SAN MARCOS, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team (11-17, 5-13 CCAA) will finish up its rescheduled series against Cal State Dominguez Hills on Tuesday at 3 p.m. before hosting Cal Poly Pomona in a four-game series beginning on Friday at 3 p.m. at CSUSM Baseball Field. The series against the Broncos will continue with a doubleheader on Saturday at noon before the series finale on Sunday at noon.

LAST WEEK

• CSUSM took the third game of the series against Cal State Dominguez Hills last Tuesday with a 5-2 win and is now ahead 2-1 in the series.
• The Cougars then fell in three of four games at San Francisco State over the weekend. CSUSM's lone win came in the third game of the series with a 2-1 victory. The Gators took the other three games by scores of 8-6, 5-0 and 7-2.

 
COUGARS BY THE NUMBERS

• Niko Diaz is posting the second-most sacrifice bunts per game in the nation at .29 and ranks sixth with eight sac bunts in total.
• Diaz is the CCAA's fifth toughest to strikeout as he's going 10.6 at-bats between strikeouts.
• Luke Reece leads the conference in doubles per game at .46 and is 21st nationally.
• Reece continues to lead the Cougars' offense with a .369 batting average, a 1.036 OPS, 31 hits, 11 doubles, 47 total bases and six stolen bases.
• Nick Schnopp has the team's longest-active reached-base streak at 14 games and the team's second longest of the season.
• Anthony Pacino has the team's longest-active hitting streak at seven games and is tied for the second longest of the year.
• Emilio Luna has the third-best on-base percentage in the CCAA at .479.
• CSUSM has the third-most sacrifice bunts in the CCAA at 21.

 

GAME 29 | CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS
Date	Tuesday, April 11
Times	3 p.m.
Locations	San Marcos, Calif.
Venue	CSUSM Baseball Field
Records	CSUSM (12-17, 6-13 CCAA) CSUDH (16-17, 11-12 CCAA)
Live Stats	SideArm Stats
Live Video ($)	CCAA Network

SERIES FINALE AGAINST THE TOROS

• CSUSM and CSUDH will finally play the last game of their rescheduled series on Tuesday.
• CSUSM has won the past two games against the Toros by scores of 6-4 and 5-2.
• If the Cougars can earn the victory on Tuesday, it would be their first series win against the Toros since 2019.
• CSUDH lost three of its four games at Sonoma State over the weekend, falling 7-5, 1-0 and 14-4, before winning the series finale by a score of 6-3.
• The Toros are currently tied for fifth in the CCAA standings with an 11-12 record.

 

GAMES 30-33 | CAL POLY POMONA
Dates	Friday, April 14 - Sunday, April 16
Times	Friday, April 14 - 3 p.m. Saturday, April 15 - 12 p.m. (DH) Sunday, April 16 - 12 p.m.
Locations	San Marcos, Calif.
Venue	CSUSM Baseball Field
Records	CSUSM (12-17, 6-13 CCAA) CPP (21-12, 13-10)
Live Stats	SideArm Stats
Live Video ($)	CCAA Network

BRONCOS HEAD TO SAN MARCOS

• Cal Poly Pomona comes into the weekend fresh off a series win against Cal State LA.
• The Broncos fell 15-8 in the series opener and proceeded to take the final three games by scores of 8-2, 4-1 and 6-5.
• This was CPP's fifth series win of the season and third in CCAA play.
• The Broncos are currently third in the CCAA standings with a 13-10 conference record (.565).
• CPP has the 12th-best WHIP in Division II at 1.26 and ranks 18th in ERA at 3.86.
• The Broncos are allowing the 15th-fewest hits per nine innings in the nation at 7.94.
• CPP is giving up the 24th-fewest walks per nine innings in Division II at 3.45.
• Offensively, the Broncos have the conference's sixth-best batting average at .277 and rank ninth in scoring at 5.2 runs per game.
• Starter Caleb Reyes ranks third in the nation in WHIP (0.73), sixth in ERA (1.19) and ninth in hits allowed per nine innings (5.16).
• Brent Cota is the Broncos' top offensive player with a .354 batting average, 24 runs, 45 hits, 10 doubles and an .878 OPS.
• CPP leads the series against CSUSM at 18-2 and has won the last seven games.

THE GARCIA FILE

• Head Coach Jose Garcia was announced as the new leader of the CSUSM baseball program on Aug. 1, 2022.
• Garcia came to CSUSM from fellow CCAA member Chico State where he was the top assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Wildcats.
• Joining Chico's staff as a student assistant in Fall 2012, Garcia helped the Wildcats notch 286 victories, seven postseason appearances, two CCAA Championships, one NCAA West Region Championship and one College World Series appearance in 10 years with the program.
• Serving as Chico's primary hitting and infield coach, Garcia coached the Wildcats' offense to a conference-record .344 team batting average while assisting the team to a 34-15 overall record in 2022 despite only returning seven players from the COVID-shortened 2020 season.
• In 2017, Garcia helped Chico to another CCAA record with a win-loss total of 34-4 in conference play while also helping the team to an NCAA Division II-best .983 fielding percentage.
• Garcia is a graduate of Chico State and earned his bachelor's degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in coaching. He later earned his master's degree in School and Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Positive Coaching from the University of Missouri in 2017.