SAN MARCOS, Calif. – An offensive explosion powered the Cal State San Marcos baseball team to a 14-8 victory in its California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) series opener against Stanislaus State on Friday afternoon.
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Austin Ott – 3-for-5 | 4 RBIs | 2 R | 1 HR | 2 2B
Näshéa Diggs – 1-for-3 | 3 RBI | 2 BB | 1 R | 1 3B
Andrew Garcia – 2-for-5 | 2 RBI | 1 R | 1 HR
Griffin Teisher – 3-for-5 | 2 RBI | 1 R | 1 SF
Marcus Wilhite – 3-for-4 | 1 R | 1 HBP
Grant Buck – 2-for-3 | 3 R | 1 RBI | 2 BB
Cabot Van Til – 2-for-6 | 1 RBI | 1 R | 1 3B
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Stan State got on the board first with an RBI single to center by Alexis Paz in the top of the first.
• The Warriors pushed across two runs on a single and sacrifice bunt in the third before Jack Large hit an RBI double down the right field line to put Stan State up 4-0 in the fourth.
• After Ott hit an RBI double to score Buck in the bottom of the third, Garcia rounded out the inning with a two-run jack to left and cut the deficit to 4-3.
• CSUSM took a 6-4 lead in the bottom of the fourth thanks to an RBI triple by Van Til, Buck's RBI single and an RBI double by Ott.
• The Warriors once again went ahead, 7-6, in the top of the fifth on two RBI singles by Matt Elser and Braeden Oki before Brandon De La Guardia tallied an RBI on a bases-loaded walk.
• The game was knotted at 7-all in the bottom of the fifth as a passed ball scored Danny Johnson from third.
• Stan State took its final lead in the top of the sixth with a solo shot by Grant Bunker.
• The Cougars broke the game wide open in the bottom of the sixth with a two-run homer by Ott, a three RBI triple by Diggs and a Teisher's sacrifice fly to right.
• Up 13-8 heading into the bottom of the eighth, Teisher concluded the scoring with an RBI single that scored Zach Schuberg.

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUSM improved to 14-17 (10-15 CCAA) while the Warriors dropped to 17-12 (13-10 CCAA).
• This was CSUSM's second consecutive victory over Stan State dating back to last season and it gave the Cougars a 6-5 advantage in the all-time series.
• Cougar reliever Jared Dinisi (1-0) took the win as he threw 1.1 innings while striking out one and allowing one run on one hit.
• Nathan Gutierrez took the loss for the Warriors as he allowed six runs (four earned) on four hits, one walk and one hit-by-pitch in 1.1 innings of work.
• The Cougars were 19-for-41 at the plate.
• Ott moved to fourth all-time for total bases in program history with 305 while improving to sixth for runs scored at 123.

 

.@CSUSMBaseball Head Coach Matt Guiliano discusses his team's series-opening 14-8 victory over Stanislaus State this afternoon. #BleedBlue4Decade2 #goCCAA #ncaaD2 pic.twitter.com/5tSbKn2nhE

— CSUSM Athletics (@CSUSMcougars) March 30, 2019

 
UP NEXT
The Cougars and Warriors will continue their series on Saturday with a doubleheader set for noon at CSUSM Baseball Field.