The San Jose State (20-20) baseball team looks to snap its three game-losing streak as they take on San Diego State (18-22) this weekend.
The five-game series will include two doubleheaders, with Friday’s matchup being a makeup from March 10, in which the Spartans were up 2-0 in the third inning.
The Saturday doubleheader will make up the March 11 game, which was postponed due to poor field conditions.
SJSU is looking to get back into the win column after being swept in a three-game series by defending Mountain West tournament champions Air Force this past weekend.
In the final game of the Air Force series, the Spartans lost 24-12 and were outscored 42-19 in the three games
“I thought we did a good job of coming out and scoring first and then they put an eight spot in the first [inning],” Manager Brad Sanfilippo said in a SJSU Athletics Twitter video after the loss to Air Force.
He said he was happy the Spartans answered back, eventually taking a 11-9 lead in the fifth inning, but the pitching was not enough.
“I think that our guys learned some tough lessons in all phases of the game and take these lessons home and [we’re] excited to get home,” Sanfilippo said in the same video.
In the only completed matchup between SJSU and SDSU, the Spartans won 7-4 on March 10.
Junior third baseman Dalton Bowling, RBI leader for the Spartans, hit 1-for-3 with 2 RBIs in his previous outing against the Aztecs.
Bowling is currently batting .296 and leads the team with 8 home runs.
SJSU won the previous seven contests against San Diego State, outscoring the Aztecs 49-32.
Junior right fielder Charles McAdoo looks to extend his six-game hitting streak during the five-game series this weekend.
The two time Mountain West Baseball Player of the Week comes into the series batting .345 while leading the team in runs and hits.
The Aztecs will enter the weekend after sweeping the University of Nevada, Reno in a three-game series.
The Spartans, who are currently second in the Mountain West standings, will have a chance to move up in the rankings with a series win.
Despite being the home team, SJSU will be playing in unfamiliar territory.
The Spartans share their stadium with the San Jose Giants, a Minor League Baseball team, who have a series of its own this weekend at Excite Ballpark.
The Friday and Sunday match up will take place at Stu Gordon Stadium in Berkley, while Stanford’s Sunken Diamond will host the doubleheader on Saturday.
The first game of a doubleheader against the Aztecs will take place Friday at Stu Gordon Stadium in Berkeley at 4:05 p.m.
On Saturday, SJSU will take on SDSU at 1:05 p.m. in Stanford. The Spartans will wrap up the series at 12:35 p.m. on Sunday back in Berkeley.
