Pacific Ends Fullerton’s Winning Streak

Cal State Fullerton’s offense and 17-game winning streak were stopped by host Pacific in a Big West Conference baseball game Saturday.

Two Tiger pitchers held the Titans to eight hits as Pacific won, 4-3.

Fullerton’s Spencer Oborn extended his hitting streak to 32 games but also hit into a double play to end the game.

Travis Fleming (3-0) gave up three runs (one earned) in the first seven innings for the victory and Mark Short worked the final two innings for his fifth save.

But the Titans did have some late chances.

Chris Beck walked and Adam Rifkin singled to start the eighth. Short entered and gave up a run-scoring single to Ryan Owens, cutting the Pacific lead to 4-2.

Short got Robert Guzman to hit into a double play. Rifkin later scored on a passed ball to make it 4-3, but Jeff Gates struck out to end the inning.

David Bacani and Ryan Johnson had one-out singles in the ninth before Oborn grounded into a double play.

The victory moves Pacific (23-11, 8-4) within three games of first-place Fullerton (27-6, 11-1), which had won the first two games of the series, 15-2, and 13-7.

Sophomore right-hander Adam Johnson (5-1) gave up six hits and four runs, three earned, but took the loss for Fullerton, which tied a season-low for runs scored.

In nonconference baseball:

Chapman 15, Menlo 5--Domonek Prince went four for four, including a home run, and had four RBIs for visiting Chapman (23-2). Bobby Sinderland (4-0) gave up two runs and was the winning pitcher.

In Big West Conference softball:

Long Beach State 7, CS Fullerton 0--Kristi Fox (8-5) pitched her third shutout of the season for host Long Beach State (17-13, 3-3). Fullerton (23-15, 5-4) committed four errors, resulting in three unearned runs for Long Beach.

In nonconference women’s tennis:

U.S. International University 7, Southern California College 2--Amy Tate picked up the only singles’ victory for SCC (10-5), defeating Justina Burks, 6-2, 6-0. In doubles, SCC’s Lindsay Doyal and Michele Tamplin defeated Sarah Burgis and Ashley Nelson, 8-5.

In the U.S. Collegiate men’s track and field series

Long Beach State 189, CS Fullerton 167, UC Santa Barbara 135, UC Irvine 134--Lewis Young and Jon O’Neil were double winners for Long Beach State at Anteater Stadium. Young won the 200 meters in 21.28 and the 400 in 47.47. O’Neil won the shot put at 49-6 1/4 and the discus at 166-2. UC Irvine’s Robert Frichtel won three events, running 1:54.47 in the 800, 3:58.10 in the 1,500, and 8:42.48 in the 3,000. Brandon Campbell won two events for Fullerton, the long jump (23-8 3/4) and triple jump (46-8).

In the U.S. Collegiate women’s track and field series:

Long Beach State 220, UC Santa Barbara 163, UC Irvine 136, CS Fullerton 117--Long Beach State freshman Amaris Buchanan won the 100 meters in 11.67 and the 200 in 24.16, setting meet records for both events. Teammate Marion Reneau won the long jump (19-2), also setting a meet record at Anteater Stadium. Reneau also turned in first-place finishes in the 100-meter hurdles (14.47) and the javelin (135-1).