SAN MARCOS, Calif. – A walk-off sacrifice fly by the Cal State San Marcos baseball team (3-5, 2-1 CCAA) capped off a doubleheader sweep of Cal State LA (7-6, 1-2 CCAA) by scores of 9-1 and 5-4 on Saturday at CSUSM Baseball Field.
 
GAME 1: CSUSM 9 – LA 1
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Luke Reece – 1-for-4 | 3 RBIs | 1 R | 1 SF | 1 SB
Mateo Lake – 1-for-5 | 2 RBIs | 1 HR
Phoenix Sommay – 0-for-2 | 2 R | 2 SB | 2 HBP | 1 BB
Garrett Teunissen – 0-for-1 | 2 R | 2 SB | 2 BB | 1 HBP
Emilio Luna – 0-for-3 | 2 R | 1 HBP
Conner Gleissner – 7.0 IP | 6 K | 1 R | 0 ER | 6 H | 1 HBP | 1 BB
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• CSUSM scored its first run in the bottom of the first as a wild pitch allowed Sommay to score from third and put the Cougars up 1-0.
• The Cougars went up by five in the bottom of the third on a two-run single up the middle by Reece before Lake put a two-run bomb over the right center wall.
• The Golden Eagles cut the Cougars' lead to 5-1 in the top of the fourth as Cesar Chavez hit an RBI single up the middle to score Matthew Piotrowski.
• CSUSM put the game out of reach in the bottom of the eighth. An LA error at third allowed Luna and Niko Diaz to score. On a double steal, the catcher threw the ball into center field and allowed Sommary to score. A sacrifice fly to center by Reece scored Teunissen and made it a 9-1 ballgame.

 
QUICK HITS

• CSUSM starter Conner Gleissner (2-1) picked up the win after striking out six and allowing one unearned run on six hits, a walk and a hit-by-pitch in a season-high 7.0 innings.
• LA starter Dorsey Chatham (0-1) took the loss after allowing five runs (four earned) on two hits, three walks and three hit-by-pitches while striking out five in 6.0 innings.
• The Cougars scored all nine runs on just three hits.
• CSUSM's racked up five stolen bases – its most since tallying eight at Cal State Dominguez Hills in March of 2018.
• CSUSM tied the all-time series against LA at 15-all.

 
 
GAME 2: CSUSM 5 – LA 4 (7 Inn.)
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Phoenix Sommay – 1-for-2 | 2 RBI | 2 BB | 1 HR
Luke Reece – 1-for-2 | 1 RBI | 1 HR | 1 BB
Niko Diaz – 0-for-1 | 2 SAC | 1 RBI
Bradley Chesterton – 1-for-2 | 1 R
Jordan Ku – 1-for-2 | 1 R | 1 BB
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• CSUSM took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the third with a squeeze bunt by Diaz that scored Chesterton before Sommay launched a one-out, two-run blast over the left field wall.
• LA cut the deficit to 3-2 in the top of the fourth with an RBI single by Ethan Gonzalez and a sacrifice fly by Elijah Jackson that plated Malik Clayton.
• The Golden Eagles went up 4-3 in the top of the sixth as Jackson delivered a two-out, two-run double to left center.
• Reece came through with a game-tying, one-out homer to left in the bottom of the sixth to square the game at 4-all.
• After three quick outs in the top of the seventh, CSUSM got a single from Mauricio Guardado, a walk by Ku, a sacrifice bunt by Diaz and an intentional walk to Sommay to load the bases with one out. On a 2-1 pitch, Garrett Teunissen hit a fly ball to right that was deep enough to score Guardado and send the Cougars home with a walk-off win.

 
QUICK HITS

• Cougar reliever Preston Kelly (1-0) earned the win after allowing just one hit in 1.1 innings.
• LA starter Owen Hunt (1-2) took the loss after allowing five earned runs on five hits and four walks while striking out eight in 6.0 innings.
• With the win, CSUSM went ahead in the weekend series at 2-1 and retook the all-time series lead at 16-15.
• This was the Cougars' first doubleheader sweep against the Golden Eagles since 2018.
• Niko Diaz's two sacrifice bunts gave him a career total of 19 – two back of Griffin Teisher's school-record 21 set in 2022.

 
UP NEXT
CSUSM will go for the series win against Cal State LA on Sunday with the finale set to begin at noon.