Cal Baptist Rallies in Seventh to Upset San Diego State, 4-3

California Baptist, an NAIA school that had never beaten San Diego State, did just that by rallying for four runs in the seventh inning and scoring a 4-3 nonconference baseball victory Thursday in Riverside.

What’s more, the 30th-ranked Aztecs had won their past 11 games, 16 of their past 17 and 20 of 22. They are 27-8.

Cal Baptist had lost both previous games against SDSU, including a 9-4 game Feb. 27.

SDSU scored its three runs in the third inning. Of the Lancers’ four runs in the seventh off Aztec reliever Scott Hofstede, only one was earned. Hofstede, one of eight SDSU pitchers, fell to 4-1.

SDSU outhit Cal Baptist, 7-4.

Jack Campbell hit his seventh homer of the year and finished with three hits and three RBIs to help Point Loma Nazarene score a 14-6 NAIA District 3 victory at Biola. Rich Miller had four hits, two doubles and two RBIs, and Ron Caton had four hits and two stolen bases for PLNC.

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Missy Talbert had three hits and scored three runs to help Point Loma Nazarene to a 12-11 nonconference victory and a doubleheader sweep of Pomona Pitzer. Becky Miller had four hits and three RBIs on the day. PLNC won the first game, 4-3, behind Samantha York’s three RBIs.

San Diego State pounded out 17 hits against Southern Utah and scored a 13-0 victory in the first game of a nonconference doubleheader, but managed only five hits and committed four errors in the second game, a 3-2 loss.

SDSU is 11-31, Southern Utah is 8-21.