Beach Take Series with UCI

Saturday, April 1

Long Beach, Calif.

2:00 PM

Long Beach State University

14-15, 0

UC Irvine

18-12, 0

UC Irvine

Long Beach State

4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Box Score

No Fooling, Dirtbags Take Series with UCI
Longoria, Carpenter Combine on Series Clincher

April 1, 2006

BOX SCORE

LONG BEACH, CA-- Evan Longoria came a triple shy of the cycle, going 3-for-5 with a two-run home run, as Long Beach State (14-15, 2-0 Big West) won its first conference series of the season with a 6-2 win over UC Irvine (18-12, 0-2 Big West).

Andrew Carpenter (4-2) pitched a complete game four-hitter, striking out eight and walking one, as it was the righthander's third complete game of the season.

Scott Bradley and Danny Espinosa added two hits a piece as part of a 13-hit attack.

The Beach took advantage of poor defense early by UCI, as a failed pickoff by Swanson in the first put Longoria on third, before an RBI single from Sean Boatright made it 1-0. In the second inning, an RBI single by Robert Perry made it 1-0, before a fielding error by second baseman Josh Tavelli allowed another run to cross to make it 3-0.

Glenn Swanson (3-3) lasted just three and two-thirds innings for UCI, giving up four runs (two earned) on seven hits.

A two-run homer by Jaime Marinez cut the deficit to 3-2 in the third, before an RBI double by Espinosa in the fourth made it 4-2.

Longoria's seventh home run of the season, a two-run shot in the sixth, gave the Dirtbags a 6-2 lead and just missed hitting a truck on the street outside the ballpark.

UCI centerfielder Bryan Peterson made the defensive play of the game, diving and sliding on a slick outfield grass, keeping it at 6-2 in the seventh with an inning ending catch.

The final game of the Black and Blue rivalry series will be on Sunday at 1 p.m. With the series win, LBSU's Athletics Department leads the Rivalry Series, sponsored by Duke's in Huntington Beach, 25-17 with the four-point series victory.


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