April 10, 2004
Box Score
(San Diego, CA) - After winning game one 8-5 Saturday afternoon, San Diego pounded Santa Clara 12-1 in game two of a West Coast Conference doubleheader- completing a three-game weekend sweep at USD's Cunningham Stadium. San Diego (20-17) put up nine runs in the fifth inning, attaining an insurmountable lead in a game called after seven innings. Santa Clara (16-19) pitching was ripped for 27 hits during the doubleheader. USD freshman Josh Butler hurled five scoreless innings in the finale to pick up his third win. Kyle Collins was the winner in game one.
Torero senior Josh Hansen (.376) extended his hitting streak to 20 games when he doubled during San Diego's nine-run fifth. USD freshman Shane Buschini scored twice in the fifth. Tom Caple (.321) added a double and Keoni Ruth hit a pair of RBI singles during a Torero offensive that exhausted Bronco relievers John Redmond (3-2) and Scott Lonergan. San Diego now owns a team batting average of .312, hitting for a .366 clip in their last ten games.
Butler (3-1) came on to spell Justin Blaine in game two Saturday. Blaine had pitched two plus innings to close out game one- earning his first collegiate save in the process. Butler's WCC ERA drops to 2.89 after going five scoreless innings. San Diego used just three pitchers through the doubleheader, with the combination of Kyle Collins, Blaine and Butler allowing a total of 15 hits and six runs over 16 total innings.
