ROHNERT PARK, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team (15-15, 10-11 CCAA) swept its doubleheader at Sonoma State (9-26, 6-21 CCAA) with scores of 4-2 and 4-0 to take the series lead on Saturday at Seawolf Diamond.
GAME 1: CSUSM 4 – SSU 2
TOP PERFORMERS
Phoenix Sommay – 3-for-4 | 1 RBI | 1 HBP
Victor Castaneda – 2-for-4 | 1 RBI | 1 3B | 1 HBP
Mateo Lake – 1-for-3 | 1 R | 1 RBI | 1 HR | 1 BB
Hayden Tregidga – 1-for-3 | 2 R | 1 RBI | 1 HR | 1 BB
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Seawolves took a 2-0 lead in the first inning with an RBI groundout to second by Evan Merz and a Cougar error that scored Garret Barto.
- Victor Castaneda put CSUSM on the board with an RBI triple in the top of the third as Fisher Pyatt scored to make it a 2-1 game.
- A Mateo Lake solo shot tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the fourth.
- The Cougars went up 3-2 in the top of the fifth with an RBI single up the middle by Phoenix Sommay to score Hayden Tregida.
- Tregidga added some insurance in the top of the ninth with a solo homer to give CSUSM a 4-2 lead.
- Nolan Long closed out the game and earned his fifth save of the year with one strikeout and nothing allowed in 1.2 innings.
QUICK HITS
- CSUSM starter Zach Coleman (2-5) earned the win after striking out three while allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits and four walks in 5.0 innings.
- SSU starter Colton Wuelfing (2-2) took the loss after allowing three earned runs on four hits, a walk and a hit-by-pitch while striking out two in 4.1 innings.
- Sommay had his team-leading 10th multi-hit game of the season
GAME 2: CSUSM 4 - SSU 0 (7 Inn.)
TOP PERFORMERS
Jordan Townley – 7.0 IP | 4 K | 4 BB | 2 H
Zavien Watson – 2-for-3 | 1 RBI | 1 BB
Trey Becker – 1-for-3 | 1 RBI | 1 R | 1 BB
Ethan Rivera – 1-for-3 | 1 R | 1 2B
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Scoreless entering the fifth inning, CSUSM changed that with a bases-loaded walk by Trey Becker, an RBI fielder's choice by Garrett Teunnissen that scored Cameron Mahaffy and an error than allowed Phoenix Sommay to score and make it a 3-0 game.
- Zavien Watson tacked on one more run in the top of the seventh with an RBI single to left, scoring Becker and giving the Cougars a 4-0 lead.
QUICK HITS
- CSUSM starter Jordan Townley (3-3) earned the win as he threw a seven-inning, complete-game shutout while striking out four and allowing just four walks and two hits. This was his second complete game of the season.
- SSU starter Michael Panichi (2-5) took the loss after allowing three earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out five in 4.2 innings.
UP NEXT
CSUSM will look to win the series against SSU in Sunday's finale at 11 a.m.
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