Box Score CARSON -- Cal State L.A.'s baseball team got another outstanding start from
Jordan Sechler, but no offense to back it up.
Sechler worked around several jams and allowed only two runs in eight innings, but the Golden Eagles were blanked for the second time in three games, this time falling to Cal State Dominguez Hills, 2-0, Thursday afternoon at Toro Field. Cal State L.A. (26-17, 23-10 CCAA), which was riding a 10-game winning streak just seven days ago, has now lost four straight games.
Cal State Dominguez Hills (21-21, 17-16 CCAA) got a combined shutout from Sean Wardour and Matt Montgomery. Wardour did the heavy lifting, blanking the Golden Eagles on three hits over eight strong innings. He struck out nine, including eight in the first four innings. Montgomery gave up a leadoff single in the ninth and then got the final three outs via flyouts for his second save of the season.
Cal State L.A. was limited to just four hits, all of them singles.
Niko Garcia picked up the Golden Eagles' first hit with a one-out single in the fifth. He advanced to second with two outs, but
Casey Ryan lined out to short to end the inning.
The Golden Eagles then loaded the bases in the eighth on a one-out single by
Manny Acosta, a two-out single by
Scott Masik and a walk to
Jeremy Weber, but
James Wharton was called out on strikes to end the threat.
Cody Doyle led off the ninth inning for the Golden Eagles with a single, but was stranded there.
Sechler allowed 11 hits in his eight innings, but 10 of them were singles and three of them were consecutive bunts that led to a run in the sixth. The Toros got their first run in the third on a two-out single by Ivory Thomas and added one in the sixth when Chris Allen's sacrifice fly followed the three bunt singles.
The Golden Eagles got out of some difficulty in the eighth when Garcia fielded a grounder off the bat of Hayden Maurice and threw out Kevin Logan at the plate. Logan was trying to score from third.
Cal State L.A. left seven runners on base, while Cal State Dominguez Hills left six.
Cal State L.A. will continue the series with a single game at Cal State Dominguez Hills on Friday beginning at 3 p.m.
