Toros Win Softball Game, Second Game of DH With Coyotes Called After 9 Innings
March 6, 2004

Courtesy Cal State San Bernardino Sports Information Office

SAN BERNARDINO — Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State San Bernardino battled to a 5-5 tie after nine innings Saturday in the second game of their doubleheader only to have the game suspended by darkness after the Toros defeated the Coyotes, 6-2 in the first game of the CCAA twinbill.

The Toros improved to 13-9-1 on the season and 8-9 in the CCAA while the Coyotes are 5-12 overall and 4-11 in the CCAA. The tied game will be completed at a later date.

Lisa Grove homered, doubled and drove in three runs to lead the Toros to the win in the opener, backing the three-hit pitching of Nina Distefano. The only runs off the Toros pitcher were solo home runs by Crystal Fraijo and Tami James. Distefano struck out eight and walked two.

In game two, the Toros scored two unearned runs in the first and led 2-1 until they added two more in the fifth on two hits a walk and two Coyote errors. CSUSB responded with four runs in the bottom of the inning, the big blow a two-run double by Nicole Gomez, for a 5-4 Coyote lead.

With two outs in the top of the seventh and down by a run, the Toros scored the equalizer when Lori Moreno stole second and came home on a single up the middle by Kim O'Hanian.

Both teams left the bases full in the eighth inning and each team stranded a runner in the ninth before the umpires suspended the game.

GAME ONE

Dominguez Hills  220 020 0  6 8 0 
CSUSB            001 100 0  2 3 5

DH - Distefano and Dingman. SB - Onishi and Fraijo. HR - James (SB), Fraijo (SB).Grove (DH). 2B - Vaughn (SB), Grove (DH), Sharp (DH), Martinez (DH). WP - Distefano. LP - Onishi. Time: 2:00

GAME TWO

Dominguez Hills  200 020 100  5  9 1 
CSUSB            100 040 000  5 11 5

DH - Grove, Long (1), Grove (5), O'Hanian (8) and Greco. SB - Steele, Olvera (8) and Fraijo. 2B - Fraijo (SB), Gomez (SB), James (SB). 3B - Butler (SB). (Game suspended after 9 innings due to darkness). Time: 3:20.