March 18, 2007
Box Score
Stockton, Calif. - Down 7-4 in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Pacific baseball team rallied for two runs but could not come all the way back as Pacific fell to San Jose State, 7-6, on Sunday, March 18.
The loss dropped the Tigers to 6-17-1 on the season, while San Jose State moved to 14-8 overall.
San Jose State jumped out to an early 2-0 lead with single runs in the top of the second and third inning.
Junior Justin Baum (La Mesa, Calif.) put Pacific on the board in the bottom of the third inning with his fifth home run of the season, a solo shot over the left field wall.
The Spartans came back with three runs in the top of the fourth to build a 5-1.
Once again the Tigers responded via the long ball, but this time it came from a more unfamiliar source. With two outs and and sophomore Zach Chamberlin (San Rafael, Calif.) at first base, freshman Matt Fuson (Lodi, Calif.) scorthed a fastball over the left field fence to make it a 5-3 game. It was Fuson's first career home run and only his second extra base hit.
Trailing 7-4 in the bottom of the eighth Fuson stepped to the plate and delivered once agsin. With one out, Chamberlin at second and sophomore Kurt Wideman (Fallbrook, Calif.) at first, Fuson launched a deep fly ball into left center field. Fuson just missed tying the game with his second home run of the game, instead his blast bounced off the wall as Matt settled for a two-run triple, bringing the Tigerrs within one run at 7-6.
Unfortunately the Tigers couldn't push Fuson across with the tying run and Pacific dropped to 2-11-1 in its last 14 games.
Senior Jake Wild (Kingsburg, Calif.) suffered the loss for Pacific, falling to 1-3 on the season as he allowed five runs on six hits in 3.1 innings.
San Jose State's Josh Amberson (2-0) picked up the win, surrendering just three runs on six hits in five innings. Tyler Fockler nabbed his first career save retiring the final batter for the Spartans in the bottom of the ninth.
Pacific returns to the diamond on Saturday, March 24 as Pacific begins a three game series with the UCLA Bruins in Los Angeles, Calif.
