LA JOLLA, Calif. – The Cal State Monterey Bay baseball team knocked out 21 hits to take a sweep on Saturday doubleheader against host UC San Diego at Triton Ballpark.
 
The Otters took advantage of four UCSD errors to win the opener, 10-5, and then put together a 3-run fifth inning to break a one-run tie to cruise to a 6-2 nightcap victory.
 
Senior Travis Bonner (Los Gatos/West Valley College) led the Otter offense, going 6-for-9 with two runs and two RBIs.
 
CSUMB (11-15, 8-11 CCAA) took a 2-1 series lead over UC San Diego (12-8, 9-6 CCAA) with the finale scheduled for 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 16. 

10-15, 7-11 CCAA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 12-7, 9-5 CCAA CSUMB 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 10 12 0  UCSD 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 10 4
March 15, 2014 | Triton Ballpark | La Jolla, Calif.
Pitching	IP	H	R (ER)	BB	SO
W -  Chris DANIELS (1-1)	6.0	4	2 (2)	2	6
L - Trevor SCOTT (1-2)	4.0	9	8 (5)	1	1
CSUMB Top Performers	AB	R	H	RBI	Misc.
Travis BONNER	5	1	4	2	2B
Richie JOHNSON	4	2	2	1	SH
UCSD Top Performers	AB	R	H	RBI	Misc.
Jack LARSEN	3	1	2	1	-
Gradeigh SANCHEZ	4	1	1	0	2B/SH

GAME 1: CSUMB 10, UCSD 5
The Otters snapped UCSD's five-game win streak after collecting seven combined runs in the third and fourth innings. 
 
Senior Chris Daniels (Citrus Heights/Sierra College) finally got his first win of 2014 despite having solid outings in his last two starts.  The right-handed pitcher tossed six strong innings, racking up six strikeouts. 
 
Bonner, Kaden Kamoe (Aiea, Hawaii/Univ. of Hawaii) and Blake Grant-Parks (Yuba City/Sierra College) each doubled to raise CSUMB's conference leading total to 54.
 
For the second Saturday in a row, Bonner had an outstanding performance at the plate in game one by going 4-for-5. 

11-15, 8-11 CCAA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E 12-8, 9-6 CCAA CSUMB 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 6 9 1  UCSD 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 2
March 15, 2014 | Triton Ballpark | La Jolla, Calif.
Pitching	IP	H	R (ER)	BB	SO
W -  Jeff OWEN (5-1)	6.0	5	2 (2)	4	3
L - Blake FASSLER (2-2)	5.0	7	4 (2)	1	3
CSUMB Top Performers	AB	R	H	RBI	Misc.
Ty MORRIS	1	1	1	0	2B
Noah GRAHAM	1	0	1	2	-
UCSD Top Performers	AB	R	H	RBI	Misc.
Justin RAHN	3	1	2	1	-
Erik LEWIS	4	2	2	3	2B

GAME 2: CSUMB 6, UCSD 2
Junior Jeff Owen (Clovis East HS) allowed just two runs in six innings to earn his fifth season win, moving him to the top of the CCAA leaderboard alongside Cal State East Bay's Nick Hudson.  
 
Ty Morris' (Royal Oaks/North Monterey County HS) RBI single in the second inning knotted the game at 1-1 after UC San Diego once again one the board first in the opening inning.
 
CSUMB broke open the game in the fifth inning with three runs on three hits and a UCSD error.  Morris led off with an infield single and stole second.  He advanced to third on Matt Urakami's single to left field.  Both runners advanced a baes on a balk.  CSUMB added two more runs on Brian Hamm's (Pleasanton/Chabot College) fielder's choice bunt that UCSD bobbled and Mark Hurley's (Hollister/College of San Mateo) single.
 
Hamm and only he achieved CSUMB's fifth run. He hit a one-out single up the middle.   After stealing second, he took off for third and then scored after the Triton catcher threw the ball away. 
 
With two outs, Bonner singled through the right side to drive in Hurley who reached first on a walk.