Chris Lewis had a career-high three hits and two home runs as No. 6 Stanford
averted a three-game sweep with a 15-10 win over third-ranked Cal State
Fullerton at Goodwin Field Sunday afternoon.
The Cardinal, who snapped a five-game losing streak at Goodwin Field,
improved to 4-2 overall. Fullerton dropped to 2-1.
Stanford reliever Blake Holler (2-0) allowed an unearned run on six hits
in 3.2 innings of relief work to pick up the win. Titan starter Scott
Sarver (0-1) had a less memorable outing, retiring just one of the six
batters he faced, while allowing five runs.
Stanford broke out to a 6-0 lead in the first and answered every Titan
threat. Fullerton got as close as three runs when Sergio Pedroza hit his
first of two homers and Danny Dorn and Brett Pill had consecutive RBI-singles
in the third inning to cut Stanford’s lead to 8-5.
But the Cardinal scored six more runs over the next two innings to put
the game out of reach. A parade of six Titan relievers saw action on the
mound Sunday with all but Clark Hardman and Vinnie Pestano surrendering
runs.
Stanford, which had just three hits in each of the first two games in
the series, had 15 hits, including six for extra bases. Fullerton was
just one behind in the hit column with 14. Blake Davis, Pedroza, Dorn
and Pill each had two hits for the Titans.
Fullerton will host Fresno State in a three-game nonconference series
next weekend.
