BASE | Offense Explodes in Midweek Swatting of Hornets

SAN FRANCISCO — Tuesday's non-conference matchup versus Sacramento State was the University of San Francisco baseball team's last chance for a tune-up and to get things right before opening West Coast Conference play on the road at a nationally ranked opponent this weekend.

And get right, it did.

San Francisco scored nine unanswered runs and totaled 16 hits en route to a 12-4 midweek swatting of the visiting Hornets at Benedetti Diamond, giving it seven wins in its last nine games before the big series this weekend at No. 16/24 Pepperdine.

"We had good at-bats from everybody," said San Francisco head coach Nino Giarratano. "(Tyler) Villaroman put together good at-bats, (Darius) Foster put…