Box Score

FULLERTON, Calif. -- Host Cal State Fullerton scored in five of the first seven innings and three pitchers combined on a six-hit shutout, lifting the Titans to a 10-0 win over visiting UC Davis in the opener of a three-game Big West Conference series on Friday night at Goodwin Field.

Sophomore Brad Pluschkell and junior Mark Cardinalli each finished with doubles among their team's six hits as the Aggies fell to 8-19 overall and 1-6 in Big West play with the loss. Fullerton improved to 19-13 overall and 5-2 in league play, posting a season high in runs scored in the win.

In a battle of two of the top ERA's in the Big West entering the week, Titans' sophomore Connor Seabold (4-2) out-dueled redshirt freshman Robert Garcia in the win, pitching six innings of shutout baseball, allowing four hits and striking out four.

Miles Chambers and Chad Hockin then closed the door, allowing just two hits over the final three shutout innings.

Garcia (1-2), who had thrown three "quality starts" in his first three starts of the season suffered the loss, charged with five earned on six hits while striking three in six innings of work.

Fullerton jumped out to the early lead with a run on a sacrifice fly in the first and three more scores in the second to make it 4-0. The Aggies got their first baserunner in the third on a single by David Langer -- who now has hits in five of his last six games -- and eventually put runners at the corners with two outs after back-to-back hit by pitches to Pluschkell and Tanner Bily, but came up empty.

UC Davis followed with runners in scoring position in the fourth and fifth innings on doubles by Cardinalli (who has reached base safely in each of his last eight games) and Pluschkell, respectively, and left another at second base in the seventh after a walk and a wild pitch put Langer in scoring position, but the Aggies could not push a run across.

The Titans extended their lead with single runs in the fifth and sixth before putting the game out of reach with three in the seventh and another in the eighth to finish the night. Tanner Pinkston finished 3-for-4 with three RBI to pace Fullerton's offense, while Josh Vargas was 2-for-4 with three runs scored at the top of the line up.

Game two from Orange County is scheduled for Saturday night (April 16) at 6 p.m.

Cal State Fullerton 10, UC Davis 0 (Apr 15, 2016 at Fullerton, Calif.)
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UC Davis............ 000 000 000 - 0 6 3 (8-19, 1-6 Big West)
Cal State Fullerton. 130 011 31X - 10 11 0 (19-13, 5-2 Big West)
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Pitchers: UC Davis - Garcia, Robert; Briggs, Cameron (7); Steindorf, Ryan (8) and Denholm, Logan; Diaz, Ignacio. Cal State Fullerton - Seabold, Connor; Chambers, Miles (7); Hockin, Chad (9) and Bravo, Jerrod; Pacheco, Niko.
Win-Seabold, Connor(4-2) Loss-Garcia, Robert(1-2) T-2:56 A-2158
Weather: 72, Sunny, SW 5 mph