March 11, 2008
Box Score
FULLERTON, Calif. - The 21st-ranked University of San Diego baseball team scored four unanswered runs in picking up a 6-2 win over No. 16 Cal State Fullerton Tuesday evening in a non-conference game at Goodwin Field.
With the win, the Toreros improve to 8-7 overall and improve to 6-1 against ranked opponents this season. With the loss, the Titans fall to 8-5, suffered their first home loss of the season and saw their five-game winning streak come to an end.
USD wasted no time in scoring as in the second inning they pushed across one run on no hits. Kevin Muno and Anthony Strazzara began the inning on back-to-back walks and each moved up one base on a Logan Gelbrich sacrifice bunt. James Meador then drove in Muno with a RBI groundout to the shortstop to give USD a 1-0 lead.
In the second inning, the Toreros doubled their lead with a run scored on a Sean Nicol sacrifice fly to right field, which scored Muno, who had singled.
The Titans then evened the score in the bottom of the third inning when they scored two runs on run-scoring doubles by Chris Jones and Christian Colon.
Two innings later, the Toreros took back the lead with three runs on three hits. Kevin Hansen led off the inning with a single through the right side and he advanced to second on a Muno infield bunt single. Each runner then moved up one base on a Victor Sanchez ground out to the second baseman and Anthony Strazzara then hit a two-out three-run double to right center to give USD a 5-2 lead.
San Diego added to their lead in the top of the seventh inning on Sanchez's fifth home run of the season, a solo shot over the left centerfield fence to move the score to 6-2.
Offensively for the Toreros, Sanchez led the way as he went 2-for-5 with one home run, one double and one RBI. Both Muno and Hansen also picked up multiple hits on the evening with Muno going 2-for-5 and Hansen going 2-for-4.
Romanski (2-0) picks up the win on the mound for the Toreros as he allowed two runs on four hits in 5.2 innings of work. Michael Morrison (0-1) was saddled with the loss for the Titans as he allowed three runs on three hits in 1.2 innings of work.
The Toreros will return to action on Thursday as they return to Cunningham Stadium as they host Western Illinois University in a 2 p.m. game.
