Long Beach State University
3-17
Cal State Fullerton
9-10
Long Beach State Comes Out Flat in Series-Opening Loss to Fullerton
3/22/2019 10:45:00 PM | Baseball
The Dirtbags dropped the first game of the series against Cal State Fullerton on Friday night, falling into a 6-0 hole after two innings before ultimately falling 8-3. Aidan Malm and Kaden Hogan each had career highs with three hits to lead the offense.
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Aidan Malm and Kaden Hogan each set career highs with three hits apiece on Friday, each scoring a run while Hogan added an RBI. For Malm, it was his first start since an injury took him out of the game at Ole Miss on Mar. 2. For the freshman Hogan, it was his first multi-hit game and his first run and RBI as a Dirtbag in just his third start. The Dirtbags had three extra-base hits compared to just one for Fullerton, but the Titans had four players who reached on walks come around to score.
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LBSU pitchers matched their season-high with 10 walks issued on Friday, including five straight to start the second inning. Freshmen Jonathan Carlos and Alfredo Ruiz did a nice job to finish off the game, as Carlos worked a career-high 3.1 innings allowing a hit and a walk, and Ruiz pitched a perfect ninth.
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LBSU scored in the second inning on an RBI single from freshman Tyler Porter to score Malm, and would outscore the Titans 2-0 over the final four frames. Hogan had an RBI double in the seventh and Jacob Hughey extended his RBI streak to five straight games, while also increasing his team-high in that category to 14, with an RBI double in the bottom of the ninth.
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Long Beach State will look to even up the series tomorrow as LHP Adam Seminaris (2-2, 2.87 ERA) will get the start against RHP Kyle Luckham (2-2, 5.40 ERA) for Fullerton. First pitch on Bohl Diamond is at 6 p.m.
Porter with a smash back up the middle to get Long Beach on the board as it is now 6-1. #GoBeach pic.twitter.com/lkZykIwIFZ
— LBSU Dirtbags (@LBDirtbags) March 23, 2019
Hogan rips a double over the center fielder's head as the Dirtbags are trying to climb back into this one 8-2. #GoBeach pic.twitter.com/nABS0fhHE0
— LBSU Dirtbags (@LBDirtbags) March 23, 2019
Hughey makes it 5 straight games with an RBI as Long Beach State makes it a 5 run game in the bottom of the 9th. #GoBeach pic.twitter.com/lnkRIsjjxa
— LBSU Dirtbags (@LBDirtbags) March 23, 2019
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Bibee, Tanner (3-3)
L: Baayoun, Zak (0-5)
Batting:
2B: Garcia, Isaiah 1
RBI: Lew, Zach 1 ; Valenzuela, Sahid 2 ; Garcia, Isaiah 2 ; Curtis, AJ 1 ; Guangorena, Kameron 2
SF: Guangorena, Kameron 1
Base Running:
RUNS: LoForte, Hank 2 ; Lew, Zach 2 ; Valenzuela, Sahid 2 ; Berryhill, Mitchell 1 ; Brandow, Jason 1
SB: Curtis, AJ 1
Batting:
2B: Stotler, Brooks 1 ; Hughey, Jacob 1 ; Hogan, Kaden 1
RBI: Hughey, Jacob 1 ; Porter, Tyler 1 ; Hogan, Kaden 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Malm, Aidan 1 ; Rivera, Santino 1 ; Hogan, Kaden 1
CS: Hogan, Kaden 1
