Cal State Stanislaus Takes Rainy 6-1 Baseball Win over Toros
March 23, 2003

Courtesy Cal State Stanislaus Sports Information Office

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TURLOCK — The two-hour rain delay wasn’t a problem for Warrior starter Scott Taylor.

The senior right-hander faced just three batters over the minimum in leading the Cal State Stanislaus baseball team to a 6-1 win over Cal State Dominguez Hills Sunday afternoon at soggy Warrior Baseball Field.

Under light rain, the Warriors got out on in front 2-0 after the first inning. Cal State Dominguez Hills scored in the second, but that was all Taylor would allow in the four-hit complete game victory.

The game, which was scheduled for a noon start, was delayed twice due to steady rain. The sky finally opened up enough for the game to start at 2 p.m.

With the win, the Warriors won the four-game set three games to one and improved to 13-17-1 overall and 9-11 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. The Warriors have won three straight games.

Cody Crossman led off the home half of the first with a single and stole second. After moving over to third on a Jeff Crabtree fly out, Crossman scored on a Jeren Livernois sac fly to right for the first run. Kyle Dennis, who had reached on a walk, scored later in the inning on an Alan Dunn single up the middle.

The Toros (14-16, 9-14 CCAA) responded by scoring a run in the second when Frank Perez singled in Ruben Salazar, who had doubled to start the inning.

Taylor allowed just three base runners from that point on — a hit batsman in the third, a single in a seventh and another single in the ninth. At one point in the game, Taylor retired 10 consecutive batters — almost all of them on ground outs.

Dunn finished with a 3-for-4 performance. He also scored twice and drove in a run. Crossman, Dennis and John Abdelkerim each had two hits and Marc Duvall drove in two runs with his fifth inning single to center.

Four different players each had a hit for Cal State Dominguez Hills. Starter Rick Moore gave up six runs on 10 hits in five innings.

The Toros have a home date with Biola Wednesday (Mar. 26), with first pitch slated for 2:30 p.m.