Senior pinch hitter Jesse Olson's make the clutch play in the bottom of the ninth.
BOX SCORE SEASIDE, Calif. – Senior
Jesse Olson's (Citrus Heights/Sierra College) walk-off single gave the No. 8 Cal State Monterey Bay baseball team its 11th consecutive victory, a 4-3 win over UC San Diego Friday at the Otter Sports Complex.
Pinch hitting with one out in the ninth, Olson laid down a single that just barely got by Triton third baseman Garrett Tuck to score senior
David Garcia (Gilroy/Mission College).
Behind a 14-game home win streak, the Otters improve to 34-12 overall and 27-10 in conference action while UCSD drops to 25-22, 19-18 in CCAA play.
Senior
Mark Hurley (Hollister/College of San Mateo) recorded the contest's first hit to lead off the bottom of the second and eventually scored from second on a two-out single by senior
Tommy George (Elk Grove HS).
CSUMB notched another leadoff hit in the third, this time off the bat of senior
Victor Rasor-Thompson (San Diego/Univ. of San Diego). A perfect hit-and-run with senior
Ronnie Fhurong (Hollister/San Benito HS) put runners at the corners. Senior
Brian Haggett (Hollister/West Valley College) hit into a 6-4-3 double play but was able to pick up an RBI with Rasor-Thompson scoring to make it 2-0 CSUMB.
Junior
Michael Lonsdale (Castro Valley/Chabot College) hit a blooper to center field to plate senior
Jason Merjano (San Ramon/Sierra College) who was granted first after being hit in the shin on a 0-2 pitch.
All three UCSD runs came in the fifth inning with Danny Susdorf driving in two runs before scoring on Dillon Moyer's single.
Junior
Josh Eagle (Antioch/Sierra College) earned with the win after two shutout innings of relief.
Junior
Will Anderson (Pleasanton/Fresno State) and UCSD's Ryan Goodbrand both went seven frames, giving up three runs on six hits for no decisions.
The Otters are back on the field on Saturday, May 3 for a twinbill against the Tritons beginning at 11 a.m.