Wardour's Gem Leads Toros to 2-0 Win Over Golden Eagles in Series Opener

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CARSON -- Senior Sean Wardour tossed his best game in arguably his biggest start as the senior fanned nine Cal State L.A. batters in 8.0 innings of work while his offense supported him with 11 hits en route to a 2-0 win against conference power Cal State L.A. to open the four-game set.

Leading the offense was Ivory Thomas who went 2-for-3 with one run and one RBI on the game, with Fernando Gallegos, Kevin Logan and Bubby Rossman also chipping in two hits apiece.

With the win, the Toros move to 21-21, 17-16 CCAA, while dropping the Golden Eagles to 26-17, 23-10 CCAA.

Wardour was the story of the game as the Torrance native lasted 8.0 innings for the fourth time in five starts, with the fifth start seeing 7.2 innings of work at San Francisco State two weeks ago.

The workhorse fanned eight of his batters in the first four innings, including the side in the third to account for his early mastery of the Golden Eagle hitters as he lowered his ERA nearly four-tenths of a point from 3.42 to 3.08 after today's win.

CSUDH tallied three hits in the first two innings of CSULA ace Jordan Sechler, finally putting a run on board in the 3rd.

After two were out to start the frame, Logan singled, stole second and moved to third on a throwing error by CSULA's catcher, coming home a batter later on Thomas' RBI baseknock to left field.

That's where the score remained until the 6th when three consecutive bunt singles loaded the bases for Chris Allen, whose sacrifice fly on the first pitch he saw made the score 2-0.

CSUDH looked to add another run in the 8th after Logan singled, stole second and moved to third on a Thomas fly out to right field.

With Hayden Maurice delivering a bouncer to shortstop, Logan tried to score but was beaten by a strong throw to keep CSULA within striking distance.

Wardour flirted with a no-hitter through 4.1 innings of work before Manny Acosta sent an 0-2 pitch to left field for CSULA's first hit of the game, and escaped a bases-loaded jam in the 8th before fanning James Wharton looking on his 119th and final pitch.

Senior Matt Montgomery entered in the 9th and allowed a leadoff single to Cody Doyle before closing the door to pick up his 2nd save of the year.

Of the team's 11 hits, eight went for singles as Sechler was tagged for just his second loss of the year to fall to 5-2, with Wardour improving to 7-4, his fourth win in five starts.

The two teams go at it again tomorrow afternoon for game two of the four-game set, with first pitch set for 3 pm on Toro Field.

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Wardour's Gem Leads Toros to 2-0 Win Over Golden Eagles in Series Opener