ROHNERT PARK, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team (15-15, 10-11 CCAA) swept its doubleheader at Sonoma State (9-26, 6-21 CCAA) with scores of 4-2 and 4-0 to take the series lead on Saturday at Seawolf Diamond.
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GAME 1: CSUSM 4 – SSU 2
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TOP PERFORMERS
Phoenix Sommay – 3-for-4 | 1 RBI | 1 HBP
Victor Castaneda – 2-for-4 | 1 RBI | 1 3B | 1 HBP
Mateo Lake – 1-for-3 | 1 R | 1 RBI | 1 HR | 1 BB
Hayden Tregidga – 1-for-3 | 2 R | 1 RBI | 1 HR | 1 BB
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Seawolves took a 2-0 lead in the first inning with an RBI groundout to second by Evan Merz and a Cougar error that scored Garret Barto.
- Victor Castaneda put CSUSM on the board with an RBI triple in the top of the third as Fisher Pyatt scored to make it a 2-1 game.
- A Mateo Lake solo shot tied the game at 2-2 in the top of the fourth.
- The Cougars went up 3-2 in the top of the fifth with an RBI single up the middle by Phoenix Sommay to score Hayden Tregida.
- Tregidga added some insurance in the top of the ninth with a solo homer to give CSUSM a 4-2 lead.
- Nolan Long closed out the game and earned his fifth save of the year with one strikeout and nothing allowed in 1.2 innings.
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QUICK HITS
- CSUSM starter Zach Coleman (2-5) earned the win after striking out three while allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits and four walks in 5.0 innings.
- SSU starter Colton Wuelfing (2-2) took the loss after allowing three earned runs on four hits, a walk and a hit-by-pitch while striking out two in 4.1 innings.
- Sommay had his team-leading 10th multi-hit game of the season
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GAME 2: CSUSM 4 - SSU 0 (7 Inn.)
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TOP PERFORMERS
Jordan Townley – 7.0 IP | 4 K | 4 BB | 2 H
Zavien Watson – 2-for-3 | 1 RBI | 1 BB
Trey Becker – 1-for-3 | 1 RBI | 1 R | 1 BB
Ethan Rivera – 1-for-3 | 1 R | 1 2B
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- Scoreless entering the fifth inning, CSUSM changed that with a bases-loaded walk by Trey Becker, an RBI fielder's choice by Garrett Teunnissen that scored Cameron Mahaffy and an error than allowed Phoenix Sommay to score and make it a 3-0 game.
- Zavien Watson tacked on one more run in the top of the seventh with an RBI single to left, scoring Becker and giving the Cougars a 4-0 lead.
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QUICK HITS
- CSUSM starter Jordan Townley (3-3) earned the win as he threw a seven-inning, complete-game shutout while striking out four and allowing just four walks and two hits. This was his second complete game of the season.
- SSU starter Michael Panichi (2-5) took the loss after allowing three earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out five in 4.2 innings.
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UP NEXT
CSUSM will look to win the series against SSU in Sunday's finale at 11 a.m.