Courtesy of San José State Athletics
BERKELEY, Calif. – Sebastian Orduno and Dalton Bowling each hit home runs to lead San José State baseball (20-30, 14-13 MW) in an 8-2 win at Cal (30-18, 14-13 PAC-12) Sunday afternoon in the final game from Stu Gordon stadium this weekend.
- This is the first time the Spartans have beat Cal since 2021 and their first time beating Cal at Cal since 2002
- The Spartans now have 20 wins in a season for the third season in a row and for the first time since the 2012 season
- Orduno hit his sixth home run of the season to give the Spartans a 1-0 lead in the second inning
- Orduno was also hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to bring in a run for his 29th RBI of the season
- Orduno finished the game going 2-for-4 and also hit his seventh double of the season
- Orduno also threw out a runner at home for his third outfield assist of the season
- Bowling hit a three-run home run for his 12th of the season in the third inning and scored a pair of runs
- Bowling has 42 RBIs this season to lead the Spartans and his SJSU career RBI record is now at 154
- Bowling also has 34 career home runs which is second in SJSU history
- Hunter Dorraugh went 3-for-4 with an RBI single in the eighth inning
- Dorraugh has mulit-hits in 14 of his last 17 games
- LHP Ethan Ross threw 5.0 IP while letting in only one run and striking out five on the way to his sixth win of the season
- LHP Corey Sanchez came in to relieve Ross and went 4.0 IP while allowing one run with two hits on the way to his first save of the season
- Robert Hamchuk nailed a runner at home for his third outfield assist of the season
- Jackson Forbes went 1-for-4 and stole his second base this season and scored a run
- Theo Hardy went 1-for-3 with two runs scored
- Nathan Cadena walked with the bases loaded for his 31st RBI of the season
- Matt Spear also walked with the bases loaded to bring in his 27th RBI of the season
- The Spartans put three across in the fifth inning with two outs thanks to one bases loaded hit by pitch and two bases loaded walks
- SJSU snapped Cal’s six-game home winning streak
UP NEXT: The Spartans head home to Excite Ballpark for a three-game series against New Mexico to end the regular season starting Thursday at 6:05 p.m. on NBC Sports Bay Area.
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