CARSON, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team (6-11, 2-5 CCAA) dropped both ends of its doubleheader at Cal State Dominguez Hills (13-8, 8-3 CCAA) by scores of 17-9 and 7-2 on Saturday at Toro Field.
 
GAME 1: CSUSM 9 – CSUDH 17
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Ethan Rivera – 3-for-4 | 2 R | 1 RBI | 1 BB
Kevin Van Linge – 2-for-3 | 2 R | 1 BB | 1 HBP
Adam Chadwick – 2-for-5 | 2 RBI | 1R
Emilio Luna – 2-for-5 | 2 RBI | 1 R | 1 3B | 1 2B
Aiden Richert – 2-for-5 | 1 RBI | 1 R
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• CSUSM opened the scoring in the top of the first with three RBI singles by Griffin Teisher, Jesus Lopez and Adam Chadwick to take a 3-0 lead.
• The Cougars took a similar approach in the top of the second with a pair of RBI singles by Luke Reece and Ethan Rivera to go up 5-0.
• The Toros broke up the shutout in the bottom of the second inning on a Matt Mecate sacrifice fly to center to make it 5-1.
• CSUSM's sixth RBI single of the afternoon came off the bat of Aiden Richert to put the Cougars up 6-1 in the top of the third.
• Dominguez Hills brought in a couple of runs with a pair of sacrifice flies by Alberto Luevano and Emilio Barrera to make it a 6-3 game in the bottom of the third.
• The Toros put together a seven-run fourth with a grand slam by Scott Ogrin, a two-run homer by Barrera and a run on a wild pitch to take a 10-6 lead.
• CSUDH tallied four more runs in the bottom of the sixth on a wild pitch, an RBI single by Mecate and a two-run single by Ogrin to go up 14-6.
• The Toros scored their final runs in the bottom of the eighth on an RBI double to center by Pierson Loska, a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch and a sacrifice fly to left by Bailey Bordas to make it 17-6.
• The Cougars scored the game's final runs in the top of the ninth on an RBI single by Chadwick and two-run triple down the right field line by Emilio Luna to cut the deficit to 17-9.

 
QUICK HITS

• Toro reliever Humberto Chiquito (2-1) earned the win after allowing three runs (two earned) on six hits and a walk while striking out one in four innings.
• Cougar starter Pat MacDonald Jr. (0-2) took the loss after allowing six runs on three hits, three walks and four hit-by-pitches while striking out one in three innings.
• Reece extended his hitting streak to a team-best eight games while Van Linge up his reached-base streak to nine games.

 
 
GAME 2: CSUSM 2 – CSUDH 7 (7)
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Mark Stanford – 2-for-2 | 2 R | 1 RBI | 1 HR | 1 3B
Ethan Rivera – 2-for-3
Emilio Luna – 1-for-2 | 1 BB
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• CSUSM took a 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning on a solo shot to center by Mark Stanford.
• An RBI triple by Eric Smelko and a two-run homer to right by Scott Ogrin put CSUDH on top at 3-1 in the bottom of the third.
• The Toros took a 4-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth on an RBI single by Matt Mecate.
• Dominguez Hills scored its final three runs in the bottom of the fifth on a CSUSM fielding error, an RBI double to right by Alberto Luevano and an RBI single by Emilio Barrera to go up 7-1.
• An RBI groundout by Aiden Richert in the top of the seventh plated Stanford to make it 7-2. The game came to an end right after on a groundout and strikeout.

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUDH starter Nate Ortiz (3-2) earned the win after allowing just one run on five hits, two walks and a hit-by-pitch while striking out five in five innings
• Cougar starter Nolan Long (1-1) took the loss after allowing seven runs (three earned) on six hits and two walks while striking out six in five innings.
• Stanford was the fifth Cougar with a home run this season.
• Luke Reece's team-best eight-game hitting streak came to an end.
• Kevin Van Linge kept his reached-base streak alive and advanced it to a team-best 10 games.

 
UP NEXT
CSUSM will look to avoid the series sweep when it faces CSUDH in the series finale at noon on Sunday at Toro Field.