FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: March 21, 2008
CONTACT: San Francisco State University Sports Information Office
PHONE: 415-338-1579
BASEBALL
#4 SONOMA STATE
TAKES TWO FROM GATORS
Rohnert Park, Calif.--- The fourth ranked Sonoma State
University Seawolves (23-1, 12-0 CCAA) swept a California collegiate Athletic
Association (CCAA) doubleheader from the visiting SF State Gators this
afternoon at Seawolf Diamond in Rohnert Park, Calif., winning 19-1 and
4-1. The Seawolves now have won 17 games
in a row and are in first place in the CCAA with their 12-0 conference record.
In the
opener, Sonoma State
scored in every inning except the first and ninth innings. The Seawolves took a 5-0 lead after three
innings keyed by a two-run double by Ian Bridges. They added a solo run in the fourth and added
three more in the fifth on Konrad Thieme’s three-run home run. Thieme hit his sixth home run of the season
and second of the game in the sixth, another three-run home run to give Sonoma
State a 13-0 lead going into the last three innings.
Sonoma
State scored six more runs in the
seventh and eighth innings to increase its lead to 19-0. Matt
Kavanaugh (Sr, C/OF, Concord, Calif./Butte
Junior College) drove in Jake Moore (Jr,
OF, Palisade, Colo./Cerritos
College) with a RBI double in the Gator ninth for SF State’s lone run of the
game.
SF State
(4-20, 1-13 CCAA) managed just five hits off of the Seawolf starter Matt Means
(5-0) including two off the bat of Matt
Edgecombe (Sr, 1B/P, Concord, Calif/Fresno
State University). Means pitched 8.1
innings of five hit ball while striking out 12, walking one and giving up just
one run. John Bonifacini pitched a
scoreless 0.2 innings of relief. Beau Moorehead (Sr, P, Newman,
Calif/Merced
College) fell to 1-6 as he recorded the loss for SF State.
Thieme
had four of the Seawolves’ 27 hits with two three-run home runs while driving
in eight runs and scoring three times.
Six other Sonoma State
batters had at least two hits a piece to lead the way for the Seawolves.
The Gators
lost the night cap despite the pitching effort of Zach Beal (Sr, P, Oxnard, Calif/Ventura
College). Beal fell to 2-5, pitching
six innings, giving up nine hits and four runs (three earned) while striking
out three and walking one. Kevin Asselin
(4-0) picked up the win for Sonoma State,
pitching seven innings, giving up five hits and one run while striking out
eight and walking just one.
Sonoma
State took a 2-0 lead in its bottom
half of the first inning. Tyreese
McDaniel’s RBI single in the third gave the Seawolves a 3-0 lead. The Gators scored their run in the fifth
inning on a two-out RBI single by Bobby
Carini (Jr, INF, Pleasant Hill, Calif/Canada
College) that scored Ernie Munoz (Sr,
OF, Fontana, Calif./Chaffey
College).
Nick
Ramos scored an insurance run for the Seawolves in the bottom of the sixth
inning to give the hosts a 4-1 lead going into the last inning of the
seven-inning game. McDaniel finished
game two going 3 for 3 with two RBIs while Mark Pestorich and Kris Haycock each
had two hits a piece for Sonoma State.
Munoz finished the night cap going 2
for 3 while Edgecombe increased his
hitting streak to 20 with a lead-off single in the top of the seventh inning.
The two
teams will conclude their weekend four-game CCAA series with an 11am starting doubleheader tomorrow morning at
SF State’s Maloney Field.
Game One Box
Score
Game Two Box
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