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Andrew Garcia
Greg Siller
7
Cal St. Dom. Hills CSUDH 1-6
8
Winner Cal St. San Marcos CSUSM 2-5
Cal St. Dom. Hills CSUDH
1-6
7
Final
8
Cal St. San Marcos CSUSM
2-5
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cal St. Dom. Hills CSUDH 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 0 0 7 9 2
Cal St. San Marcos CSUSM 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 8 11 3

W: Miller, Jacob (1-0) L: SERRANO, Ricardo (1-2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Garcia's Walk-Off Puts CSUSM Over CSUDH in CCAA Opener

SAN MARCOS, Calif. – A one-out walk-off homer by senior catcher Andrew Garcia in the bottom of the ninth inning gave the Cal State San Marcos baseball team an 8-7 victory over Cal State Dominguez Hills in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) opener on Friday at CSUSM Baseball Field.
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Andrew Garcia – 3-for-5 | 1 HR | 2 RBIs
Zach Schuberg – 3-for-4 | 2 R | 2 SB | 1 RBI
Johnathan Combs – 2-for-4 | 2 R | 1 RBI
Niko Diaz – 1-for-4 | 2 RBIs | 1 2B
Emilio Luna – 1-for-3 | 1 RBI | 1 SB | 1 BB
Jacob Miller – 2 IP | 1 K | 1 BB
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • In the bottom of the second inning, an RBI bunt single by Luna scored Combs before a double steal scored Schuberg from third to give CSUSM a 2-0 lead.
  • After the Toros reached on a Cougar throwing error, Aaron Greenfield hit a two-run homer over the left field wall to knot the game at 2-all.
  • CSUDH's Nick Henry hit a one-out two-run homer to right center in the top of the sixth inning before two more runs scored on a throwing error and wild pitch to give the Toros their first lead of the day at 6-2.
  • CSUSM bounced back to retake the lead in the bottom of the sixth with five runs on RBI singles by Garcia, Combs and Schuberg and a two-RBI double to left by Diaz.
  • A sacrifice fly to center field by Henry scored Joe Canepa to knot the game at 7-all in the top of the seventh.
  • CSUSM loaded the bases in the bottom of the eighth, but a strikeout ended the inning with the game still tied at 7-7.
  • With a 1-1 count and one out in the bottom of the ninth, Garcia connected on a pitch that landed over the left field wall to secure the victory for the Cougars.
 
QUICK HITS
  • CSUSM improves to 2-5 (1-0 CCAA) while CSUDH drops to 1-6 (0-1 CCAA).
  • Cougar reliever Jacob Miller (1-0) earned the win as he allowed just one walk in 2.0 innings while striking out one.
  • Toro reliever Ricardo Serrano (1-2) took the loss as he gave up the walk-off homer while striking out one in two-thirds of an inning.
  • This was CSUSM's first walk-off win since defeating Cal State East Bay in 11 innings on Feb. 17, 2019.
  • Griffin Teisher's six-game hitting streak came to an end, but he extended his reached-base streak to seven games as he walked and scored a run.
  • Teisher made his 101st career start, tying Jon Putnam (2012-16) for ninth most in program history.
  • The Cougars have now won six of the last seven games against the Toros.
 
 
 
UP NEXT
CSUSM and CSUDH will play the second game of the four-game home-and-home series on Saturday at noon at CSUSM Baseball Field.
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