SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – Austin Reyes and Mike Bowes each homered and drove in a total of five runs in Santa Clara baseball's 8-4 season opening win over No. 8-ranked UC Santa Barbara on Friday afternoon.
The Broncos (1-0) did their damage in the middle innings scoring all eight runs, kick started by Reyes' two-run home run in the fourth inning and ended with Bowes' three-run round tripper in the sixth. The home runs sandwich a fifth frame where Santa Clara took advantage of four walks issued by the Gauchos touted pitching staff to push three runs across.