POMONA, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team (27-19) was eliminated from its first-ever CCAA Tournament as it fell 10-3 to Cal Poly Pomona (31-20) in its first game of the day before falling 10-9 in 10 innings in an elimination game against San Francisco State (30-23) on Thursday at Scalinos Field.
 
GAME 1: CSUSM 3 – CPP 10
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Luke Reece – 3-for-4 | 2 RBIs | 1 R | 1 HR
Phoenix Sommay – 1-for-3 | 1 HBP
Sean McGrew – 1-for-3 | 1 R | 1 BB
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Broncos took a 6-0 lead in the top of the third on an RBI fielder's choice to second by Jack Sanders, a two-run single to left by AJ Nimeh, a two-run double to left center by Darius Price and an RBI single to short by Nick Lugo.
• CPP added two more runs in the top of the fifth on a bases-loaded groundout to first by Lugo and a bases-loaded walk by Brent Cota to go up 8-0.
• Reece broke up the shutout with his 10th homer of the season on a solo blast to left in the bottom of the seventh to cut the deficit to 8-1.
• A Sanders RBI double to left and an RBI groundout by Nimeh put the Broncos up 10-1 in the top of the eighth.
• CSUSM matched CPP in the bottom of the inning with a pair of runs coming from a Bronco error at third that scored Sean McGrew and an RBI single through the left side by Reece to make it 10-3.

 
QUICK HITS

• Phoenix Sommay extended his reached-base streak to 40 games after getting hit by a pitch for the 21st time this season – a new single-season record at CSUSM. His reached-base streak is the third longest in program history.
• CPP starter Noel Soto (8-2) earned the win after striking out four while allowing three runs on six hits, a walk and a hit-by-pitch in 7.1 innings.
• CSUSM starter Roman Connolly (5-3) took the loss after allowing six runs on four hits and three walks in 2.2 innings.
• Reece posted his team-leading 14th multi-RBI game of the year.
• This was CSUSM's first-ever CCAA Tournament game.
• The loss meant the Cougars had to face fourth-seeded San Francisco State in an elimination game at 7:20 p.m.

 
 
GAME 2: CSUSM 9 - SF STATE 10 (10 Inn.)
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Luke Reece – 3-for-6 | 2 R | 1 RBI | 1 HR
Victor Castaneda – 2-for-3 | 2 RBI | 1 R | 1 BB | 1 SAC
Bradley Chesterton – 2-for-5 | 2 RBI | 1 2B
Sean McGrew – 2-for-4 | 2 R | 1 RBI | 1 2B | 1 BB
Ethan Rivera – 2-for-5 | 2 R | 1 BB
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• CSUSM started the scoring with an RBI double to right center by McGrew scored Rivera and gave the Cougars a 1-0 lead in the top of the second.
• The Cougars got out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the second as CSUSM turned a 4-6-3 double play to end the inning.
• SF State took the lead with a three-run blast off the top of the batter's eye by Justin Johnson in the bottom of the third inning to go up 3-1.
• The Cougars cut the deficit to 3-2 in the top of the fourth with an RBI double to the left-center gap by Chesterton to score McGrew all the way from first.
• CSUSM's offense came alive in the top of the seventh inning as the Cougars scored five runs on three hits. Cameron Mahaffy tied the game at 3-3 after being hit by a pitch with bases loaded before a two-run single through the right side by Castaneda put CSUSM up 5-3. Mahaffy then scored on a wild pitch before Chesterton hit an RBI single to right to make it a 7-3 ballgame.
• A sacrifice fly to right by Derek Laferriere cut the Gators' deficit to three at 7-4 in the bottom of the seventh.
• Reece crushed his second homer of the day and his team-leading 11th of the season to left in the top of the eighth inning to put the Cougars back up by four at 8-4.
• In the bottom of the eighth, SF State cut CSUSM's lead to 8-6 with an RBI single through the left side by AJ Schrader and another RBI single down the left field line by Jacob French.
• A bases-loaded walk by Phoenix Sommay put CSUSM ahead 9-6 in the top of the ninth.
• Down to their final three outs in the bottom of the ninth, the Gators rallied with an RBI single to right by Schrader and a sac fly to right by Anthony Alvarez. A two-out RBI single up the middle by Armando Murillo knotted the game at 9-all before a groundout to second sent the game to extras.
• After CSUSM went scoreless in the top of the 10th inning, back-to-back SF State singles put runners on the corners with one out. Kyle Olimpia hit a fly ball to right that was deep enough to score pinch-runner Nicholas Cook and give the Gators the win.

 
QUICK HITS

• Gator reliever Mickey Radanovich (4-1) earned the win after throwing one inning with nothing allowed.
• Cougar reliever Spencer Anderson (3-2) took the loss after allowing one run on two hits while striking out one in two-thirds of an inning.
• CSUSM's pitching staff combined for a season-high 14 strikeouts with Nolan Long punching out seven in 4.1 innings and Preston Kelly striking out six in 4.2 to go along with Anderson's one.
• Long's seven strikeouts tied his season high set on April 20 against San Francisco State at home. Both of his seven-strikeout performances are the most by a Cougar pitcher this season.
• Sommay extended his reached-base streak to 41 games with his walk in the top of the ninth. He's now two games shy of tying the program record.

 
UP NEXT
CSUSM will now wait to see if it is selected for next week's NCAA Division II West Regional on Sunday's NCAA Selection Show at 7:30 p.m. on NCAA.com.