Baseball Makes It Three In A Row With 9-5 Victory Over Visiting UC Santa Barbara

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Riverside—The UC Riverside Baseball Team won its third straight game, Saturday evening, picking up a 9-5 victory over visiting UC Santa Barbara. That streak matches the team's longest of the season.The Highlanders (16-22, 4-10) got five-plus innings of three-hit baseball from starter Alex Fagalde, as the right-hander hander picked up his sixth win of the season against just three defeats.The top three hitters in the UCR lineup—Colby Schultz, AJ Sawyer and Mark Contreras—along with number nine hitter Tony Gudino, provided him with all the offense he needed, combining to go 11 for 18, with six runs scored and six RBIs.Contreras upped his slash line to .410/.475/.610 with his three-for-four effort. Those numbers would rank first, second and second in the Big West, but Contreras missed nearly a months worth of games in March due to an injury, and has not yet played in enough games to qualify for the Big West leader board.By the time the Gauchos (18-22, 4-7) recorded their second hit of the evening, UC Riverside led 6-0, scoring two runs each in the first, third and fifth innings.Chris Clements (1-6) logged 5.2 innings in the start for UC Santa Barbara, giving up 11 hits and six runs.The Highlanders and Gauchos finish their three-game Big West Conference series Sunday with a 1 pm PT first pitch.



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