Anteaters ride Waves, 5-1

Center fielder Jon Horwitz wielded the biggest bat in a 10-hit attack

for the UC Irvine Anteaters Tuesday night, going 4 for 4 with a

double, two runs scored and two RBIs as the ‘Eaters handed visiting

Pepperdine a 5-1 nonconference defeat.

The Anteaters, who never trailed, snapped a 1-1 tie in the fourth

inning with a pair of runs, then took command with two more in the

bottom of the seventh to pad the margin to four.

Kris Krise, who went five innings, allowing one earned run on four

hits, striking out four, got his third victory in four decisions.

Second baseman Matt Fisher was 2 for four with an RBI and a run

scored.

Brett Dalton and Mark Wagner each doubled for the Anteaters, who

improved to 14-20, while handing Pepperdine its 15th loss in 34

starts.

The Anteaters return to their home confines on Friday when they

host heralded Long Beach State in the first of a three-game Big West

Conference series, starting at 7 Friday. Saturday’s game is at 6 p.m.

and the finale on Sunday is at 1 p.m.

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Nonconference

UCI 5, Pepperdine 1

Score by Innings

Pepperdine 010 000 000 -- 1 5 0

UCI 100 200 20x -- 5 10 1

Mills, Johnson (4), Hobbs (7) and

Caraballo, Haapanen; Krise, Davern (6),

Koehler (7), Nicoll (8) and Wagner. W --

Krise, 3-1. L -- Mills, 0-2. 2B --

Horwitz (UCI), Dalton (UCI), Wagner

(UCI)

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