Davis, Calif. – A ninth-inning run capped a thrilling back-and-forth battle between Pacific baseball (13-25) and UC Davis (14-22). The Tigers scored late to take a 6-5 win. 

Graduates Ben Nemivant and Jeremy Lea both collected two hits. Lea and junior Jacob Weiss both drove in two runs; Weiss hit a home run. Freshman Caden Casagrande had one hit and drove in a run. 

Sophomore Daniel Barrera started the game and pitched two scoreless innings with one strikeout. Senior Tyler Stout pitched the final four innings, allowing just one run while striking out two. 

The first half of the game remained scoreless as both teams went with bullpen games. Lea got the Tigers on the board with a two-RBI double down the left-field line in the top of the fifth. Weiss followed the Lea double up with a two-run shot down the left-field line to put Pacific up 4-0 early. UC Davis responded in the bottom of the fifth with a two-run home run of its own in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead in half. 

The two teams traded blows again in the sixth inning; Casagrande hit his first career home run to put the Tigers back up by three. An Aggies two-run shot in the bottom of the inning put the game back to a one-run contest. 

UC Davis put one more run on the board in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI single to tie the game. 

A Tigers headed into the top of the ninth still tied, a single from Lea and freshman Jake Tandy followed up by an intentional walk to junior Chaz Myers loaded the bases with two outs. A wild pitch allowed Lea to scamper home and take the lead for the Tigers. Stout allowed a leadoff single in the bottom of the ninth before recording a strikeout and two flyouts to end the game. 

Pacific travels to the Northwest this weekend, taking on Gonzaga in a three-game series.