Stanislaus and CSUDH Baseball Teams Split in an Offensive Showcase
Zac Cort Breaks Single Season Hit Record
April 24, 2004

Complete Box Scores
Game 1       Game 2

Carson, CA -- Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State Stanislaus played a marathon doubleheader Saturday and, at the end of the day after the dust had settled, the two teams produced 44 runs and 60 hits resulting in 1-1 split. The Warriors took game one, 13-11, with the Toros winning the nightcap, 12-8.

With the split decision the Toros are 15-45, 9-30 CCAA while Cal State Stanislaus is 17-32-1, 8-31-1 CCAA.

Cal State Dominguez Hills senior Fernando Hernandez (South Gate, CA/South Gate HS) led the Toros' offensive charge with seven hits in the double header. Juniors Chris Martinez (Torrance, CA/South HS), Jose Montes (Pacoima, CA/San Fernando HS) chipped in 5RBI's apiece, and Ian Corso (Thousand Oaks, CA/Thousand Oaks HS) added 4 RBI's to the Toros offense.

The visiting Warriors used a six hit day by Jason Louis, and home runs by Cody Crossman, Adam Garner, Josh Burnett, and Jeff Crabtree to match the Toros offensive power.

Game 1 started out quickly for the Toros with senior Zac Cort (El Cerrito, CA/El Cerrito HS) tripling to off the left field fence, and with that hit, Cort break the single season hit record of 83 set last year by his team mate junior Ruben Salazar (Lynwood, CA/St. John Bosco HS). Montes followed by singling up the middle to drive Cort home for the first of his five RBI's on the day.

Over the next two innings the Toros added six more runs on nine hits using a total team effort. Consecutive doubles by Frankie Valle (Whittier, CA/Santa Fe HS) and Martinez, and single by Cort pushed across three runs. While a Houston Hernandez (La Mirada, CA/St. Paul HS) double and a 2RBI single by Martinez rounded out the six run effort.

The starter for the Toros Gus Hernandez (Lynwood, CA/Lynwood HS) seemed to be on cruise control for first half of the game, scattering 2 hits over four innings of work, but in the 5th the Warriors began to make their charge. A one out single by Jeff Crabtree followed by a walk given to Adam Gordon and an error by the center fielder led to the first run of the game for Stanislaus to make it 7-1. With runners on second and third Cody Cross blasted a three-run home run over the left center field fence to bring them within three.

The Warriors would add one more run in the 5th and another five more in the 6th on doubles by Crossman, Louis, and Jason Pasma to account for all six of their runs.

The Toros and Warriors would battle the rest of the way in game one, but the Toros did not have enough fire power to overtake the late surge by the Warriors.

Toros starter Gustavo Hernandez drops to 1-2, while Mario Reyes improved to 4-5 on the year.

Game 2 started even faster than game one, with the Toros putting up three runs in the first inning. The majority of the first inning offense was provided by Montes, who took Marshall Beyer deep to right center field for a two-run home run for his seventh of the year.

The Warriors would respond and take the lead in the third on single by Hecotr Alaniz scoring Chad Rolen. But the biggest blow came on a three-run home run to center field by third baseman Jeff Crabtree off starter Raul Claros (Hawthorne, CA/Los Angeles HS).

The Toros would retake the lead in the fourth on a sacrifice fly by Cort scoring Efren Esparza (Compton, CA/Dominguez HS) and a double by Montes scoring F. Hernandez.

However, once again the Warriors would answer the Toros' offensive output with two-run Josh Burnett home run in the 5th and his double in the 6th, along with a single by Jeff Crabtree and to take a 8-6 lead.

But in the bottom of the six the Toros exploded for six runs on a pair of RBI singles by Joey Caira (La Palma, CA/Kennedy HS), Montes, and error by the second baseman allowing the third and go ahead run to score to make it 9-8. Then to make sure the game was out of reach Corso launch a ball over the right field fence for a three-run home run, his 5th of the year to give the game its final score of 12-8.

For the Toros James Dodson (Long Beach, CA/Lakewood HS) picked up the win in relief, improving his season record to 3-3. Adam Gardner record the loss for the Warriors while coming for starter Marshall Beyer to drop his record to 1-1

The Toros will conclude the four game series with Cal State Stanilaus Sunday April 25, 2004, with the first pitch scheduled for 12:00 pm (Noon). Currently the series is 2-1 in favor of the Toros.