PASADENA, Calif. – The University of Redlands baseball team (14-13, 8-4) swept the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Saturday on the road as they picked up an 8-3 win in game one and a 12-1 win to complete the sweep in game two.
Game 1: Redlands 8 – Caltech 3
The Bulldogs and Beavers were tied at three heading into the ninth inning. Their runs came on a Tyler Barsness double and a pair of solo home runs, one from Ian Umscheid in the third and the other from Mason Chetcuti in the fifth.
In the ninth, though, Barsness singled and was bunted to second by Karlsen Drake. Eddy Stone then had the game-winning hit as he doubled to center for a 4-3 lead.
The other three insurance runs came from Tanner Gerosa, who singled and scored Bubba Correa and then crossed home plate on a throwing error, Chetcuti who also scored thanks to an error, and Anthony Thomas who doubled home Nate Miller.
Starter Erik Radder went seven innings with seven strikeouts and two earned runs allowed. Tanner Currier came on and got his third win after throwing the final two innings.
Game 2: Redlands 12 – Caltech 1
Jesse Bullard began the scoring with a two-run double in the first. Stone then followed with a single into right that advanced Bullard home for a 3-0 lead after one.
In the second Aziz Bishop scored on fielder's choice with Umscheid recording an RBI.
In the sixth and seventh innings Redlands created additional space with a pair of three-run innings. The first three runs came on a three-run home run from Bishop. Then in the seventh Stone and Barsness had the RBI.
The final tallies were off the bat of Mateo Carresi in the ninth when he singled home Barsness and Bishop for the final of 12-1.
Barsness finished with five hits, the 24th such game in program history and the first since 2022 when Mark Kirkland did so against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (CMS).
Not to be too outdone, Stone had a 4-for-4 day with a pair of runs and RBI. Carresi and Bullard also had two hits while Bishop reached thrice with a hit and two walks. He also scored three times and drove in three.
Brett Edwards started and went seven innings for his third win. He allowed only five hits and struck out four. Chad Kober and Gavin Duenez each worked clean innings in the eighth and ninth.
The Bulldogs will head to Thousand Oaks this coming Friday for a single game at 3 p.m. against California Lutheran University (CLU).
