Montes Drives in Three in 11-8 Baseball Win Over Vanguard
Senior outfielder goes 3-for-4 with three RBI in non-conference road win
February 8, 2005

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COSTA MESA, Calif.--(February 8, 2005)--Senior outfielder Jose Montes drove in three runs on three hits to lead Cal State Dominguez Hills to an 11-8 non-conference win over Vanguard University Tuesday afternoon in Costa Mesa.

Down 3-2, CSUDH (3-2) pushed across four runs in the fourth inning to take the lead for good. In the fourth, David Leos and Pedro Gutierrez drove in runs with RBI singles, and Montes came up with two outs and drove in two more on a deep double to straight-away centerfield to make it 6-3.

Cal State Dominguez Hills added a run in the fifth and three more in the seventh on a Isidro Perez RBI hit and a two-run single by Houston Hernandez to go up 10-4.

Vanguard University (2-4) cut the Toro lead to 10-8 with two runs in each the seventh and eighth inning, however, freshman catcher Martin Conde gave CSUDH an insurance run with his second homer of the season, a leadoff shot to deep leftfield, in the top Elmer Rivas came on in the ninth, striking out one to earn his first save of the season. Toros reliever Dustin Gober (1-0) was credited with the win after tossing a scoreless third, fourth and fifth inning. CSUDH starter Ryan Owen went the first two innings allowing three runs, none earned, on two hits and struck out two.of the ninth.

Montes led the team at the plate going 3-for-4 with three RBI. Senior first baseman Chris Martinez collected two hits, while Perez and Hernandez drove in two runs apiece.

CSUDH will be back in action traveling to the Valley of the Sun to take on Grand Canyon University in a three-game series beginning on Friday. First pitch is scheduled for 7 PM. The series will conclude on Saturday with a twinbill beginning at noon. All three games can be heard live on Waldcast.net with Ronnie Wald calling the play-by-play. Just log on and follow the appropriate links, or click here.