UC San Diego 4, at Cal State Bakersfield 2

BAKERSFIELD (Interstat) — Steele Murdock struck out nine over four hitless innings and UC San Diego’s bullpen combined for nine more strikeouts as the Tritons defeated Cal State Bakersfield 4-2 on Friday night at Hardt Field in a Big West Conference game. Murdock, who also threw seven hitless innings in his previous start May 1 at Long Beach State, allowed no hits and walked none while facing the minimum 12 batters. He was lifted after the fourth inning having thrown 54 pitches. Devon King followed with three innings of no-hit relief, striking out four, and Nathan Huy added two scoreless… Read more...