Cal State Fullerton baseball falls to 1-7 after dropping home game against UCLA

Source: dailytitan.com --- Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Cal State Fullerton Baseball collapsed late in its game against UCLA, resulting in a 12-2 loss and dropping its overall record to 1-7. “We have to come together. We have to have the Titan legacy back in us,” said center fielder Mitchell Berryhill. “We need to look back at what the Titans before us have done and follow up with that.” UCLA’s Chase Strumpf was the first to score with a homer to left field in the top of the second. Titans pitcher Gavin Velasquez added more men on base after walking Kyle Cuellar and with only one out, a single up the middle from Garrett Mitchell propped up a 3-0 lead. Fullerton answered in the following inning with a single hit from Berryhill, bringing in second baseman Hank LoForte and cutting the Bruins lead to two. A single from shortstop Sahid Valenzuela gave catcher Daniel Cope an open lane to bring in another run, shortening the deficit to 3-2. With a chance to take the lead, Ruben Cardenas was too eager at the plate, striking out with two left on base. “It’s all mental mistakes. If we come out knowing we’re better than the other team, which we know we are, we can compete with anybody,” Berryhill said. The Bruins didn’t settle for their one-run lead and on the first pitch of his at-bat, Michael Toglia sent it over the fence for UCLA’s second homer of the night. A pitcher switch after the homer saw Tanner Bibee’s six-inning night come to an end and brought CSUF’s Jimmy Endersby onto the mound. ( ...

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