April 2, 2006

Box Score

San Luis Obispo, Calif. - The Pacific Tigers baseball team suffered an 8-2 loss to Cal Poly on Sunday, Apr. 2.

With the loss, the Tigers dropped to 17-10 on the season and 1-2 in the Big West Conference. Cal Poly, meanwhile, moved to 18-14 overall and 2-1 in conference play.

Cal Poly jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning as the Mustangs scored three runs on three hits a walk and a hit batter. Leadoff man, Brent Walker delivered the big blow in the inning, with a two-out, two-run single.

The Mustangs added a run in the bottom of the fourth on a leadoff sinlge from Jimmy Von Ostrand, followed by an RBI triple off the bat of Josh Lansford.

Trailing 4-0 in the top of the seventh inning, the Tigers scored two runs on one hit and an error to cut the Mustangs lead in half. Senior John Devany (Danville, Calif.) got the inning started with an infield single. A wild pitch, followed by a pass ball sent Devany to third. One out later, senior Will Brindza (Sherwood, Ore.) earned a walk to put runners at first and third. The next Pacific batter, senior Bob Saunders (Oakland, Calif.) squibbed a ball towards the mound. Cal Poly pitcher Rocky Roquet threw home, but the ball went to the backstop, allowing Devany to score. Brindza went to third and Saunders took second on the error. Sophomore Justin Baum (La Mesa, Calif.) drove in the Tigers' second run with an RBI groundout.

The Mustangs, however, got the two runs back in the bottom of the seventh on a double by Lansford and a one-out squeeze bunt by Matt Cooper. Cal Poly added another two runs in the eighth inning to take an 8-2 lead.

Devany led the Tigers with a career-high four hits. Devany was 4-for-4 in the game with a run scored.

The Tigers will return to the diamond on Wednesday, Apr. 5 as Pacific opens its first on-campus ballpark, Klein Family Field, at 2 p.m. against Stanford.