Pacific vs. San Francisco College Baseball

Pacific opens a three-game West Coast Conference series at San Francisco on Friday, April 24, with first pitch set for 2 p.m. at Benedetti Diamond. (pacifictigers.com) The Tigers enter the trip at 15-23 overall and 7-8 in conference play, while San Francisco is 19-18 overall and 10-5 in the West Coast Conference. The game is listed on San Francisco’s live events page with an ESPN+ stream. (pacifictigers.com) (usfdons.com) This is the opener of a weekend set that continues Saturday, April 25, at 1 p.m. and Sunday, April 26, at 1 p.m. on the Hilltop in San Francisco. Pacific’s schedule page lists the series as part of an eight-game stretch that has pushed the Tigers into the middle of the conference race. (pacifictigers.com) (usfdons.com) The standings make the stakes plain. San Francisco starts the weekend in second place in the West Coast Conference at 10-5, while Pacific is seventh at 7-8, one game behind the cluster of teams sitting at 8-7. (wccsports.com) Pacific brings momentum into the series after winning five of its last six conference games, including a sweep of Santa Clara last weekend. The Tigers’ weekly preview said the club got three quality starts in that series, its first conference sweep since 2022. (pacifictigers.com) San Francisco comes home after a 4-3 extra-inning loss at California on Wednesday, April 22. The Dons had dropped their previous conference series at Portland, according to Pacific’s weekly preview and San Francisco’s game recap. (pacifictigers.com) (usfdons.com) The matchup also pits Pacific’s top arm against one of the conference’s better offenses. Pacific’s cumulative stats list right-hander Garret Plata with a 1.71 earned run average and 51 strikeouts in 47.1 innings, while San Francisco has hit.247 as a team with 27 home runs in 36 games. (pacifictigers.com) (usfdons.com) Pacific’s lineup has leaned on Robert Orr, who is batting.308 with six home runs, and Brendan O’Sullivan, who has 41 hits and 23 runs scored. San Francisco’s offense has been led by TJ Rogers, who is hitting.282 with 10 home runs, and Eddison Esquivel, who has 37 hits in 36 games. (pacifictigers.com) (usfdons.com) By Friday afternoon, the series will either tighten the lower half of the West Coast Conference standings or give San Francisco more room near the top. The first pitch is at 2 p.m., and both schools list ESPN+ as the stream. (wccsports.com) (usfdons.com)