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STOCKTON, Calif. \u2013\u00a0The Pacific baseball program begins a four-game, home-and-home series against Sacramento State, starting on Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. from John Smith Field.<\/p>\n
The Tigers (6-9) will play the first two of the set at the state capital, followed by a pair at Klein Family Field on Saturday and Sunday afternoon against the Hornets (5-10).<\/p>\n
Fresh off West Coast Conference Player of the Week honors announced Monday, redshirt sophomore Robert Orr<\/a> looks to continue his hot hitting at the plate. The native of Vancouver, British Colombia boasts a team-high .436 with 11 runs, 11 RBIs and four home runs to his name.<\/p>\n Orr currently maintains an eight-game hitting streak. During that stretch, Orr is 17-for-33 (.515) with four home runs, which leads the Tigers. His four home runs are also tied for fourth in the WCC while his batting average represents the Tigers at No. 2 in the conference leaderboard.<\/p>\n Redshirt junior Zach Todd<\/a> and redshirt junior Garret Plata<\/a> are the two Pacific arms that have done the bulk of the work in the rotation. Plata holds a 0.68 earned run average in 13.1 innings with 24 strikeouts while Todd still manages a solid 3.15 earned run average in 20.0 innings with a team-best 25 strikeouts. As of Tuesday, Todd’s 25 strikeouts are tied for third most in the WCC among qualified pitchers.<\/p>\n Sacramento State just wrapped up taking a road series from the No. 2 team in the country in LSU, winning the last two games in the set to make headlines there. Overall, the Hornets are 3-5 at home and 2-5 away from John Smith Field. Before tangoing with the Tigers this week, the Hornets will play a midweek contest against UMass Lowell on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Collectively, Sacramento State is hitting .206 with Luis Pimentel-Guerrero carrying the torch with a .294 clip. Erick Dessens leads the Hornets with a pair of home runs \u2013 one of which came against Pacific during its first meeting of the season back on February 25.<\/p>\n The Tigers ended up winning the first of five games against the Hornets at Klein Family Field when senior Rylan Evans<\/a> hit a walk-off single in the ninth inning to secure an 8-7 victory in the midweek clash. For the first two games of the set, Pacific seeks its first road victory at Sacramento State since March 29, 2022. The Tigers are 13-8 at home in the crosstown clash since 2006.<\/p>\n Wednesday and Friday’s games will be broadcast on ESPN+ at 6 p.m. each day. Dennis Ackerman will be on the call for the home games in the series at 3 p.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n