Sunday, February 24
Northridge, CA
10:00 a.m.
California State University at Northridge
4-3
7
vs
4
Gonzaga
2-5
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Gonzaga
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
4
9
1
CSUN
0
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
X
7
8
3
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Cunningham, Jackson (1-1)
L: DIMLOW, Billy (0-1)
Batting:
2B: BRISTYAN, Josh 2
HR: SULLIVAN, Ryan 2 ; JOHNSTON, Troy 1 ; NYQUIST, Nick 1
RBI: BRISTYAN, Josh 2 ; SULLIVAN, Ryan 3 ; JOHNSTON, Troy 2 ; MORRISON, Guthrie 1 ; NYQUIST, Nick 3
SH: BRESHEARS, Carson 1
Base Running:
RUNS: BARRERA, Isaac 1 ; BRISTYAN, Josh 1 ; HEGGEN, Slade 1 ; SULLIVAN, Ryan 4 ; JOHNSTON, Troy 1 ; MORRISON, Guthrie 2 ; KRAUEL, Jack 1 ; NYQUIST, Nick 1
HBP: SULLIVAN, Ryan 1 ; MORRISON, Guthrie 1
Batting:
2B: Ruiz, Jose 1 ; Lucas, Andrew 1
HR: Bohning, Brandon 1 ; Barret, Kyle 1 ; Newman, Jayson 1 ; Cerny, Victor 1 ; Lucas, Andrew 1
RBI: Bullard, Robert 1 ; Bohning, Brandon 3 ; Barret, Kyle 3 ; Newman, Jayson 2 ; Cerny, Victor 2 ; Lucas, Andrew 3
SF: Bullard, Robert 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Bullard, Robert 1 ; Bohning, Brandon 2 ; Barret, Kyle 1 ; Palmegiani, Damiano 1 ; Ruiz, Jose 1 ; Newman, Jayson 1 ; Cerny, Victor 3 ; Ghan-Gibson, Wesley 1 ; Lucas, Andrew 3 ; Clarke, Denzel 1
Game Leaders
AB
5
R
2
H
3
RBI
3
AB
5
R
1
H
3
RBI
3
AB
4
R
3
H
3
RBI
3
AB
3
R
3
H
2
RBI
2
Players Mentioned
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Photo by: Shae Hammond
Matadors Sweep Doubleheader, Take Series from Gonzaga
2/24/2019 5:45:00 PM | Baseball
NORTHRIDGE, Calif.---CSUN Baseball swept its Sunday doubleheader to win its four-game series with Gonzaga on Sunday at Matador Field. CSUN came from behind in both games, winning 7-4 in the opener before taking a 15-12 decision in an eight-inning game to close the series. Freshman Andrew Lucas racked up four hits in the two games including homering in each game and picking up four RBI. Senior Kyle Barret collected four hits with two RBI, two runs scored and a homer on the day while sophomore Brandon Bohning notched three hits, three RBI and a home run. CSUN pounded out a combined six home runs and 23 hits on Sunday including five long balls in the game two win.
GAME ONE RECAP
Senior Isaiah Nunez worked a career-high 7.2 innings with seven strikeouts to pick up his second win of the season in game one. However, he ran into trouble at the outset as the Bulldogs pushed across three runs in the top of the first inning.
After the first, Nunez settled down and found his rhythm on the mound, retiring nine in a row following a two-out hit in the second inning. The senior gave up a two-out double in the fifth but retired Ryan Sullivan to end the frame.Â
The Matadors would strike for three runs in the bottom of the second inning on a pair of key two-out hits. After fouling a ball off himself, Denzel Clarke responded with a two-run single. Robert Bullard followed with a game-tying RBI hit to bring home Lucas from second base.
CSUN added two runs in the third to take the lead. After Kyle Barret and Angelo Bortolin reached to start the frame, Jose Ruiz laced a two-run single up the middle. The Matadors would put up single tallies in the fourth and fifth as Lucas hit his first career home run during the middle innings.
With a four-run lead, Nunez continued to frustrate the Gonzaga hitters, pitching around a walk in the sixth and an error in the seventh. The left hander retired two of the first three batters in the eighth before being lifted from the game.
Gonzaga plated an unearned run against the Matador bullpen in the ninth but Blake Schriever recorded the final out of the game, stranding the bases loaded to nail down his second save. Jayson Newman retired two batters in the ninth out of the CSUN 'pen.
GAME TWO RECAP
In a wild slugfest, the Matadors fell behind 6-2 after four-and-a-half innings before scoring 11 runs over the next three frames to pull out the series finale.
Gonzaga again staked to a lead with two runs in the top of the second inning. Lucas though answered with a two-run shot in the bottom of the frame to square the game.
Sullivan gave the Bulldogs a 3-2 lead with a solo homer in the third, and Gonzaga added three runs in the fourth, all of which unearned, to lead by four. Gonzaga pitcher Justin Blatner held the Matadors in check in the third and fourth innings but the fifth would be an entirely different story.
CSUN flexed its muscles to the tune of four home runs in a nine-run fifth inning to blow the game open. Bohning and Barret hit back-to-back homers to start the frame then Newman came off the bench and smacked a two-run shot after Damiano Palmegiani worked a walk. Victor Cerny followed with another home run to give CSUN a 7-6 lead. Bohning would later collect an RBI single and Barret roped a two-run single to give the Matadors an 11-6 cushion.
The Matadors seemed in control after scoring two in the sixth to lead 13-6 but the Bulldogs pushed across four in the seventh inning. Suddenly ahead only by 13-10, the Matadors scored twice more in the bottom of the seventh with Cerny and Lucas picking up RBI singles.
With a lack of daylight becoming a factor, the top of the eighth would be the last frame on the day. Gonzaga trimmed the five-run lead to 15-12 on a two-run blast from Sullivan. Schriever was able to finally end the frame by retiring Troy Johnston on a lineout to right field.
Prior to the game, Gonzaga had already set a travel curfew of 5:15 p.m., the game was called after the top of the eighth, giving the Matadors a 15-12 win.
Jackson Cunningham earned the win after working 2.2 innings out of the bullpen, giving up three runs.
ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH GREG MOORE
"One of our sayings is steady attack wins. We asked our dugout whether their offensive players or pitchers to stay consistent and go pitch-by-pitch. When you do that you don't worry about the scoreboard. You do it well, good things happen at the end of the game."
UP NEXT
The Matadors host a midweek game against nationally-ranked UCLA on Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m.
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GAME ONE RECAP
Senior Isaiah Nunez worked a career-high 7.2 innings with seven strikeouts to pick up his second win of the season in game one. However, he ran into trouble at the outset as the Bulldogs pushed across three runs in the top of the first inning.
After the first, Nunez settled down and found his rhythm on the mound, retiring nine in a row following a two-out hit in the second inning. The senior gave up a two-out double in the fifth but retired Ryan Sullivan to end the frame.Â
The Matadors would strike for three runs in the bottom of the second inning on a pair of key two-out hits. After fouling a ball off himself, Denzel Clarke responded with a two-run single. Robert Bullard followed with a game-tying RBI hit to bring home Lucas from second base.
CSUN added two runs in the third to take the lead. After Kyle Barret and Angelo Bortolin reached to start the frame, Jose Ruiz laced a two-run single up the middle. The Matadors would put up single tallies in the fourth and fifth as Lucas hit his first career home run during the middle innings.
With a four-run lead, Nunez continued to frustrate the Gonzaga hitters, pitching around a walk in the sixth and an error in the seventh. The left hander retired two of the first three batters in the eighth before being lifted from the game.
Gonzaga plated an unearned run against the Matador bullpen in the ninth but Blake Schriever recorded the final out of the game, stranding the bases loaded to nail down his second save. Jayson Newman retired two batters in the ninth out of the CSUN 'pen.
GAME TWO RECAP
In a wild slugfest, the Matadors fell behind 6-2 after four-and-a-half innings before scoring 11 runs over the next three frames to pull out the series finale.
Gonzaga again staked to a lead with two runs in the top of the second inning. Lucas though answered with a two-run shot in the bottom of the frame to square the game.
Sullivan gave the Bulldogs a 3-2 lead with a solo homer in the third, and Gonzaga added three runs in the fourth, all of which unearned, to lead by four. Gonzaga pitcher Justin Blatner held the Matadors in check in the third and fourth innings but the fifth would be an entirely different story.
CSUN flexed its muscles to the tune of four home runs in a nine-run fifth inning to blow the game open. Bohning and Barret hit back-to-back homers to start the frame then Newman came off the bench and smacked a two-run shot after Damiano Palmegiani worked a walk. Victor Cerny followed with another home run to give CSUN a 7-6 lead. Bohning would later collect an RBI single and Barret roped a two-run single to give the Matadors an 11-6 cushion.
The Matadors seemed in control after scoring two in the sixth to lead 13-6 but the Bulldogs pushed across four in the seventh inning. Suddenly ahead only by 13-10, the Matadors scored twice more in the bottom of the seventh with Cerny and Lucas picking up RBI singles.
With a lack of daylight becoming a factor, the top of the eighth would be the last frame on the day. Gonzaga trimmed the five-run lead to 15-12 on a two-run blast from Sullivan. Schriever was able to finally end the frame by retiring Troy Johnston on a lineout to right field.
Prior to the game, Gonzaga had already set a travel curfew of 5:15 p.m., the game was called after the top of the eighth, giving the Matadors a 15-12 win.
Jackson Cunningham earned the win after working 2.2 innings out of the bullpen, giving up three runs.
ACCORDING TO HEAD COACH GREG MOORE
"One of our sayings is steady attack wins. We asked our dugout whether their offensive players or pitchers to stay consistent and go pitch-by-pitch. When you do that you don't worry about the scoreboard. You do it well, good things happen at the end of the game."
UP NEXT
The Matadors host a midweek game against nationally-ranked UCLA on Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m.
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