LOS ANGELES – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team earned a series win over Cal State Los Angeles as it took an 11-5 victory before falling 7-6 in Sunday's California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) doubleheader at Reeder Field.
 
GAME 1: CSUSM 11 – CSULA 5
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Austin Ott – 2-for-5 | 4 RBIs | 1 HR | 1 2B | 1 BB
Andrew Garcia – 4-for-5 | 2 R | 1 2B | 1 BB
Joseph Bahna – 2-for-5 | 1 R
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• An RBI double by CSULA's Adam Gordon gave the Golden Eagles a 1-0 lead in the first inning.
• Griffin Teisher scored on a wild pitch in the top of the third to even the game at 1-1.
• RBI singles in the third and fourth innings gave the Golden Eagles a 3-1 lead.
• The Cougars took their first lead of the contest at 4-3 with a three-run homer by Ott to left center in the fifth inning.
• An RBI groundout by Noe Garcia knotted the game at 4-all in the sixth.
• CSUSM scored seven unanswered runs in the seventh through ninth innings to go up 11-4 before CSULA finally scored on an RBI double in the bottom of the ninth.

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUSM improved to 19-22 (15-20 CCAA) while CSULA dropped to 15-21 (14-18 CCAA).
• Reliever Brady Corson (1-0) took the win for the Cougars as he struck out one and allowed nothing in 1.1 innings.
• Golden Eagle Jackson Bond (0-3) took the loss after allowing four runs on four walks, three hits and a hit-by-pitch in 1.2 innings.
• Näshéa Diggs improved his reached-base streak to 24 games – the longest by a Cougar this season.
• CSUSM matched its longest winning streak of the season at four games.
• Garcia advanced his hitting streak to 13 games.
• This was the Cougars' third series win in CCAA play this season.

 
GAME 2: CSULA 7 – CSUSM 6
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Griffin Teisher – 2-for-4 | 2 RBIs
Cabot Van Til – 2-for-4
Grant Buck – 1-for-3 | 2 R | 1 RBI | 1 2B | 1 BB
Joseph Bahna – 2-for-4 | 1 R
Näshéa Diggs – 2-for-3 | 1 RBI | 1 SB
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Golden Eagles got on the board in the bottom of the first inning by scoring on a wild pitch before Jordan Peabody put an RBI single into left.
• With bases loaded in the fourth, Andrew Cowell earned an RBI after getting hit by a pitch before a two-run single by Teisher gave CSUSM a 3-2 lead.
• An RBI double to center by Buck, an RBI single to second by Diggs and an RBI single through the left side by Anthony Rodriguez put the Cougars up 6-2 in the top of the fifth.
• CSULA's comeback began in the bottom of the fifth as the Golden Eagles scored on a CSUSM fielding error.
• The Golden Eagles went ahead 7-6 in the bottom of the sixth thanks to a bases-loaded walk, a passed ball and a two-run single to right center by Peabody.

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUSM dropped to 19-23 (15-21 CCAA) while CSULA improved to 16-21 (15-18 CCAA).
• Reliever Zachary Grande (1-1) earned the victory for the Golden Eagles as he struck out two and allowed nothing in the final two innings of play.
• The Cougars' Garrett Apker (4-4) took the loss after allowing four runs (three earned) on two hits, two walks and a hit-by-pitch in one inning of relief.
• Diggs improved his team-best reached-base streak to 25 games while Garcia moved his hitting streak to 14 games – tied for the longest this season.
• Van Til now has 69 hits for the season – tied for the sixth-most in program history.

 
UP NEXT
CSUSM will now head to Cal State San Bernardino to face the Coyotes on Thursday and Friday before coming back to San Marcos for a doubleheader on Saturday.