SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Heading into the game, the Yotes stood 2-1 against the Cal Poly Pomona Broncos in the series. The Yotes scored a whopping 18 runs and topped the Broncos to win the series, 18-14.
The leading pitcher for CSUSB was
Nate Mendoza who pitched for three innings and struck out one player. The Yotes scored big in the first inning, bringing home four runners. By the bottom of the sixth inning CSUSB was up 11-10. CSUSB scored six runs for a huge seventh inning at bat.
The Yotes connected for 17 hits on the game and had 16 RBI's. CSUSB collect 27 putouts and the pitcher's collective struck out nine batters.
Deshawn Johnson,
Riley Parker, and
Kyle Csakan all homered in the closing game of the series. The Yotes won the last game, 18-14, to take the series victory over Cal Poly Pomona.
"That was a fun one today" said coach
Mike Nadeau. "You see that a lot on Sunday in baseball. To see our team, compete in some difficult situation is big for us as we move on. Big series win for us."
CSUSB homered in all four series games to the tune of nine total. The Yotes have now gone deep in eight consecutive contests, and lead the CCAA with 21 home runs.
CSUSB is scheduled to play their next game on Friday, March 4
th starting at 2 p.m. in San Francisco against San Francisco State. Streaming is available on the ccaanetwork.com.
