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The Cal State San Marcos Baseball team took a pair of games from San Diego Christian for the second time this weekend, winning 5-0 and 12-4 on Saturday. With the victories, CSUSM now moves to 6-1 on the season.

Game 1 (CSUSM 5 -- SDC 0)

Box Score

The Cougars posted their first shutout of the season, as Frank Charlton (2-0) threw 7 scoreless innings, allowing just 4 hits while striking out 8 Hawk batters. Shaun Sanford closed out the final 2 innings with two perfect innings. Sanford has not allowed a hit in 7 1/3 innings this season.

Offensively, Kyle Secciani got the Cougars started with his homerun to right field in the 4th inning, putting San Marcos up 1-0. Trent Jemmet then hit an RBI triple in the 6th inning as the Cougars extended the lead to 3-0. CSUSM picked up two more insurance runs in the 8th inning after Michael Mecucci and Kenny Belzer doubled with 1-out. The Cougars racked up 8 hits in the game, 6 of which were from Mecucci, Belzer, and Austin Coleman, who had two apiece.

Game 2 (CSUSM 12 – SDC 4)  * 7 innings *

Box Score

The CSUSM offense exploded to start the second game, picking up 4 first inning runs, primarily off the bat of Austin Coleman, whose bases clearing double put the score at 3-0 before the Hawks had even recorded an out.

Scott Myers and the Cougars gave back two of those runs in the bottom of the first, but Myers (4IP, 2ER, 3K) settled in and only allowed one hit after the first inning. Jackson Gaskins pitched a scoreless 5th, and by the end of that inning the score was now 10-2. Each team picked up another couple of runs before it was all said and done, but the contest was never in question.

Four different Cougars recorded multi-hit games, and CSUSM had 12 hits in just 7 innings. CSUSM is now 6-1 on the season, and will play next at home against La Sierra on Thursday, February 16th.