CARSON, Calif. – A walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth inning was the difference as the Cal State San Marcos baseball team (6-12, 2-6 CCAA) fell 7-6 in the series finale at Cal State Dominguez Hills (14-8, 9-3 CCAA) on Sunday afternoon at Toro Field.
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Ethan Rivera – 3-for-4 | 2 RBIs | 3 R | 1 HR | 1 SF | 2 SB
Griffin Teisher – 2-for-4 | 1 RBI
Luke Reece – 2-for-5 | 1 RBI | 1 R
Gabriel Ponce de Leon – 2-for-5
Mark Stanford – 1-for-3 | 1 RBI | 1 R | 1 HR
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• With two on and one out in the top of the second inning, Zack Berohn hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Rivera for the first run of the game.
• The Toros evened the contest at 1-1 in the bottom of the inning with their own sac fly to center by Caleb Ellis.
• CSUSM regained the lead in the top of the fourth inning with an RBI single to right by Teisher that scored Rivera and gave the Cougars a 2-1 advantage.
• With one out and bases loaded in the bottom of the fifth, CSUDH's Anthony Accordino picked up an RBI on a fielder's choice to short and evened the game at 2-2.
• The Cougars retook the lead at 3-2 in the top of the sixth. With runners on the corners thanks to a pair of singles by Reece and Van Linge, Rivera hit a sac fly to center to score Reece from third.
• The Toros took a 6-3 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning. After Eric Smelko hit a sac fly into foul territory in left field, Scott Ogrin hit a three-run blast to left to put CSUDH up by three.
• CSUSM cut the deficit to 6-4 in the top of the seventh. With two on and two outs, Reece hit an RBI single back up the middle to score Niko Diaz from second.
• Back-to-back jacks to left by Rivera and Stanford to lead off the top of the eighth tied the game at 6-all.
• Still tied heading into bottom of the ninth, the Toro's Ogrin hit a solo shot on a 1-1 pitch to right center to give CSUDH the series sweep.

 
QUICK HITS

• Toro reliever Carlos Bracamontes (1-0) earned the win after throwing two strikeouts in one inning while allowing just one walk.
• Cougar reliever David Schlomovits (0-1) took the loss after allowing the walk-off homer.
• The home runs by Rivera and Stanford were the second of the year by each player.
• CSUSM tallied two sac flies for the fourth time this season, and Rivera posted his team-leading fourth of the season.
• Rivera was the second Cougar to tally two stolen bases in a game this season.
• This was Rivera's team-leading ninth multi-hit game and seventh multi-RBI game.
• Van Linge increased his team-best reached-base streak to 11 games.

 
UP NEXT
The Cougars will return to San Marcos to play a four-game series against Cal State San Bernardino beginning on Friday at 3 p.m.