CSUSB Season Opener 2017

By Kaila Morales |

The Cal State San Bernardino Baseball team started their 2017 season off with a four game series against Dixie State Trailblazers. 

RHP Jon Ferrendelli got the start on friday for the first game striking out 5 in 5 innings. 

The Coyotes were off to a good start in game one with a two run homer by First Basemen Daniel Romo.

They were able to hold the lead for most of the game until the Trailblazers tied it at 4-4 in the fifth. 

The Coyotes answered back with two more runs in the 5th to regained the lead at 6-4 with a RBI single by Catcher Lucas Martinez, and a double by Third Basemen Nick Grimes scoring Romo and Martinez. 

The game ended in favor of the Trailblazers who earned four runs un the seventh, resulting in a final score of 9-6.

After being down 11-0 in the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader, Catcher/First basemen Dominic Campeau put the Coyotes on the board with an RBI single.

Damion Edmonds scored off a single by Grimes in the eight, and Romo swung the bat quite nicely again resulting in a grand slam. 

“Honestly I was just looking for a fastball, I was just looking for something up, and  when I got it, I tried my best swing on it and that’s what happened,” Romo said.

The Coyotes’ late rally wasn’t enough and they fell to the Trailblazers 13-6 in game one, with Starter Don Sullivan getting the loss. 

Sabino Ramirez got the start in game 2 ( his first of his coyote career)

Pitching the entire game, Ramirez had four strikeouts, and gave up six hits and four walks over seven innings. 

The Coyotes scored 3 runs in the fifth after trailing 4-0, with RBI doubles by Edmonds and Outfielder Dillon Fahr. 

They later added another run in the 7th with single up the middle by Martinez.

They Coyotes were able to match the play of the Trailblazers in the second game but came up a run short, with a final score of 5-4.

“We adjusted really well to the left-hander and found ways to move the baseball around and get hits, score runs, and produce more runs, that we weren’t able to in the first game,” Edmonds said. 

Freshman Starter Esteban Lizaola took the mound on Sunday for the final matchup against Dixie State. 

Allowing a total of seven runs over 3 1/3 innings. 

The coyotes recived five errors due to poor fielding, but shortstop Kristian DeLaTorre was able show off some fielding skills when he made a triple play, securing all three outs in one play. 

Outfielder/ LHP Austin Lundeen was able to snatch a solo home run, accounting for the Coyotes only run of the game. 

The Coyotes lost 10-1, making for a sweep by the Dixie State Trailblazers. 

“We didn’t take advantage of their mistakes, we kinda played ourselves out, and beat ourselves, I think that if we just took care of the ball a little bit better, and played a little bit better swings from offense and just put the ball in the ground, more then we would’ve been alright,” Romo said.