Konnor Zickefoose changed the game with one swing. (Shotgun Spratling)

Irvine Does The Unexpected Against UO

IRVINE, Calif. — You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone that knows more about the impact the “marine layer” has on night time fly balls in Southern California than Mike Gillespie. The venerable UC Irvine head coach has coached in the region for nearly 50 years. He has watched countless well-struck balls and home run drives killed by the marine layer. The ball just doesn’t carry at night. Particular areas in individual Southern California parks become virtual dead zones.

At Irvine’s Anteater Ballpark, there is one in right-center field.

So when Konnor Zickefoose unloaded on a 2-0 offering from Kenyon Yovan[…]