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HTML Box ScoreBAKERSFIELD, Calif. – For the second consecutive night a crooked number by Bakersfield in the second inning did in the Chicago State baseball team as the Cougars fell to the Roadrunners 16-7 on Saturday (April 12) at Hardt Field.
Chicago State earned five hits and three runs in the first inning. The big hit was a bases loaded single by junior
Mattingly Romanin (Burlington, ONT/Notre Dame) to score a pair of runs. Junior
Chase Matheson (McHenry, Ill./McHenry) also singled in a run in the frame.
Starter
Dane Mehring (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Xavier) threw a 1-2-3 first inning with a pair of strikeouts. In the second inning, however, things unraveled. The Cougars committed four errors in the inning and saw the Roadrunners score seven runs. Four of the tallies were unearned. The Roadrunners chased Mehring from the contest.
Bakersfield all but put the game away with a six spot in the third inning.
Mehring is 0-5 on the year with the loss. James Barragan improves to 3-4 after allowing five runs on 11 hits in 5.0 innings. Steven Gee picked up the save by throwing the final four innings of the contest.
For a second consecutive game the Cougars out-hit the Roadrunners. Junior
Jared Patterson (Ventura, Calif./Buena), Matheson and Romanin each had three hits. Matheson and Romanin each added three RBI.
Bakersfield improves to 13-19 (6-5 WAC). Chicago State falls to 10-20 (0-8 WAC). The Cougars close out the three-game Western Athletic Conference series at Bakersfield on Sunday with a noon PT start.
