SJSU baseball team takes three of four
against Sac State
Walk-off hit caps Spartans' Sunday victory
Andrew Herndon
Issue date: 3/17/08 Section: Sports
SJSU defeated the Sacramento State Hornets in a four game home series at Municipal Stadium three games to one.
The Spartans took the series finale at Municipal Stadium with a score of 5-4 by a walk-off hit to left field by freshman center fielder Jason Martin.
"I just tried to get the run in however I could," Martin said. "It was just a hanging slider, and I just swung at it, and I got lucky and got a base hit."
According to Martin, he was waiting on the pitcher's off-speed pitches.
"It looked like he was throwing a lot of sliders, a lot of changeups - a lot of off-speed stuff," Martin said. "I was kind of sitting on that a little bit, and … he gave me a good one to hit."
Martin extended his hit steak to ten games.
According to head coach Sam Piraro, his team performed well defensively, but struggled offensively in the beginning.
"I thought defensively we did a really good job," Piraro said. "Offensively, you know, we didn't do a lot early. I thought we got dominated with the fastball."
SJSU did eventually have some quality at-bats, producing enough runs to beat the Hornets.
"We had some good at-bats that got us the four runs," Piraro said, "and in the ninth inning, you know, we had obviously three really good at-bats when we really needed them."
Junior catcher Anthony Aguilera got his team on the board with a sharply hit ball, splitting the third baseman and shortstop, tallying the first two runs of the afternoon.
"Well, it felt good to finally clutch up and get that base hit," Aguilera said. "I've been looking for it all season and get those RBIs, because I've come up in situations like that before and haven't come through, and it felt good to come through for your team, finally."
The Spartan pitching held the Hornet offense to only four runs Sunday afternoon, and nine runs over the entire series. The Spartan offense tallied 24 runs over the series.
Sophomore pitcher Spencer Snodgrass got many Hornet batters to ground out to the infielders behind him.
The Spartans took the series finale at Municipal Stadium with a score of 5-4 by a walk-off hit to left field by freshman center fielder Jason Martin.
"I just tried to get the run in however I could," Martin said. "It was just a hanging slider, and I just swung at it, and I got lucky and got a base hit."
According to Martin, he was waiting on the pitcher's off-speed pitches.
"It looked like he was throwing a lot of sliders, a lot of changeups - a lot of off-speed stuff," Martin said. "I was kind of sitting on that a little bit, and … he gave me a good one to hit."
Martin extended his hit steak to ten games.
According to head coach Sam Piraro, his team performed well defensively, but struggled offensively in the beginning.
"I thought defensively we did a really good job," Piraro said. "Offensively, you know, we didn't do a lot early. I thought we got dominated with the fastball."
SJSU did eventually have some quality at-bats, producing enough runs to beat the Hornets.
"We had some good at-bats that got us the four runs," Piraro said, "and in the ninth inning, you know, we had obviously three really good at-bats when we really needed them."
Junior catcher Anthony Aguilera got his team on the board with a sharply hit ball, splitting the third baseman and shortstop, tallying the first two runs of the afternoon.
"Well, it felt good to finally clutch up and get that base hit," Aguilera said. "I've been looking for it all season and get those RBIs, because I've come up in situations like that before and haven't come through, and it felt good to come through for your team, finally."
The Spartan pitching held the Hornet offense to only four runs Sunday afternoon, and nine runs over the entire series. The Spartan offense tallied 24 runs over the series.
Sophomore pitcher Spencer Snodgrass got many Hornet batters to ground out to the infielders behind him.
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