For the second straight game, Irvine will face off against University. Irvine is taking a road trip to challenge University at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. Irvine's pitching crew has only allowed 3.8 runs per game this season, so University's hitters will have their work cut out for them.
If Irvine beats University with four runs on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Irvine beat University on Tuesday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 4-1. Winning may never get old, but the Vaqueros sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Irvine got a great performance from Drake Brito as he struck out six batters over six innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits. That's the fewest hits Brito has allowed since back in February.
At the plate, Alex Cho was excellent, scoring a run while going 2-for-3. Nico Macalino also deserves some recognition as he hit his first double of the season.
Irvine was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .400. The last time their batting average was this high was back in March of 2024.
University moved to 6-4 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak. As for Irvine, the victory got them back to even at 7-7.
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