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Luke Reece
Aaron Draper
11
Winner Cal St. San Marcos CSUSM 13-8, 12-4 CCAA
7
Chico St. CSUC 13-8, 8-8 CCAA
Winner
Cal St. San Marcos CSUSM
13-8, 12-4 CCAA
11
Final
7
Chico St. CSUC
13-8, 8-8 CCAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cal St. San Marcos CSUSM 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 0 1 11 12 0
Chico St. CSUC 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 10 1

W: Kelly, Preston (3-0) L: COURSHON, James (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

CSUSM Earns Series Split at Chico State with 11-7 Win

CHICO, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team (13-8, 12-4 CCAA) earned a series split against Chico State (13-8, 8-8 CCAA) with an 11-7 win in the series finale on Sunday at Nettleton Stadium.
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Luke Reece – 4-for-5 | 5 RBIs | 1 R | 1 HR | 1 SAC
Sean McGrew – 1-for-2 | 3 RBIs | 1 R | 1 HR
Bradley Chesterton – 1-for-2 | 1 RBI | 1 R | 1 HR | 1 SAC
Garrett Teunissen – 3-for-4 | 3 R | 1 2B | 1 BB | 1 SB | 1 HBP
Phoenix Sommay – 2-for-5 | 1 R | 1 2B | 1 SAC
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Chico took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first as Alexander Johnson scored on a wild pitch.
  • The bottom of the second saw the Wildcats go up 2-0 on an RBI single to right by Johnson.
  • CSUSM knotted the game at 2-all in the top of the fifth on an RBI single to right by Reece before Cameron Mahaffy was hit by a pitch with the full of Cougars.
  • A two-run double to left by Stefan Foley gave Chico the lead once again at 4-2 in the bottom of the sixth.
  • The Cougars took a commanding 10-4 lead in the top of the seventh with eight runs on six hits and an error. Reece hit a two-run shot to left center before Chesterton went back-to-back with a pinch-hit solo shot of his own. A sac bunt by Niko Diaz and a Chico throwing error scored Ethan River to make it 6-4. Sean McGrew then knocked out a three-run, pinch-hit homer down the left field line to give the Cougars a 9-4 lead. CSUSM wrapped up the scoring at 10-4 with an RBI single to left by Rivera.
  • CSUSM plated its final run in the top of the ninth with an RBI single to left by Reece to make it 11-4.
  • Chico tried to make a last run of it in the bottom of the ninth with Elijah Pascual scoring on a double play before a two-out double down the left field line by Jeremy Keller cut CSUSM's lead to 11-7. The Cougars then secured the win on a groundout to second.
 
QUICK HITS
  • Preston Kelly (3-0) earned the win for CSUSM in relief as he struck out two while allowing three runs on five hits, a walk and a hit-by-pitch in 3.1 innings.
  • Chico reliever James Courshon (0-1) took the loss as he allowed two runs on a hit and hit-by-pitch without recording an out.
  • This was the second series split in the all-time series between CSUSM and Chico with the last occurring in 2019.
  • CSUSM was hit by a pitch seven times, tying its season high against Cal State Dominguez Hills on March 3.
  • The Cougars laid down a season-best four sacrifice bunts.
  • Reece tallied his second four-hit game of the year while also recording his team-best seventh multi-RBI game.
  • Teunissen posted his team-best 10th multi-hit game and fourth three-hit contest.
  • Sommay extended his hitting streak to 12 games and has now reached base in 16 consecutive games.
 
UP NEXT
CSUSM will return to San Marcos to face No. 20 Cal State Monterey Bay (17-7, 13-3 CCAA) in a four-game series beginning on Friday at 3 p.m. at CSUSM Baseball Field.
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