Toros Baseball Team Falls Again at Cal State L.A., 12-3
February 2, 2007

Complete Box Score

Los Angeles, CA -- Cal State L.A. scored seven runs in the first three innings of play, and added four more in the bottom of the 8th to take an easy 12-3 win over visiting Cal State Dominguez Hills in non-conference baseball action Friday afternoon. With the win, CSULA improves to 2-0 while the Toros fall to 0-2 on the young season.

Offense was the special of the day for the Golden Eagles as they scored once in the first frame, and tacked on five in the second to take a commanding 6-0 lead after two innings of play. In the big second inning, after RBI singles by Felipe Gallo and Tommy Horning opened the scoring, a monstrous 3-run home run off the bat of Matt Winkelman gave CSULA the big blow off Toros starter Matt Sannes, giving Golden Eagle starter Hector Molina all the offense he would need on the day.

After CSUDH's Michael Craig got the Toros on the board with a solo blast in the 5th, CSULA put the game way out of reach with four in the 8th, with a Kurt Crowell 2-RBI double and a Jeff Carroll 2-run home run providing the runs off Toros lefty Chris Abbott.

A Craig sacrifice fly and Mateo Marquez RBI single in the 9th would give CSUDH the final two runs of the game, but it was too little too late as the Toros dropped their second-consecutive game of the season.

Molina threw 6.2 innings to pick up his first win of the season, while Sannes lasted just 2.1 for the loss (0-1).

The two teams hook up for a twinbill in Carson tomorrow morning for the Toros' home opener, with first pitch of game one scheduled for 11:00 am at Toro Field.