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CSUSM Drops Series Opener at CSUSB

Thu, May 1, 2025

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team (23-21, 18-17 CCAA) began its final series of the regular season with a 14-7 loss to Cal State San Bernardino (28-19, 20-17 CCAA) on Thursday at Fiscalini Field.
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Phoenix Sommay – 3-for-5 | 4 RBIs | 1 R | 1 HR
Fisher Pyatt – 1-for-3 | 3 R | 2 RBIs | 1 HR | 2 BB
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Hitting a home run for the fourth consecutive game, Fisher Pyatt delivered with a two-run shot in the top of the third to give CSUSM a 2-0 lead.
  • Held hitless through 4.2 innings, the Coyotes' offense finally saw life in the bottom of the fifth with RBI singles from Dom Dominguez and Benji Solano before a three-run homer from Jason Shedlock gave CSUSB a 5-2 lead.
  • CSUSB struck for five more runs in the bottom of the sixth with an RBI single by Dominguez, a two-run single by Solano and a two-run double by Wyatt Hall to take a 10-2 lead.
  • The Cougars cut the deficit to 10-3 in the top of the seventh as a sacrifice fly from Zavien Watson scored Pyatt.
  • For the second straight weekend, CSUSM hit a grand slam, this time coming off the bat of Phoenix Sommay as he cut the CSUSB lead to 10-7 in the top of the eighth.
  • The Coyotes matched the Cougars' four-run inning in the bottom of the eighth with an RBI single from Daryl Ruiz, a CSUSM error that plated a runner and a two-run shot from Jeremy Giesegh to go up 14-7.

 
QUICK HITS

  • Coyote starter Dylan O'Connor (5-2) earned the win after striking out four while allowing three earned runs on six hits, four walks and a hit-by-pitch in 7.0 innings.
  • Cougar starter Spencer Anderson (5-3) took the loss after surrendering 10 earned runs on seven hits, two walks and a hit-by-pitch while striking out two in 5.1 innings.
  • Pyatt's homer was his seventh of the season, tying for the team lead, while Sommay's was his fifth.
  • This was Sommay's team-leading 13th multi-hit game of the year.
  • Pyatt tallied his team-best eighth multi-RBI game of the season.
  • Dylan Unangst improved his reached-base streak to 11 games, entering a five-way tie for the best on the team this season.
  • CSUSM dropped to seventh in the CCAA standings with the loss as CSUSB improved to sixth.

 
UP NEXT
CSUSM will look to keep its postseason aspirations alive on Friday as it faces CSUSB in a doubleheader at 1 p.m.

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