SANTA BARBARA, Calif.— No. 19 UCSB Baseball (24-8, 13-2) made it a claim sweep of  UC San Diego (12-22, 4-8) outlasting the Tritons in game three 8-7. The Gauchos have now won six-straight games and have swept three different conference series.

On the Stat Sheet

• Blake Klassen, Nick Oakley, and Christian Kirtley all collected solo shots in the contests as Kirtley went 2-for-3 with two walks and two runs and Nick Oakley went 2-for-4 with a run.
• Nick Vogt went 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs, and both Broc Mortensen and John Newman Jr. saw doubles.
• Kyle Johnson had the game winning swing with a two-RBI double and had a walk.
• The Gauchos stole four bases in the game all by different players as they just outhit UCSD 11-10.
• Six arms graced the mound for the Gauchos as Sam Whiting (1-0) picked up the win in his first decision and Ryan Harvey closed out the ninth for his ninth save, which leads the Big West.

How It Happened

• Klassen served as the lead-off man once again and wasted no time taking the second pitch he saw deep over the right field wall to put his team up 1-0.
• Two more came in the bottom of the second with Nick Vogt collecting a lead-off single and making his way to second on a Triton error. A ground-out put him on third and a wild pitch saw him touch home to make it 2-0. Nick Oakley earned his second straight start at second base and made the most of it hitting a jack to right field, his first home run of the year.
• Gallagher held strong stranding Tritons aboard in the first three innings until the fourth when UCSD broke through with two unearned runs.
• The Tritons tied the game with a solo home run in the fifth to make it 3-3.
• The third solo of the day for the Gauchos came with two outs in the 5^th as Kirtley took his turn tattooing a ball to regain the lead 4-3. It was the left fielder's sixth of the season, but the lead didn't hold long with UCSD scoring another run the sixth to tie it once again.
• The Gauchos loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom half but the damage was severely limited as they only managed to score one run on walk from Willits.
• UCSD threatened to score for the third straight inning bringing two aboard but Hayden Hattenbach entered and got out on the jam getting a quick lineout and ending the inning with the strikeout swinging.
• For the third straight inning the Gauchos hung a one as Vogt singled and got pushed to second on a Newman Jr. walk. A double steal brought him to third and he would come around to score on a wild pitch to extend the home team's lead to 6-4.
• Unfortunately the relentless bats of the Tritons managed to plate a pair in the top of the 8^th to ice the game yet again.
• Johnson was the savior in the bottom of the eighth ripping a two-out single to score a pair. A double steal during his at-bat may have been the difference in the game bringing both runners into scoring position.
• UCSD refused to quit adding another in the ninth but it wasn't enough as UCSB held on for its sixth-straight win. 

Next Up
The home stand continues this Tuesday as No. 12 UCLA comes to town, followed by a weekend series with Long Beach.