SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – The Colorado State University Pueblo baseball team dropped both ends of a doubleheader here Saturday afternoon to San Francisco State at Maloney Field.
 
The ThunderWolves, who are 0-6 on the season, opened Saturday's doubleheader with a 2-1 loss in the first game, before falling 7-3 in the nightcap.
 
The two teams will conclude the four-game weekend series with a 1 p.m. MT game at Maloney Field.
 
Game 1 | San Francisco State 2, CSU Pueblo 1
In Saturday's opener, the Pack saw the Gators (6-1) score runs in the seventh and ninth innings to post its second come-from-behind win the series as SFSU opened the series with a 3-1 win on Friday after scoring three runs in the bottom of the eighth.
 
The Pack jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the opener thanks to an RBI groundout by redshirt senior shortstop Trey Vasquez (Greeley, Colo./Dodge City CC). Vasquez's grounder scored senior first baseman Reggie Williams (Castle Rock, Colo./Douglas County), who opened the inning by drawing a walk, before moving to second on an error and advancing to third on a bunt before scoring with two outs.
 
Junior Tyler Curtis (0-1) would then take over on the mound as through the first six innings, he allowed just two hits, no runs and struck out four, before SFSU would tie the game in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI triple off the bat of Gavin Haimovitz, which plated Kody Gardner, who had reached on a two-out double.
 
After both teams left a runner on base in the eighth, Curtis would open the bottom of the ninth by getting the first out on a grounder, but he hit the next hitter, Michael Cunningham, with a pitch and Cunningham moved to third on a single down the right field line by Nick Upstill and after Gardner was walked intentionally to load the bases, Haimovitz would end the game on his ground ball to Sanchez at short. Haimovitz's grounder scored Cunningham with the winning run.
 
Curtis pitched 8.2 innings and allowed six hits and two runs (two earned runs), while walking one and striking out five.
 
Haimovitz's grounder made a winner of Andrew Silva (1-1), who was the third pitcher of the game for the Gators. Silva tossed one inning and struck out one and walked none.
 
Both teams recorded six hits in the game as sophomore leftfielder Elijah Borjas (Denver, Colo./Lakewood) had two hits in three at-bats for the Pack. The other hits by the Pack came from Williams, junior catcher Brady Prewitt (Raytown, Mo./Iowa Western CC), sophomore third baseman Kysen Howard (Overland Park, Kan./Blue Valley Northwest) and sophomore second baseman Kolton Miller (Parker, Colo./Ponderosa).
 
Haimovitz had two hits for the Gators in the opener.
 
The Pack left five runners on base, while SFSU stranded three runners against Curtis. The Gators also committed an error in the game.
 
Game 2 | San Francisco State 7, CSU Pueblo 3
In the nightcap of Saturday's doubleheader, San Francisco State's offense exploded for 12 hits and scored multiple runs in both the first and fifth innings to take the second game of the doubleheader and improve to 3-0 in the series.
 
Much like Saturday's opening game, the Pack would score first in the nightcap as Vasquez brought home the first run of the game on a sacrifice fly to right that allowed Prewitt to score. Prewitt had reached on a fielder's choice, before moving to second on a single by Borjas and then both runners advanced a base on a wild pitch.
 
The Gators would use five hits and a Pack error to plate three runs in the bottom of the first inning to take a 3-1 lead. It was the first time in the series that the Gators had scored prior to the seventh inning.
 
CSU Pueblo would pull within 3-2 in the top of the fourth on an RBI single by Howard, which plated Vasquez, who had reached on a lead-off single to open the inning.
 
SFSU would add some insurance runs in the bottom of the fifth as the Gators sent 10 batters to the plate and scored four runs on four hits to take a 7-2 lead. The big hit in the inning was a 2-run single down the left field line by Gardner off of junior reliever Charlie Williams (Bucyrus, Kan./Metropolitan CC), who was the fourth pitcher of the game for the Pack.
 
The Pack would get one of the those runs back in the top of seventh on an RBI single to left off the bat of junior second baseman Joseph Quintana (Golden, Colo./Erskine) that plated freshman rightfielder Jeremiah Sanchez (Pueblo, Colo./Pueblo West). Quintana's single scored Sanchez, who opened the inning with a single to left.
 
Nine different Pack players had a hit in the game, while Cole Thompson, Justin Clark, Christian Smith and Matt Sugden each had two hits for the Gators.
 
Sophomore Owen Rudolphi (Eureka, Mo./Eureka) started on the mound for the Pack, but he faced just five hitters and recorded just one out as he allowed four hits and three runs. Junior Dylan Weaver (Fruita, Colo./Highland CC) replaced Rudolphi on the mound pitched 3.2 scoreless innings as he allowed three hits and had one strikeout.
 
Tyler Franks (1-0) was the winner for SFSU as he tossed five innings and allowed four hits and two runs, while walking two and fanning four. Brody Eglite pitched the final two innings for the Gators.
 
The teams combined to leave 10 runners on base as the Pack stranded four and SFSU left six on base.