California State University Northridge Athletics
Friday, April 12
Long Beach, CA
6:00 p.m.
California State University at Northridge
15-18, 3-4
5
at
6
Long Beach State
6-26, 1-3
1st innning1
2nd innning2
3rd innning3
4th innning4
5th innning5
6th innning6
7th innning7
8th innning8
9th innning9
RunsR
HitsH
ErrorsE
CSUN
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
5
11
1
Long Beach State
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
2
6
10
1
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Sheaks, John (1-1)
L: Schriever, Blake (1-2)
Batting:
HR: Skelly, Sean 1
RBI: Bohning, Brandon 2 ; Skelly, Sean 1 ; Bortolin, Angelo 1 ; Elder, Austin 1
SH: Skelly, Sean 1 ; Clarke, Denzel 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Barret, Kyle 1 ; Skelly, Sean 1 ; Ruiz, Jose 1 ; Cerny, Victor 1 ; Lucas, Andrew 1
SB: Bohning, Brandon 1 ; Ruiz, Jose 1 ; Lucas, Andrew 1 ; Bullard, Robert 1
CS: Lucas, Andrew 1
HBP: Ghan-Gibson, Wesley 1 ; Ruiz, Jose 1 ; Lucas, Andrew 1 ; Bullard, Robert 1
Batting:
2B: Stotler, Brooks 1 ; Porter, Tyler 1
RBI: Stotler, Brooks 1 ; Hughey, Jacob 2 ; Campeau, Dominic 1 ; Hogan, Kaden 1
SH: Huffman, Laine 2 ; Stotler, Brooks 1 ; Porter, Tyler 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Stotler, Brooks 1 ; Vander Wal, Jake 1 ; Rivera, Santino 1 ; Porter, Tyler 1 ; Hogan, Kaden 1 ; Luttrell, Chase 1
CS: Rivera, Santino 1
HBP: Huffman, Laine 1
Game Leaders
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AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
1
AB
3
R
0
H
2
RBI
0
AB
5
R
0
H
1
RBI
2
Players Mentioned
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Photo by: Braden Villanueva
Ninth-Inning Rally Lifts Long Beach State Past CSUN, 6-5
4/12/2019 10:18:00 PM | Baseball
LONG BEACH, Calif.---After CSUN Baseball (15-18, 3-4 BWC) rallied to take the lead in the top of the ninth, Long Beach State (6-26, 1-3 BWC) scored the tying and winning runs to walk off with a 6-5 win on Friday evening at Blair Field. The trio of Sean Skelly, Wesley Ghan-Gibson and Jose Ruiz all had two-hit games while Skelly homered for the fifth time this season. Brandon Bohning added two RBI in defeat.
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GAME BREAKDOWN
CSUN struck first in the bottom of the second inning to take a 2-0 lead. Victor Cerny led off the inning by reaching on a Calvin Estrada error who overran a fly ball near the right field line. After Andrew Lucas reached on a perfectly placed bunt single, he stole second base to put two runners in scoring position. LBSU starter Adam Seminaris would retire the next two batters before Bohning came through with a single up the middle that plated both runners.
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CSUN got back into the scoring column in the fifth inning on one swing of the bat. Skelly would belt a 2-1 pitch over the left field wall, giving CSUN a 3-0 lead in the fifth inning.
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Sophomore left hander Wesley Moore shut out the Dirtbags through the first four innings, stranding two base runners over that span. Seemingly in control, Moore would run into trouble in the fifth as Matador miscues led to the Dirtbags plating four runs. The first two batters reached to start the inning before a throwing error at third base on a Tyler Porter bunt led to the first Dirtbag run scoring.
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Kaden Hogan followed with another bunt, which Moore fielded and fired to first base. However, Ghan-Gibson intercepted the throw that was intended for Kyle Barret who was covering the first base bag. The Dirtbags scored their second run on the play and added two more on a two-out single from Jacob Hughey. Blaine Traxel finally stopped the bleeding with a strikeout of Cole Joy, leaving two runners on base.
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The Matador bullpen held the Dirtbags at bay over the next three innings led by Traxel who tossed two shutout innings and struck out four batters. Cruz Daddario retired four of the five batters he faced to keep the Matadors within a run heading to the ninth inning.
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Battling to their last outs, the Matadors broke through in the top of the ninth. Barret legged out a single to start the frame and later reached second base on a wild pitch. Skelly would bunt Barret over to third before pinch hitter Angelo Bortolin hit an RBI groundout to even the game at 4-4.
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Ruiz stepped to the plate next and singled to left center. The Matador third baseman eventually stole second base on a close play before Austin Elder followed with an RBI single up the middle to give CSUN a 5-4 lead.
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CSUN closer Blake Schriever entered out of the bullpen looking to shut the door but the Dirtbags had other ideas. Chase Luttrell singled and later scored on a one-out RBI double from Brooks Stotler to even the game once more. Three batters later, Dominic Campeau stroked a single down the right field line to plate Stotler, winning the game for Long Beach State.
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GAME NOTES
Lucas finished 1-for-4 to extend his on-base streak to 13-straight games and his hitting streak to 11. Ruiz has also reached base safely in the last 11 games.
Moore worked 4.2 innings pitched with four strikeouts and four runs allowed, two of which were earned.
UP NEXT
The Matadors look to even their series with Long Beach State on Saturday evening when the teams play game two of their three-game set. The game will air live on BigWest.TV at 6 p.m.
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GAME BREAKDOWN
CSUN struck first in the bottom of the second inning to take a 2-0 lead. Victor Cerny led off the inning by reaching on a Calvin Estrada error who overran a fly ball near the right field line. After Andrew Lucas reached on a perfectly placed bunt single, he stole second base to put two runners in scoring position. LBSU starter Adam Seminaris would retire the next two batters before Bohning came through with a single up the middle that plated both runners.
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CSUN got back into the scoring column in the fifth inning on one swing of the bat. Skelly would belt a 2-1 pitch over the left field wall, giving CSUN a 3-0 lead in the fifth inning.
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Sophomore left hander Wesley Moore shut out the Dirtbags through the first four innings, stranding two base runners over that span. Seemingly in control, Moore would run into trouble in the fifth as Matador miscues led to the Dirtbags plating four runs. The first two batters reached to start the inning before a throwing error at third base on a Tyler Porter bunt led to the first Dirtbag run scoring.
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Kaden Hogan followed with another bunt, which Moore fielded and fired to first base. However, Ghan-Gibson intercepted the throw that was intended for Kyle Barret who was covering the first base bag. The Dirtbags scored their second run on the play and added two more on a two-out single from Jacob Hughey. Blaine Traxel finally stopped the bleeding with a strikeout of Cole Joy, leaving two runners on base.
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The Matador bullpen held the Dirtbags at bay over the next three innings led by Traxel who tossed two shutout innings and struck out four batters. Cruz Daddario retired four of the five batters he faced to keep the Matadors within a run heading to the ninth inning.
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Battling to their last outs, the Matadors broke through in the top of the ninth. Barret legged out a single to start the frame and later reached second base on a wild pitch. Skelly would bunt Barret over to third before pinch hitter Angelo Bortolin hit an RBI groundout to even the game at 4-4.
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Ruiz stepped to the plate next and singled to left center. The Matador third baseman eventually stole second base on a close play before Austin Elder followed with an RBI single up the middle to give CSUN a 5-4 lead.
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CSUN closer Blake Schriever entered out of the bullpen looking to shut the door but the Dirtbags had other ideas. Chase Luttrell singled and later scored on a one-out RBI double from Brooks Stotler to even the game once more. Three batters later, Dominic Campeau stroked a single down the right field line to plate Stotler, winning the game for Long Beach State.
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GAME NOTES
Lucas finished 1-for-4 to extend his on-base streak to 13-straight games and his hitting streak to 11. Ruiz has also reached base safely in the last 11 games.
Moore worked 4.2 innings pitched with four strikeouts and four runs allowed, two of which were earned.
UP NEXT
The Matadors look to even their series with Long Beach State on Saturday evening when the teams play game two of their three-game set. The game will air live on BigWest.TV at 6 p.m.
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