SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco State baseball rallied down 9-1 to make it a one-run game but ultimately fell 10-9 to #8 Chico State Wildcats.
- SF State falls to 4-5 on the season while the Wildcats improve to 8-2
- Chico scored most of its runs off power hitting. They homered three times, collecting seven runs from it.
- Michael Cunningham had his second multi-home run game, homering twice and recording 5 RBIs in the game.
- Chico State base runners tested the Gators, stealing four bases but were also caught stealing three times.
- The Gators hit into three double plays.
The Wildcats led 9-0 through the top of the fourth thanks to three home runs that scored seven runs. The Gators finally got on the board in the bottom of the inning when
Justin Johnson singled to right center, allowing the runner in scoring position to come home.
Nicholas Allred doubled to open the bottom of the fifth, advanced on the groundout and scored on
Stephen Espinoza's single to right center. Cunningham hit a bomb over the left field fence to cut the lead to 9-4. The Wildcats added an insurance run in the sixth with an RBI double. In the bottom of the inning, Allred doubled down the left line to allow
Daniel Santos to score from first. With another runner aboard, Cunningham found the same spot over the left field fence and added three more runs to cut the lead down to two. Allred hit a lead off single in the bottom of the eighth and
Kyle Olimpia doubled to deep left center to score a run. With a chance to continue the game down a run in the ninth,
Derek Laferriere singled with one out. Santos hit a ball to right field that looked like it could drop but the right fielder caught it and tossed out Laferriere who was too far off the base.
The Gators play a doubleheader against Chico Saturday, February 22 at 11:00 am. Live stats will be available at sfstategators.com and fans can follow along on FloCollege.
