
Baseball Falls to UCI in Game One
5/13/2022 8:54:00 PM | Baseball
RIVERSIDE, Calif. - UC Riverside opened a three-game series with UC Irvine on Friday night at the Riverside Sports Complex, falling 13-1.Â
Jacob Shanks went 4 for 5 on the night, singling up the middle in the bottom of the fifth before wheeling over to third on a single from Jacob Badawi. Badawi joined Shanks as the Highlanders' only multi-hit batters of the game, going 2 for 4.Â
Shanks also doubled in the bottom of the ninth for his season-high fourth hit of the evening.Â
UCR eliminated the shutout in the fourth inning after Joey Nicolai singled and advanced to second on the throw. Nicolai went to third on a groundout and came home on Nathan Webb's sacrifice fly to right field.Â
The Highlanders and Anteaters will resume with game two on Saturday at 6:00 p.m. on ESPN+.Â
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Pinto, Nick (2-5)
L: Frazier, Tyler (0-7)
Batting:
2B: Kendle, Caden 1 ; Gleed, Dub 1 ; Garcia-Pacheco, A. 1 ; Spillane, Luke 1 ; Nakawake, Taishi 1
HR: Church, Nathan 1
RBI: Kendle, Caden 2 ; Church, Nathan 3 ; Gleed, Dub 3 ; Torres, Justin 2 ; Spillane, Luke 1
SF: Church, Nathan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Kendle, Caden 2 ; Hadeen, Woody 3 ; Church, Nathan 1 ; Gleed, Dub 2 ; Torres, Justin 1 ; Spillane, Luke 2 ; Nakawake, Taishi 2
SB: Spillane, Luke 1
HBP: Kendle, Caden 1 ; Church, Nathan 1

Batting:
2B: Shanks, Jacob 1
RBI: Webb, Nathan 1
SF: Webb, Nathan 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Nicolai, Joey 1
CS: Orick, Dylan 1












