Pacific at San Francisco — College Baseball

Pacific opens a three-game West Coast Conference road series at San Francisco on Friday, April 24, with first pitch set for 2 p.m. at Benedetti Diamond. (pacifictigers.com, usfdons.com) The Tigers enter the weekend at 15-23 overall and 7-8 in West Coast Conference play, while San Francisco is 19-18 overall and 10-5 in league games. (pacifictigers.com, usfdons.com) Pacific said it has won five of its last six conference games, including a sweep of Santa Clara last weekend. San Francisco dropped its last conference series on the road at Portland, according to Pacific’s weekly preview. (pacifictigers.com) That puts this series in the middle of the West Coast Conference race. The conference standings list San Francisco in second place at 10-5, two games behind Gonzaga, with Pacific tied for seventh at 7-8. (wccsports.com, warrennolan.com) Pacific’s preview singled out redshirt sophomore Robert Orr as the club’s offensive catalyst, saying he leads the Tigers with a.308 batting average and six home runs. Those numbers make him the top run-producing name to watch in Pacific’s lineup entering Friday. (pacifictigers.com) San Francisco has been much better at home than on the road this season. The Dons’ official schedule lists them at 15-9 at home and 4-9 away before the Pacific series. (usfdons.com) The series continues Saturday, April 25, at 1 p.m. and Sunday, April 26, at 1 p.m., with all three games scheduled for Benedetti Diamond. San Francisco’s ticket page and both schools’ schedules list the same start times. (usfdons.com, pacifictigers.com) For Pacific, Friday starts another Bay Area trip with a chance to climb back toward the middle of the standings. For San Francisco, it is a home series against a team arriving on a three-game conference winning streak. (pacifictigers.com, wccsports.com)