Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team swept its Saturday doubleheader to take its three-game series against Biola, 11-4 and 6-5, on Saturday afternoon at CSUSM Baseball Field.

On a day in which the Cougars welcomed longtime Padres shortstop Garry Templeton to throw out the first pitch as a part of Padres at the Park, the Cougars combined for 11 hits and 10 RBI in game one before Rich Montanez's two-run double in the bottom of the sixth in game two helped CSUSM seal the come-from-behind, one-run victory.

The wins move the Cougars to 5-8 overall, while Biola drops to 6-11-1. CSUSM will have nine days off before facing No. 22 San Diego Christian on February 25 at 2:00 p.m.

Ray Patchen went 5-for-7 on the day with three runs, three RBI and a double, while Brandon Bentson was 4-for-7 with four RBI and three runs. Tyler Bernard scored four times during a 3-for-6 day.

The San Diego Padres hosted their first-ever Padres at the Park event at CSUSM Baseball Field on Saturday. The Padres Friar and Pad Squad were in attendance, and Garry Templeton signed autographs for fans. Fans were given either a Chase Headley bobblehead or a Padres replica road jersey upon entrance. In addition, CSUSM Athletics raffled off Padres replica jerseys, game tickets, a signed ball and an autographed Chase Headley bat.

Game One
The Cougars put up for runs in their first at-bat of game thanks to a fielding miscue by the Eagles. The first three runners reached base on a pair of walks and single by Bernard.

Bentson hit a slow roller to short that should have been an easy double play ball, but the throw to double up Bentson was low and wide and it scurried into down the left field line. Meanwhile, John Swilley and Bernard scored while Bentson wound up at third with one out.

After a Brooks Noble groundout should have ended the frame, Matt Arlington walked to put runners on the corners. Jon Putnam then drove a ball that was deep enough to drive in Bentson and Arlington all the way from first.

A two-out rally helped the Cougars take a 5-1 lead in the second. Bernard doubled down the left field line before advancing to third on a wild pitch. Patchen drove him home with a single into right.

Dylan Costello got into the act in the fifth, singling in Arlington to increase CSUSM's advantage to six.

CSUSM starter Hunter Brown (2-1) would earn the win after five innings of work. Brown allowed just one hit and one earned run while striking out four. His four walks created some trouble for himself, but he left the game with the Cougars in control with a 6-1 advantage.

Kyle Kuck came on in relief of Brown, but struggled with his control. After back-to-back walks and a sacrifice bunt put runners on second and third with one down, Sean McCarrell made it 6-3 with a two-run single through the right side.

Matt Bataska rescued the Cougars from further harm, forcing a pair of pop-outs to end the inning after hitting the first batter he faced.

Arlington laced a two-out, two-run double in the Cougar half of the sixth to push the lead back to five, 8-3.

CSUSM cinched it in the seventh. Patchen added two more RBI with a bases-loaded single into right and Bentson drove home Bernard with a sacrifice fly to center.

Just four of the11 runs against the Eagles were earned.

Bernard was 3-for-4 with three runs. Patchen went 2-for-3 with three RBI.

The victory snapped CSUSM's four-game losing streak.

Game Two
The Cougars trailed 3-1 through the first two innings, but Kevin Hilton came on in the third inning to steady the ship for CSUSM and allow his team to crawl back in it.

Cougar lefty Clinton Perez made his first start, but the Eagles tagged him for a run on three hits in the first inning before a pair of walks led to another two runs in the second.

Kuck came on again for the Cougars in the third, but Biola had his number. Boone Farrington doubled to deep left before Tyler McNeill came aboard with a one-out walk. Farrington took third on a wild pitch.

Then it appeared disaster would strike the Cougars again as Kuck's delivery kicked away from Montanez. Farrington broke home from third to try and get the free run.

However, Montanez shuffled to his left and flipped the ball back to an alert Kuck covering the plate, and the lefty slapped down the tag before Farrington could get his hand on the dish for the second out of the inning.

Kuck walked the next batter and Hilton was called on to get the Cougars out of the situation. It seemed to go against the cause, as Hilton walked his first batter to load the bases, but Hilton forced Sage Polland to ground out to end the inning.

In the bottom half of the third, Patchen doubled and Bentson followed with a single to put runners on the corners. Montanez eventually brought in Patchen to make it 3-2.

Kyle Hansen led off the fourth with a bunt before Costello laid down a sacrifice bunt that put the tying run on second. Hansen would take third on a wild pitch and then score on Buchanan's single into right field that made it 3-3. Despite having Buchanan on third after Swilley's single up the middle, CSUSM could not find the go-ahead run.

Hilton sat the Eagles down in order in the fifth.

Bentson's heads-up play to leadoff the fifth helped the Cougars take their first lead of the game. He blooped a single to right field and then took second base after he noticed no one was covering the bag.

Montanez followed with a walk. Denny Vigo, who struggled at the plate on the day, came up big when his team needed him the most by laying down a sacrifice bunt that moved Bentson and Montanez to second and third with one out.

It was just as the doctor ordered, as Hansen lifted a sacrifice fly that brought home Bentson to make it 4-3.

Hilton seemed to show some fatigue in the top of the sixth - his sixth inning of the relief and third appearance of the series. The first two batters walked, but Hilton answered by forcing the next two batters to pop-out. The bubble burst for Hilto,  though, as Boone Farrington cracked a double into left-center that scored both the runners and handed Biola a 5-4 lead.

However, the story would be the sum of its parts for Hilton. The CSUSM offense thanked him for his consistency over the middle 3.1 innings by picking him up in the bottom half of the sixth.

Swilley led-off with a walk before Bernard moved him over with a sac bunt. Patchen singled to left and moved Swilley to third.

Bentson brought Swilley across with a sacrifice fly to center that made it 5-5. .

Then, with two down and Patchen on first, Montanez sent an 0-2 offering deep into the right-field gap that allowed Patchen to come all the way around and hand the Cougars back the lead.

Justin Hertzmann (2) earned the save for the Cougars, retiring the Eagles in order in the seventh.

Bentson was 3-for-3 and Patchen was 3-for-4 in game two.

Bentson hit .636 (7-for-11) during the three-game set, driving in five and scoring five runs.