Baseball Falls at Home to Pacific

Baseball Falls at Home to Pacific

Series Preview

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Hayd Pearce surrendered just two earned runs over six innings and Pacific combined to score seven times in the sixth and seventh innings to pull away for a 13-3 win over Santa Clara baseball on Saturday.

Tyler Ryan and Bryce Kirk each drove in four runs for the Tigers (19-16, 6-8 West Coast Conference) who have won the first two games of the series.

Alex LeForestier scored three runs and joined Kirk and Kevi Sandri in each posting two of the team's 10 hits.

Kirk and Sandri each had RBIs in the sixth when Pacific scored three times against Santa Clara starter Keegan McCarville to extend a 4-2 lead.

Kirk added a three-run blast in the seventh inning off reliever Julian Tristan to increase the lead to 11-2.

Pearce (3-0) struck out four and did not walk a batter in remaining perfect on the season.

Jake MacNichols and Ryan McCarthy each homered for the second-straight game for the Broncos (7-25, 1-10).

McCarville (3-6) took the loss after pitching five innings, surrendering six hits and seven runs (all earned).

Santa Clara led 2-0 on MacNichols' two-run blast in the first inning, but Ryan's three-run homer highlighted a four-run fourth for the Tigers.

MacNichols and Tony Boetto each had two hits for Santa Clara.

NEXT UP
The Broncos close out the series with the Tigers on Sunday. First pitch is at noon in Stephen Schott Stadium.

TICKETS
Single-game tickets are priced at $10. Click here to purchase online or contact the ticket office in Leavey Center weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. at (408) 554-4660 or BroncoTickets@scu.edu. Group discounts are also available through our ticket office sales and service consultants. Gates to Stephen Schott Stadium, as well as its ticket booth, are open one hour prior to the start of the game.
 
PARKING
Parking is available in the Guadalupe lot, adjacent to 455 El Camino Real. The Guadalupe lot is reserved beginning 60 minutes before game time through the end of the event for free parking. Baseball parking is no longer allowed in the lot behind Schott Stadium's left field wall. Overflow parking is available in the Leavey Center lot. Spectators that plan to arrive more than an hour prior to game time on weekdays are encouraged to purchase a parking permit for the Leavey lot. All SCU lot parking is free on weekends. ADA parking is available in the lot directly in front of the main gates; there is no general public parking in this lot. Follow signs for parking instructions. Click here for a campus parking map.
 
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