Score: UC Davis 3, Sacramento State 1
Location: Davis, Calif. (Dobbins Stadium)
Records: UC Davis 24-24 (12-15 Big West), Sacramento State 22-28 (6-6 WAC)

THE SHORT STORY: Jaxon Murphy went a perfect 3-for-3 with a pair of RBI singles and five UC Davis pitchers combined to limit Sacramento State to one run, lifting the Aggies to a 3-1 Causeway rivalry win on Tuesday night at Dobbins Stadium. UC Davis scored twice in the bottom of the first, added an insurance run in the sixth, and turned the rest over to a bullpen that closed with five consecutive scoreless innings. Carter Speights (2-3) earned the win in relief and Rowen Barnes recorded his 10th save of the season with a two-strikeout ninth.

LEADING OFF


Murphy finished 3-for-3 with two RBIs, driving in McNeal in the first and Felix in the sixth on RBI singles
Barnes locked down his 10th save of the season with a scoreless ninth, recording two strikeouts on eight pitches
Speights (2-3) earned the win after two innings of one-run relief on 24 pitches
Braydon Wooldridge opened with 4.0 scoreless innings, allowing five hits with two strikeouts on 45 pitches
Joey Wright went 1-for-3 with two stolen bases
Elijah McNeal added a 1-for-4 night with the game’s first RBI single in the bottom of the first
Ethan Felix finished 1-for-3 with a double, a walk and one of UC Davis’s three runs scored

HOW IT HAPPENED


UC Davis struck first in the bottom of the first as Story walked, McNeal singled to right field to score Zach Story, and Murphy followed with an RBI single to left to plate McNeal for an early 2-0 lead.
Wooldridge worked four scoreless innings to keep the Aggie lead intact through the early frames before turning it over to the bullpen.
Sacramento State broke through in the top of the sixth on Jakob Poturnak’s RBI double to left field that scored Louis Pimentel-Guerrero to cut the deficit to 2-1.
UC Davis answered immediately in the bottom of the sixth as Murphy singled up the middle to score Felix, restoring the two-run lead at 3-1.
Eli Solem and Tyler Wood each worked clean innings in the seventh and eighth, with Wood retiring the side around a walk while striking out one.
Barnes set the side down in order in the ninth with two strikeouts to lock up the win and his 10th save of the year.

UP NEXT

UC Davis returns to action later this week, hosting Hawai’i for a critical final series of Big West play, beginning on Friday, May 8. 

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