Sacramento State 11, Louisiana Tech 6
RUSTON, La. – (Sacramento State Media Relations) Freshman Rhys Hoskins hit a pair of home runs and the Sacramento State baseball team defeated Louisiana Tech, 11-6, to win the opening series of its Western Athletic Conference slate on Sunday at J.C. Love Field.
The Hornets (16-16, 2-1 WAC) scored 11 runs on 17 hits with one error while the Bulldogs (16-16, 1-2 WAC) tallied six runs on 11 hits with one error.
Hoskins extended his team-best hitting streak to 15 games in a big way. The Jesuit HS grad hit a two-run two-out bomb to center in the first inning and smacked a solo homer, his eighth of the season, to right to lead off the fourth. Hoskins has 16 RBIs and five home runs over his last 10 games while hitting .452 and slugging .881. He is hitting a WAC-best .416 overall on the season.
Junior Clay Cederquist followed Hoskins’ shot with another solo homer in the fourth for back-to-back jacks but it was a five-run third inning that put away the Bulldogs.
The Hornets did all their damage with two outs as Louisiana Tech starting pitcher Jamie Gilley got both Hoskins and Cederquist to fly out to center to starting the inning. But after the two fly outs, senior Trevor Paine drew a walk, senior Hunter Adrian singled and both came home on junior Andrew Ayers’ double to right center. Ayers came home after an error allowed freshman Scotty Burcham to reach safely. Sophomore Justin Higley followed with his third double of the series to score Burcham and, after Higley advanced on a wild pitch, senior Derrick Chung singled to right to drive him in.
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