SAN MARCOS, Calif. - The California State University San Bernardino baseball team suffered a pair of defeats at the hands of Cal State San Marcos Sunday afternoon at the CSUSM Baseball Field.

CSUSB dropped the completion of Saturday's suspended game 17-5, before falling 8-6 in the originally scheduled contest.

With the defeats, CSUSB moves to 9-11 overall on the season and 2-8 in the CCAA.


Game 1 - Cal State San Marcos 17, Cal State San Bernardino 5

The majority of game one was completed on Saturday afternoon, but will officially go down in the record books as being played on Sunday. The game was resumed in the top of the seventh inning.

In the top of the first, grad student Giovanni Del Negro (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) gave the Coyotes an early lead on an RBI single, but San Marcos responded with three in the bottom of the first inning.

Daniel Garcia Jr. (San Bernardino, Calif.) got the Coyotes back to within one on an RBI reach on error in the top of the third inning, but the Cougars again pulled away with four runs in the bottom of the frame, and added one more in the bottom of the fourth to go ahead 8-2.

CSUSB cut the lead in half in the top of the sixth on a three-run double from sophomore Patrick Fregoso (Eastvale, Calif.), but the comeback bid fell short when CSUSM answered with nine runs in the bottom of the inning to put the game out of reach.

Garrett Macias (Iwakuni, Japan) and Jason Shedlock (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) each recorded three hits for CSUSB in the defeat.


Game 2 - Cal State San Marcos 8, Cal State San Bernardino 6   

The Coyotes jumped out to a 6-0 lead with runs in four of the first five innings. Jake Borst (Imperial Beach, Calif.) opened the scoring with an RBI single in the top of the first, followed in the second by an RBI fielder's choice from senior Riley Parker (Snohomish, Wash.). 

Shedlock's RBI triple in the top of the fourth put the Yotes up by four, before Daryl Ruiz (Corona, Calif.) stretched the advantage to five with an RBI double. Jeremy Giesegh (Upland, Calif.) capped Cal State San Bernardino's offense with a sacrifice fly in the fifth.

San Marcos scored in each of the final four innings to erase the six-run deficit and prevail by a final score of 8-6.

Garcia and Ruiz were the only two Coyotes to record multiple hits in the loss, each with two base hits.

CSUSB will return home next weekend for a four-game series against Cal State LA at Fiscalini Field. The series will begin on Friday afternoon at 2 p.m.
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