SAN MARCOS, Calif. – Plagued by fielding errors, the Cal State San Marcos baseball team dropped a 16-10 decision to visiting Biola University on Tuesday afternoon at CSUSM Baseball Field.

CSUSM and Biola each tallied 14 hits in the contest with the deciding factor being a 6-1 error difference. 
 
Freshman Austin Ott was CSUSM's big hitter on the day, going 3-for-5 with three doubles, four RBIs and two runs. Junior Stefan Miladinovich also had a good day at the plate, going 3-for-6 with a run and a stolen base.
 
Down 6-2, the Cougars scored seven times in the bottom of the third to take their only lead of the game. Senior Denny Vigo knocked out a lead off single and pinch runner Jack Garcia scored on senior Dylan Costello double to right center. Junior Clinton Perez singled up the middle to plate Costello.  After freshman Tyler Place drew a walk, both runners advanced on a wild pitch and later scored on Ott's double. Junior L.A. Gamo laid down a bunt single down the first base line and advanced to second on a Biola error as Ott slid safely home. Miladinovich's singled through the left side and stole second to set up back-to-back sacrifice flies by junior Brandon Bentson and senior Ray Patchen to put CSUSM up 9-6.
 
Biola answered with three runs on four hits that included two ground-rule doubles in the next frame to even the game at 9-9.
 
The Eagles retook the lead in the top of the sixth on a RBI bunt single by Jimmy Gallarda. After recording another run in the sixth, Biola would spread out five runs in seventh and ninth innings. 
 
A planned staff day for CSUSM, six different Cougars took the mound on Tuesday.  Junior Cameron MacKenzie took the loss after giving up five runs – four earned – despite retiring five consecutive batters. Biola's Buddy Brouwer clinched the win after four innings of work, relinquishing three runs on five hits.
 
Andres Rodriguez led Biola with a 5-for-6 performance.
 
The Cougars (23-13) travel to Irvine on Wednesday, April 15 to face No. 19 Concordia at 3 p.m. 

Notes: Austin Ott collected three doubles in the contest, matching Stefan Miladinovich's and Jon Putnam's CSUSM single game record set earlier this season ... Ott's second double gave the 2015 CSUSM squad the single season record for doubles, passing the previous record of 101 set by the 2011 and 2012 teams.