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Luca Staiano
Greg Siller
6
Winner Cal St San Marcos CSUSM 19-23
4
Cal St. Monterey Bay CSUMB 31-14
Winner
Cal St San Marcos CSUSM
19-23
6
Final
4
Cal St. Monterey Bay CSUMB
31-14
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cal St San Marcos CSUSM 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 6 13 3
Cal St. Monterey Bay CSUMB 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 0

W: Staiano, Luca (2-0) L: HARRISON, Colby (0-2) S: Kelly, Preston (9)

Game Recap: Baseball |

CSUSM Begins Final Series with 6-4 Win at No. 13 CSUMB

SEASIDE, Calif. – Beginning the final weekend of the regular season, the Cal State San Marcos baseball team (19-23, 13-19 CCAA) earned a 6-4 victory over No. 13 Cal State Monterey Bay (31-14, 28-9 CCAA) on Thursday at the Otter Sports Complex.
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Luke Reece – 2-for-5 | 3 RBIs | 1 HR | 1 2B | 1 R
Anthony Pacino – 3-for-4 | 1 RBI | 1 HR | 1 R | 1 BB
Niko Diaz – 2-for-4 | 2 R | 1 RBI | 1 SAC
Tanner Aoki – 2-for-4
Sean McGrew – 1-for-4 | 1 RBI | 1 HR | 1 R
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Otters began the scoring with an RBI single to center by JJ Engman to go up 1-0 in the bottom of the first.
  • As CSUMB hit into a double play in the bottom of the second, Kyle Guerra scored to make it 2-0.
  • An RBI fielder's choice by Diaz cut CSUSM's deficit to 2-1 in the top of the third.
  • A two-run blast by Engman put the Otters up 4-1 in the bottom of the third.
  • The Cougars knotted the game at 4-4 in the top of the fifth with a solo shot by Pacino before Reece hit a two-run knock two batters later.
  • CSUSM took its first lead of the game at 5-4 in the top of the eighth with a solo homer to left by McGrew.
  • The Cougars concluded the scoring in the top of the ninth with an RBI double to left center by Reece to go up 6-4.
  • Preston Kelly closed the door in the bottom of the ninth with a fly out to right, a pop up to third and a fly out to left to earn his ninth save of the season on seven pitches.
 
QUICK HITS
  • This was CSUSM's highest-ranked win over an opponent in the NCAA Division II era (2016-present). The Cougars' previous high was against No. 17 Colorado School of Mines in 2022.
  • Cougar reliever Luca Staiano (2-0) earned the win after tossing 1.0 inning of relief while allowing just one walk.
  • Otter reliever Colby Harrison (0-2) took the loss after allowing two runs on four hits and two walks in 4.0 innings while striking out two.
  • CSUSM starter Conner Gleissner took the no-decision after striking out six and allowing four runs (three earned) on nine hits, two walks and a hit-by-pitch in 6.0 innings.
  • Kelly is now one save away from tying Justin's Hertzmann's CSUSM single-season record of 10 set in 2015.
  • Diaz's 10th sacrifice bunt of the year now ties him the second most in a season at CSUSM while the 17 for his career also move him into second on the career list.
  • Emilio Luna improved his reached-base streak to 12 games with a single and walk.
  • CSUSM has now won three of the last four games against CSUMB in Seaside.
 
UP NEXT
CSUSM will continue its series at CSUMB tomorrow with a doubleheader set to begin at noon.
 
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