Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The No. 16 Cal State San Marcos baseball team took down La Sierra 16-0 and 2-1 in a pair of seven-inning games on Friday at LSU Baseball Field.

The Cougars registered 14 RBI off 19 hits in the opening affair, led by Matt Arlington's 4-for-5 performance.

Game two was a much closer. Kyle Montiel (1-0) delivered four strong innings to earn his first win as a Cougar and Justin Hertzmann pitched three scoreless innings to close it out. Tyler Bernard's two-out RBI single in the top of the fourth turned out to be the game winner.
 
The Cougars have won three games in a row by a combined score of 35-4. CSUSM stands at 3-4 overall. LSU drops to 0-7.

Game 1
After scoring 17 runs in their first win of the season on Thursday against Simpson, the Cougars seemed to carry the offensive momentum into Friday's game one.

Brandon Bentson doubled in the first before Rich Montanez brought in two runs with a grounder to the left side.

CSUSM scored four runs thanks in part to a pair of LSU errors in the second inning. Arlington scored on an error on Kory Smith's grounder before John Swilley brought home Jon Putnam with a single into shallow right.

Bentson then brought home Smith with a grounder before Rich Montanez singled home Bernard to make it 6-0.

Bernard's RBI single to left center made it 8-0 in the third.

The Cougars scored three runs off five hits in the fourth, highlighted by Arlington's two-run triple to right-center. Putnam added an RBI single to make it 11-0.

Bentson drove in Bernard with a single deep down the left-field line in the sixth.

Bernard added two more RBI in the top of the seven, scoring Putnam and Dylan Costello on an infield single past third base. Swilley then knocked in Smith.

Bernard scored on an error for the 16^th run.

Bernard went 3-for-4, drove in three runs and scored three times. Swilley was 3-for-5 with a pair of RBI. Bentson, Montanez, Arlington and Smith also had two RBI in the game. Smith and Arlington scored three times.

Kyle Kuck (1-0) earned his first win, allowing just two hits in five innings of work. Hayden Weir and Steven Schafer each pitched scoreless innings to preserve the victory.

Game 2
CSUSM took the first jab in the second game, as back-to-back doubles by Arlington and Putnam made it 1-0.

Bernard then gave the Cougars some slight breathing room, singling into centerfield to drive home Kyle Hansen and make it 2-0.

It would turn out to be the game-winning run.

In the bottom half of the inning, Ricky Alvarez reached base on a two-out walk from Montiel. Marquis Kidd followed with a double to left-center that scored Alvarez and pulled LSU within one. Montiel was able to escape the threat by forcing Adrian Gardea to ground out to second.

LSU had an opportunity to tie it up in the fifth, as Joe Mascarenaz led-off with a single and advanced to second base with one out on a wild pitch. However, Hertzmann would get Cole Chaisson to ground out before Montanez caught Mascarenaz trying to take third on a pitch in the dirt.

Montiel pitched four innings, striking out six while surrendering just three hits and a walk. It was his first start as a Cougar.

CSUSM returns to action next Tuesday, February 4 at 2:00 p.m. with a single game against Chapman at CSUSM Baseball Field.