SAN DIEGO, Calif -- The Cal State Monterey Bay baseball team used the long ball to power their offense en route to a 12-7 victory on Saturday in game three against Point Loma at Carroll B. Land Stadium for a sweep of the series on the road.
CSUMBÂ put together innings of four, six and two runs lead by home runs by
Jacob Tonascia and
Kyle Czaplak. Tonascia supplied a three-run bomb while Czaplak smacked a two-run shot, both coming in six-run seventh inning putting the Otters into a 10-6 lead.
While the Sealions scored once in the eighth inning, CSUMB tacked on two in the top of the ninth to put the game away by a score of 12-7. Starting pitcher
Levi Noddin worked for four and two-thirds innings allowing six runs on seven hits with four strikeouts.
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THE GAME WAS OVER WHEN... Max Sanderson drew a bases-loaded walk to push through the 12th run of the game for CSUMB, giving the visitors a five-run lead in the ninth.
TWO HOME RUN TONASCIA... The Otter senior now has two home runs through three games. He didn't hit his first till the ninth game in 2017.
STAT PACK... HITS: Ruben Gonzalez -- 3; RUNS:
Kyle Guerra, Hayden Duer -- 2;
RBI: Tonascia -- 3;
WALKS: Sanderson -- 2;
DOUBLES: Guerra (1);
HOME RUNS: Czaplak (1), Tonascia (2);
STRIKEOUTS: Noddin -- 4
THE LAST WORD..."We played arena baseball today. The wind was blowing out in a small ballpark and balls were flying out. The game wasn't as clean as we would like, but we stayed together, competed, and did enough to get out here with 3 important wins. Noddin, Fabing, and Triano pitched far better than the box score would indicate. And our offense is full of tough outs throughout the lineup. Winning on the road is tough in itself, so a sweep against a nationally ranked team is pretty impressive."
-Head Coach Walter White
THEY'VE GOT NEXT... Monterey Bay will welcome Western Oregon to the Otter Sports Complex for the home opener on Friday, Feb. 16. First pitch is set for 2:00 p.m
GO OTTERS!
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