Todd Stymies Lions in Series-Opening Shutout
STOCKTON, Calif. – Fanning a career-high 11 hitters on the evening, redshirt junior Zach Todd guided the Pacific baseball program to an 8-0 shutout victory over LMU on Friday at Klein Family Field.
A six-run second inning was ample assist for Todd and the Tigers (18-25, 10-9 WCC), finally limiting the Lions (12-35, 3-16 WCC) to simply three hits in taking recreation one of many West Coast Conference sequence.
Todd (3-2) turned in his third consecutive high quality begin in league play and fourth total, throwing six scoreless frames and permitting simply two hits with 11 strikeouts, together with his a hundredth profession strikeout of his school profession. Todd is as much as a team-high 71 strikeouts in 63.0 innings together with his 11-strikeout efficiency tonight, marking probably the most strikeouts by a Tiger in a single recreation this season and probably the most since 13 strikeouts by Shelby Lackey on May 4, 2018.
Freshman Connor Raridan picked up his second save of the 2026 marketing campaign, pitching a clear three innings with 4 strikeouts to his title.
The majority of the harm for the Pacific offense unfolded on the backside of the second inning because the Tigers plated six runs on 5 hits and one LMU error to set the tone for the night. Redshirt sophomore J. T. Shank acquired the scoring began with a two-run single and senior Jake Tandy capped the rally with the third of three run-producing doubles down the left area line.
The Tigers would rating another in the fifth and one other insurance coverage run in the eighth, serving because the ending touches from the Pacific bats.
graduate scholar Brendan O’Sullivan set the desk together with his team-leading tenth multi-hit recreation and third three-hit efficiency of the 12 months. Senior Ryan Evans scored a game-high two runs.
With the victory over the Lions, the Tigers have prolonged their residence convention profitable streak to 5 video games and have notched double-digit convention wins on the season for the primary time since 2019.
Pacific and LMU will go toe-to-toe in recreation two of the WCC sequence tomorrow with a 3 pm first pitch from Klein Family Field. The first 250 followers will obtain a Hawaiian shirt giveaway, offered by Pacific Shredding.
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