FULLERTON, Calif. – Cal State Fullerton baseball dropped game one against UC San Diego, 7-4, Friday night at Goodwin Field. The Titans are now 28-17 on the year and 17-5 in Big West play.
The Titans jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning on a solo home run by Zach Lew. Lew now has a season-high four home runs this season.
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UC San Diego quickly responded with two runs in the top half of the third inning to take a 2-1 lead. The Tritons extended their lead to 5-1 in the sixth inning.
Fullerton answered with two runs in the home half of the sixth to cut the deficit to 5-3. The Titans scored on sacrifice flies by Maddox Latta and Cole Urman.
The Tritons got one run back in the seventh inning before getting the second run back in the ninth on a solo home run.
The Titans would score one run in the bottom of the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Moises Guzman to score Brendan Bobo. Three of the four Titan runs came on sacrifice flies.
Tyler Stultz drew the loss to drop to 6-4 on the year after giving up five earned runs on nine hits in 5.2 innings pitched. Stultz walked just one batter while striking out seven.
Ryan Forcucci earned the win to improve to 4-1 this season. Forcucci allowed three earned runs on three hits while walking three and striking out eight in 5.1 innings pitched.
Fullerton looks to even the series in game two against UC San Diego Saturday evening at Goodwin Field. First pitch is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. PT.
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