Gauchos shutout in series opener against #20 Oregon

UC SANTA BARARA, Calif. (KEYT) - The big hit never came and UCSB lost game one of this 3-game home series against #20 Oregon 4-0.

Gauchos ace Jackson Flora pitched five innings of 2-hit shutout ball, striking out five. He did walk three batters and had two wild pitches but he was able to escape a few jams.

(Flora lowered his ERA to 0.83 after 5 scoreless innings against Ducks. Entenza Design).

UCSB had plenty of chances as they walked 6 times but they could not buy a timely hit and ended up with 13 runners left on base.

Oregon broke snapped a scoreless tie on a Jack Brooks solo home run in the seventh inning off reliever Raymond Olivas.

The Ducks added 3 more runs in the ninth inning to improve to 22-4 on the year.

UCSB is 15-8 but they have dropped 6 of their last 7 games.

Saturday's game starts at 3:05 p.m. and Sunday is 1:05 p.m.