POMONA, Calif. - The San Francisco State baseball team fell behind early in game one and could not get the bats going in a 11-1 loss to start the doubleheader against Cal Poly Pomona. David Eichhorn came up on top in a pitcher's duel in a 5-1 victory in game two.

By the Numbers

 

• SF State sits at 19-12 and 13-8 in conference. Pomona is now 13-13 and 9-9 in the CCAA
• Daniel Santos accounted for the lone RBI in game one.
• Jacob French hit his 11th double of the season in game two.
• Justin Johnson added to his conference leading RBI total with his 42nd RBI in game two.

Game One

How It Happened

A pair of Gators were hit on back-to-back at bats with two outs and Santos capitalized on the free bases with a single up the middle to score a run. The Gators looked like they were going to get out of the first unharmed after a one-out triple but another runner got aboard and Tyler Chaffee hit a three-run homer with two outs.
 
Pomona opened the bottom of the fourth with a lead-off home run and added a pair of runs after that. The Broncos would add two runs in the fifth and three in the sixth to lead 11-1. The Gator bats would remain silent the rest of the way.

On The Mound

 

• Nathan Shinn (1-5) only went three innings before getting pulled, giving up four hits, five runs and four walks.
• Theo Dopkins and James Kobylt both saw time in relief, giving up three runs each.
• Nicholas Thomson made his season debut, tossing two scoreless frames.
• Caleb Reyes (3-0) went seven innings and only gave up one run.

Game two

How It Happened

Game two featured a pitching duel between the Gators' David Eichhorn and Pomona's Rhys Stevens. Pomona looked to score in the bottom of the fifth with a two-out double from Jack Sanders and a runner in scoring position but the Gators threw out the runner at home.
 
The Gators finally broke threw when they loaded the bases in the sixth and Matt Sugden hit a sac fly to left to allow Justin Johnson to come home.
 
Schrader doubled with no outs in the ninth, advanced to third on a ground-out and scored when the shortstop bobbled the ball. French was able to add another insurance run with an RBI double up the left line to take a 3-0 lead. A wild pitch allowed Murillo to scamper home for an insurance run. Johnson plated another run with an RBI single to left to extend the lead 5-1. Andrew Silva relieved Eichhorn in the bottom of the ninth. He gave up a lead-off double that would score on the next at-bat, but nothing past that.

On The Mound

 

• Eichhorn matched his season high with eight strikeouts through eight scoreless innings. His 46 strikeouts on the season ties with teammate Ryan Garza for most on the season currently.
• Andrew Silva gave the Gators an inning in relief in the ninth to preserve the lead.
• Rhys Stevens (1-4), took the tough luck loss, only giving up one unearned run through seven innings of work while striking out six.

  

Up Next

The Gators wrap up the series tomorrow with a doubleheader starting at noon. Live stats will be available through sfstategators.com/livestats_bsb and live video will be available at the CCAAnetwork.