Box Score

LOS ANGELES – Cal State L.A.'s baseball team found itself in an early 5-0 hole, but got plenty of offense to erase that deficit.

 

The Golden Eagles scored 10 runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings and went on to beat Concordia-Irvine, 10-7, Tuesday night at Reeder Field. Cal State L.A. (20-12) got home runs from Toby Davis and Danne Quiroz to highlight its 12-hit attack.

 

Travis McBride worked 3 1/3 innings of shutout relief and picked up his first win of the season. Danny DeSantiago and John Dunn worked one scoreless inning each and Camron Collard finished up in the ninth.

 

Gregg Davidson had three hits and three RBI to lead Concordia-Irvine (14-15). Pete Lemone had a pair of hits and scored three times for the Eagles, who collected 12 hits in the game. Concordia starter Daniel Heben blanked the Golden Eagles on just two hits over the first four innings before tiring in the fifth. Cal State L.A. scored three times in the fifth, five times in the sixth and two times in the seventh.

 

Quiroz and Davis both hit home runs in the five-run sixth inning for Cal State L.A. Davis drove in three runs for the Golden Eagles.

 

Concordia scored twice on four singles in the first inning with Davidson and Kyle Konicek driving in runs. Zach Barger doubled in a pair of runs and Davidson singled in Barger to give the Eagles a 5-0 lead in the second inning.

 

Cal State L.A. struck for three runs in the fifth to make it 5-3. Mark Sunga singled and Jesus Campos and Chris Matzner drew walks to load the bases with one out. Sunga scored on a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly by Davis drove in a second run. Brendan McQuaid added a run-scoring single for the third run of the inning.

 

Quiroz homered with one out in the sixth to draw the Golden Eagles to within one at 5-4 and Cal State L.A. followed with four more runs after two were out. Campos doubled and took third on a wild pitch. Matzner doubled to drive in Campos and tie the score and Davis then hit a towering home run to right to give the Golden Eagles a 7-5 lead. Mario Ramirez singled in a run later in the inning to make it 8-5.

 

Cal State L.A. added two more runs in the seventh inning on a run-scoring single by Sunga and a fielder's choice by Matzner.

 

Davidson and Konicek drove in runs in the ninth inning to complete the scoring for Concordia. The Eagles got the tying run to the plate, but Collard struck out Edgar Guillen with two on to end it.

 

McQuaid, Ramirez, Quiroz and Sunga had two hits each for Cal State L.A.

 

Cal State L.A. will resume California Collegiate Athletic Association play on Friday with the opener of a four-game series at Cal State Monterey Bay.