Gauchos are a hit as offensive explosion leads to 3-game sweep at Cal Poly

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (KEYT) - UCSB scored 12 runs on 14 hits as they finished off a 3-game sweep over rival Cal Poly to jump right back in the Big West race.

Xavier Esquer and freshman Ryan Severns each knocked in three runs in a 12-4 win as the Gauchos are now ahead of Cal Poly in the loss column in league. UCSB is 8-4 in the Big West while the Mustangs are 10-5.

Esquer homered in the second inning and added a 2-run triple in the 9th inning.

Severns had an RBI double in the second inning, a run-scoring single in the sixth inning and an RBI double in the 9th.

The Gauchos led 6-0 after six innings before the Mustangs scored a pair of runs in the seventh and eighth innings.

Dos Pueblos High School alum Kellan Montgomery improved to 5-2 on the year after allowing just one run in six innings of work.