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Eric Charles
Mark Duffel
2
UC Davis UCD 9-21, 4-12 Big West
5
Winner CSUB CSUB 8-7, 5-3 Big West
UC Davis UCD
9-21, 4-12 Big West
2
Final
5
CSUB CSUB
8-7, 5-3 Big West
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UC Davis UCD 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
CSUB CSUB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 X 5 9 0

W: Cordova, Noah (1-0) L: Peng, Nathan (1-2) S: Charles, Aaron (1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Bakersfield Rallies to beat UC Davis, Split Series

Bakersfield, Calif. – CSU Bakersfield scored five times in the eighth inning to beat UC Davis 5-2, Sunday, earning a split of this weekend's series. The Roadrunners improved to 8-7 overall and 5-3 in Big West action, while the Aggies fell to 9-21 and 4-12.
 
UC Davis starter Brett Erwin had held CSUB to just two hits through seven innings before tiring in the eighth and allowing the first three `Runners to reach. He exited the game after Jashia Morrissey singled to right-center to drive in Bakersfield's first run.
 
Eric Charles, Jacen Roberson and Evan Berkey greeted reliever Nathan Peng with three-straight doubles to make it 4-2 and Tyler Jorgensen added an RBI single to provide the final margin.
 
Bakersfield starter Roman Angelo pitched six strong innings, allowing just four hits and two earned runs, while striking out five and settling for the no-decision.
 
Noah Cordova picked up the win tossing two scoreless innings of relief and striking out a pair.
 
Aaron Charles picked up the save punching out two Aggies to end the game.
 
The `Runners will now embark on an eight-game road trip to Hawai'i and UC San Diego, beginning next weekend in Honolulu.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
• UC Davis struck first for the third time in the series, scoring twice in the fourth inning on three hits and a walk. Kyler Arenado powered a one-out double into the gap in left-center field to score Connor Longrie and Michael Campagna.
• The Aggies loaded the bases with one out in the seventh, but Cordova responded with a strike out of Jake Brandel before getting left-fielder Connor Longrie to pop out to second.
• Morrissey started CSUB's eighth-inning rally with an RBI single back through the box to score Aaron Casillas, who had singled to lead off the inning. Charles followed with an RBI double to tie the score after an eight pitch at bat and scored when Roberson doubled to left centerfield. It was the second straight game-winning RBI for the Bakersfield native. Evan Berkey and Tyler Jorgensen added RBI base hits to make it 5-3.
 
NOTABLE:
• A day after hitting for the first cycle in CSUB History, Roberson finished 2-for-4, with a pair of 2Bs and extended his hitting streak to six games.
• Tyler Jorgensen's eighth inning double extended his hitting streak to 12 days.   
• Angelo worked 6.0 innings, striking out five and inducing 10 ground ball outs. He now sits at 97.1 innings pitched in his Bakersfield career.  
• Aaron Charles' save was the first of his career.
• CSUB won for the third time this season when trailing after the seventh inning.
 
QUOTABLE:
Head Coach Jeremy Beard
On the team's performance this weekend…
"We fell behind losing the first two games of this series, but as the weekend went on our guys loosened up and played a lot better. We started to put together quality at bats yesterday, and again in the later innings today, and that starts with knowing our plan and what the situation calls for."
 
On a great effort from pitchers Roman Angelo, Noah Cordova and Aaron Charles…
"Roman threw well from the start today and deserved to get the win. Noah's outing was ice in your veins type stuff, a great example of executing your pitches and gutting throw a second outing of the weekend. Aaron had to miss his start, but showed us a lot coming in and attacking the zone with authority and closing out that game for us."
 
Roman Angelo
On his strong start to the season…
"My job is to go to the mound and make pitches, so I just focus on execution try not to worry about things that I can't control. I trust my teammates to have my back and they came through again today."
 
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