Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 SAN BERNARDINO – RHP Ruben Rios stood tall Friday afternoon in his finest effort as a Coyotes, throwing a four-hitter in seven innings in the Coyotes' 4-0 victory over No. 8 Chico State in CCAA baseball at Fiscalini Field.
 
Rios had two strikeouts and did not allow an extra-base hit to stun the Wildcats.
 
CSUSB (12-29 overall and 10-21 CCAA) and Chico State (32-8, 24-7) resume their four-game series with a single, 9-inning game at 11 a.m. Saturday.
 
Game 1: Chico State 4, Coyotes 3
Trailing 4-0 entering the bottom of the eighth inning, the Coyotes rallied with three runs to get within striking distance of the Wildcats.
 
William Ouellette led off with a walk, and moved over on a wild pitch from reliever Luke Barker. Nick Oddo followed with a single to right and Brian Lockey drove in the Coyotes' first run on a single to left.
 
Aaron Owen followed with a single to left that scored Oddo, but Owen fell prey to the hidden ball trick at second for the first out.
 
Pinch-hitter Richard Mount then drove in the final run of the inning on another single to right and the Coyotes 4-3.
 
But that was as close as CSUSB could get as its last five batters were retired in order.
 
Owen led the Coyotes with two hits.
 
Chico State's Peter Miller had a solo home run in the seventh.
 
Game 2: Coyotes 4, Wildcats 0
CSUSB attacked the Wildcats' with three runs in the first off Marcos Lara and got another run in the third.
 
Oddo, Lockey and Owen each had consecutive RBI with Lockey keying a double to left that scored Nolan Almodovar, who reached on a bunt.
 
In the third, Owen came through with a run-scoring double to right that scored Ouellette, who led off with a walk.
 
Rios was in command throughout his seven-inning effort. He gave up only one hit over the last four innings and retired the last eight Wildcats in order.