Pacific baseball struggles in 9-4 loss to visiting San Francisco

STOCKTON — Pacific’s James Arakawa and James Free each hit RBI-singles in the bottom of the ninth inning against San Francisco but it was much too little too late.

The Dons hitters took advantage of a brisk wind and Tigers pitchers, including junior right-hander Ryan Shreve fresh off his no-hitter six days earlier, to build a big lead and win their three-game series against Pacific with a 9-4 West Coast Conference victory in front of 256 fans Saturday afternoon at Klein Family Field.

It was clear early the no-hit magic from the WCC Pitcher of the Week and National Co-pitcher of the Week by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association wasn’t in the air as four of the first six batters…