Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco State baseball team was swept 5-3 in 10 innings and 7-2 by No. 10 UC San Diego on Friday in CCAA action.

The Gators looked sharp early, only to fall in extras. In the first inning, baseman Chris Nicholson gunned a runner down at home, where Dalton Pizzuti applied the tag.

Tim White led the game off with a triple down the right field corner but was gunned out at third on the next play when Chris Nicholson fielded a hard liner and threw home to Dalton Pizzuti, who applied the tag at the plate.

However, mistakes proved costly in the fifth inning. A dropped foul ball kept things alive for the Tritons and a misplayed ball in right field moved the runner into scoring position. Jack Larsen's chopper down the first-base line took a nasty hop that went over Nicholson for a double and the game's first run.

After stranding runners at third in the first, second, and fifth innings, the Gators broke through in the bottom of the sixth inning with Dalton Pizzuti's sol homer to right center that tied the tie game 1-1. Nicholson singled, pinch hitter Myles Franklin was hit by a pitch, and Kritsch walked to load the bases. Nicholson scored on Zac Neumann's grounder to third.

Andrew Najeeb-Brush's best outing of the season ended in a no-decision. In seven innings of work, the junior struck out five and allowed four hits with one unearned run. Ryan Bohnet, who made his first appearance relief, got Tyler Durna swinging to strand a runner in the eighth but allowed two in the ninth and two more in the tenth.

Jackson Kritch led off the bottom of the ninth with a single, advanced on the sac bunt, and moved to third on a groundout. Jacob Lopez drew a walk, then attempted to steal second, where he froze and drew the throw. That allowed Kritsch to score and the high throw home went to the backstop and allowed Lopez to move to third. However, the Gators couldn't bring him home. Pizzuti led off the bottom of the tenth with a single and SF State brought the tying run to the plate but went quietly after that.

UC San Diego jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in game two with two runs in the first and another in the second. Johnny Juarez and Kritsch recorded back-to-back singles and Sam Schmidt breathed new life into the Gators with a two-run double to center field. The Tritons racked up seven runs on 10 hits. In contrast, the Gators tallied just three hits after the second inning and hit into a a pair of inning-ending double plays. Brent Montgomery (1-3) was one of five Gators to take the mound in game two and was charged with the loss. Adrian Orozco (3-0) earned the win for the Tritons.

Up Next
The Gators are scheduled to face Sonoma State in a non-conference doubleheader on Wednesday, March 22 at noon. SF State closes out the month with a three-game CCAA series at Cal State San Marcos beginning on Saturday, March 25.