SAN FRANCISCO – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team took the series loss to San Francisco State as it fell by scores of 10-3 and 3-2 in Saturday's California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) doubleheader at Maloney Field.
 
GAME 1: SF STATE 10 - CSUSM 3
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Ethan Ellis – 1-for-3 | 1 RBI | 1 2B | 1 SF
Zach Schuberg – 1-for-4 | 1 R
Joseph Bahna – 1-for-4
Michael Lopez – 1-for-4
 
HOW IT HAPPENED                         

• The Gators went up 1-0 in the bottom of the first inning as Jackson Kritsch scored Jonah Gonzales from third on an RBI single to second.
• SF State posted another run in the bottom of the second as Rudy Aguilar hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to right.
• CSUSM took its first lead of the series in the top of the third inning at 3-2. Ricky Maytorena scored on an infield error before Luc Stuka scored Schuberg with a bunt on a fielder's choice. Ellis hit a one-out sacrifice fly to center to bring home Andrew Garcia for the third run of the inning.
• The Gators knotted the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the fifth as Aguilar scored from third on a 6-4-3 double play by the Cougars.
• SF State's big inning occurred in the bottom of the seventh with five runs on four hits. Kritsch hit a three-run homer to left before Richie Rios tallied two RBIs on a ground-rule double.
• The Gators posted their final two runs in the bottom of the eighth as Gonzales scored on a Cougar throwing error before Trevor Rogers brought home Nick Upstill with a sacrifice fly to center.

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUSM fell to 3-9 (2-4 CCAA) while SF State improved to 9-3 (3-3 CCAA).
• Gator reliever Sabastion Selway (2-0) earned the win as he allowed just one hit while recording two strikeouts in 2.0 innings.
• Jacob Miller (2-1) took the loss for the Cougars as he allowed five runs on three hits and two walks while tallying one strikeout.
• SF State took a 2-0 lead in the four-game series.
• Bahna improved his team-leading hitting streak to 10 games.

 
GAME 2: SF STATE 3 – CSUSM 2 (8 Innings)
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Niko Diaz – 1-for-3 | 1 R | 1 SB
Andrew Garcia – 1-for-3 | 1 2B
Joseph Bahna – 1-for-3
Ethan Ellis – 1-for-3
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• CSUSM took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first as Emilio Luna scored on an RBI fielder's choice by Luc Stuka.
• SF State knotted the game at 1-1 in the bottom of the inning as Jackson Kritsch scored Jonah Gonzales from third with a sacrifice fly to left.
• The Cougars went up 2-1 in the top of the third as Diaz scored on an infield error.
• A bases-loaded wild pitch with one out scored the Gators' Marco Salvetti and tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the fourth.
• The Cougars got out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the seventh as a fly out to left kept the Gators' game-winning run on third.
• With runners on first and second with one out in the bottom of the eighth, Nick Upstill delivered the walk-off hit for the Gators as Jason Hare scored the game-winning run from second base.

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUSM fell to 3-10 (2-5 CCAA) while SF State improved to 10-3 (3-4 CCAA).
• Gator reliever Nate Jenkins (3-1) earned the win as he allowed just one hit in 3.0 innings while striking out two.
• Aiden Yarwood (0-1) took the loss as he allowed one run on four walks in 1.1 innings.
• Bahna pushed his team-leading hitting streak to 11 games.
• With no strikeouts on the ledger, this was the first time CSUSM failed to post a single K in a game since May 12, 2011, against California Baptist, and it was just the third time overall.

 
UP NEXT
CSUSM and SF State will play the series finale on Sunday at 11 a.m.