Dominguez Hills Loses 7-1 Baseball Game at Chico State
April 26, 2002

Complete Box Score

The Chico State baseball team, currently ranked No. 4 in the country, opened a four-game series with Cal State Dominguez Hills with a 7-1 victory in front of the largest crowd at Nettleton Stadium this season.

A crowd of 1,483 saw Adam Montarbo (W 8-2) throw his second complete game of the year, striking out a season-high 10 batters, and giving up six hits. Montarbo retired the Toros in order four times, striking out the side in the sixth.

Chico State (41-7, 16-7 CCAA) started the scoring early with a two-out rally in the first inning. John Moylan and Ryan Tash singled, and Brad Walski drove in Moylan with a RBI single to run his hitting streak to five games. Steve Newsom walked to load the bases and a wild pitch brought home another run for the 'Cats. Ryan Wulfert walked to again load the bases and that was it for starter Chris Ingstad (L 7-5), who left the game with a sore hand after deflecting an earlier hit.

Rick Moore came on in relief and gave up a two-run hit to Kurt Probasco for a 4-0 Wildcat lead after one inning. Moore completed the game, giving up three runs on 11 hits and striking out three.

The 'Cats scored an unearned run in the fifth, as the leadoff batter Jeff Walker reached base on an error by the pitcher and came around to score on a RBI-single off the bat of Newsom.

Dominguez Hills' (30-25-1, 17-20 CCAA) only run came on a homer by Damien Lopez, his eighth of the season, to lead off the seventh inning.

In the bottom of the seventh, Newsom drove in pinch runner Chris Henry with his eighth double of the year and his second RBI of the night. He later came around to score his second run of the night on a wild pitch.

These same two teams meet for a doubleheader tomorrow, beginning at 1:00.