Toros Split Baseball Twinbill With San Francisco State
CSUDH takes 10-6 nightcap victory after falling in opener, 12-6
March 27, 2004

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Carson, CA -- Cal State Dominguez Hills junior sophomore Fred Medina (Santa Ana, CA/Century HS) picked up his first win of the season as the Toros took a 10-6 decision in game two, salvaging a baseball split after visiting San Francisco State took the opening game, 12-6.

With the game two win, the Toros improve to 10-30, 5-18 CCAA, while the Gators fall to 17-17, 8-11 CCAA.

After visiting SFSU jumped out to a 3-0 first-inning lead in the nightcap, the Toro bats came alive, scoring all 10 runs from the second through fifth innings. Houston Hernandez (La Mirada, CA/St. Paul HS) jump-started CSUDH it its second at-bat, knocking in two runs with a single through the left side.

After the Gators tacked on a run in the top of the third, the Toros took the lead for good in their ensuing at-bat, the decisive blow coming on a bases-loaded single by Jason Flores (Whittier, CA/St. Paul HS), bringing home two runs to knot the game at 4-4. An SFSU error and RBI groundout later would give the Toros a 6-4 lead, and Medina and reliever James Dodson (Long Beach, CA/Lakewood HS) would do the rest, scattering four hits and allowing two runs over the final three innings to preserve the 10-6 victory.

Zac Cort (El Cerrito, CA/El Cerrito HS) and Joey Caira (La Palma, CA/Kennedy HS) paced the Toros with three hits apiece, while Hernandez and Flores each knocked home two runners to lead CSUDH.

Medina threw 4.1 innings, allowing three earned runs and five hits to pick up his first win of the season (1-0), while SFSU starter Jon Bierly allowed six earned runs on 10 hits, throwing 4.0 innings to take the loss (1-6).

The Gators' Kris Gibson and Carlos Medina led SFSU's offense with two hits apiece in the nightcap.

Game one saw the visitors jump to a 10-4 lead after five innings, connecting on Toro starter Raul Claros (Hawthorne, CA/Los Angeles HS) for nine runs on 12 hits in 4.1 innings of work, handing him his second loss of the season (0-2).

SFSU's pitching quartet, headed by starter Roberto Torres (3-2), made the Gators' early offensive spurt stand up, allowing only three hits after the sixth inning.

Cort and Jose Montes (Pacoima, CA/San Fernando HS) led CSUDH with three hits apiece, including a home run by each. Montes also tallied a team-high three RBI, while knocking his eighth double of the season.

For the Gators, Gibson, Medina and Keegan Moore paced the visitors with three hits each, while Moore and Shane Stover led SFSU with three RBI apiece.

The two teams play the fourth and final game of their four-game set on Sunday afternoon on Toro Field. First pitch is scheduled for a noon start.