SAN BERNARDINO -- Cal State LA's baseball team put together a clutch ninth-inning rally to pick up its first California Collegiate Athletic Association victory of the season Sunday in San Bernardino.
The Golden Eagles got a grand slam home run from
Jordan Myrow in the top of the ninth inning to erase a 7-6 deficit and lift them to a 10-7 win at Fiscalini Field. The second game of the doubleheader, scheduled for seven innings, was halted in the bottom of the third because of rain with the Coyotes holding a 5-1 lead.
Myrow's blast was his second go-ahead ninth-inning home run already for Cal State LA (2-5, 1-2 CCAA). Last Sunday, he hit a tiebreaking two-run home run in an 11-9 win over No. 12 Colorado Mesa.
The Golden Eagles trailed 7-6 entering the ninth inning, but
Spencer Sundahl picked up a one-out single,
Michael Tillman followed with a two-run double and
Nate Alam drew a walk to set things up for Myrow. The Cal State LA newcomer didn't disappoint and promptly smacked his second home run of the season.
Micah Hee pitched a scoreless ninth inning with a pair of strikeouts to preserve the win for
Miguel Garcia, who allowed only a pair of unearned runs over three innings of relief.
Alec Daily got the start and gave up six hits and three earned runs over the first five innings.
Tillman was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI, while
Anthony Moreno was 1-for-3 with three runs scored and
Spencer Sundahl was 1-for-3 with two runs scored.
Cal State LA scored three runs in the top of the first thanks to a run-scoring single by Tillman, a sacrifice fly by Alam and a bases-loaded walk to Moreno.
Moreno hit a two-run double in the fifth inning to give the Golden Eagles a 5-2 lead, but the Coyotes scored four times in the bottom of the sixth to take a 6-5 lead. Tillman hit a solo home run in the top of the seventh to tie it, but the Coyotes got an unearned run in the bottom of the eighth to take a one-run lead into the ninth.
Myrow then changed that with one swing of the bat.
Cal State LA will return to action with a four-game conference series at Cal State Monterey Bay beginning on Friday.
