SAN MARCOS, Calif. – In the first game of its final regular-season series, the Cal State San Marcos baseball team tallied a 7-4 victory over Cal Poly Pomona in California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) play on Friday afternoon at CSUSM Baseball Field.
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Joseph Bahna – 4-for-5 | 1 RBI | 1 R | 1 SB
Griffin Teisher – 2-for-4 | 2 RBIs | 1 R | 1 2B | 1 BB
Cabot Van Til – 2-for-5 | 1 RBI
Andrew Garcia – 1-for-4 | 2 RBIs | 1 BB
Näshéa Diggs – 2-for-5 | 1 RBI | 1 R
Adam Tanoue – 1-for-4 | 2 R
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• A two-run double by Teisher to right center scored Tanoue and Diggs and put CSUSM up 2-0 in the bottom of the second inning.
• The Cougars made it 3-0 in the bottom of the third inning on an RBI single by Diggs to left.
• The Broncos cut the deficit to 3-1 in the top of the fourth on a solo shot to left by Patrick Vizcaino.
• A two-run single by Garcia in the bottom of the fourth put the Cougars ahead by four.
• CSUSM took a 6-1 lead in the bottom of the fifth inning as Van Til roped an RBI single into left center.
• An RBI single by CPP's Drew Cowley scored Vizcaino, who got on base via the passed ball after striking out in the top of the sixth.
• The Broncos made it a 6-3 ballgame in the top of the eighth inning as Patrick Flynn hit an RBI double to left center.
• An RBI single to right by Bahna in the bottom of the eighth put CSUSM up 7-3.
• CPP rounded out the scoring as Cesar Lopez scored on a CSUSM error in the outfield.

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUSM improved to 23-24 (19-22 CCAA) while CPP dropped to 22-25 (20-21 CCAA).
• Cougar starter Mike Lopez (6-2) earned the win as he struck out five and allowed two runs (one earned) on six hits and four walks in 5.2 innings.
• Bronco ace Tim Holdgraffer (8-4) took the loss as he allowed six runs on 10 hits and three walks in five innings.
• This was just the Cougars' second win in the all-time series against the Broncos.
• CSUSM has now won its past five series openers and is 10-3 in series openers this season.
• Van Til broke the CSUSM record for most multi-hit games in a season as he tallied his 31st of the year.
• At 80 hits for the season, Van Til's total ranks third in program history.
• Austin Ott's two runs moved him to fourth on CSUSM's all-time list with 138.
• Lopez's five strikeouts moved him to fifth on the program's all-time list with 107.

 

Hear from @CSUSMBaseball Head Coach Matt Guiliano as the Cougars opened their final regular-season series with a victory over Cal Poly Pomona. #BleedBlue4Decade2 #goCCAA #ncaaD2 pic.twitter.com/A8wVcELKUj

— CSUSM Athletics (@CSUSMcougars) April 27, 2019

 
UP NEXT
CSUSM will close out its 2019 home schedule on Saturday when it faces Cal Poly Pomona at 3 p.m. Prior to the game, the Cougars will honor their 15 seniors at approximately 2:30 p.m.