Zack Ernisse Award Pitcher of the Week Week Of 4/25/2022 Sport Baseball School UC San Diego Year Freshman Position LHP/OF Hometown Temecula, Calif. High School Chaparral HS UC San Diego true freshman left-hander Zack Ernisse recorded season highs in innings pitched (7.0) and strikeouts (nine) in Saturday’s 6-3 victory at CSU Bakersfield. He scattered a solitary single and did not allow a run in that outing to earn his second winning decision. The Tritons went on to take Sunday’s rubber game, 9-5, to win their second Big West road series of 2022. The Temecula product previously had a two-inning relief stint in a 4-2 home triumph over crosstown rival San Diego State on Tuesday night, fanning three. Ernisse thus totaled a team-best 12 strikeouts for the week over two appearances. He did not allow an extra-base hit, and opponents batted just .097 against him. Prior to Saturday, Ernisse had not gone longer than 2.2 innings in any of his 12 outings, with a previous high of five punch-outs. He entered as the third Triton pitcher to begin the third after the starter had been knocked out in the second, and went the rest of the way, with 1-2-3 frames in the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth. Ernisse set down 16 ‘Runners in a row between a two-out single in his first inning, through the eighth, and even then, the leadoff man in the ninth reached only via wild pitch after striking out. Ernisse is a first-time Big West Pitcher of the Week, and the second Triton to be selected this season after fellow true freshman Matthew Dalquist back on March 7.