Coyotes Sweep Toros, 12-1, 5-4 in Baseball Season Finale
May 5, 2007

Courtesy Cal State San Bernardino Sports Information Office

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SAN BERNARDINO ­ Senior Brad Croxton hit three home runs and drove in six runs Saturday to lead Cal State San Bernardino to a 12-1, 5-4 sweep of their CCAA conference doubleheader with Cal State Dominguez Hills Saturday at Fiscalini Field.

The victories enabled the Coyotes to finish the 2007 season with a 29-22 overall record, 20-16 in the CCAA. The Toros end their season 15-36-1 overall and 11-25 in the CCAA.

Croxton went 3-for-3 in the first game, scored four runs and drove in four as the Coyotes, aided by a grand slam home run in the first inning by junior outfielder Justin Watson, downed the Toros 12-1.

In the nightcap, Croxton homered and hit a sacrifice fly that brought in what proved to be the winning run in a 5-4 Coyotes victory.

CSUSB junior right-hander went eight innings in the opener, scattering six hits including a solo blast by the Toros Cody Puckett in the first inning, and struck out seven while walking only one to earn his fourth win of the season. Senior James Sinkes come on in the ninth and fanned two of the three batters he faced to close out the Toros.

Coyotes starter Kevin Wilson got himself in a 3-0 hole in the top of the first inning of the nightcap on a sacrifice fly by Puckett and a two-run homer by Dustin Hicks.

However, the Coyotes evened the score at 3-3 in their half of the first inning on back-to-back homers by leadoff hitter Justin Roberson, his fourth of the season, and Nick Hammer, his first. Two outs later, Croxton tied the game with a solo blast to left center.

Wilson settled down and blanked the Toros over the next four innings while the Coyotes pulled ahead 5-3 with two runs in the third on an RBI groundout by Robert Badilla and Croxton’s sacrifice fly.

The Toros made it 5-4 in the sixth on Martin Conde’s double and an RBI single by pinch-hitter Scott Moore.

Wilson went the distance for his third win of the season and third complete game, striking out 10 Toros and walking only one while yielding just seven hits.

Puckett was the offensive show for the Toros going 9-for-18 in the four-game series with three home runs, seven RBI and seven runs scored.