SAN DIEGO — San Diego baseball (1-0, 0-0 WCC) began the Brock Ungricht era in style on Friday night, taking down Oregon (0-1, 0-0 Pac-12) by a score of 11-1 to earn a dominant win before a crowd of 1,146 at Fowler Park in their season opener.

AN OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION

• Sophomore Chase Meidroth got the scoring started and the crowd roaring with a towering two-run homer in the bottom of the first, plating junior shortstop Cody Jefferis to give the Toreros an early 2-0 lead.
• Sophomore Angelo Peraza scored on a wild pitch, then sophomore Jack Costello drove in Jefferis to double the USD advantage.
• Sophomore Kevin Sim (Torrey Pines High School) added key insurance runs in the bottom of the seventh by lacing a single back up the middle to plate junior Caleb Ricketts and sophomore Jack Costello, then Peraza drove in Sim and true freshman Justin DeCriscio to stretch the Torero lead to 8-1.
• USD added three more runs in the inning courtesy of a booming double to left field from sophomore Dustin Allen that scored sophomore Will Worthington, and a two-RBI single from Jefferis that drove in Allen and Peraza.

RENNIE RETURNS WITH A VENGEANCE

• Senior right-hander Garrett Rennie turned in a masterful performance in his first start after recovering from Tommy John surgery (and just his second appearance in a Torero uniform), tossing 6.1 innings while surrendering just a single unearned run.
• The Los Alamitos, California native struck out five, walked two, and scattered six hits.
• He was able to settle in after surrendering a pair of singles in the first.

TORERO TIDBITS

• Jefferis, who was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and two runs scored on the evening, turned a pivotal double play in the top of the seventh with the game hanging in the balance.
• He helped sophomore reliever Ivan Romero out of a jam by making a diving stop up the middle, stepping on second base, and making a strong, off-balance throw to turn two.
• Meidroth, Peraza, and Sim all joined Jefferis in notching a pair of RBIs.
• Peraza and Jefferis each scored twice, while Meidroth, Ricketts, Costello, DeCriscio, Allen, Sim, and Worthington each scored once.
• Romero, redshirt freshman Drake Frize, and redshirt sophomore James Sashin teamed up for 3.2 scoreless innings in relief to finish the game.

UP NEXT
The Toreros continue their series with the Ducks tomorrow evening. First pitch at Fowler Park is set for 5 p.m.