The College of San Mateo Bulldogs have been getting hits when they count.
Austin Harris
When sophomore baseball designated hitter Austin Harris returned to the lineup Saturday, the Bulldogs had yet to hit a home run through their first four games of the season. Not that it has had an effect on the team’s record, as CSM entered play riding a four-game winning streak to start the season.
Harris and the Bulldogs made it five straight, as the sophomore connected for a two-run home run in the first, the first of his collegiate career, to power a 6-5 victory at Merced College. CSM’s (5-0) fifth straight win capped a two-game series sweep of Merced (0-4).
CSM is batting just .238 as a team, but totaled nine hits Saturday and never trailed in the game. Joseph Hoskins singled home a run in the second to cap a two-run rally, giving the Bulldogs a 4-0 lead. After Merced got on the board in the fourth, CSM answered with two runs in the top of the fifth with RBIs from Lucas Schumaker and Gianni Conte to make it 6-1.
Andrew Orozco clubbed a three-run home run for Merced in the sixth, and Solomon Ali singled home a run in the seventh. But freshman right-hander Elliot Webb emerged in relief to strand the tying runner on base, and close it out with three scoreless frames to earn the save.
Ali led all batters with three hits, while Harris and Conte totaled two hits apiece for the Bulldogs.
Harris was limited to just seven games last season, but registered five multi-hit games while batting .462 (11 for 26) with seven RBIs. He is currently 2 for 6 through two games, including one pinch-hitting appearance, this year.
The Cañada Colts banged out 27 hits in a two-game series against Lassen College (5-3), but had nothing to show for is as the Cougars rallied for an 11-8 victory Saturday to sweep a two-game series in Redwood City.
Cañada (1-3) jumped out to an early 3-1 lead, capped by Justin Gladfelter’s RBI single in the second. Lassen tied it on Ethan Beede’s RBI single in the third, then took the lead on Jack Zimmerman’s RBI single in the fourth before a six-run rally in the fifth, highlighted by a three-run home run from Damico Parker, broke it open.
Andy Mak paced the Colts with three hits, while Cole Leschak and Nate Turkington each homered.
The Colts dropped Friday’s series opener 5-4 in a 16-inning marathon, a game Cañada led 3-1 heading into the eighth. Lassen rallied for three runs in the top of the eighth, but a sacrifice fly by Cañada’s Joseph Prieto tied it to force extra frames. Beede supplied the go-ahead RBI single in the top of the 16th.
With the game tied 2-all in the eighth, Butte College (5-1) rallied for six runs in its last at-bat en route to an 8-4 victory to take a three-game series from the Skyline Trojans (3-2) in Oroville.
Skyline jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the fifth on RBI’s from Jack Ruegg and Nick Tobin, but Ryan Pearson tied it for Butte with a two-run home run in the sixth. Riley Pimentel socked a solo home run in the eighth to give the Roadrunners the lead, and spark a six-run rally.
Tobin went 3 for 4 in the game, and is now batting .471 (8 for 17) on the year.
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