BOX SCORE 1 | BOX SCORE 2 SEASIDE, Calif. – Sophomore Jeff Owen (Clovis, Calif./Clovis East HS) racked up a career-best 11 strikeouts to complete a Cal State Monterey Bay baseball sweep over Western Oregon Saturday with scores of 5-2 and 1-0.

The Otters improve to 18-8 overall while the Wolves fall to .500 (11-11) for the year. The series sweep is CSUMB's second of the season. The Otters opened 2013 with a series sweep at Point Loma Nazarene.

Senior Ronnie Fhurong (Hollister, Calif./San Benito HS) went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs to lead CSUMB in the twinbill.  Seniors David Garcia (Gilroy, Calif./San Jose CC) and Brian Haggett (Hollister, Calif./West Valley College) each knocked out home runs in the doubleheader opener.

The Otters head south next weekend for a four-game conference series at Cal State Dominguez Hills. First pitch is 3 p.m. on Friday, March 22.

GAME 1: CSUMB 5, WOU 2
After scoring every inning in Friday's series opener, it took the Otters three innings to get on the board.  Fhurong led off with a walk and advanced to third on a Michael Lonsdale (Castro Valley, Calif./Chabot College) single down the right line. Senior Victor Rasor-Thompson (San Diego, Calif./Univ. of San Diego) grounded out down the first baseline and Fhurong dove under the airborne Wolf catcher.

Fhurong singled and scored again in the fifth on a fielder's choice by Lonsdale.

On the first pitch of the sixth inning, Haggett crushed his third home run of the season over the right center wall.  Junior Mark Hurley (Hollister, Calif./College of San Mateo) singled but out on the next play due to a Jason Merjano (San Ramon, Calif/Sierra College) fielder's choice.  Garcia sent the ball over the opposite wall, raising his season total to five and extending CSUMB's lead to 5-0.

The Wolves prevented a shutout with two runs in the top of the ninth.

Junior Will Anderson (Pleasanton, Calif./Fresno State) earned his fifth victory, tossing seven innings and giving up only five hits. WOU's Gary Steindorf took the loss after relinquishing five runs in 5 2/3 innings.

GAME 2: CSUMB 1, WOU 0
The series finale was a true pitching duel between Owen and WOU's Zach Nuno.  Owen struck out a career-high 11 batters and walked three in his six innings of action.  He allowed only two hits while closer A.J. Quintero (Vacaville, Calif./Sacramento CC) tossed a hitless seventh for his fourth save.

The lone run came in the fifth when pinch hitter Merjano beat out a bases-loaded infield throw.