Feb. 18, 2017
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego State baseball team emerged victorious in the completion of Friday night's halted game, but dropped the second contest Saturday evening in the season-opening three-game series vs. Pacific.
The Aztecs and Tigers finished Friday's game, which was stopped due to rain, late Saturday afternoon with SDSU completing an 11-5 win. The nightcap, which got underway just after 5:00 pm, saw the visitors get a fine pitching performance from Will Lydon as they downed the Aztecs, 5-1.
In the completion for Friday's contest, which was halted with SDSU leading 9-5, the Aztecs added a pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth which came on a sacrifice fly by Jordan Verdon and a UOP throwing error. The Tigers got a consolation home run in the top of the ninth for the final 11-5 score line.
Four Aztecs ended the game with two hits apiece including Danny Sheehan, Andrew Martinez, Andrew Brown and Dean Nevarez.
Senior starting pitcher Brett Seeburger picked up the win after tossing 5.2 innings and allowing four runs (one earned) on five hits with three walks and six strikeouts. The relief trio of Jorge Fernandez, Adrian Mardueno and Logan Boyer covered the final 3.1 frames as the threesome allowed one run in three hits with five strikeouts.
In Saturday's regularly schedule contest, Pacific came out swinging against SDSU starter Harrison Pyatt, scoring three runs in the opening frame and one each in the second and third to account for their run production in the game.
Pyatt, who would eventually take the loss, went a total of 5.0 innings allowing the five runs on five hits with three walks and five strikeouts. Two of his walks and a hit batter proved costly as each would go on to score a run.
Lydon, meanwhile, kept the Aztec frustrated as they were able to put at least one man on base in eight of the nine innings, but would eventually finish with 12 left on base. The right-hander went 6.2 innings, scattering seven hits with a walk and four strikeouts. Reliever Vince Arobio tossed the final 2.1 frames giving up just a lone since in the ninth.
Martinez was the lone Aztec with more than one hit (single, double) in the game as he finished 4-for-7 with two doubles and an RBI over the two contests. His hit total was matched by teammate Alan Trejo while Sheehan's three RBI led the squad over the two games.
San Diego State and Pacific will play the rubber match of their weekend series on Sunday (Feb. 19) with a contest scheduled to get underway at 1:00 p.m. at Tony Gwynn Stadium.