CHICO, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team (16-6, 3-4 CCAA) split its doubleheader at Chico State (15-14, 4-7 CCAA) on Saturday, winning the first game 4-3 before falling 9-2 in the nightcap at Nettleton Stadium.
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GAME 1: CSUSM 4 - CHICO 3
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TOP PERFORMERS
Zech Samayoa – 1-for-3 | 4 RBIs | 1 R | 1 HR
Michael Ryan – 2-for-4 | 1 R
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Cougars put up a four-spot in the top of the first on a grand slam by Zech Samayoa with no outs.
- The Wildcats cut their deficit in half in the bottom of the second with a sacrifice fly from Myles Cooper before an RBI single from Kobe Rolling to make it a 4-2 game.
- Another Chico sacrifice fly by Wright cut CSUSM's lead to 4-3 in the bottom of the third.
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QUICK HITS
- CSUSM reliever Isaac Cota (1-0) earned the win after allowing no runs on four hits and a walk while striking out one in 2.1 innings.
- Chico starter Thomas Meyer (1-3) took the loss after giving up four earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out two in 4.0 innings.
- Cougar reliever Zach Romero picked up his first save of the season after closing out the ninth inning on just nine pitches and allowing nothing.
- Zech Samayoa's homer was his team-leading seventh of the season, and it was his second grand slam of the season after first accomplishing the feat last weekend against Cal State San Bernardino.
- Michael Weber extended his hitting streak to a team-best nine games.
- CSUSM extended its winning streak over Chico to four games.
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GAME 2: CSUSM 2 - CHICO 9 (7 INN.)
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TOP PERFORMERS
Canon King – 1-for-3 | 2 RBIs | 1 R | 1 HR | 1 BB
Max Shor – 2-for-2 | 1 R | 1 2B
Leighton Helfrick – 2-for-3
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HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Wildcats jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first with a two-run double down the right field line by Joel Gutierrez.
- In the bottom of the third, Myles Walton stole home to put Chico up 3-0.
- A five-run bottom of the fourth put the Wildcats up 8-0 after an RBI single from Michael Baker and a grand slam off the bat of Roman Roberts.
- CSUSM ended the shutout in the top of the fifth with a two-run homer to center by Canon King.
- Chico wrapped up the game's scoring in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI single up the middle by Keoni Coloma to make it 9-2.
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QUICK HITS
- Chico starter Rocco Borrelli (1-2) earned the win after striking out four while allowing two earned runs on seven hits and a walk in 6.0 innings.
- CSUSM starter Jack Clark (2-1) took the loss after allowing four earned runs on three hits, three walks and three hit-by-pitches while striking out one in 3.0 innings.
- With his sixth homer of the season, Cannon King improved his reached-base streak to 10 games.
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UP NEXT
CSUSM will go for the series win against Chico on Sunday, with the finale set to begin at 11 a.m. at Nettleton Stadium.