Cal State L.A. Baseball Sweeps Cal State Dominguez Hills in Twinbill, 14-3 & 7-4
February 20, 2003

Courtesy Cal State L.A. Sports Information Office

Complete Box Scores
Game 1      Game 2

LOS ANGELES - Cal State L.A. rode a six-hit, complete game gem by junior Chris Johnson and two home runs by freshman Scott Moore to take a 14-3 decision in game one, and used solid pitching and late inning heroics to secure a 7-4 victory in game two, sweeping conference-foe Cal State Dominguez Hills on a Thursday afternoon doubleheader at Reeder Field.

CSULA improves to 5-6, 4-2 CCAA, while CSUDH falls to 6-6, 2-4 CCAA.

Game one saw the Golden Eagle bats explode, scoring five runs in both the first and fifth innings. Moore and Richard Balcazar each went yard, blasting shots over the right center field wall and giving Cal State L.A. an early 5-0 lead.

The Golden Eagles also scored five in the fifth inning, receiving key RBI hits from Moore, Das Jesson and Balcazar, increasing their lead to a comfortable 10-1 margin, all but putting game one away.

Johnson (1-0) scattered six hits and allowed three runs (two unearned) in getting his first win of the season, adding nine strikeouts and no walks in the complete game masterpiece.

Moore blasted two home runs, drove in six RBIs, scored four runs and reached base in every at-bat, finishing the contest 4-for-4 with one walk. Jesson and Balcazar also had huge games, going a combined 5-for-9 with six RBIs, four runs scored and two HRs.

Rick Moore (1-2) took the loss for the Toros.

Game two saw CSUDH jump to a 4-1 lead. CSULA cut the gap to 4-3 in the bottom of the fourth inning, courtesy of a Jeff Carroll RBI groundout and a Troy Young RBI single.

Cal State L.A. would take the lead for good in its next at-bat, scoring three runs on five hits as Jesson, Balcazar and Carroll each drove in a run with an RBI single.

Young, Tim Wilkerson, and Balcazar all had three hits in the contest as CSULA matched its game one hit total with 13 hits in game two.

Eric Fierro pitched 1.2 innings in relief, allowing one unearned run in earning his first victory of the season. Philip Springman hurled two scoreless innings to close out the 7-4 victory, getting his second save of the year.

CSUDH starter Aldo Silva (1-2) threw the entire six innings in a complete game loss.

The Golden Eagles travel to Cal State Dominguez Hills for a Saturday doubleheader to complete the four-game conference series, beginning at noon.