SAN FRANCISCO - The San Francisco State baseball team came close to taking both ends of their doubleheader with Cal State San Marcos but fell short in game two for a come from behind win. The Gators shut out the Cougars 5-0 in game one before dropping the final game 2-1.
- The Gators sit at 18-12 and 11-11 in the CCAA. The Cougars sit at 11-16 and 5-12 in the CCAA
- Justin Clark, Nick Upstill and Sammy Gonzales all tripled in game one to add to the Gator's conference leading 21 triples. With seven triples, Upstill currently has the most in the NCAA, second most in a single season at SF State. He's one shy of tying the school record.
- The one run scored and five hits registered in game two match a season low for the Gators.
- Sammy Gonzales had three RBIs in game one after going 3-for-5 at the plate.
Game One
Gators loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the second.
Derek Laferierre hit a sac fly to score the first run of the day.
Sammy Gonzales hit an a two-run RBI single to center field. Gonzales stayed hot at the plate with a triple in the fourth to add another run for the Gators and extend the lead to 4-0. After Upstill's triple placed him 90 feet away from home in the seventh,
Michael Cunningham drilled the ball to add an insurance run and take a 5-0 lead.
On the mound, the Gators only had one inning with a runner in scoring position, but a double play in the top of the fourth ended any scoring threat.
- Brody Eglite pitched seven scoreless innings to improve his record to 3-1. He gave up four hits and two walks while throwing three strikeouts.
- Justice Naraghi and Mario Vargas each pitched an inning in relief and faced the minimum
- Josh Kim drew the loss and fell to 3-3 on the season.
Game Two
The Cougars hit back-to-back RBI singles in the top of third to take a 2-0 lead. The first 13 Gators batters were retired by Pat MacDonald Jr. before
Kody Gardner took a walk and
Matt Sugden hit a double to place both runners in scoring position with one out. MacDonald Jr. struck out the next batter up and retired the following batter to end the inning. The Gators had a golden opportunity to score in the sixth with bases loaded and one out. Cunningham's pop fly was too shallow to advance a runner and Gardner struck out in the next at bat.
In the bottom of the seventh,
Andrew Silva hit a two-out single and
Gavin Haimovitz advanced him to third with a single of his own.
Sammy Gonzales brought Silva home with a single to left field but the rally ended when
Daniel Santos hit to the second basemen who was able to get the force out at second.
- Gary Grosjean drew the loss, falling to 2-3 on the season. He fanned six strikeouts while giving up five hits and two runs in 5.2 innings of work.
- Ethan Remmers pitched in relief, holding the Cougars off the board while throwing a strikeout.
- MacDonald Jr. earned the win for the Cougars while Preston Kelly picked up his fourth save of the season.
The Gators will wrap up the series Saturday, April 8 at 11 a.m. Live stats will be available through
sfstategators.com/livestats_bsb and on the
CCAA Network. Updates will be available on Twitter at
@sfstatebaseball.
