April 15, 2007
Box Score
Santa Barbara, Calif. - The Pacific baseball team suffered their third consecutive loss to UC Santa Barbara, 5-2, on Sunday, April 15.
The loss dropped the Tigers to 9-28-1 on the season and 0-6 in the Big West Conference. UC Santa Barbara, meanwhile, moved to 15-18 overall and 4-2 in conference play.
UC Santa Barbara got out to 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning as Robbie Blauer hit his third home run of the season over the right field wall to give the Gauchos the lead.
Pacific came right back in the top of the fourth as sophomore Kurt Wideman (Fallbrook, Calif.) reached on a two-out single, then junior Noah St. Urbain (Stockton, Calif.) delivered a deep double into left-center field to plate Wideman.
UCSB responded in the bottom of the fourth with two runs on a triple from Matt Valaika, a sacrifice fly by Shane Carlson and a solo home run off the bat of Chris Fox.
The Gauchos pushed their lead to 5-1 in the bottom of the seventh on a single from Fox and a two-run blast by Mario Lewis over the right field wall. It was Lewis' third home run of the series and fifth on the season.
Pacific tried to mount a rally in the bottom of the eighth inning as sophomore Zach Chamberlin (San Rafael, Calif.) led the inning off with a double that one hoped the wall in right center, followed by an RBI single from junior Justin Baum (La Mesa, Calif.). The UCSB bullpen, however, shut the door on the Tigers' rally as left-hander Kyle Brown ended the Tigers threat.
Jeff Braun (1-5) picked up the win for UCSB as he allowed one run on seven hits in six innings.
Pacific starter, freshman Hunter Carnevale (Roseville, Calif.) suffered the loss (2-4) by giving up three runs on six hits and three walks in six innings.
Justin Segal notched his sixth save of the season and second in as many games with a perfect ninth inning.
St. Urbain led the Pacific offense, going 2-for-3 with an RBI.
The Tigers return to action on Tuesday, April 17 as Pacific hosts San Jose State at 2 p.m. at Klein Family Field.
