IRVINE, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team earned its fourth consecutive victory to start the 2019 season as the Cougars defeated Concordia Irvine by score of 9-8 in 10 innings on Friday afternoon at Eagles Field.
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TOP PERFORMERS
Domenic Antonacci – 2-for-5 | 4 RBIs | 1 2B
Grant Buck – 2-for-4 | 3 RBIs | 1 R
Austin Ott – 2-for-3 | 4 R | 1 RBI | 1 2B | 3 BB
Mike Lopez – 7 IP | 4 K | 2 R | 2 ER| 1 BB | 9 H
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- CSUSM went up 1-0 in the very first inning with an RBI single by Antonacci into left.
- CUI took a brief 2-1 lead in the bottom of the second with a home run by Cooper Moore and an RBI single by Alex DiMascio.
- The Cougars knotted the game at 2-2 in the top of the third with an RBI single down the right-field line.
- A three-RBI double to left by Antonacci gave CSUSM a 5-2 lead in the top of the fourth inning.
- The Cougars scored two runs in the sixth as Ott hit an RBI single to right center before Buck earned an RBI on a groundout to first.
- Näshéa Diggs put the Cougars up 8-2 in the top of the seventh on an RBI single to right.
- The Eagles made a late run in the eighth and ninth innings as they pushed three runs in each to tie the game at 8-8 and send the contest into extra innings.
- CSUSM got the run it needed in the top of the 10th thanks to an RBI single to short by Buck.
- Ott (1-0) shut the door on CUI in the bottom of the 10th with two strikeouts and lineout to pick up the win.
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QUICK HITS
- CSUSM moves to 4-0 for the first time in program history while CUI drops to 0-3.
- Cougar starting pitcher Mike Lopez put together another good outing as he threw seven innings, struck out four and allowed just two runs on nine hits.
- CUI shortstop Haloa Dudoit was the only player to have more than two hits as he finished the game 4-for-6.
- CUI reliever Nick Manago took the loss and moved to 0-1 on the season.
- Ott tallied the 34th double of his career to tie former Cougar Trent Jemmett (2011-12) for the fifth-most doubles in program history.
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UP NEXT
CSUSM will complete its series against CUI on Saturday with a doubleheader beginning at 11 a.m. in Irvine.
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