STOCKTON, Calif. – Pacific baseball (10-24, 3-12) hosts a three-game series this weekend with Pepperdine (14-20, 6-9). Friday nights game will be punctuated by a postgame fireworks show sponsored by Amy Scriven, D.D.S.

The Tigers hosted Fresno State on Tuesday night in what turned into an extra-innings battle, Pacific scored early, but Fresno scored last, with one run in the tenth inning to take the win from the Tigers. 

Graduate Ben Nemivant leads the WCC with a .421 batting average and 57 hits. Nemivant is second in the WCC in doubles with 12. Freshman Rylan Evans is sixth in the WCC in hits with 43 and is 13th in the WCC in batting average while leading the team in stolen bases with six. Junior Chase Graves leads the team in home runs with four. Freshman Jack Metcho leads the team in walks with 15. 

Senior Grant Stevens leads the team in innings pitched with 53.1 and strikeouts with 39. His three wins lead the team. Sophomore Caden Duke is fourth in the conference in saves with four. Six different Tiger pitchers have recorded a win this season. 

Pepperdine is coming off a series win over San Francisco and a single-game victory over UC Santa Barbara. The Waves have taken four straight from the Tigers. Jack Basseer leads the team with a .333 batting average. John Peck leads the team with 42 hits. Ryan Johnson is the team leader in home runs with 12 and RBI with 29.