UC Santa Barbara broke a tie with four runs in the top of the eighth inning and went on to beat Cal State Bakersfield 7-3 Tuesday night at Hardt Field.

Alec Daily, who replaced CSUB starting pitcher Steven Gee in the seventh, struck out Robby Nesovic to open the eighth, but Nesovic reached base on a passed ball by catcher Cody White.

Juan Silva's RBI double with one out in the seventh inning tied the game and Kyle Waldrop added a sacrifice fly later in the inning that was the difference in the Bakersfield Blaze's 6-5 win over Inland Empire Monday night at Sam Lynn Ballpark.

It was the fifth straight win for Bakersfield, which has the California League's best record (24-8).

GREELEY, Colo. -- Austin Davis struck out eight in 82/3 innings and did not walk a batter, and got some help from closer Max Carter as the Cal State Bakersfield baseball team held off Northern Colorado 4-3 on Sunday at Jackson Field, completing a three-game sweep.

Davis (3-8) scattered eight hits and allowed three earned runs. he carried a 4-0 lead into the ninth before finally getting into trouble in the Western Athletic Conference game.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — There are moments in a career where you step back and take a moment to enjoy what is around you. One of those moments happened to me the other day.

Starting pitchers are typically on a five-day rotation, with four days of preparation between each start.

GREELEY, Colo. -- Chance Gusbeth hit a three-run home runs in the seventh and eighth innings and Soloman Williams also homered twice to power Cal State Bakersfield to a 19-7 Western Athletic Conference baseball win over Northern Colorado.

The Roadrunners (19-26 overall, 11-9 WAC) finished with 21 hits, the second-most in a game in the program's six-season history.

There's no way Steven Gee could have prepared for the morning of Jan. 10, 2013.

A senior at Taft High at the time -- and the only senior among 28 students in a science class -- Gee was sitting at his desk about 9 a.m. when a student, armed with a shotgun, entered the classroom and fired at Bowe Cleveland, a classmate in the room.

The Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks signed West High graduate A.J. Jefferson to a free-agent deal Friday, the team announced.

The Seattle Times reported that the 6-foot-1, 190-pound Jefferson likely will be used as a backup cornerback and kickoff and punt returner for the Seahawks.

GREELEY, Colo. -- Senior left-hander Taylor Aikenhead pitched a complete game and won his team-best sixth game of the season Friday afternoon to lead Cal State Bakersfield to a 7-3 Western Athletic Conference baseball win at Northern Colorado.

Aikenhead allowed 10 hits and two walks and didn't have a 1-2-3 inning until the ninth.

Stockton scored the tie-breaking run in the top of the ninth inning Wednesday and beat the Bakersfield Blaze 5-4 at Sam Lynn Ballpark.

Chad Pinder led off the Ports' ninth with a single.

It's a nightmare for any team: finding a way to lose.

And it's something that just isn't going away this season for Cal State Bakersfield baseball.

Sacramento State used three first-inning doubles to build a three-run lead and rode the strong ptching of Justin Dillon on the way to a 7-3 victory Sunday over Cal State Bakersfield at Hardt Field.

In eight innings of work, Dillon struck ot three and faced only four batters over the minimum.

SAN JOSE -- Ryan Wright ripped a two-run double in the 11th inning and Seth Mejias-Brean followed with an RBI single to lead the Bakersfield Blaze to a 6-3 victory over the San Jose Giants at Municipal Stadium.

The Blaze's Ryan Benedetto began the 11th with a single to right. Juan Silva then bunted right to relief pitcher Ryan Bradley (0-2), who spun and fired wildly into center field, putting runners at second and third with no outs, setting the table for Wright.

Ross Hough said Saturday night he had never experienced the feeling of a walk-off hit before.

"It's one of the best feelings I've ever had," said Hough, a junior catcher and Stockdale High graduate who lined an RBI single up the middle in the 11th inning to give Cal State Bakersfield a 2-1 win over Sacramento State at Hardt Field.