SEASIDE, Calif. — The San Francisco State baseball team split Saturday's doubleheader at No. 16 Cal State Monterey Bay. The Gators took game one 11-3 and dropped the nightcap 6-4 in seven innings.

In game one, San Francisco State (21-24/20-19 CCAA) set the tone in the first inning. With two outs and runners on, Jack Harris drove in Chris Smutny. Jordan Abernathy sent the first pitch he saw to right center for a two-run double that gave the Gators an early 3-0 lead.

A five-run sixth inning opened the game up. Brady Dorn led off with an infield single, followed by a Jack Harris single up the middle. Antone Self's one-out double down the left field line brought Dorn home and Harris scored on Connor Fidone's single to right center. Jackson Kritsch plated a pair with another single and Harley Lopez's two-out single scored Fidone to cap the five-run frame.

Johnny Juarez led off the eighth with a double down the left field line and later score on Kritsch's sac fly. Lopez's single to right center brought home Fidone and made it 10-3. Jack Harris' led off the ninth with his team-leading seventh homer of the season.

On the mound, Dillon Houser (6-3) scattered three runs over five and two thirds innings. Jeff Piver picked up his first save with three and one third innings of one-hit ball. The Otters (33-12/27-12 CCAA) picked up a run in the fifth and two in the sixth.

In game two, the Otters struck first with a three-run second inning off of starter Jack Higgins. The Gators answered with a pair in third thanks to back-to-back singles by Abernathy and Self, then tied the game in the fourth on a two-out, bases-loaded single by Harris.

Hayden Guerra's two-out RBI single gave CSUMB the lead right back in the bottom half of the fourth. The Gators tied the game again in the fifth when Jason Hare, who reached on a bases-loaded walk, later scored on a wild pitch.

Four walks by the Gators bullpen in the sixth inning proved costly. Guerra, who drew a full-count walked, later came around to score, and D'Andre Sanchez drew a bases-loaded walk to make it 6-4.

Scoreboard Watch
Cal State LA split with UC San Diego to move to 21-19, to stay a half game in front of the Gators and Sonoma State. The Seawolves also split their doubleheader at Cal State East Bay to keep pace at 20-19.

On Deck
The four-game series concludes on Sunday at noon. Stats and radio broadcast will be provided by CSUMB, and check for in-game updates on Twitter at @sfstatebaseball. Also, be sure to like SF State Baseball on Facebook.