College baseball: Pacific goes back to fundamentals, defeats Air Force

Record Correspondent

STOCKTON — To snuff out a slump that has overshadowed a historically strong start, Pacific baseball needs to find its form in several aspects of the game.

Home runs help. So does manufacturing runs with proven old-school tactics. And gems from their starting pitcher? The Tigers will happily take that every time out.

Pacific used all three of those in outlasting Air Force 5-3 in a nonconference game Tuesday night at Klein Family Field.

The Tigers (13-11) have won two in a row — snapping a recent six-game skid — and Tuesday’s effort began with starting pitcher Tommy Costello.

The lefty Costello (3-2) shed more than 1.5 points off his earned run average (6.86 down to 5.33) by…