{"id":287598,"date":"2026-04-27T03:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T03:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/287598\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T03:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T03:15:09","slug":"aggies-blank-long-beach-state-3-0-to-take-series-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/287598\/","title":{"rendered":"Aggies Blank Long Beach State 3-0 to Take Series Finale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    Score: UC Davis 3, Long Beach State 0<br \/>\nLocation: Davis, Calif. (Dobbins Stadium)<br \/>\nRecords: UC Davis 19-23 (9-15 Big West), Long Beach State 14-29 (8-16 Big West)<\/p>\n<p>THE SHORT STORY: UC Davis took the series finale from Long Beach State 3-0 on Sunday afternoon at Dobbins Stadium behind a combined four-pitcher shutout and a three-run seventh inning. <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/korey-williams\/20300\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20300\" target=\"_blank\">Korey Williams<\/a> broke the scoreless tie with a pinch-hit RBI single, <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/elijah-mcneal\/20515\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20515\" target=\"_blank\">Elijah McNeal<\/a> followed with an RBI single and <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/zach-story\/20298\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20298\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Story<\/a> drew a bases-loaded walk to plate the third run. <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/peter-storjohann\/20518\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20518\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Storjohann<\/a> earned the win with three perfect innings of relief and <a href=\"https:\/\/ucdavisaggies.com\/sports\/baseball\/roster\/rowen-barnes\/20278\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"20278\" target=\"_blank\">Rowen Barnes<\/a> recorded his eighth save of the season.<\/p>\n<p>LEADING OFF&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tStorjohann (3-1) earned the win with three perfect innings of relief, retiring all nine batters he faced with three strikeouts on 36 pitches&#13;<br \/>\n\tBarnes recorded his eighth save of the season with a scoreless ninth, working around a walk and two hits&#13;<br \/>\n\tPezzolo turned in 4.0 scoreless innings to open, allowing four hits and four walks with four strikeouts on 76 pitches&#13;<br \/>\n\tWilliams went 1-for-1 with the game&#8217;s go-ahead RBI on a pinch-hit single in the seventh&#13;<br \/>\n\tMcNeal finished 1-for-4 with an RBI single in the seventh&#13;<br \/>\n\tStory added a 1-for-2 day with a double, a walk and an RBI&#13;<\/p>\n<p>HOW IT HAPPENED&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tPezzolo and Long Beach State starter Jason Gerfers traded zeros into the seventh, with the Aggie starter working 4.0 scoreless innings on 76 pitches.&#13;<br \/>\n\tStorjohann took the ball in the fifth and was perfect across three innings, retiring all nine batters he faced with three strikeouts on 36 pitches.&#13;<br \/>\n\tUC Davis broke through with a three-run seventh, sending nine batters to the plate. Wright opened with a hit by pitch, Lee drew a walk and Wooldridge was hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out.&#13;<br \/>\n\tWilliams pinch hit and singled in Howard with the game&#8217;s first run. McNeal added an RBI single off reliever Alex Ramos to bring home Lee, and Story drew a bases-loaded walk to plate Wooldridge for a 3-0 lead.&#13;<br \/>\n\tLerma worked around two hits in the eighth and Barnes locked down the ninth around a walk and two hits for his eighth save of the season.&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\nUP NEXT<br \/>\nUC Davis travels to Stanford on Monday, April 27 for a non-conference matchup, with first pitch set for 6:05 p.m. at Klein Field at Sunken Diamond.<br \/>\n                    Read Full Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; Score: UC Davis 3, Long Beach State 0 Location: Davis, Calif. 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