‘Eater error costly again

A bases-loaded throwing error in the bottom of the ninth by the UC

Irvine baseball team allowed the game-winning run to cross for the

second time in as many days as the visiting Anteaters lost to

Clemson, 5-4, in a nonconference game Saturday at Doug Kingsmore

Stadium.

In the ninth, Tiger second baseman Taylor Harbin hit a one-out

double and advanced to third on a wild pitch by reliever Steve

Schroer. UCI (6-4) intentionally walked the next two batters,

bringing up Tyler Colvin to face sophomore Blair Erickson.

Colvin’s grounder to second baseman Brett Dalton was fielded

cleanly but his throw to shortstop Chad Lundahl -- in an effort to

start the double play near second base -- sailed wide, allowing

Harbin to score the winning run for the Tigers (3-2).

UC Irvine rallied from a 4-2 deficit with two in the ninth.

Lundahl drew a two-out walk and advanced to third on a double by

Dalton.

A balk allowed Lundahl to score, Cody Cipriano walked and Matt

Anderson singled in a run.

Anderson was 2 for 4 with an RBI and a run while first baseman

Jaime Martinez was 1 for 3 with an RBI.

Nonconference

Clemson 5, UC Irvine 4

Score by Innings

*--*

UC Irvine 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -- 4 9 4

Clemson 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 -- 5 9 0

*--*

Cassel, Schroer (8), Erickson (9) and Wagner; Rohrbaugh, Hahn (6),

Moskos (9), Fiorenza (9) and Casanova. W -- Fiorenza, 1-0. L --

Schroer, 0-1. 2B -- Dalton (UCI), Harbin (C) 2, D’Alessio (C). HR --

Harvey (C).