Baseball Drops Third Game of Series to Sacramento State

Sunday, February 15

Sacramento, CA

1:00 PM

Saint Mary's College of California

at Sacramento State

Baseball Drops Third Game of Series to Sacramento State

2/15/2004 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

Feb. 15, 2004

Box Score

Sacramento, CA - The Saint Mary's baseball team lost to Sacramento State 7-4 on Sunday afternoon at Hornet Field in Sacramento, CA. With the loss the Gaels go 1-2 in the three-game series with Sacramento State, and fall to 3-6 on the season, while the Hornets improved to 7-4.

The Gaels led 1-0 in the first inning after a solo home run by Bryan Byrne over the center-field wall. Saint Mary's added two more runs in the fourth when Adams Bellows hit a two-run homer to left center.

Sacramento State took the lead in the bottom of the fourth (5-3) after scoring five runs on six hits against Saint Mary's starter Jordan Simo. With one out, junior Buddy Morales hit a single to third base and then advanced to second after junior Ronnie Machado, Jr., was hit by a pitch. In the next at-bat, senior Jack Arroyo single to left field to load the bases. In the next at-bat, Johnson drove in Morales with a single to left before junior John Acha drove in two runs with a single to center. Junior Brett Flowers followed with an RBI single to right field before junior Andy Hnilo ended the scoring with a sacrifice fly to center.

The Hornets added two more runs in the bottom of the sixth when Flowers drove in a run with a sacrifice fly to center field and Hnilo stole home. Johnson led off the inning with a single to center and then advanced to second on a balk by Simo. After Johnson advanced to third on a groundout to short by Acha, Flowers hit a long drive to center to score Johnson. Hilo followed with a triple to left center and then stole home on the second pitch by Gael reliever Kevin Trochez. The last Hornet to record a straight steal at home was Aurelio Jackson at Pacific on March, 18, 2001.

Saint Mary's staged a late rally with two outs in the ninth when J.P. Musgrove hit a solo home run to left center but freshman Billy Sinacori ended the threat in a non-save situation.

Dem? earned the win (1-0) after allowing three runs on three hits while walking one and striking out three in 6.2 innings of work. Senior Renecke Stelzriede and freshman Mick Joyce combined for 1.1 innings of scoreless relief.

Simo (1-2) was tagged with the loss after allowing seven runs on nine hits while walking two and striking out two in 5.2 innings.

Senior Jack Arroyo and junior Bret LeVier each finished with two hits to also lead the Hornet offense. Arroyo and Acha also extended their season-high hitting streaks to 11 games.

Bellows finished 2-for-3 with a run, a home run and two RBI to lead the Gaels.

Saint Mary's returns to action on Friday, when it plays Sacramento State in the first round of the River City Classic.