SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team (4-0) earned a 6-5 win in the resumption of the series' third game before earning a four-game series sweep with a 12-5 victory in the finale on Sunday at CSUSM Baseball Field.
 
GAME 3: CSUSM 6 – SMU 5
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Hayden Tregidga – 2-for-4 | 2 RBIs | 2 R | 1 HR
Jake Callahan – 2-for-3
Garrett Teunissen – 1-for-2 | 1 RBI | 1 R | 1 BB | 1 HR | 1 HBP
Marco Pirruccello – 1-for-3 | 1 RBI | 1 R | 1 HR
Cameron Mahaffy – 1-for-3 | 1 BB | 3 SB
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cougars began the second game of Saturday's doubleheader with a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first after Phoenix Sommay scored on a passed ball before a two-run homer by Hayden Tregidga.
• The Saints cut the deficit to 3-2 in the top of the third after a sacrifice fly by Hunter Sasaki and an Evan Nicol single up the middle.
• An RBI double by Mateo Lake in the bottom of the third gave CSUSM a 4-2 lead.
• A solo shot by Marco Pirruccello put the Cougars up 5-2 in the bottom of the fourth.
• Garrett Teunissen hit CSUSM's third homer of the game in the bottom of the fifth as a solo shot to left center gave CSUSM a 6-2 lead.
• The Saints fought back in the top of the sixth with a bases-loaded walk by Zen Staszkow before a two-run single by Sasaki cut the Cougars' lead to 6-5.
• With darkness encroaching, Saint Martin's loaded the bases with a single and two walks in the top of the seventh before the game was suspended with two outs and a 1-0 count. When play resumed on Sunday, Nolan Long came on in relief and just need three consecutive strikes to end the game and give CSUSM a 3-0 lead for the series.

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUSM starter Zach Coleman (1-0) earned the win after striking out four while allowing two earned runs on seven hits and three walks in 5.0 innings.
• SMU starter Blaze Wong (0-1) took the loss after giving up six earned runs on eight hits, two walks and a hit-by-pitch in 5.0 innings.
• Nolan Long earned his first career save by getting the final out of the game with the bases loaded.
• Phoenix Sommay extended his program-record reached-base streak to 46 games.

 
 
GAME 4: CSUSM 12 – SMU 5
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Garrett Teunissen – 3-for-3 | 3 RBIs | 2 SB | 2 BB | 1 2B
Tyler Weaver – 2-for-3 | 3 RBIs | 2 R | 2 SB | 1 2B | 1 BB | 1 SF
Evan Scalley – 1-for-5 | 2 RBIs | 1 R | 1 HR
Nico Vallarelli – 1-for-4 | 2 RBIs | 2 R | 1 3B
Jake Callahan – 2-for-3 | 3 R | 1 RBI | 1 2B | 1 BB
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Evan Scalley picked up an RBI on a fielder's choice in the bottom of the first to give CSUSM an early 1-0 lead.
• A bases-loaded walk by Collin Bell knotted the game at 1-1 in the top of the second.
• The Cougars took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the second with an RBI triple by Nico Vallarello before scoring on a sacrifice fly by Tyler Weaver.
• A three-run bomb by Bell gave Saint Martin's a 4-3 lead in the top of the fourth.
• A two-run double down the left field line by Garrett Teunissen put the Cougars back on top at 5-4 in the bottom of the fourth.
• The Saints knotted the game at 5-all with a solo shot by Alex Hartnett in the top of the fifth.
• CSUSM scored three more runs in the bottom of the fifth as Zavien Watson scored on an SMU throwing error before an RBI double by Jake Callahan and an RBI single by Teunissen to make it 8-5.
• Another three-run inning by the Cougars made it 11-5 in the bottom of the sixth with a solo shot by Scalley, an RBI groundout by Vallarelli and an RBI single by Weaver.
• CSUSM's final run came in the bottom of the eighth as Isaiah Monge posted an RBI groundout to short as Blake Browning scored to make it 12-5.

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUSM reliever Sammy Murphy (1-0) earned the win after striking out two while allowing an earned run on four hits in 2.2 innings.
• SMU reliever Isaiah Mayfield (0-1) took the loss after giving up five runs (three earned) on four hits and two walks in 1.2 innings.
• This is CSUSM's first 4-0 start since 2019 and first four-game sweep against a non-conference opponent since defeating Concordia University Irvine in 2017 in a home-and-home series.
• For the series, CSUSM hit .315 with a 1.060 OPS, 44 runs, 40 hits, 13 doubles, seven home runs, 38 RBIs, 27 walks and 11 stolen bases.

 
UP NEXT
CSUSM will look for its first-ever 5-0 start as it hosts Colorado School of Mines (1-3) in a single game on Thursday at noon.