The Tritons knew that their best chance to take a game from a perennial top-10 San Luis Obispo team was to catch them off guard in game 1, and they nearly did. Five year veteran Finn Daecher pitched the best game the Tritons could have hoped for; after giving up 1 run in the 1st inning he threw 6 straight scoreless innings. After UCSD scored a run in the top of the 7th to tie the game up at 1-1, the Tritons and Mustangs headed to extras. In the bottom of the 8th inning with the bases loaded, the Mustangs hit a sacrifice fly to right field and were able to score the runner from third, taking game 1, 2-1.

Coming out of the break, the Tritons just wanted to get through game 2 of the doubleheader. The Mustangs never had an inning where they scored more than 2 runs, but the Tritons just couldn’t keep up with their constant offensive barrage. Ethan Neuner and Jaydee Denning had the only hits of the game for the Tritons on their way to an 8-0 shutout.

Going into Sunday, the Tritons looked to be back on form. Freshman pitcher Scott Olinger threw 3 scoreless innings, and in the top of the 4th, great baserunning allowed the Tritons to steal a run and go up 1-0. Unfortunately, Cal Poly were able to kickstart their offense and score 4 runs in the bottom of the inning. They wouldn’t relinquish the lead for the rest of the game and the Tritons lost 14-4 en route to an 0-3 weekend.

Next weekend, the Tritons look to regain momentum against cross-town rival SDSU in their first conference series of the year.