LAKE ELSINORE, Calif.— Make it four-straight wins for No. 30 UCSB Baseball which topped UC San Diego in a neutral game matchup 9-6 Friday night. The Gauchos traveled down to Lake Elsinore Diamond to top the Tritons in the first edition of a two-game series. 

On the Stat Sheet

• Cory Lewis (2-0) tossed five innings of one-run ball as one unearned run scored under his watch. He struck out six in the win.
• Ryan Harvey once again closed things out defensively retiring all three batters in the ninth for his fourth save of the season.
• On the offensive end, Bryce Willits went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run, and four RBI.
• Nick Vogt collected four RBI as well going 1-for-2 with a bases-clearing triple and two walks. 

How It Happened

• The Tritons struck first in the bottom of the second scoring on a wild pitch to take a 1-0 lead, but the Gauchos answered quickly with a huge outing top of the third.
• Six runs would come across in the inning as Vogt roped a bases-loaded triple to left center to give his team a 3-1 lead on the fourth AB of the inning. Kyle Johnson made it 4-1 on an RBI single that scored Vogt and Willits ended the scoring efforts with a two-run homer over the right field wall.
• The eighth run of the game came in the top of the seventh with Willits slapping a single back the mound to score Vogt and extend the lead 8-1.
• Three Triton runs scored in the bottom of the seventh and the Gauchos answered with a Vogt sac-fly in the top of the eighth to make it 9-4.
• Two more UCSD runs came across in the eighth, but UCSB got away with the 9-6 win.

Next Up
UCSB will run it back with UCSD tomorrow at 4 PM at Lake Elsinore Diamond.