March 22, 2008
Box Score
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Junior All-American left-hander Brian Matusz tied a school record with 16 strikeouts to help lead the 19th-ranked University of San Diego baseball team (15-7) to a 7-2 win over Harvard University (1-8) in the first game of a double-header Saturday afternoon at Cunningham Stadium.
This past Sunday, freshman Kyle Blair set the new USD single-game strikeout record with 16, today Matusz (4-1) tied that record with 16 strikeouts in picking up the win allowing one run on three hits in 8.0 innings of work.
The Toreros once again wasted no time in scoring as they scored one run in each of the first three innings. USD got their runs on a Josh Romanski run-scoring double in the first, a Kevin Hansen sacrifice fly to centerfield in the second inning and a Romanski run-scoring double to right centerfield in the third.
After the Crimson took back one run in the fourth inning, USD then put the game out of reach as they scored three runs in the fifth inning. Victor Sanchez got things started with a single through the left side and he moved to second on a Romanski single and each advanced one base on a error by the Harvard second baseman. James Meador loaded the bases when he was hit by a pitch and Anthony Strazzara hit a sacrifice fly to right field to push across the first run of the inning. Zach Walters then doubled in the final two runs of the inning to move the Toreros lead to 5-1.
The Crimson would take back one more run in the ninth on a Jon Roberts sacrifice fly to put the game at its final of 7-2.
Offensively for the Toreros, Romanski led the way, as he went 4-for-5 with two doubles and three RBI as the only USD player to record multiple hits in the game.
