SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco State baseball team rebounded from a tough series opening loss and earned a pair of wins Saturday. The Gators took game one of the doubleheader 8-3 and won game two 7-6 to claim at least a split of the series.
- The Gators improve 13-9 and 6-8 in the CCAA. The Toros fall to 12-10 and 7-5 in the CCAA.
- With a home run from Michael Cunningham in game one, the Gators have already matched their total from a season ago with 18.
- Nick Upstill and Cole Thompson both tripled, adding to the team's conference leading total of 14. Upstill leads the conference with four.
- Sammy Gonzales had three doubles in game two alone.
Game One
After
Gavin Haimovitz drew a walk, a double from
Derek Laferierre plated Haimovitz in the bottom of the second for the Gators' first run. Laferierre made his way around the bases to score the Gators second run of the inning.
A two-run blast over left field from
Michael Cunningham stretched the lead to 4-0 the following inning.
Upstill sliced a single up the right field line to extend the lead to 5-0 in the fourth. A sac fly from Haimovitz gave the Gators another insurance run in the fifth and a ground out from
Justin Clark allowed another runner to scratch home plate in the sixth to extend the lead to 7-0.
Three solo home runs from the Toros cut into the Gators' lead late in the game, but that was all the damage the Toros could do.
- Brody Eglite made his first start at home after earning his first start on the road a weekend ago. He put up another impressive start, throwing six strikeouts while keeping the Toros off the board to improve his record to 2-0. He gave up seven hits and two walks through his 5.2 innings of work.
- Justice Naraghi, Tyler Franks and Andrew Silva all pitched in relief.
- Zach Geiss took the loss for the Toros.
Game Two
Gonzales hit a lead-off double, advanced to third and came home off a wild pitch in the first. A big second inning put the Gators up 6-0 after they scored five runs on six hits.
The Toros continued to use the long ball game to score runs. A three-run homer by Vincent Temesvary and solo home run with the next at bat to cut the lead to 6-4 in the fifth. They hit another solo home run in the sixth to make it a one-run game and tied it with an RBI single.
Cole Thompson hit a leadoff triple and gave the Gators the lead back, scoring off a wild pitch.
In the top of the seventh,
Mario Vargas allowed a one-out single but the defense held to strand the runner.
- Gary Grosjean started on the mound in game two. He tossed five strikeouts in five innings while giving up seven hits and four runs in the no decision.
- Ethan Remmers pitched 0.1 inning in relief, giving up two runs.
- Mario Vargas pitched 1.2 innings, only giving up a hit to earn his first win of the season.
- Chris Cornelius took the loss in relief for the Toros.
The Gators will conclude the series Sunday, March 26 at noon at Maloney Field. Live stats will be available through
sfstategators.com/livestats_bsb and on the
CCAA Network. Updates will be available on Twitter at
@sfstatebaseball.
