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Cougar Baseball Shut Out by
#8 Cal Baptist |
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In CSUSM's first baseball game against a ranked team, the Cougar squad avoided getting blown out, but lost 8-0 to Cal Baptist. The loss drops the Cougars to 0-7 in their inaugural season. Lancers' starter Eric Anderson pitched 3 inning of no-hit ball, striking out two and walking one en route to picking up the win. Reliever Andrew Newman tossed 3 perfect innings of his own. Cal Baptist took a no-hitter into the seventh, but it was broken up by a Terry Moritz single. Mortiz's single was one of just three hits on the day for CSUSM. Steve Harris and Jason Kutzler led off the 8th with back-to-back singles, but a strikeout and double play quickly ended the threat. Cal Baptist had no such trouble getting on the scoreboard, pushing across 6 runs in the first 4 innings against Cougar starter Chris Skaalen. Three of those runs came across in the first, courtesy of a pair of RBI singles by Aaron Seuss and Kevin Wright, and an RBI double by Sean Kelley. In the third, Kelley would double in another run as part of a three-run inning. Reliever Gerald Casanada would calm things down a bit for the Cougars, allowing 2 runs (1 earned) in two innings of work. Travis Zabel cleaned things up with a perfect 7th and 8th. For Cal Baptist, relievers Kyle Tye, Bobby Kelley, and Chilly Ronquillo preserved the shutout, pitching one scoreless inning each. The Cougars will have little time to rest after Wednesday's night game - on Thursday the squad will travel to Point Loma Nazarene to face the Sea Lions for the second time this season. |