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DAVIS, Calif. — Jakob Poturnak finished with a pair of hits and drove home his team’s only run of the night while the Hornet bullpen combined to scatter just five hits and strikeout 12, but the Sacramento State baseball team dropped a narrow 3-1 decision to Causeway rival UC Davis in its non-conference finale on Tuesday night at Phil Swimley Field at Dobbins Stadium in Davis, Calif.
The two programs split a two-game midweek series with the Hornets posting a 7-1 victory on the road on April 22. Sacramento State fell to 22-28 overall with six games remaining — all Western Athletic Conference contests — in the regular season.
Now having won five straight, the Aggies improved to 24-24 overall.
Poturnak finished 2-for-4 with that run-scoring double in the sixth that cut into an early 2-0 UC Davis lead, but the homestanding Aggies clawed the run back in the bottom of the sixth and held off any Hornet comeback thanks, in part, to four double plays turned to kill-off any Sacramento State comeback attempt.
The Hornets out-hit UC Davis by an 8-7 count as sixth other batters finished with knocks on the night, including a double by Luis Pimentel-Guerrero that led to his team’s lone run.
Starter Chase Sorlie (0-1) took the loss after allowing the first two runs of the night, surrendering two hits and walking a pair in his only inning of work.
From there, the Sacramento State bullpen was nearly unbeatable as seven different pitchers combined to throw the final eight innings, allowing a run on five hits, walking two and striking out 12. Junior Ari Kligman pitched a pair of scoreless innings, walking one and striking out three, while Ian Winterhalder tied him for team-high honors in strikeouts, scattering two hits over his 1.2 innings.
Adam Enyart and Konner Entz added a pair of strikeouts during their respective time on the mound, while Baylor Sandberg and Bryce Stockton held the Aggies scoreless in their stints. Tyler Blankenship made his season and Hornet debut in the eighth, striking out the only batter he faced.
The Hornets hit the road for the final time this season, heading to Southern California for a three-game series against California Baptist this weekend in Riverside, Calif. The series begins with a 6 p.m. start on Friday (May 8), followed by a 5 p.m. start on Saturday (May 9), and a Noon first pitch on Sunday (May 10) for the finale.