ROHNERT PARK -- Cal State LA's baseball team used an effective formula to record a big California Collegiate Athletic Association series win over Sonoma State.
Three Golden Eagle pitchers limited the Seawolves to just three hits,
Jorge Garcia belted a three-run fourth-inning home run and Cal State LA beat Sonoma State, 4-1, Sunday at Seawolf Diamond. Cal State LA (18-13, 11-10 CCAA) took two of three games from Sonoma State (14-13, 10-11 CCAA) in an impressive road performance.
Greg Humbert was outstanding for a second straight week and led a dynamic pitching effort. Humbert, who picked up an important win over Cal State East Bay last Sunday, blanked Sonoma State over six innings to record his second victory. He allowed only two hits, walked one and struck out one in a crafty performance.
Justin Davis limited the Seawolves to only one run and one hit over the next two innings and
Gabriel Gentner struck out two in a scoreless ninth inning for his sixth save of the season.
Cal State LA got all four of its runs in the fourth inning, three of them courtesy of Garcia's second home run of the season.
Mike Alexander singled in another run later in the inning to stake the Golden Eagles to a 4-0 lead.
Aldo Severson allowed five hits and four runs over 3 1/3 innings for Sonoma State and took the loss. Rickey Clark had a good outing for the Seawolves and didn't allow a run over the next 4 2/3 innings.
The game was scoreless until the Golden Eagles put together a big fourth-inning rally.
Christian Broussard, Jr., started the inning by getting hit by a pitch and
Sean Watkins singled to put two runners on base for Garcia, who smacked his second home run of the season.
Andrew Hermanson followed with a single and eventually came around to score on a run-scoring single by Alexander to make it 4-0.
Humbert kept the Seawolves at bay during his stint and got out of a two-on, two-out jam in the sixth inning before turning things over to Davis.
Alexander was 2-for-4 with one RBI for the Golden Eagles.
Cal State LA will return to action next Saturday with a doubleheader against San Francisco State at Reeder Field beginning at 1 p.m.
