angelo peraza vs. arizona - 2-24-24
10
Winner Arizona ARIZ 4-3
9
San Diego USD 4-3
Winner
Arizona ARIZ
4-3
10
Final
9
San Diego USD
4-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Arizona ARIZ 0 0 2 3 0 2 1 2 0 10 14 1
San Diego USD 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 14 1

W: Walty, Cam (2-0) L: Schrier, Alex (0-2) S: Hintz, Casey (1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Xander Brayfield '27 | Media Relations Intern

Baseball Falls in Sunday Finale Versus Arizona

Toreros strike first, plate a pair in the ninth, but can’t complete comeback to sweep Wildcats at Fowler Park

SAN DIEGO — San Diego baseball (4-3, 0-0 WCC) jumped out to a 6-0 lead and scored twice in the bottom of the ninth inning to pull within a run on Sunday afternoon but could not complete a last-chance comeback to secure a sweep over Arizona, suffering a tough 10-9 loss after the Wildcats (4-3, 0-0 Pac-12) plated five through the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings with a pair of well-timed home runs.

USD opened up with an early advantage via back-to-back first-inning home runs from Jack Costello and Austin Smith, but after adding a run in the third did not score again until the game's final frame, when it plated a pair before bringing the tying run to third and the winning run to second base.

Angelo Peraza, Jack Costello, and Will Worthington all were 3-for-5 from the plate in the series finale, combining for six RBIs and four runs scored.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • San Diego wasted little time in Sunday afternoon's matchup, getting the first inning started with a pair of singles from Angelo Peraza and Jack Gurevitch to put runners on the corners.
  • Costello followed by belting a booming homerun over Fowler Park's left field fence, clearing the bases to score Peraza, and Gurevitch and give the Toreros an early 3-0 lead to start the game.
  • Smith stayed hot Sunday afternoon by stepping up to the plate and launching another ball over the right field fence — this time from the DH spot — to add a fourth run in the bottom of the first for San Diego.
  • USD's huge first inning was not finished after the solo shot from Smith, as two singles from Jakob Christian and Ryan Ward made way for Will Worthington to rope a two-RBI single up the middle to score them both, pushing USD's advantage to 6-0.
  • Arizona added a pair of runs in the top of the third on an RBI single up the middle and a sacrifice fly into right field, cutting the San Diego lead to 6-2.
  • Dustin Allen added a run for USD in the bottom of the third when he reached on an RBI fielder's choice to second base, scoring Worthington to make it 7-2.
  • The Wildcats responded in the top of the fourth by recording a two-run homer and an RBI single, pulling within two at 7-5.
  • Arizona struck again in the top of the sixth with a game-tying two-run homer, then a seventh-inning solo shot gave the Wildcats an 8-7 lead.
  • A sacrifice fly and an RBI single for Arizona tacked on two more runs (both unearned) in the top of the eighth, making it 10-7 in the visitors' favor. 
  • San Diego plated two runs in the bottom of the ninth on a sacrifice fly from Gabe D'Arcy and an RBI single from Worthington to make it a one-run game at 10-9, but fell short of its second walk-off victory of 2024 despite loading the bases with two outs.
ON THE MOUND
  • Righty Ryan Kysar started Sunday's game on the mound for USD and surrendered five runs on seven hits across four innings while striking out five.
  • Alex Schrier was first out of the bullpen for the Toreros and pitched three innings, allowing three runs on five hits.
  • JD Goodcase entered out of the bullpen in the eighth and turned in 1.2 scoreless, one-hit frames to end the game for the Toreros.
TORERO TIDBITS 
  • Smith's solo-shot in the bottom of the first marked his third home run in the Toreros' last two games, giving him three longballs in his last seven at-bats.  
  • Christian registered his first start for San Diego on Sunday afternoon in right field and recorded his first hit as a Torero (also his first at the Division I level) alongside a highlight-reel sliding catch on the warning track.
  • The ball flew at Fowler Park on Sunday afternoon, with both teams combining for five home runs. 
  • After taking two of three from Arizona this weekend, San Diego has now opened its home schedule with a series win over a Power-Five opponent in each of the last three seasons (three of four from Oregon in 2022, three of four from Nebraska in 2023).
UP NEXT
The Toreros are back in action on Tuesday afternoon, when they travel to Northridge to take on the CSUN Matadors in a midweek non-conference matchup. First pitch at Matador Field is set for 2:00 p.m.
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