LOS ANGELES — The RV San Francisco State baseball team put up six runs in the first inning and navigated some bases loaded situations in the eighth and ninth innings to put away Cal State Dominguez Hills 11-8.
- SF State improves to 32-19 on the season and remain in the winner's bracket of the CCAA Tournament. Dominguez Hills falls to 29-21.
- Justin Johnson and Daniel Santos each reached 119 career RBIs, sitting on top the career record. Santos tied it with Johnson with his two-run home run in the seventh, his third of the year.
- The entire starting line-up hit the ball. Daniel Murillo went 2-for-5 and sits with 89 hits, tied for most in a single season.
- The Gators had three stolen bases: Michael Cunningham, Nicholas Allred and Stephen Espinoza.
- Gators drew five walks, four hit by pitches and one reach on an error.
The Gators exploded for six runs to open the game. Cunningham drew a walk, stole second and came home off an RBI single to right by
Nicholas Allred. With a pair of runners in scoring position, Johnson grounded out to advance both runners and add another run. Laferriere hit a sharp ball to second for an RBI single. Bases were loaded for Santos and he took a pitch to the side to draw a bases loaded RBI hit by pitch. The Toros looked to keep the deficit to 4-0 but the first baseman could not grab the throw for the out and the ball ricocheted in the Gator dugout for everyone to advance two bases.
Eichhorn's no-hit bid ended on the first pitch in the bottom of the fourth with a solo shot over left from Noah Karliner. In the top of the fifth, Johnson and Laferriere each singled and
Stephen Espinoza singled to right to put runners on the corners and score one.
AJ Schrader grounded out to the pitcher to bring another run home. Murillo barreled the ball up the middle to extend the lead to 9-1. The Toros got the threes runs back off a two-out home run by Trey Winget and a solo shot by Quinn Johnson in the bottom of the inning.
Santos hit a two-run home run in the seventh to extend the lead to 11-4. The Toros made things interesting in the later innings. Quinn Johnson hit a two RBI single and Karliner hit a sac fly to cut the lead to 11-7. The Toros loaded the bases in the eighth with two outs, but
Anthony Alvarez tossed a three-pitch strikeout to get out of the jam. The Gators had the same situation in the ninth and gave up a walk to allow a run to come home but struck out the next batter.
- David Eichhorn (6-1) gave the Gators six innings of work to take the win. He finished with six hits, four runs, two walks and five strikeouts.
- Tyler Ohlson came in relief in the seventh, only getting one out before giving up a walk and a hit to end his day.
- Anthony Alvarez went 2.1 innings of work, giving up one earned run while tossing three strikeouts.
- River Diaz De Leon came in for the final out, giving up a walk before throwing a strikeout for his first save.
- Darren Roberts (6-2) was on the hook for the loss.
The Gators will play top seed Cal State Monterey Bay at 2 pm on May 9. Should they lose, they play an elimination game following that game. Live stats will be available at
sfstategators.com and fans can follow along on FloCollege.