Toros Swept by Sonoma State in CCAA Baseball Twinbill
February 14, 2003

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ROHNERT PARK, Calif.--Sonoma State pulled off a 10-9 win in 10 innings followed by an 8-4 victory in the nightcap to sweep Cal State Dominguez Hills in California Collegiate Athletic Association action Saturday afternoon at Seawolf Field.

In the early game, SS C.J. Larsen knocked in the game-winning run on a single with the bases loaded to give SSU a 10-9 win. CSUDH found themselves in a hold early after starter Gustavo Hernandez and reliever Raul Claros were hit hard early allowing nine runs over the first five innings.

But the Toros pushed across six runs in the sixth to make it close, 9-8. In that inning, OF Ricky Eda hit a solo homerun and the Toros scored five unearned runs on three Sonoma State errors.

SS Fernando Hernandez, who went 3-for-5 in the game, knotted the score with his first homer of the year in the top of the seventh. But Larsen's bases-loaded single in the bottom of the tenth gave the Seawolves the win.

Chris Abbott (1-2) suffered the loss in relief tossing 1.1 innings and allowing one runs on two hits and two walks.

In the nightcap, Sonoma scored five runs in the first three innings to take a 5-1 advantage. CSUDH 1B Daniel Pilimai's second homerun of the year, a solo shot, trimmed the score to 5-2 in the fourth. But the Seawolves scored three more times in the fourth and the fifth to take a 8-2 lead.

Ian Corso's pinch-hit two-run double in the top of the seventh for the Toros would account for the final margin of 8-4.

CSUDH starter Roberto Esparza (0-1) took the loss giving up six runs, five earned in the first 3.2 innings.

Cal State Dominguez Hills will try to avoid the four-game sweep when it closes out the series tomorrow with a single game beginning at noon.