Santa Clara baseball capped a stretch of nine games in 11 days with a 3-0 shutout victory over No. 26 Nevada Monday night at Schott Stadium. Three Bronco pitchers held the Wolf Pack to four hits and Stevie Berman went a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs in the victory.

The Broncos have won a game against all three ranked opponents they have faced this season; they also defeated No. 1 Vanderbilt Feb. 14 and No. 30 San Diego March 22.

Grant Meylan led off the third inning with a drag bunt single to the right side of the infield and Berman hit a deep home run to left - his first long ball of the season - to put the Broncos (14-13) in front 2-0. Three batters later, Kyle Cortopassi hit an RBI infield single to shortstop to drive in Jose Vizcaino, Jr. and give the hosts a 3-0 edge.

Santa Clara baseball trailed 6-0 in the third inning Sunday afternoon and cut the deficit to one run, but could not complete the comeback in a 7-6 loss to Pacific at Schott Stadium. The Broncos scored six times in the last five innings and had the potential game-winning run at the plate in the ninth as Tiger closer Vince Arobio struck out Jake Brodt to end the contest. 

Santa Clara won the series 2-1 and had a five-game winning streak snapped in the series finale loss. 

The Broncos (13-13, 4-5 WCC) brought the potential game-tying run to the plate five times in the last two innings. Santa Clara's Joe Becht hit an RBI sacrifice fly to center field as the first potential-game tying run with one out and runners on first and third to make the score 7-5 Pacific in the eighth.

In the ninth, Stevie Berman made it to third on a leadoff double and throwing error by Pacific center fielder Tyler Sullivan before being driven in on a 6-3 groundout by the next batter, Jose Vizcaino, Jr. After T.J. Braff's groundout, Kyle Cortopassi singled to put the potential game-tying run on the bases with two outs. Brodt struck out swinging against Arobio (SV, 3) for the game's final out.

Santa Clara baseball rallied to overcome a multi-run deficit for the second game in a row as part of a 3-2 victory over Pacific Saturday night at Schott Stadium. The Broncos conceded two first-inning runs and scored three in a row through the end of the fifth to win the ballgame.

"I remembered that we have the offense to compete and we're going to get some runs," George said. "I just tried to stay calm, get back to my gameplan and attack these hitters." 

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Santa Clara baseball overcame a 4-0 first-inning deficit by scoring nine of the final 10 runs Friday night to defeat Pacific 9-5 at Schott Stadium. Three Bronco batters recorded three or more hits as Santa Clara took the opening game of the series in comeback fashion.

The Broncos (12-12, 3-4 WCC) are on a four-game winning streak, with the first and last games of the streak coming in West Coast Conference play.

The Tigers (4-19, 3-4 WCC) drove in four runs in the top of the first and needed only two hitters to open the scoring; Tyler Sullivan led off the game with a triple and Justin Thaxton singled to right to make the score 1-0 Pacific. Gio Brusa brought home the second run of the game on an RBI double to left, followed by an RBI single from Louis Mejia and an RBI double from Nate Verlin in consecutive two-out at-bats. Brusa led the Tigers with two RBIs and four Pacific batters posted multiple hits on the evening.

Steven Wilson made the start for the Broncos and allowed five earned runs on 10 hits with a walk and three strikeouts in 6.2 innings. Following the four-run first, Wilson (W, 3-2) held the Tigers to one run on five hits through his final 5.2 innings. Sean Bennetts (L, 0-4) allowed six runs (three earned) on eight hits with a walk and two strikeouts as the Pacific starter.  

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