Toros Make Powerhouse Twinbill Comeback to Split with Seawolves 1-4 & 9-0

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VACAVILLE -- Taking a small-ball 1-4 loss in the day's opener, the Cal State Dominguez Hills baseball team rallied behind the devastating pitching of Bret Montgomery to grab a decisive 9-0 win in the nightcap with Montgomery ending the day one-hit shy of his second career no-hitter and two batters over a perfect game.

In the second Montgomery threw five straight innings of three batters apiece before walking his first batter in the sixth to end his run towards a perfect game. With seven Ks already under his belt, Montgomery would scatter one hit in the seventh before fanning two more batters to end the game with the single hit.

The Toro bats came alive in game two behind a six-hit seven-run final inning highlighted by a two-RBI Steve Carrillo bomb. The home run was only icing on the cake for Carrillo who brought in the winning run in the first inning, an RBI-single through the middle that brought home Carlos Leyva.

In the sixth of game one after Kyle Pond took first on a deep single to right and Abel Medina advanced him to third on a single to the same location, Carrillo laid a bunt to shortstop that took down Medina but sent Pond home for the Toros' first and only run of the game.

The hosts grabbed two two-run innings, the first in the fourth with both runs scoring as unearned following a Toro fielding error, and the second in the sixth as Max Shupe sliced a single through the middle to score the final two.

Taking the game-one loss, Shane Youngdale worked six innings, fanning five batters and giving up only two earned runs.

At the end of the day Pond led all batters with a 4-of-8 effort, slapping two doubles and scoring twice. Carrillo led the power bat with two hits in six chances, one a homer, for four RBI. Leyva rounded out the offensive threat on a 3-of-8 effort with two runs and an RBI.

The split sets the Toros at an 11-7 overall mark and 7-4 in the CCAA. The Toros, now 2-1 in the series, will close out the weekend at Cardinal Newman High School at 10:00am due to field conditions at Sonoma State.

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