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The Cal State San Marcos Baseball team split a non-conference doubleheader against Fresno Pacific at the CSUSM Baseball Field Saturday afternoon, winning the first game 4-1 before falling in the second 3-2.

Game 1 (CSUSM 4 – Fresno Pacific 1)

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Starting pitcher James Dykstra (7-1) continued his recent run of success, pitching a complete game 5-hitter, allowing just one run over nine innings while striking out 12. Dykstra has now won 6 of his last 7 starts, and has an ERA of 1.40 during that stretch.

The Cougars led most of the way after Anthony Renteria's sacrifice fly in the first inning brought home Trent Jemmett to make the score 1-0. The score would remain the same until the Sunbirds' Blaine Taylor knocked a homerun to left field in the fifth inning that tied the score at one. Dykstra had recorded 13 consecutive outs up to that point. The Cougars responded right back with three runs of their own in the 5th, aided by a pair of RBI doubles by Anthony Renteria and Austin Coleman to push the score to 4-1, where it would stay the remainder of the way.

Game 2 (Fresno Pacific 3 – CSUSM 2) *7 innings

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Trent Jemmett turned an incredible double play in the top of the first with an athletic no-look glove toss on a ball up the center to shortstop Jeremy Baum, who then spun and completed the play at first. The Cougars carried that momentum into the bottom half of the inning and scored 2 runs on Austin Coleman's 10th homerun of the season, an opposite field shot to right.

Unfortunately, that was all the Cougars would score against left handerJosh Medeles, and the Sunbirds would chip away at the lead, tying the score in the 4th inning, and taking the lead in the top of the 7th on a two-out single to center. CSUSM went down in order in the bottom half, dropping the second game. Scott Myers took the loss, falling to 4-3 on the season.

The Cougars play again Sunday in another doubleheader at the CSUSM Baseball Field as they host local conference opponent La Sierra starting at 12:00 pm.