SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team split its doubleheader against Saint Katherine with a 6-5 loss and an 11-3 win on Saturday afternoon at CSUSM Baseball Field.
 
GAME 1: USK 6 – CSUSM 5
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Zach Schuberg – 1-for-2 | 2 RBIs
Luc Stuka – 2-for-4 | 1 RBI | 1 2B | 1 BB
Andrew Garcia – 2-for-5 | 1 R | 1 RBI | 1 2B
Griffin Teisher – 1-for-4 | 2 R | 1 SB | 1 BB
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• CSUSM got the game started on a positive note as Stuka picked up the RBI on a bases-loaded walk before Schuberg put a two-RBI single up the middle to give the Cougars a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.
• The Cougars made it a 4-0 game in the bottom of the second as Garcia's RBI double to right center scored Teisher.
• USK made it 4-3 in the top of the third inning as Jake Finley earned an RBI on a ground-rule double down the left field line before Cody Gracco hit a two-RBI single to center.
• An RBI single to left by USK's Brady Ware in the top of the fifth scored Finley and knotted the game at 4-all.
• CSUSM retook the lead in the bottom of the sixth as Emilio Luna scored on a USK error to make it 5-4.
• A solo shot to left by USK's Dylan Jacob evened the game at 5-all in the top of the seventh.
• Still tied at 5-5, the Firebirds' Luciano Depamphilis hit a solo home run to right to give USK a 6-5 lead.
• CSUSM ended the game with a runner in scoring position after a fly out and a ground out.

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUSM dropped to 0-5 while USK improved to 9-1.
• Firebird reliever Brian Canyon (2-0) picked up the win as he allowed nothing in one inning of work.
• Cougar reliever Tommy Garcia (0-1) took the loss as he allowed one run on two hits and a hit-by-pitch while striking out two in 2.1 innings.
• Trevor Row picked up his second save for USK as he allowed just one hit in the final inning.
• CSUSM starter Dylan Wannamaker went 6.0 innings with two strikeouts while allowing four runs (none earned) on seven hits and two walks.
• Teisher improved his hitting streak to five games.

 
 
GAME 2: CSUSM 11 – USK 3
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Luc Stuka – 4-for-4 | 2 R
Emilio Luna – 3-for-3 | 2 R | 2 RBI | 1 3B | 1 BB
Zach Schuberg – 2-for-2 | 2 R | 1 RBI | 1 3B | 1 BB | 1 SAC
Griffin Teisher – 1-for-3 | 2 RBI | 1 R | 1 3B | 1 SAC
Joseph Bahna – 1-for-3 | 2 RBI | 1 R | 1 3B | 1 SF
Jeremy Wiegman – 5 IP | 6 K | 3 R | 1 ER | 3 H | 2 BB | 1 HBP
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• A two-run single through the left side by Baker Springstun in the top of the first gave USK an early 2-0 lead.
• CSUSM knotted the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the second with an RBI sacrifice bunt by Schuberg and an RBI bunt single by Luna.
• The Firebirds went up 3-2 in the top of the fourth as John Freeman tallied an RBI double to left.
• CSUSM had a big fourth inning as it went up 6-3 on an RBI single by Adam Lovato, an RBI sac bunt by Teisher, a Bahna RBI triple and a USK error that scored Bahna.
• The Cougars went up 10-3 in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI triple to right by Luna, an RBI fielder's choice by Niko Diaz, an RBI triple down the right field line by Teisher and a sacrifice fly to center by Bahna.
• CSUSM plated its final run in the bottom of the sixth as Stuka scored on a bases-loaded wild pitch to give the Cougars an 11-3 lead.

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUSM improves to 1-5 while USK drops to 9-2.
• CSUSM starter Jeremy Wiegman (1-1) earned the win as he went 5.0 innings with six strikeouts while allowing three runs (one earned) on three hits, two walks and a hit-by-pitch.
• USK starter Brady Ware (2-1) took the loss as he allowed four runs on six hits and a walk in 3.0 innings.
• CSUSM tied the program record for most triples in a game as it ended the day with four. The Cougars last posted four triples in a game in 2013 against Arizona Christian.
• Teisher extended his hitting streak to six games while Bahna and Johnathan Combs each have four-game hitting streaks.
• Of Stuka's first six collegiate contests, four of them have been multi-hit games.

 

Head Coach Matt Guiliano talks about the Cougars' first win of the season. #BleedBlue #goCCAA #ncaaD2 pic.twitter.com/g0qzsaoD96

— CSUSM Baseball (@CSUSMBaseball) February 9, 2020

 
UP NEXT
With non-conference play done, CSUSM will begin California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) play on Friday as it plays Cal State Dominguez Hills in a home-and-home series. First pitch is set for 2 p.m.