BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — The CSUB baseball team put seven runs on the board in the second inning and never looked back, claiming a 19-8 win in the final of three games against UC Davis Sunday at Hardt Field. The 19 runs notched by the Roadrunners was a program record, breaking the previous mark of 17.
After the disappointing 12-11 loss to the Aggies in the series opener Friday, the Roadrunners bounced back with a vengeance in the ensuing two games to take the series win, 2-1. Sunday's victory brought CSUB's record back to .500 at 17-17. UC Davis fell to 16-16 on the season.
Aggies starting pitcher C.J. Blom gave up a pair of a hits and a walk in the bottom of the first, but kept the Roadrunners from scoring with a strikeout to end the inning. But Bakersfield found it's stride in the second, using a two-out rally to collect five hits, one walk, one Aggie fielding error and a 7-1 lead. Mick Gaston, Jason Kudlock and Joey Mills all had RBI hits in the inning. Mills capped the scoring with a bases clearing triple to left center.
Eric Sanchez, who led off the third with a single, scored on a ground out to make it 8-2 through three complete innings.
UC Davis scored a pair of runs in the top of the six on two walks and two RBI-hits, but Bakersfield came back in the bottom of the inning to post four runs on five hits, stretching the lead to 12-4. The Roadrunners piled on five more runs in the seventh before breaking the school record in the eighth when Derek Geisinger's two-out double down the right field line sent Henry and Kudlock a cross home plate for runs No. 18 and 19.
Mills finished the day with a team-best four hits and four RBIs. Geisinger had a pair of hits and four RBIs while Brandon Boren went 3-for-5 with three RBIs. Martin Medina had a pair of hits, including his team-leading 10th home run of the season, a solo shot to right to lead off the fifth inning.
While the Bakersfield offense continued to roll, the pitching staff was never dominant, collectively issuing seven walks, four hit batters and 10 hits for seven earned runs. Starter Jonathan Montoya improved to 3-4, striking out a pair while scattering seven hits and three walks in 5.2 innings. Spenser Messmore pitched 1.1 innings of relief, giving up three walks and three hits for four runs. Juan Padilla finished things off, fanning three and not allowing a hit in two innings of work.
UC Davis got a pair of hits each from Justin Schafer and Paul Politi while Kyle Mihaylo ha one hit and two RBIs. Blom (1-1) took the loss for the Aggies, allowing four walks and eight hits for eight runs (two earned) in two innings.
The Roadrunners return to action Tuesday, traveling to Los Angeles to face Loyola Marymount at 3 p.m.
Score by Innings R H E
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UC Davis............ 011 002 040 - 8 10 3
CSU Bakersfield..... 071 004 52X - 19 19 1
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Win - Montoya (3-4). Loss - Blom (1-1). Save - None.
E - Schafer(7); Heylman 2(10); Montoya(2). DP - UCD 1. LOB - UCD 13; CSUB
11. 2B - Schafer 2(12); Mihaylo(4); Kalush(3); Kudlock(10); Gaston(3);
Geisinger(4). 3B - Mills(4). HR - Medina(10). HBP - Schafer; Heylman;
Popkins; Mihaylo; Kudlock. SH - Heylman(4). CS - Mills(3).
