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Saint Mary's College Athletics Gaels
Carlos Lomeli
Saint Mary's Athletics / Tod Fierner
2
Saint Mary's SMC 13-9
6
Winner Cal Poly CP 9-11
Saint Mary's SMC
13-9
2
Final
6
Cal Poly CP
9-11
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Saint Mary's SMC 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 0
Cal Poly CP 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 X 6 10 2

W: Ay, Bobby (2-0) L: Waldichuk, Ken (2-2) S: Clark, Michael (3)

7
Winner Saint Mary's SMC 14-9
1
Cal Poly CP 9-12
Winner
Saint Mary's SMC
14-9
7
Final
1
Cal Poly CP
9-12
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Saint Mary's SMC 0 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 10 1
Cal Poly CP 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1

W: Lomeli, Carlos (4-1) L: Woo, Bryan (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball |

BASE | Gaels Split Doubleheader Versus Cal Poly

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. –– The Gaels split the doubleheader against Cal Poly on Saturday as they dropped game one 6-2 and won game two 7-1.

HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME ONE
 
  • Joe Vranesh hit a leadoff double to left field in the top of the fourth inning. The next two batters got out before Jack Murphy hit a single to left center that scored Vranesh and gave the Gaels the 1-0 advantage.
 
  • The Mustangs put runners on the corners with no outs to begin the bottom of the fifth inning. The next batter sent a sacrifice-fly to center field and scored the runner on third to tie the game 1-1. The Gaels were able to end the inning without allowing any more runs to cross the plate. In the bottom of the sixth, the Mustangs hit a leadoff single followed by a double to left center that gave them the 2-1 lead. The next batter hit a double off the left field wall that scored the Mustang's third run of the game.
 
  • Cal Poly scored another run in the bottom of the seventh inning after a single to center followed by a single up the right side that scored their fourth run of the day. Bryce Willits hit a single to left field to begin the eighth inning before Matt Green hit a sacrifice bunt to the third baseman and advanced Willits to second. Vranesh was then thrown out going to first and gave the Mustangs the second out of the inning. Kevin Milam followed with an infield single and scored Willits to put the Gaels within two runs of the Mustangs.
 
  • The Mustangs scored the two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning and pulled out to a 6-2 lead over Saint Mary's. The Gaels loaded the bases in the top of the ninth inning, but were unable to bring any across the plate, and lost game one 6-2.

HOW IT HAPPENED
GAME TWO
 
  • Eddie Haus hit a leadoff single to centerfield to begin game two of the doubleheader. He advanced on a wild pitch before Daniel Mendez was hit by a pitch and awarded first base. Murphy then crushed a double to deep right field and scored both runners and gave the Gaels the early 2-0 lead. Austin Chauvin next laid down a successful bunt and put runners at the corners with no outs. Conor Thane then hit a single to deep left field and scored Murphy from third to put SMC up 3-0 before the Mustangs took out their starter.
 
  • With one out in the top of the third, Haus was walked prior to stealing second base during Mendez's at-bat. Murphy then hit his second double of the day and drove in Haus to extend the Gaels' lead to 4-0 with two outs.
 
  • The Mustangs hit a leadoff double in the bottom of the fourth inning followed by the runner advancing to third when the next batter grounded out. The runner on third scored after another ground out and gave Cal Poly their first run of the day.
 
  • Willits laid down a single to right field that kicked off the top of the fifth inning, followed by a single up the middle from Haus that put runners at the corners. Mendez then lined a double up the left field line and scored both runners to put the Gaels up 6-1. Murphy then hit a sacrifice-fly to centerfield and advanced Mendez to third base, followed by a single from Chauvin to left field that scored Mendez.
 
  • Carlos Lomeli pitched one of his strongest outings of the season in game two as he pitched eight complete innings while only allowing one earned run and five hits. Lomeli also struck out two batters and did not record a walk.

QUOTABLES

"I liked our boys fight after losing two tough games," said head coach Eric Valenzuela. "We needed that great pitching performance and clutch hitting against a very good team."

NOTABLE NUMBERS
  • 13: Ryan Novis extends hit hitting streak to 13 consecutive games.
  • 8: Total strikeouts for Gael pitchers in game one.
  • 7.0: Season-high number of innings pitched for Lomeli (7.0 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 2 K, 0 BB).
  • 19: Hits for the Gaels in both games on Saturday, compared to Cal Poly (16).
  • 3: Career-high RBI for freshman Murphy in game two.
COMING UP

Saint Mary's will take on Cal Poly in the final game of the series on Sunday at 1 p.m.

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