SAN MARCOS, Calif. – Junior
L.A. Gamo drove in five runs and the Cal State San Marcos baseball team earned a 10-3 victory over No. 2 Lewis-Clark State College Wednesday afternoon at CSUSM Baseball Field.
The Cougars improve to 4-4 overall and extend their winning streak to three games. The Warriors drop to 5-2 on the season.
Junior
Brandon Bentson was 3-for-5 with a double and two runs, while senior
Stefan Miladinovich went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and a home run. Senior
Dylan Costello crossed the plate three times for the Cougars.
For the fourth consecutive game, Gamo led off the game with a walk and would score CSUSM's first run of the game on a Warrior error. The Cougars added three more runs in the second inning on a 2 RBI single by Gamo and freshman
Austin Ott's ground out
. LC State got on the board in the next frame when Ty Jackson bounced the ball off the right center field wall for an RBI triple.
Bentson led off the fifth with a double and plated on a sacrifice fly by Miladinovich to make it 5-1 Cougars. Gamo drove in two more runs in the bottom of the sixth.
To lead off the seventh, Miladinovich launched one deep over the left field wall. Gamo added another Cougar run afer drawing a bases loaded walk to make it 9-1.
The Warriors drove in two more runs in the top of the eighth on Chadwick Kaalekahi's RBI double who later scored on pinch hitter Robert Smith's single.
The Cougars nabbed one more run in their final at-bat when Miladinovich hit an RBI single through the left side.
Starter
Addison Domingo (1-0) picked up the win after an efficient 5.2 innings on the mound. The sophomore righty allowed just one run on five hits and struck out seven batters. Cameron Pongs took the loss after two innings of work, giving up four runs – two earned – on three hits.
The Cougars face the Warriors again on Friday, Feb. 13 at 1 p.m.