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Cal Poly Pomona CPP 8-0, 3-5 CCAA
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Winner Cal St. Monterey Bay CSUMB 12-6, 7-2 CCAA
Cal Poly Pomona CPP
8-0, 3-5 CCAA
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Cal St. Monterey Bay CSUMB
12-6, 7-2 CCAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
Cal St. Monterey Bay CSUMB 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 3 9 2

W: McRae, Ethan (3-0) L: RUDY, Will (3-1) S: Fokken, Parker (1)

Jason Ajamian vs. Cal Poly Pomona
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Game Recap: Baseball | | Kevin Gilmore (@OtterKevin)

McRae Wins Battle Of Aces As Otters Take Opener From Pomona

Ethan McRae improves to 3–0; Jason Ajamian homers twice in 3–2 win

SEASIDE, Calif. — Round 1 in a battle of CCAA heavyweights went to Cal State Monterey Bay when Otter southpaw Ethan McRae (Hanford HS/Fresno CC) out–dueled Cal Poly Pomona ace Will Rudy to lead CSUMB to a 3–2 victory Friday night at the Otter Sports Complex.

The Otters improved to 12–6 over and 7–2 in CCAA play. Pomona fell to 8–9 and 3–5.

McRae (3–0), scattered six hits and allowed just one earned run over six innings. Rudy (3–1) was nearly as sharp, allowing six hits over 5 2/3 innings.

The difference between the two pitchers was that McRae didn't have to face Otter first baseman Jason Ajamian (Pasadena/CSUN), who drove in all three Otter runs with a 2–run blast in the second inning and a solo shot in the sixth. They were his team–leading fourth and fifth home runs of the season.
Junior Kyle Galart (Woodland/Pioneer HS) followed McRae with two perfect innings of relief. Senior Parker Fokken (Paloma Valley HS/Chaffey College) pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save of 2022.

In addition to Ajamian, who finished the night 3–for–4, right fielder Chase Lindemann (Saugus HS/Hartnell College) recorded two hits, a double and a stolen base. Jacob Martin (Bloomington HS/Chaffey College) also doubled as part of the 9–hit Otter attack.
 

THE GAME WAS OVER WHEN OVER WHEN… Parker Fokken got Bronco catcher Johnny Pappas swinging for the final out with the potential tying run at second base.

WELCOME BACK BRONCOS… Friday's game was the first between the Otters and Broncos in Seaside since April of 2019. CSUMB is now 18–10 all–time against Cal Poly Pomona at the Otter Sports Complex.

LEADER OF THE (CCAA) PACK… After allowing just one earned run over six innings in Friday's win over Cal Poly Pomona, Ethan McRae now leads the CCAA with a 1.04 ERA. Overall, CSUMB has the top team ERA in the league at 3.55.

STARTING HOT… The Otters improved to 7–2 in CCAA play with Friday's 3–2 win over Cal Poly Pomona. It marks the third time in program history the team has been 7–2 in conference play after nine games. The 2019 Otter have been the only team to start 8–2.

STAYING HOT, MARTIN EDITION… With two hits in Friday's win over Cal Poly Pomona, Jacob Martin ran his hitting streak to a team season–high 11 games.

STAYING HOT, LINDEMANN EDITION… With two hits in Friday's win over Cal Poly Pomona, Chase Lindemann ran his streak of reaching base safely to 14 games. Brady Miguel owns the longest streak this season at 15 games (from Feb. 1 through Mar. 5).

LEADERS OF THE RAFT… Ethan McRae (W [3–0], 6.0IP, 6H, ER, 3K, BB); Parker Fokken (Sv [1], 1.0IP, H, K), Jason Ajamian (3x4, 2HR (4,5), 3RBI); Chase Lindemann (2x4, 2B, R, SB); Chris Rubottom (1x4, 2B).

THEY'VE GOT NEXT… The Otters continue their 4–game series against with a Saturday doubleheader. First pitch is scheduled for 2 p.m.



 
GO OTTERS!








 
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Scoring Summary

Score By Innings
Play CPP CSUMB
CSUMB BOT 1st AJAMIAN homered to left center, 2 RBI (2-1 BBK); LINDEMANN scored. 0 2
CPP TOP 2nd WATSON flied out to rf, SF, RBI (1-2 BSSFF); LUGO advanced to third; LOPEZ, C. advanced to third, scored on a throwing error by rf, unearned; LOPEZ, J. scored. 2 2
CSUMB BOT 6th AJAMIAN homered to left field, RBI (1-1 KB). 2 3

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