UC Riverside 0, at UC Santa Barbara 1

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (Interstat) — UC Santa Barbara Gauchos pitcher Jackson Flora threw a complete-game two-hit shutout with 12 strikeouts Thursday afternoon, leading the Gauchos to a 1-0 victory over the UC Riverside Highlanders in a Big West Conference game at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. The game was a taut pitchers’ duel between Flora and UC Riverside starter Joshua Torres. Torres allowed only one hit over eight innings — a solo home run by Gauchos catcher Nate Vargas in the third inning — but that proved to be the decisive blow. Vargas, batting cleanup, connected on a pitch and drove it… Read more...