San Diego College Baseball : SDSU Wins 3 in a Day From Utah

The San Diego State baseball team swept a tripleheader from Utah Tuesday in Western Athletic Conference games in Salt Lake City.

The Aztecs won the seven-inning first game, 6-4, the nine-inning second game, 14-7, and the seven-inning third game, 11-0. Because of a four-hour snow delay on Monday, the Aztecs and Utes could play only one game of a scheduled doubleheader.

Mike Erb (7-3), a sophomore from Madison High School, struck out 10 and allowed five hits in seven innings in the first game. Deron Johnson was 2 for 4 with three RBIs, including a two-run homer in the fifth, his sixth of the year. Dan Lopes added two singles for the Aztecs.

With the second game tied, 7-7, in the top of the ninth, the Aztecs (4-8, 24-18-1) scored seven runs to break open the game. Right fielder Bob Parry was 3 for 4 with five RBIs and three doubles. Nikco Riesgo was 2 for 6 with a double. Matt Haar (2-3) pitched three innings in relief.

Parry hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning of the third game as the Aztecs won easily. Parry was 2 for 4. Scott Lawrence (4-2) went the distance for SDSU. Riesgo was 2 for 4 with a double. Riesgo also scored twice and had two RBIs.

The Utes are 3-9 and 9-20.

In other college baseball action:

UC Irvine 7, University of San Diego 6--The Anteaters (14-18-2) scored twice in the bottom of the ninth at Irvine for the nonconference victory. Mike Fay’s pinch hit triple scored pinch runner Ed Rivero with the tying run and Doug Kline hit a sacrifice fly to right to score Fay with the winning run. Irvine’s Tom Baine went 3 for 3 with a double and two RBIs to raise his batting average to .426. Bo Kent pitched the final 4 innings to pick up his sixth win in 10 decisions. The Toreros fell to 20-19-2.

Cal State Fullerton 6-3, United States International 2-1--A pinch-hit grand slam by Bob Mellano in the first game and a three-run first inning in the nightcap enabled the Titans to sweep a nonconference doubleheader at Fullerton.

The Gulls broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning of the opener when catcher Mark Waters walked and scored when Titan pitcher Mike Belanger threw wildly to first on a pickoff attempt. Fullerton, sparked by Mellano, came back with five runs in the bottom of the fifth.

In the second game, John Eccles doubled in two runs and scored on an error as Fullerton (28-14) took an early lead. USIU (20-25) scored in the third when Ted Rivenbark singled, stole second, went to third on a deep fly to left and came home on John Ronis’ infield hit.