STOCKTON, Calif. – Pacific baseball (9-16, 2-7) took on San Francisco (12-11, 3-6) in a rubber match Sunday afternoon. The bats were alive for both teams, but a seven-run sixth inning gave the Dons the game and series win with a 14-8 victory. 

Freshman Rylan Evans led the team with three hits and added two RBI. Senior Chaz Myers drove in three runs on one hit. Freshman Jack Metcho and graduate Jeremy Lea both had two hits, and Lea drove in a run. 

Freshman Cooper Lanz pitched 5.0 innings in relief after freshman starter Jake Tandy did not record an out. Sophomore Daniel Barrera pitched three scoreless relief innings with two strikeouts to end the game. 

The Dons scored in each of the first four innings, putting seven runs on the board. Lea put the Tigers on the board in the bottom of the third with an RBI single through the left side, and graduate Ben Nemivant added one more with a groundout in the fourth inning before freshman Peyton Miller singled home Myers to make it a 7-3 game. 

San Francisco scored seven times in the sixth inning, building a lead that would end up being just enough to outpace Pacific. The Tigers responded with five runs in the bottom of the seventh off three hits. Myers hit a bases-loaded double to bring in three runs, and Evans singled up the middle to bring in two more runs. 

Pacific had two runners on in the ninth inning, but solid defense from San Francisco kept the Tigers from adding more runs.  Pacific is on the road tomorrow, heading to Cal for a 6:05 p.m. start.