Gonzaga goes 2 for 3 against San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Gonzaga University won two of a three game series over the weekend against the University of San Francisco Dons.

In their first matchup on April 8, Gonzaga won 11-3. The following day, the two teams went head to head again, this time Gonzaga falling 11-14. In a third and final matchup, Gonzaga secured victory 17-13 over the Dons to take the series.

According to the Gonzaga Baseball twitter account, this weekend’s 39 total runs by the Zags are the most scored by a Gonzaga team in a three game series since 2019. They also scored the most runs in a single game so far this season during the third game.

According to gozags.com, all it took was one frame for No. 15/17 Gonzaga baseball to turn a tight contest with San Francisco in its series opener into a rout Friday afternoon at Benedetti Diamond, with six runs in the ninth inning - punctuated by a three-run homer from Ezra Samperi - breaking the game open to lift the Bulldogs to their fourth-straight win.

Gonzaga was back-and-forth in game two with San Francisco and came one strike away from forcing extra innings before a ninth-inning walkoff homer from the Dons turned a tie game into a 14-11 loss, according to the website.

Sunday's series finale was just as back-and-forth as Saturday's game, according to the website, but this time it was the Bulldogs who landed the final blow, putting 12 runs on the board over the last three innings to come away with a 17-13 series-clinching win.

"Unbelievably proud of our group - That was a dog fight all weekend, both yesterday and today, we took big punches and threw punches back," said GU Head Coach Mark Machtolf in an article on the gozags.com. "Tons of huge individual efforts, but I can't emphasize enough how good our bench energy was. Every inning and every at-bat, investing in their teammates!"

GU holds a 38-36-1 advantage in the all-time series. The Zags will host Portland in a three-game series that begins Thursday, April 14.