CHICO, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team fell by scores of 12-3 and 8-3 to Chico State in Saturday's California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) doubleheader at Nettleton Stadium.
 
GAME 1: CSUSM 3 – CHICO 12
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Austin Ott – 3-for-5 | 1 RBI
Cabot Van Til – 2-for-5 | 1 R | 1 2B
Anthony Rodriguez – 1-for-4 | 1 RBI
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• CSUSM scored first as Ott hit an RBI single to left and scored Näshéa Diggs in the third inning.
• An RBI groundout by Chico's Turner Olson knotted the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the third inning.
• The Wildcats posted a five-run inning in the fourth on a CSUSM throwing error, three RBI singles and an RBI groundout.
• A Chico throwing error allowed Van Til to score and cut the deficit to 6-2 in the fifth.
• The bottom of the fifth saw Tyler Stofiel hit an RBI single to score Michael Laiger and put the Wildcats up 7-2.
• Rodriguez hit an RBI single and advanced to second on a Chico throwing error while Danny Johnson scored to decrease the deficit to 7-3 in the sixth.
• After the Wildcats' plated another run with an RBI groundout in the sixth, Chico posted closed out the scoring in the eighth with a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch, a two-run single and an RBI single.

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUSM dropped to 15-21 (11-19 CCAA) while Chico improved to 16-12 (12-11 CCAA).
• Wildcat starter Andrew Lopez (3-1) earned the win as he allowed three runs (none earned) on seven hits and a walk while striking out one in six innings.
• Cougar starter John Stevens (2-3) took the loss as he allowed four runs (three earned) on four hits, two walks and a hit-by-pitch while striking out one in three innings.
• Van Til tallied his 25th multi-hit game of the season.

 
GAME 2: CSUSM 3 - CHICO 8
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Cabot Van Til – 1-for-3 | 1 RBI | 1 SF
Marcus Wilhite – 1-for-2 | 1 R | 1 RBI | 1 HBP
Griffin Teisher – 2-for-2 | 1 BB
Näshéa Diggs – 3 BB | 1 R | 1 SB | 0-for-1
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cougars plated the first run of the game as Diggs scored on an RBI groundout by Austin Ott in the first inning.
• An RBI single by Tyler Grissom in the bottom of the second scored Kyle Pineda and tied the game at 1-all.
• A wild pitch in the bottom of the third scored Chico's Dustin Miller and gave the Wildcats a 2-1 lead.
• Tyler Stofiel scored on an RBI groundout by Cody Wissler and put Chico up 3-1 in the fourth inning.
• A CSUSM fielding error allowed Miller to score with two outs in the fifth inning and gave Chico a 4-1 lead.
• A one-out base-loaded walk to Diggs scored and a sacrifice fly to center by Van Til cut the deficit to 4-3 in the sixth.
• Chico took an 8-3 lead in the bottom of the sixth with a two-run double by Miller, an RBI double by Turner Olson and an RBI single by Jorge Perez.

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUSM drops to 15-22 (11-20 CCAA) while Chico improves to 17-12 (13-11 CCAA).
• Chico starter Daniel Foret (3-1) earned the win after he struck out four while allowing one run, five hits and four walks in five innings.
• Cougar starter Austin Ott (1-3) took the loss as he allowed three runs on six hits and three walks while striking out three in 3.1 innings.
• Diggs improved his reached-base streak to 20 consecutive games.

 
UP NEXT
CSUSM and Chico will close out the series at 11 a.m. on Sunday.