STOCKTON, Calif. – The Pacific baseball program wrapped up its season-opening eight-game homestand on a high note, securing an 8-7 walk-off victory over Sacramento State on Wednesday night from Klein Family Field.

Trailing 6-0 through three frames, the Tigers (4-4) rallied and roared with late-game heroics, capped by senior Rylan Evans' walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth to defeat the Hornets (3-5).

The winning hit by Evans marked the second time this season that Pacific claimed victory via a walk-off hero after doing so in the series finale against Utah Valley.

Senior Jake Tandy and junior Derek Bartram ignited the Tigers' offense in the middle innings, each producing a pair of RBIs at the plate. Tandy collected his team-leading sixth and seventh RBIs of the year while Bartram hit a towering two-run shot for his first home run as a Tiger to open Pacific's scoring on Wednesday.

Redshirt freshman Liam Smith was summoned for his first career start on the mound, going 1.1 innings. Freshman Maddox Moreno made his collegiate debut in a relief appearance, collecting his first career pair of strikeouts in the process. Junior Max Goldberg was also sharp in his Pacific debut as the lefty spun a clean inning of work. Ultimately, it came down to Pacific's final reliever of the night in the form of redshirt junior Carson Revay (2-0) to anchor the bullpen's outing and close it with a win.

The Hornets stung early in the first two innings, scoring twice in the first and four in the second to jump ahead 6-0.

In the home half of the fourth, Bartram's two-run home run to left field began the chip-away process for Pacific cutting into the deficit at 6-2.

Tandy delivered a two-run RBI single in the next inning that made the score 6-4 in favor of Sacramento State, but the Tigers pressed once again in the sixth, scoring twice to knot the game up at six apiece.

The visitors retook the lead in the top of the eighth to go up, 7-6, but Pacific responded again as junior Braeden Schnabel's pinch-hit RBI single with two outs brought home the tying run at 7-7.

After a clean top of the ninth by Revay, Pacific turned in the walk-off victory with Evans' two-out base hit through the right side that sent the Tigers' faithful home happy with a 8-7 final score.

Pacific now looks ahead for its first road trip of the 2026 season, facing Grand Canyon in a three-game series beginning Friday at 5 p.m. PST from GCU Ballpark.

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