USAFA, Colo. – Jake McCoy and Neil Jansen each homered to lead the San José State baseball team (17-22, 5-8 MW) in a 20-10 eight inning loss to Air Force (19-20, 10-6 MW) Friday afternoon from Erdle Field in the first game of a three game series.
The Spartans came out swinging early, plating two runs in the first inning thanks to a Peyton Rowles RBI single and a Rhone Klein sac-fly and adding another in the third off a Klein RBI groundout. The Spartans broke the game open with a five-run fourth thanks to two Falcon errors and a two-run McCoy home run. In the top of the fifth, a solo shot from Jansen made it 9-1 Spartans after the half inning.
But the momentum flipped in the bottom of the fifth inning. Air Force hit three home runs and plated eight runs in the frame, tying the game at nine. JC Osorio-Agard briefly gave the Spartans the lead back with an RBI triple in the sixth to make it 10-9 Spartans.
However, Air Force added four more runs in the sixth, three in the seventh, and four in the eighth to secure the run rule to end the game and finish with 20 runs on 18 hits.
On the mound, David Thomas received the start, allowing just two hits and one run through the first four innings, but finished the outing with eight runs allowed over 4.1 IP. The Spartans’ bullpen couldn’t contain the Falcons’ offense during the middle innings. Kyle Calzadiaz (1-4) was charged with the loss.
- McCoy went 2-for-5 with two RBIs and a home run
- McCoy’s home run was his 11th of the season
- Osorio-Agard went 3-for-5 with an RBI triple
- This was Osorio-Agard’s third game this season with three or more hits
- Alex Fernandes, Rocco Caballero and Jansen each finished with two hits
- Jansen’s home run was his second of the season
- Klein tallied two RBIs
- This was McCoy and Fernandes’ 17th multi-hit game this season
- Rowles extended his hit streak to 16 games
UP NEXT: The Spartans will play the second game of the series at Air Force tomorrow at 12:05 p.m. from Erdle Field. The game can be watched on Mountain West Network.
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