STOCKTON, Calif. – The Pacific baseball team (10-20, 3-9)is back on the road this weekend, traveling down to Saint Mary's (11-17, 6-6) for a three-game series.
Pacific is coming off an extra innings game against Sacramento State. The Tigers scored three times in the ninth inning to take the game to extras, but the Hornets came out on top.
Graduate
Ben Nemivant continues to pace the field when it comes to the best hitters in the WCC, leading the conference with a .438 batting average, 53 hits and 12 doubles. Junior
Chase Graves leads the team with four home runs. Freshman
Rylan Evans leads the team with six stolen bases.
Sophomore
Caden Duke is third in the conference with four saves. Duke also has the lowest ERA on the team at 3.80. Senior
Grant Stevens leads the team in strikeouts with 31. Senior
Marvcus Guarin is second on the team with 26 strikeouts.
Saint Mary's took one of three from Pepperdine last weekend with an 8-6 win. The Gaels lost their midweek match against Cal, falling 9-3. Derik Eaquinto is second in the WCC in ERA with a 2.43 mark. The Gaels had won two straight series against BYU and Portland before falling to Pepperdine.
Pacific swept the series at home last season. The Tigers scored at least seven runs in each of the three wins. The two teams are 5-5 against each other over the past ten games.