SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team (19-11, 18-7 CCAA) took care of business as it swept its doubleheader against Sonoma State (14-18, 8-14 CCAA) by scores of 11-9 and 23-7 on Saturday at CSUSM Baseball Field.
 
GAME 1: CSUSM 11 – SSU 9
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Luke Reece – 2-for-4 | 3 RBIs | 1 R | 1 BB | 2 2B
Phoenix Sommay – 2-for-5 | 3 RBIs | 2 R | 1 2B
Cameron Mahaffy – 1-for-5 | 2 RBIs | 1 R | 1 HR
Jordan Ku – 2-for-3 | 2 R | 1 RBI | 1 BB | 1 HR
Garrett Teunissen – 2-for-5 | 1 RBI | 1 R
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• SSU took a 2-0 lead in the top of the first with an RBI double by Kenny Decelle and a CSUSM throwing error that scored him.
• A solo shot by Ku halved the deficit to 2-1 in the bottom of the third.
• CSUSM went up 6-2 in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI double by Sommay, an RBI groundout by Teunissen, an RBI double by Reece and a two-run homer by Mahaffy.
• The Cougars took a 9-2 lead in the bottom of the sixth on an error that scored Bradley Chesterton and a two-run double by Reece.
• CSUSM's final two runs came on a two-run single by Sommay to give the Cougars an 11-2 lead in the bottom of the seventh.
• SSU cut the deficit to 11-4 in the top of the eighth with a pair of RBI singles by Mark Hernandez and Chris Ortiz.
• The Seawolves made a game of it in the top of the ninth with an RBI double by Christopher Wright, a two-run homer by Jared Esparza and another two-run homer by Braeden Holliday to cut the deficit to 11-9.
• With one out to go, Preston Kelly came on and earned his fifth save of the season with just two pitches to give the Cougars the win.

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUSM starter Roman Connolly (4-1) picked up the win after throwing six strikeouts while allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits, a walk and two hit-by-pitches in 6.2 innings.
• Sonoma starter Blake Janowicz (1-5) took the loss after allowing nine runs (six earned) on 10 hits and two walks while striking out three.
• The win was CSUSM's third straight over SSU dating back to last season.
• Sommay improved his reached-base streak to 24 games and moved his hitting streak to 20 games.
• This was Reece's ninth game with multiple RBIs and fourth game with three RBIs.

 
GAME 2: CSUSM 23 – SSU 7
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Sean McGrew – 2-for-4 | 5 R | 4 RBIs | 1 BB | 1 HR | 1 HBP
Jordan Ku – 1-for-1 | 4 RBIs | 2 R | 1 HR | 1 SAC | 2 HBP
Luke Reece – 2-for-4 | 3 RBIs | 2 R | 1 BB | 1 HR | 1 HBP
Garrett Teunissen – 1-for-6 | 3 RBIs | 1 2B
Ruben Cedillo – 2-for-2 | 3 R | 2 RBI | 2 BB | 1 2B | 1 SB
Phoenix Sommay – 1-for-3 | 2 RBIs | 1 R | 1 BB | 1 SAC | 1 HBP
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• CSUSM took a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the second with a two-run single by McGrew, an RBI sac bunt by Ku and an RBI sac bunt by Sommay.
• SSU cut the deficit to 4-1 in the top of the third with a sac fly by Braden Holliday.
• A two-run shot by McGrew gave the Cougars a 6-1 lead in the bottom of the third.
• In the top of the fifth, a two-run blast by SSU's Christopher Wright made it a 6-3 game.
• A bases-loaded hit-by-pitch to Sommay and a bases-clearing double by Teunissen put CSUSM up 10-3 in the bottom of the fifth.
• The Seawolves gnawed into the Cougars' lead in the top of the sixth with a pair of RBI singles by Shane Callison and Kenny Decelle and a bases-loaded walk by Mark Hernandez to make it 10-6.
• The Cougars took a 16-6 lead in the bottom of the sixth with a solo shot by Reece, a two-run double by Cedillo and a three-run bomb by Ku.
• CSUSM scored seven more runs in the bottom of the seventh to go up 23-6.
• SSU scored the game's final run in the top of the ninth with an RBI double by Nick Tejade to make it 23-7.

 
QUICK HITS

• The Cougars' 23 runs were their most in the NCAA Division II era (2016-present) and were the most in a single game since 2010.
• CSUSM starter Sammy Murphy (2-2) earned the win after striking out two while allowing six runs on seven hits, four walks and a hit-by-pitch in 5.0 innings.
• SSU starter Ethan Glassman (0-1) took the loss after allowing six runs (three earned) on three hits, two walks and three hit-by-pitches while striking out four in 3.0 innings.
• The was the Cougars' fourth consecutive win against the Seawolves dating back to 2023.
• Sommay's reached-base streak moved to 25 games while his hitting streak moved to 21 games.
• This was Reece's team-leading 10th game with multiple RBIs and fifth game with three RBIs.
• The Cougars retook the lead in the CCAA standings with a .720 winning percentage.

 
UP NEXT
CSUSM will wrap up its series against Sonoma State with another doubleheader on Sunday at 10 a.m. at CSUSM Baseball Field.