BERKELEY, Calif. – Saint Mary's Baseball will host a Tuesday tilt against UC Davis, before heading to Malibu, Calif. to take on the Pepperdine Waves.
 
THE DETAILS
Saint Mary's (10-13) vs. UC Davis (9-14)
April 4, Louis Guisto Field – Moraga, Calif.
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Saint Mary's (10-13, 5-4) vs. Pepperdine (7-18, 2-7)
April 6-8, Eddie D. Field Stadium – Malibu, Calif.
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LAST TIME OUT
The Gaels took two out of three against the first-place Portland Pilots, winning game one 6-4 and game two 5-2.
 
Christian Almanza would drive in the go-ahead runs with a two-run shot to break a 4-4 tie in the seventh. Owen Cuffe pitched a very efficient top of the seventh to collect his first run of the season, getting around a two-out error in game one.
 
In game two Connor Linchey needed just 69 pitches to get through seven innings of one-run ball, allowing just two hits and one walk with three strikeouts. Christian Almanza hit his second two-run homer in as many games, this time to left center to take the team lead with his seventh long ball.
 
The series finale saw SMC lead most of the way, and even come back when they fell behind in the top of the eighth before the sloppy ninth. Much like last weekend at BYU, three errors would keep the Gaels from sweeping their opponent.
 
ABOUT UC DAVIS
Outfielder Mark Wolbert was named to the 2023 Big West Baseball Preseason Coaches' Team.
A sophomore from Petaluma, Calif., Wolbert is coming off a historic season in which he was named the Big West Freshman of the Year, All Big West First Team, and also receiving honors from Collegiate Baseball as a Freshman All-American. 
 
Wolbert was the only freshman field player to be honored by Collegiate Baseball in the Big West this past season. 
 
He hit .410 in conference play and .351 during the season overall. Wolbert was consistently causing problems for opposing pitchers. He was one of just seven players to post an OPS over 1.000 during the conference slate with a 1.060 OPS.
 
The Aggies were projected to finish 9th in the Big West this season.
 
ABOUT PEPPERDINE
John Peck was name to the WCC All Preseason Team. The junior shortstop from Moorpark, Calif., had a remarkable sophomore campaign capped with an All-Conference first team recognition after leading the Waves in batting average (.361), on-base percentage (.417), hits (60), total bases (96) and stolen bases (seven).
 
His .361 batting average was also good for second in the WCC along with his slugging percentage (.578). Peck raked seven home runs– which tied him for 11th in the WCC– 11 doubles and two triples. Peck had 33 RBI on the year, good for 13th in the WCC. His seven stolen bases also tied him at 16th in the conference. Peck had the most multi-hit games on the squad with 23 and the team's most on-base streak at 24. He also had the second-longest hitting streak at 15 games.
 
The Waves finished the 2022 season just outside of the top-six, missing the WCC Tournament by two games.
 
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