Tigers edge Toreros 6‑4 in back-and-forth contest

STOCKTON, Calif. (Interstat) — Zach Todd pitched five innings of four-hit ball, allowing two earned runs with four strikeouts, and Jake Tandy homered and drove in two runs as Pacific beat San Diego 6-4 on Friday at Klein Family Field.

The Toreros jumped ahead 4-0 in the top of the first on Jayden Lobliner’s sacrifice fly. Pacific answered in the third with four runs, capped by Tandy’s two-run homer to center field that tied the game.

San Diego retook the lead in the fourth on Cade Martinez’s RBI double and added a run in the sixth on Connor Meidroth’s solo homer. The Tigers responded in the bottom of the sixth with two runs on RBI singles by JT Shank and Blaine French to go ahead 6-4.

Pacific reliever Carson Revay struck out six in 2 2/3 innings, allowing one earned run. Diego Gutierrez took the loss for San Diego despite not allowing a hit over 5 1/3 innings; he yielded six earned runs.

Aden Howard’s RBI single in the ninth pulled San Diego within two, but Pacific held on. The Tigers improved to 21-25, while the Toreros fell to 17-28.