IRVINE, Calif. (Interstat) — UC San Diego defeated Cal State Fullerton 5-1 on Friday, May 22, 2026, in the Big West Baseball Championship at Irvine, California.

The Tritons improved to 25-27 overall, while the Titans dropped to 22-31. UC San Diego outhit Cal State Fullerton 8-6.

The game remained scoreless until the top of the third inning. UC San Diego’s R. Ujimori drew a walk, and A. Potestio followed with another walk. After a strikeout, G. Camacho singled through the right side, driving in Ujimori for a 1-0 lead.

Cal State Fullerton answered in the bottom of the fifth. C. Burdick opened with a double down the left-field line. N. Miller singled, advancing Burdick to third. After a flyout, P. Contreras reached on a fielder’s choice, plating Burdick to tie the game 1-1.

The contest remained knotted until the top of the eighth inning. A. Klepsch led off with a double down the left-field line. After a sacrifice bunt moved Klepsch to third, J. Allen walked. A. Leopard then reached on a bunt fielder’s choice, scoring Klepsch to give UC San Diego a 2-1 lead. T. Martinez was hit by a pitch to load the bases. With two outs, N. Widelski doubled down the third-base line, a ground-rule double that cleared the bases, scoring Martinez and Leopard to extend the lead to 4-1.

UC San Diego added an insurance run in the top of the ninth. Camacho doubled to left center and scored on a single by Allen that also advanced Camacho to second on the throw.

The Titans mounted little threat after the fifth inning. UC San Diego reliever Devon King pitched two scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out two.

For Cal State Fullerton, shortstop Cameron Kim went 1-for-4, catcher Max Ortega was 1-for-4 and designated hitter Damian Casas went 1-for-3. First baseman Andrew Kirchner went 0-for-4, left fielder Logan Hart went 0-for-1 and left fielder Britton Beeson went 0-for-2. Pitcher Dylan Smith took the loss, throwing seven innings and allowing five hits and two earned runs with four strikeouts. Andrew Wright pitched one inning, surrendering two earned runs on one hit.

For UC San Diego, the eight-hit attack was led by multiple contributors.

The game featured 10 strikeouts combined, with UC San Diego pitchers recording six and Cal State Fullerton pitchers recording four.

No betting lines or game simulations were provided.