Toros Baseball Falls to Cal State L.A., 9-4
March 11, 2005

Complete Box Score

Carson, CA – Cal State Dominguez Hills senior Ricky Eda (Palos Verdes, CA/LA Harbor HC) hammered his third homerun of the year as part of his two-hit afternoon, but visiting Cal State L.A. tallied four homeruns on the day, scoring the game’s first seven runs en route to a 9-4 victory this afternoon on Toro Field. With the loss, CSUDH falls to 6-12, 2-9, while CSULA improves to 7-6, 5-6 CCAA.

After retiring the Golden Eagles in order to begin the game, CSULA’s Scott Moore tagged Toro starter Chris Borchers (Torrance, CA/LA Harbor JC) one inning later with an opposite field shot over the left field wall for a quick 1-0 lead. The Golden Eagles would build on their lead, scoring three runs in both the 4th and 5th innings to take a comfortable 7-0 advantage.

Eda would cut into the CSUDH deficit in the bottom of the 5th frame, following a Houston Hernandez (La Mirada, CA/St. Paul HS) double and Claudio Gutierrez (Sylmar, CA/College of the Canyons) walk with a smash over the center field fence, his third dinger of the season.

Cal State L.A. would answer back three frames later, scoring single runs in both the 8th and 9th innings to take a 9-3 lead. The Toros, however, courtesy of an Ian Corso (Thousand Oaks, CA/CS Stanislaus) double, an Armando Gomez (Playa del Rey, CA/LA Harbor JC) single and a Hernandez fielder’s choice would produce CSUDH’s final run of the contest as CSULA would take game one of the three-game set, 9-4.

The Toros’ Borchers would last 7.1 innings, fanning 10 Golden Eagles but allowing 10 hits and seven earned runs in the loss (1-4). Eda, Corso, Gomez and Isidro Perez (South Gate, CA/LA Harbor JC) each would tally two hits on the afternoon, while reliever Gustavo Hernandez (Lynwood, CA/Lynwood HS) would throw the final 1.2 innings.

Joey Molina’s three hits paced four Golden Eagles who would enjoy multiple-hit games as eight CSULA players would drive in a RBI, headed by Jacob Ferris’ two-RBI outing. Mateo Marquez, Matt Beard, Ferris and Moore each went deep for CSULA, giving senior left-hander Brandon Higelin the run support he would need in throwing all nine innings, allowing 11 hits and four runs to pick up the win (3-2).

The two teams conclude their three-game set with a doubleheader tomorrow morning. First pitch of game one is scheduled for 11 a.m. on Toro Field.