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Sean McGrew
Greg Siller
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Cal State San Marcos CSUSM 10-15, 4-11 CCAA
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Winner San Francisco State SFSU 17-11, 10-10 CCAA
Cal State San Marcos CSUSM
10-15, 4-11 CCAA
6
Final
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San Francisco State SFSU
17-11, 10-10 CCAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cal State San Marcos CSUSM 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 9 2
San Francisco State SFSU 0 0 3 0 2 3 0 0 X 8 16 1

W: SHINN, Nathan (4-2) L: Gleissner, Conner (1-4) S: SILVA, Andrew (2)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Late Rally Falls Short for Cougars at SF State

SAN FRANCISCO – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team (10-15, 4-11 CCAA) fell 8-6 to San Francisco State (17-11, 10-10 CCAA) in the series opener on Thursday at Maloney Field.
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Sean McGrew – 3-for-4 | 2 R | 2 RBIs | 1 HR
Anthony Pacino – 1-for-5 | 2 RBIs
Niko Diaz – 1-for-3 | 1 RBI
Demetrius Freeman – 2-for-4 | 1 R
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • CSUSM took a 2-0 lead in the top of the second with a two-run homer to left by Sean McGrew.
  • SF State took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the third with an RBI triple by Nick Upstill, an RBI single by Michael Cunningham and an RBI single by Justin Clark.
  • The Cougars knotted the game at 3-all in the top of the fifth with an RBI single down the left field line by Diaz.
  • The Gators retook the lead for good in the bottom of the fifth at 5-3 on a sacrifice fly to right by Gavin Haimovitz that scored Cunningham while also scoring Kody Gardner on a throwing error.
  • In the bottom of the sixth, SF State upped its lead to 8-3 on an RBI double down the left field line by Cunningham and a two-run single to center by Clark.
  • CSUSM put a rally together in the top of the ninth with singles by McGrew and Freeman and Aoki getting hit by a pitch to load the bases. Jake Adams then drew a bases-loaded walk with no outs to make it 8-4. After an SF State pitching change, Pacino put a two-run single into center to cut the deficit further to 8-6, but the Cougars' rally came to an end on a sacrifice bunt, a foul out and a fly out to end the game.
 
QUICK HITS
  • SF State's Nathan Shinn (4-2) earned the win after striking out six in 6.0 innings of relief while allowing four runs on six hits and a walk.
  • Andrew Silva earned his second save of the season with just one hit allowed in 1.0 inning.
  • CSUSM starter Conner Gleissner (1-4) took the loss as he allowed five runs (four earned) on 11 hits and a walk while striking out three in 5.0 innings.
  • Luke Reece's 23-game reached-base streak came to an end while Nick Schnopp's 10-game hitting streak also ended.
 
UP NEXT
CSUSM and SF State will continue the series with a doubleheader on Friday at noon.
 
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