
Burke registered another RBI single later in the inning, and Landry added a run, scoring on a fielding error by the Torrero shortstop, Cade Martinez, to put the green and gold up 4-1.
Trevor Harmon and Esquivel scored a pair of runs in the home half of the eighth inning, scoring on RBI singles from Tyler Harries and Tino Vaseel to push the lead to 6-1.
Nick Bacura closed the game in the ninth, putting San Diego down in order to secure the series win.

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:

Adrian Valdez earned his third win on the mound this season, pitching 5.0 stellar innings, allowing one run on six hits, and recording one strikeout.
Burke recorded his second multi-hit game of the season, pacing the Dons with a two-for-four performance and two RBI.
The Dons' bullpen shut out the Toreros in the final four innings, as Hunter Holzemer, Kai Yovanovich, and Bacura combined for four strikeouts.
As a team offensively, San Francisco went five-for-14 (.357) with runners in scoring position.

POSTGAME WITH THE DONS:

To view the full highlights from today's game, please click here.
To watch the full postgame interview with Head Coach Rob DiToma, Adrian Valdez, and Brendan Burke, please click here.

NEXT UP:
San Francisco begins a five-game road trip in Sacramento when it takes on Sacramento State at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Apr. 14, at John Smith Field.

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

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