April 28, 2009
Box Score
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The University of San Diego baseball team dropped a 2-1 non-conference game to UC Riverside Tuesday afternoon at USD's Cunningham Stadium.
With the loss, the Toreros fall to 27-18 overall and with the win, the Highlanders improve to 25-13 overall.
Riverside got on the scoreboard first, as they pushed across one run on one hit in the top of the fourth inning. The UCR run came on a Daniel Pellegrino sacrifice fly to centerfield, which scored Ryan Goetz, who had doubled.
San Diego then evened the score in the bottom of the fifth inning. With two outs, Bryan Haar got things started with a single through the left side. Jon Hotta then drove in Haar with a double down the left field line to knot things up at 1-1.
The Highlanders would score the go-ahead run in the top of the sixth inning when Pellegrino hit into a bases-loaded double play to put the game at its final of 2-1.
Darrin Campbell (3-4) was saddled with the loss on the mound for the Toreros, as he allowed one run on three hits in 2.0 innings of work Ryan Platt (3-0) picked up the win for the Highlanders as he allowed one run on four hits in 8.0 innings of work.
The Toreros will return to action on Friday, as they head to Los Angeles to battle second place Loyola Marymount in a West Coast Conference game at 3 p.m. Starting pitchers for the game have not yet been determined.
