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UCCS UCCS 13-19
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Winner Regis RUBB 16-16
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
UCCS UCCS 2 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 7 10 2
Regis RUBB 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 8 9 1

W: Ashcraft, Mason (3-2) L: Vander Hodges (0-1)

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UCCS UCCS 13-20
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Winner Regis RUBB 17-16
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Regis RUBB
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UCCS UCCS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Regis RUBB 4 2 0 0 5 0 X 11 17 0

W: Garcia, Ryan (1-1) L: John Hoffman (3-2)

Ryan Garcia 4.7
Billy Saunders, Regis Athletics
Regis freshman Ryan Garcia (#43) tossed a one-hit shutout in Friday's 11-0 win over UCCS.

Game Recap: Baseball | | David Wilson, Assistant AD-Communications

Garcia's one-hit shutout punctuates Rangers' doubleheader sweep of UCCS

DENVER, Colo. — The Regis University baseball team guaranteed itself at least a series win on Friday, sweeping its doubleheader against the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs by 8-7 and 11-0 finals to go up 3-0 in the four-game set.

With the wins, the Rangers (17-16 overall, 8-7 RMAC) climb back above .500 for the season and in conference play. They'll be looking to sweep the season series against the Mountain Lions (13-20 overall, 5-10 RMAC) for the second straight season when the two teams resume series action with Game Four at 3 p.m. Saturday.

GAME ONE: Regis and UCCS played a back-and-forth affair in Friday's opener, combining for three ties and five lead changes.

UCCS would own leads of 2-0 after the first, and climbed ahead 6-4 in the third inning on a three-run homer by Evan Steinberger.

The Rangers countered right back with three runs of their own in the home-half of the third, which included a two-run home run to right by junior outfielder Levi Padilla and a blistered RBI double to the left-center field gap by sophomore Maxim Fullerton to score Colten Chase all the way from first.

For Padilla, the home run was his team-leading fourth of the season and one of four homers hit by the Rangers on the afternoon.

UCCS would scratch across a run in the fifth to tie the game again at 7-7. The two teams would remain deadlocked into extra innings before sophomore shortstop Zach Daudet played hero, lining a two-out RBI single to left-field in the bottom of the eighth to score Chase, who got the rally started with a leadoff single.

Daudet finished the ballgame 2-for-3 with a run scored, the game-winning RBI and two walks. Chase (2-for-4, 2 runs) and sophomore Dom Ramil (2-for-4, 2 RBI, 1 Run) would also have multi-hit performances, combining for six of the Rangers' nine hits in the ballgame.

On the mound, sophomore right-hander Mason Ashcraft persevered through some tough BABIP (Batted Balls in Play) luck en route to earning his third victory of the spring. Ashcraft went all eight innings, allowing seven runs, six earned on 10 hits — nine of which were singles — while striking out six.

GAME TWO: The Rangers punctuated their doubleheader sweep with an 11-0 rout of UCCS in the nightcap, highlighted by a sensational one-hit, shutout tossed by freshman left-hander Ryan Garcia.

Garcia earned his first collegiate win, fittingly, with the best outing of his young career. He struck out a career-high seven and walked just one, while the lone hit he allowed was a bullet by UCCS leadoff man Hayden Iverson that ricocheted off Garcia in the top of the third.

While the southpaw was mowing down Mountain Lions' batting order, the Rangers' lineup gave Garcia all the run support he'd need with 11 runs on 17 hits.

Senior first baseman Matt Marlow, who finished 3-for-3 with a run scored and two RBI, got the scoring started with a two-run, opposite field home run in the bottom of the first inning.

The ensuing batter, freshman Jack Moulin would launch his third home run of the spring to go back-to-back with Marlow and get Regis off to a 3-0 lead.

Senior third baseman Colten Chase, who joined Marlow with a spotless 3-for-3 performance) would cap the four-run first inning with a RBI single.

Regis would plate two more in the second inning when Fullerton crushed his first home run as a Ranger to right field; a two-run shot that would also score Daudet.

Sophomore infielder Wes Miller, getting the start at second baseman in Friday's nightcap, would open a five-run fifth inning for the Rangers with a RBI single and came around to score one batter later on a two-run triple by Daudet to the left-center field gap.

Fullerton, who finished 2-for-3 with 3 runs scored and three RBI, drove in Daudet with a RBI single. He'd score three batters later on the RBI double off the bat of sophomore catcher Adam Paniagua to cap the five-run fifth that ballooned the Regis lead to 11-0.

UP NEXT: The Rangers will look to sweep the four-game series when the two teams resume action on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. at the Regis Baseball Field.
 
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