BAKERSFIELD, Calif.--The CSU Bakersfield baseball team travels to No. 21 UC Irvine Tuesday night.

CSUB (8-3) and UC Irvine (10-2) are scheduled to meet twice this season with the Roadrunners traveling to Irvine Tuesday night. The Anteaters head to Bakersfield Mar. 26.  UCI leads the all-time series 7-2.

UC Irvine is ranked in four Division I baseball polls with a a high of 21st coming in the Baseball America Top 25. The Anteaters are hitting .337 as a team with Connor Spencer leading the way with a .432 batting average. Spencer is third on the team in RBI's with 10. UCI's probable starter Tuesday night is Elliot Surrey who is 1-0 on the year with a 4.15 ERA. He has seven strikeouts in 8.2 innings.

Tuesday night's game is the 34th time the Roadrunners are playing a nationally ranked opponent in baseball. CSUB is 9-25 against the top 25 since the program was established in 2009.

Through the first 11 games of the 2013 season, CSUB has allowed the first run to their opponent nine times. The Roadrunners have overcome the opponent's lead seven times and have a 6-3 record in those games.

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