TicketsCINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati baseball team welcomes UC San Diego this weekend for a four-game series at UC Baseball Stadium.
Thursday and Friday’s games are set to start at 4:00 p.m. Saturday’s game will begin at 2:00 p.m. and the finale on Sunday will start at 1:00 p.m. All four games will be broadcast on ESPN+.
Fans are encouraged to keep an eye on GoBearcats.com and @GoBearcatsBASE on social media for any schedule updates or time changes.
This weekend’s four-game set will be a rematch of last year’s trip to San Diego when the Tritons won three of four games at their ballpark. The series came at the end of a long road trip and saw UC win game two, 5-2, while UCSD won the rest.
UC Baseball Stadium has been a refuge for Cincinnati under head coach Jordan Bischel, as his teams are 41-15 when playing at home since the start of the 2024 season.
The Bearcats enter this weekend’s series having won six of their last seven, the latest victory being a 5-2 triumph at Western Kentucky on Tuesday. The game was originally scheduled to be played in Cincinnati, but rainy weather pushed the game to Bowling Green, Ky.
The game was tied at 2-2 heading into the seventh and then Cincinnati scored in the seventh, eighth, and ninth innings to take the lead and win 5-2.
Cincinnati’s bullpen was outstanding, as redshirt senior Joel Pineiro earned the win and junior Carson Marsh notched the save. Pineiro threw 2.2 scoreless frames and allowed just two hits and no walks, keeping his season ERA at a pristine 0.00. Making his sixth appearance of the year, Marsh struck out three and worked UC out of trouble in the seventh and eighth to maintain the lead.
The Bearcats’ pitching staff has been terrific, ranking second in the Big 12 with a 3.49 ERA. Several pitchers who have appeared in multiple games own an ERA under 2.00, led Pineiro’s 0.00 ERA.
PROMOTIONS
Kick off the series with our first Thirsty Thursday of the year, when you can enjoy $5 domestic beers all game long.
Fans who attend Saturday’s game can pick up the first set of 2026 Cincinnati Baseball trading cards presented by CECH! Be sure to stick around after the game we’ll have our first postgame autograph session of the season as well. As always, following Sunday’s game kids will be able to run the bases.
Be sure to enjoy our pregame happy hour, which features $5 domestic beers prior to first pitch for EVERY game!
ABOUT UC SAN DIEGO
The Tritons are 4-6 to start the year, but own a win against No. 1-ranked UCLA. That came in their season-opening series in Los Angeles when they grabbed the lead with a two-run top of the ninth. Last weekend, UCSD dropped two out of three at Louisiana, winning the first game before losing the next two. Junior first baseman Gabe Camacho leads the team with four home runs and hit one against UC last season.
NEXT UP
Cincinnati will host Evansville on Tuesday, March 10 at 3:00 p.m. before heading west for its first Big 12 Conference series of the year. UC opens Big 12 play at BYU on Thursday, March 12.
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