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Emilio Luna
Sam Stofko
7
Winner Cal Poly Pomona CPP 23-14
4
Cal State San Marcos CSUSM 13-20
Winner
Cal Poly Pomona CPP
23-14
7
Final
4
Cal State San Marcos CSUSM
13-20
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 10 1
Cal State San Marcos CSUSM 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 9 1

W: SOTO, Noel (2-2) L: Kim, Josh (3-4) S: ROMO, Eric (3)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Early Deficit Stymies Cougars in Series Finale Against Broncos

SAN MARCOS, Calif. – Taking an early deficit, the Cal State San Marcos baseball team (13-20, 7-16 CCAA) fell 7-4 against Cal Poly Pomona (23-14, 15-12 CCAA) to split the series on Sunday at CSUSM Baseball Field.
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Nick Schnopp – 3-for-3 | 1 RBI | 1 R | 2 2B | 1 BB
Luke Reece – 2-for-3 | 2 R | 1 2B | 1 BB
Ethan Rivera – 1-for-3 | 1 RBI | 1 SF
Tanner Aoki – 1-for-4 | 1 RBI | 1 HBP
Emilio Luna – 1-for-4 | 1 RBI
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • CPP jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning with a pair of two-run doubles by Marco Malerba and Jacob Lopez.
  • CSUSM got a run back in the bottom of the inning with an RBI double by Schnopp.
  • The Broncos made it a 6-1 game in the top of the second with an RBI single by Nin Burns II and a double steal attempt that plated Johnny Pappas.
  • A sacrifice fly to by Rivera allowed Reece to score from third to cut the deficit to 6-2.
  • The Cougars moved within a couple runs at 6-4 in the bottom of the sixth with an RBI groundout by Aoki and an RBI single by Luna.
  • Held scoreless since scoring in the second inning, CPP made it a 7-4 game in the top of the ninth with a solo blast by Darius Price.
  • CSUSM ended the game with three consecutive groundouts to third in the bottom of the ninth.
 
QUICK HITS
  • Bronco starter Noel Soto (2-2) earned the win after going 6.0 innings with one strikeout while allowing four runs on nine hits, a walk and a hit-by-pitch.
  • CPP's Eric Romo earned his third save with a flawless ninth inning.
  • Cougar starter Josh Kim (3-4) took the loss after allowing six runs on four hits and three walks while striking out one in 1.2 innings.
  • CSUSM's series split with CPP is the first in the all-time series dating back to 2016.
  • This was Reece's 11th multi-hit game of the year and was Schnopp's ninth.
  • Rivera improved his hitting streak to eight games – the longest-active streak on the team and the third longest of the season.
  • For the series, Rivera led CSUSM's offense with a .500 batting average, seven hits and five RBIs.
 
UP NEXT
CSUSM will travel to Sonoma State for its next series beginning on Friday at 3 p.m.
 
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