The Eagles scored the game-winning run on a bases-loaded wild pitch with one out in the bottom of the eighth to take the opener of the TransBay Series at San Francisco State.

“We played a solid game,” Bulldogs coach Eric Clayton said. “We’re not taking this hard. We understand what we did wrong to help them squeak this out. It won’t happen again.”

Washington (20-6-1) took a 3-1 lead when it rallied for three runs in the bottom of the sixth off Oakland Tech starter Matt Cornell, who brought a two-hit shutout into the inning.

The Bulldogs (15-7-1) had nobody on and two outs in the top of the seventh when they fought back. Kyle Kelly, Francis Griffin and James Harris had consecutive singles, with Kelly scoring on Harris’ hit. Cornell was intentionally walked and Jake Southworth reached on an error to plate Griffin with the tying run.

Tech stranded the bases loaded and also left a runner on third in the eighth — one of 10 runners left aboard by the Bulldogs.

Washington got its first two runners on in the eighth off Cornell via a hit by pitch and walk. Tech reliever Chris Castillo entered and recorded a strikeout. A wild pitch moved both runners up and an intentional walk loaded the bases. Castillo’s first pitch to Avery Velasco went to the backstop as Paul Duchene scored the winning run.

The best of three series resumes Friday at 4 p.m. at Oakland’s Rickey Henderson Field.

– Jimmy Durkin, insideBayArea.com