POMONA, Calif. – UCCS Baseball suffers their third straight one-run loss of the series as California State Polytechnic University walks it off Sunday afternoon at a final score of 5-4.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
Final: UCCS 4, Cal Poly Pomona 5
Records: UCCS (1-3, 0-0 RMAC), CPP (3-1, 0-0 CCAA)
Location: Scolinos Field | Pomona, Calif.
Series: UCCS now trails in the all-time series 9-10 with Cal Poly Pomona winning the last three matchups.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
• The Mountain Lions have pumped out doubles all series and Sunday was no different with the Mountain Lions dropping a three-run inning right out of the gate off four hits, including two doubles. It was
Jaeden Hegmann who got the bats going for UCCS with a single as
Aaron Faragallah followed it up with a two-out RBI double for the Mountain Lions', and the game's, first run of the game. Redshirt freshman
Brad Madison followed suit with a double to right field the very next at-bat to score Faragallah and cruise into second base for a 2-0 lead. The first inning was not yet finished as
Andrew Danko dug in to single to left center to bring another run across and put the Mountain Lions up 3-0 to start the game.
• Starter
John Hoffman and the Mountain Lions were successful in getting through the bottom half of the first unscathed, but Cal Poly Pomona put up their first run of the game in the second inning as Nick Lugo came around to score via sacrifice fly after he led off the inning with a double to make it 3-1 in favor of UCCS.
• The next inning, CPP tied the game up by plating two runs off a single and sac fly as a forced groundball double play from
Kiichi Sato and Hegmann got UCCS out of the inning and stopped CPP in their tracks to maintain the 4-3 lead.
• In need of some offense, UCCS found one run in the top of the fourth to retake the lead as the Mountain Lions third double of the game came off the bat of Hegmann to drive in
Luis Samorano and make bring the game to a 4-3 UCCS advantage.
• With the lead in hand, Hoffman and the UCCS defense delivered a scoreless fifth to keep the one-run lead intact as Hoffman completed his outing to make way for reliever
Cole Philips. After a scoreless sixth for the Mountain Lions, Cal Poly Pomona found themselves in a position to tie the game up once again as Lugo drew a 3-1 walk and came in to score from first base off a double to left center as the game moved to 4-4 through six innings of play.
• UCCS struggled to find baserunners as one hit came the Mountain Lions' way in the last three innings, leaving the door open for CPP heading into the bottom of the ninth. UCCS'
Hunter Owens was able to strikeout CPP's Ryan Knowles to start the inning, but the Broncos notched a double and single in the following at-bats to give them two runners in scoring position. CPP then went to small ball to close out the game as Tyler Chaffee laid down a bunt for the base hit and walkoff win, 5-4.
STATS FROM THE DAY:
• UCCS outhit Cal Poly Pomona 9-7 in the game with both teams notching three doubles.
• Redshirt freshman
John Hoffman works through five complete innings in his first outing as a Mountain Lion where he gave up three runs on two hits while allowing one walk and fanning two Broncos.
• Sophomore
Hunter Owens receives the loss in what was his first outing in the black and gold as he finished with 1.1 innings of work that resulted in one run off three hits.
• Four different Mountain Lions registered an RBI on Sunday including
Jaeden Hegmann and
Aaron Faragallah who wrapped up the day going 3-for-5 and 3-for-4, respectively. Hegmann and Faragallah also each recorded a double and one run scored.
• The Mountain Lions committed a series high five errors on Sunday with the Broncos recording two of their own.
BEYOND THE BOX:
• The Mountain Lions outhit the Broncos in three of four games in the series.
• Aaron Faragallah finished the series with a team high six RBI after going 8-of-17.
• UCCS notched 12 extra-base hits to open the season, including 10 doubles and two home runs.
UP NEXT:
• UCCS Baseball is scheduled to be back in California next weekend as they visit San Francisco State University for a four-game series starting on Friday, Feb. 11.
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As a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs competes in 16 varsity sports in NCAA Division II intercollegiate athletics.
