CHICO, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team (12-8, 11-4 CCAA) fell in both games of its doubleheader at Chico State (13-7, 8-7 CCAA) by scores of 15-4 and 3-2 on Saturday at Nettleton Stadium.
 
GAME 1: CSUSM 4 - CHICO 15
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Victor Castaneda – 1-for-3 | 2 RBIs | 1 R | 1 HR | 1 BB
Cameron Mahaffy – 1-for-2 | 2 RBIs | 1 R | 1 HR | 1 HBP
Jordan Ku – 2-for-2 | 1 2B
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Chico began the scoring in the bottom of the third inning with an RBI bunt single by Elijah Pascual and an RBI single to left by Jeremy Keller.
• A two-run blast to left by Mahaffy knotted the game at 2-all in the top of the fourth.
• The Wildcats took a commanding 12-2 lead in the bottom of the fourth inning with 10 runs, eight hits and two Cougar errors.
• An RBI double down the left field line by Keller upped Chico's lead to 13-2 in the bottom of the fifth.
• A night after hitting his first career homer on a grand slam, Castandea hit a two-run shot down the right field line to cut CSUSM's deficit to 13-4 in the top of the sixth.
• The Wildcats took a 15-4 lead in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI single through the left side by Crane before a wild pitch and throwing error scored Keller.

 
QUICK HITS

• Chico starter Marco Ibarra (3-1) earned the win after striking out three while allowing four runs on eight hits and one hit-by-pitch in 7.0 innings.
• CSUSM starter Conner Gleissner (3-2) took the loss after surrendering 10 runs on 10 hits and two walks while striking out one in 3.1 innings.
• Phoenix Sommay extended his reached-base streak to 14 games while improving his hitting streak to 10 games.

 
GAME 2: CSUSM 2 - CHICO 3 (7 Inn.)
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Mateo Lake – 1-for-2 | 1 RBI | 1 2B
Victor Castaneda – 1-for-3 | 1 RBI | 1 2B
Garrett Teunissen – 2-for-4 | 1 R | 1 3B
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cougars got out to a 1-0 lead on a two-out RBI double by Lake that scored Teunissen after his one-out triple in the top of the first inning.
• The Wildcats took the lead at 2-1 as Jesse Gadd hit a two-run double to left with two outs in the bottom of the first.
• An RBI groundout by Chico's Stefan Foley made it a 3-1 game in the bottom of the fourth.
• CSUSM cut the deficit to 3-2 in the top of the sixth with a two-out double to left by Castaneda.

 
QUICK HITS

• Wildcat reliever Ryan Silvers (1-0) earned the win after 1.1 scoreless innings while allowing just one walk.
• Cougar starter Sammy Murphy (1-2) took the loss after allowing three runs (two earned) on three hits and a walk in 5.0 innings.
• Chico's Scott Lewis recorded the save after allowing just one hit in an inning of work.
• Phoenix Sommay improved his reached-base streak to 15 games while extending his hitting streak to 11.

 
UP NEXT
CSUSM will look to earn a split of the series against Chico on Sunday with first pitch set for 11 a.m.