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Sonoma State University Athletics

Zach Guardino
9
Winner Chico State CSUC 8-4, 4-2 CCAA
3
Sonoma State SSU 5-5, 1-3 CCAA
Winner
Chico State CSUC
8-4, 4-2 CCAA
9
Final
3
Sonoma State SSU
5-5, 1-3 CCAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chico State CSUC 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 9 14 1
Sonoma State SSU 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 2

W: CURLESS, William (1-1) L: McDaid, Rory (0-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | by Myles Bridgewater-Jackman, Assistant Sports Information Director

Seawolves Fall To #9 Chico In Four-Game Finale

ROHNERT PARK, Calif. – Looking for a 2-2 split of their four-game series with Chico State, the Seawolves held their opponent close through the first six innings on Sunday, before the Wildcats put four runs on the board in the top of the seventh to build their momentum to a 9-3 final line. With the loss the Seawolves fall to 5-5 on the year and 1-3 in conference play.
 
The Wildcats opened the scoring in the first as they took advantage of a fielding error in center following a single by Cameron Santos. The leadoff man, Dustin Miller came in to score, giving Chico the opening 1-0 lead. They scored again in the second as Miller hit an RBI single to right, before Sonoma put themselves on the board in the bottom of the inning.
 
Zach Guardino and Nathan Mann each found their way aboard in the bottom of the second before Rayson Romero smacked an RBI single to center, scoring Guardino. However the inning was cut short as Bryce Nagata hit a ball to third where Cameron Santos took it to the bag himself.
 
Sonoma State struck again in the third as Joshua Montelongo hit a towering solo shot that cleared the 390 sign in dead-center for his second round-tripper of the year.
 
Rory McDaid took over on the mound for Seawolf starter Michael Byerline in the sixth and induced two quick outs to start the inning. However, the Wildcats knocked back-to-back hits, putting runners at the corners with two outs for Luke Hussung. McDaid worked a two-strike count before throwing a wild pitch that ricocheted off the backstop, allowing Alex Pallios to come in and score. McDaid eventually struck out Hussung but the one run proved to be the spark Chico needed.
 
The Wildcats added four runs in the seventh, coming on a bases-loaded ground-rule double by RJ Hassay and a 2-RBI single to left center by Casey Henderson, before a pair of RBI singles in the ninth pushed Chico's run column to nine.
 
The Seawolves plated one more run in the ninth as Nagata hit a single to short, but the three runs would not prove enough as the Wildcats would take the final game of the four-game set 9-3.
 
Sonoma State returns to action next weekend as they travel to Turlock to take on the Stanislaus State Warriors in a four-game series. The first of the four games kicks off Friday at 6pm.