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Jack Higgins
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Jack Higgins picked up the win in game two to improve to 2-0.
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Winner San Francisco State SFSU 6-0-1
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Cal State San Marcos CSUSM 10-5
Winner
San Francisco State SFSU
6-0-1
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Final
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Cal State San Marcos CSUSM
10-5
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
San Francisco State SFSU 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 8 3
Cal State San Marcos CSUSM 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 10 1

W: Romero, Joshua (3-0) L: LAMPARELLO, Troy (0-1)

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Winner San Francisco State SFSU 7-0-1
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Cal State San Marcos CSUSM 10-6
Winner
San Francisco State SFSU
7-0-1
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Final
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Cal State San Marcos CSUSM
10-6
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
San Francisco State SFSU 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 6 1
Cal State San Marcos CSUSM 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 1

W: Higgins, Jack (2-0) L: APKER, Garrett (1-1) S: Madole, Dylan (2)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Brandon Davis

BSB | Gators Sweep Road Doubleheader at CSUSM

SAN MARCOS, Calif. — San Francisco State is off to its best start in 15 years, taking both games of Friday's series-opening doubleheader, 4-3 and 4-2, over Cal State San Marcos.

With Friday's victories, the Gators improved to 7-0-1 and 5-0 in CCAA play. Prior to this season, the program's best start dating back to 2005 was in 2011 when the team got out of the gate 5-1.

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 By the Numbers

  • The first six runs of the day were scored with two outs. In game one, the only run that didn't come with two outs was the Gators' go-ahead run in the eighth and that came as a result of an error. The Gators scored their final two runs in game two with two outs as well.
  • Collin Gabel went 2-for-3 in game two to bring his team-leading average to .600.
  • Shaq Robinson went 2-for-4 with a sac fly. He drove in one and scored a run.
  • Riley Cleary went 3-for-8 with a pair of RBIs and a run.
  • Brady Dorn went 2-for-8 with a run, an RBI, a walk, and a stolen base.
  • SF State pitchers only issued one walk on Friday.
  • SF State's batting team average dipped but at .301 still remains over .300.
  • Game two was the first game this season that the Gators did not register any extra base hits.
  • The Gators have now made an error in every game but the season opener.
  • For the Cougars, Cabot Van Til went 4-for-7 with a run, an RBI, and a walk. Andrew Cowell went 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI.
GAME ONE
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 How They Scored

  • With two outs, Cal State San Marcos strung together three consecutive singles to take a 1-0 lead in the second.
  • The Cougars doubled their lead in the fourth when a two-out error allowed a run to score.
  • After a couple of groundouts, Antone Self drew a four-pitch walk. Jason Hare doubled him home to get the Gators on the board in the fifth.
  • In the sixth, Robinson singled home Harley Lopez, who led off the inning off with a single, to tie the game at 2-2.
  • CSUSM regained the lead in the bottom of the sixth. Jeff Piver got a flyout and a strikeout looking. However, Cowell laid down a bunt single, then Piver hit a batter and surrendered a single up the middle to Van Til.
  • Jason Hare led off the seventh and was hit by the eighth pitch of the plate appearance. Jackson Kritsch moved him over with a sac bunt, then Harley Lopez walked. The Cougars dipped further into the bullpen, and Cleary's single through the left side tied it 3-3.
  • Robinson and Self singled in the eighth, then Hare reached on a fielder's choice but the throwing error allowed Robinson to score the go-ahead run.
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 On the Mound
  • Piver threw 96 pitches in five and two thirds innings in a no decision. He departed in the sixth after the Cougars regained the lead, 3-2. Two runs were earned. He struck out a pair and allowed eight hits.
  • Sebastian Selway worked one scoreless inning of relief.
  • Joshua Romero (3-0) picked up his third win of the season. He allowed just one hit in two and a third innings.
  • Cougars starter Taylor Greene went five and two thirds innings and allowed a pair of runs. Troy Lamparello (0-1) took the loss.

GAME TWO
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 How They Scored

  • A sacrifice fly and a two-out double put the Cougars up 2-0 in the first.
  • Brady Dorn led off the fourth with a walk, Cleary singled, and both advanced on a wild pitch. Robinson shaved off a run with a sac fly and Gabel singled down the right field line to even the game at 2-2.
  • Jonah Gonzales began the fifth with a four-pitch walk, then swiped second. The next two batters recorded outs but Cleary won an eight-pitch at-bat with an RBI single up the middle to put the Gators up 3-2.
  • The Gators got an insurance run in the seventh. Gonzales was hit by a pitch, then stole second and advanced to third on an errant throw. He scored on a Dorn single.
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 On the Mound
  • Jack Higgins (2-0) allowed both runs in game two. He allowed six hits in five innings for his second win of the season.
  • Dylan Madole (S, 2) scattered three hits. for the two-inning save.
  • Cougars starter Garrett Apker (1-1) allowed three runs on five hits over five innings.
 
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 Up Next

With rain in the forecast for Saturday, the series will skip a day. The two teams will now meet again on Sunday, March 3 for a doubleheader beginning at 11:30 a.m. Be sure to follow San Francisco State baseball on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook at @sfstatebaseball.
 

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