Baseball Team Splits Saturday Doubleheader at SF State
March 3, 2007

Courtesy San Francisco State Sports Information Office

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San Francisco, Calif.--- Cal State Dominguez Hills and San Francisco State University split their Saturday CCAA doubleheader with the visiting Toros (7-9-1, 3-4 CCAA) dropping game one 7-6, but coming back to take the nightcap, 7-3. SF State is now 12-12 overall and 1-6 in the CCAA, and CSUDH is after the games at Maloney Field.

CSUDH's Dustin Hicks drove in the first run of game one with a RBI single to right field that scored the Toros’ Cody Puckett to give the visitors an early 1-0 lead. The Toros added another run in the second to take a 2-0 lead.

SF State the game at 2-2 with a two-run second. The Toros retook the lead in the third on a RBI ground out by Chris Hunter that scored Houston Hernandez. The Gators came back in their half of the third to retake the lead capped by a solo home run by Larry Lewis.

The Gators added two more runs to increase their lead to 6-3. Cal State Dominguez Hills scored one run in the fifth, one in the sixth and tied the game in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Matt Magallon that scored Scott Moore.

In the bottom of the seventh, Lewis doubled down the left field line to open the inning and later scored on a one-out suicide squeeze by James Kono to give the Gators a 7-6 lead going into the final two innings.

Eric Platano pitched a scoreless eighth to improve to 1-1 for the Gators while Jeff Woodard pitched a scoreless ninth to record his first save.

Derek Simper went 4 for 5 for the Gators while Lewis was 2 for 4 with three runs scored in his first start this season in the outfield. Five Toros had two hits a piece while Hunter had two RBIs and Puckett scored twice.

Matt Sanes (0-2) picked up the loss in game one, pitching 4.1 innings of relief while striking out two and walking none. He gave up three hits and one run.

In the nightcap, SF State scored first with a solo run in the second on a RBI ground out by Lewis that scored Evan Romanchuk. The Gators took a 3-0 lead with a two-run fourth.

The Toros then scored six runs in their half of the fifth inning on six hits capped by a two-run pinch hit single by Sannes. Cal State Dominguez Hills added an insurance run in the seventh to take a 7-3 lead.

Gus Hernandez (2-0) picked up the win, pitching a seven-hit complete game while striking out two and walking two and giving up two runs. Ben Horner fell to 0-3 as he pitched four innings, giving up eight hits and six runs (five earned) while striking out two and walking one.

Puckett and Hernandez each had two hits for the Toros while Romanchuk and Graham each had two hits for the Gators.

The two teams will return to the diamond tomorrow morning at 11am for the fourth and final game of the four-game series at Maloney Field.