SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco State baseball team got a pair of strong starts but the bullpen faltered again as the Gators dropped both games of Saturday's doubleheader versus No. 14 Cal Poly Pomona, 14-7 and 5-2, at Maloney Field.

Game two was scheduled for seven innings but went extras. Gators starter Dillon Houser allowed one earned run in eight innings but left with a no-decision. The lefty struck out nine, including the side in the seventh. With runners at first and third and two outs in the eighth, the Broncos tried to bait Houser into a pickoff at second and sneak Bryce Graddy home but Houser spun and fired home and batterymate Jason Hare applied the tag to end the inning.

Jordan Yrastorza came out of the bullpen for the ninth. A five-pitch walk to Cody Martin proved costly, as he stole second, then scored on Cesar Lopez's single to right field. The Broncos loaded the bases and Graddy added a pair of insurance runs with a two-out single.

CPP took the lead in the third but the Gators capitalized on a pair of errors in the fourth. Brady Dorn led off with a single and Chris Smunty reached on a dropped fly ball by left fielder Brennan McKenzie, then Jason Hare reached on an errant throw by shortstop Drew Cowley, which allowed Dorn and Smutny to both score. CPP tied the game in the fifth after Lopez reached on a Houser error and later scored.

In game one, SF State starter Grant Vogenthaler allowed four runs, three earned, on three hits over six innings of work and left with a three-run lead but settled for a no-decision.

Cameron Crone threw a scoreless seventh but blew the save opportunity in the eighth and instead ended up with the loss. Seven consecutive Broncos reached safely, resulting in a six-run frame that found the Gators trailing 10-7.

The Gators scored twice in the first but Broncos starter Dylan Francis limited the damage with a strikeout that ended the inning. In the second, Dorn found new life thanks to a dropped foul ball and took advantage with an RBI single, then Trevor Rogers followed with a two-run single that made it a 5-0 Gators lead.

A throwing error got CPP on the board in the third but the Gators got a pair back in the bottom of the inning on Jackson Kritsch's two-run double. Nic Hernandez's three-run shot in the sixth, his second homer of the series, cut the Gators lead to 7-4.

SF State loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the eighth but Antone Self hit into an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play. CPP posted a four-run rally in the ninth, all with two outs.

On Deck
The four-game series versus No. 14 Cal Poly Pomona wraps up on Sunday, March 25 at 11 a.m. Live stats will be available and be sure check for updates on Twitter and Instagram at @sfstatebaseball.