SAN FRANCISCO — The San Jose State baseball team extended its three-game winning streak Tuesday defeating the University of San Francisco at Benedetti Diamond.
The Spartans (23-22, 15-11 MWC) defeated the Dons (16-27, 7-17 WCC) 12-3 out playing USF on both sides of the field.
Junior left-handed pitcher Ethan Ross earned his second win of the season tossing five innings for the Spartans giving up one run on one hit with eight strikeouts.
Ross is 2-0 on the season with a 7.96 ERA in 26 innings pitched, with 29 strike outs and 20 walks.
“Ethan Ross really set the tone on the mound for us, five great innings for us and good job on our offense to score first,” Head Coach Brad Sanfilippo said Tuesday in an SJSU Athletics Twitter video.
The Spartans pitching staff held the Dons’ batters to four hits with 12 strikeouts and eight runners left on base.
SJSU’s bats continued to stay hot, putting up an early 3-0 lead in the first inning.
The Spartans are out hitting and outscoring their opponents with 32-14 hits and 23-5 runs.
“Getting three [runs] in the first was big and I think that set the tone and then we just added on. So [I’m] really happy with our offense today,” Sanfilippo said in the same video.
SJSU scored two runs in both the seventh and eighth inning to extend their lead to 9-3.
This included an RBI double to center field by senior center fielder Jack Colete, who’s second in the team with 16 doubles.
Colette batted 3-for-5 in Tuesday’s game and is batting .302 with 54 hits and 33 RBIs on the season.
SJSU led off the ninth inning with back-to-back home runs by junior first baseman Hunter Dorraugh and sophomore designated hitter Nathan Cadena putting the nail in the coffin.
Dorraugh batted 1-for-2 in Tuesday’s match up and leads the team in batting average, hitting .345 on the season.
Cadena led the Spartans with four RBIs and batted 4-for-4 with three singles and a home run.
SJSU is scheduled to face the University of Texas for the first time in school history in a three-game series at 6:30 p.m. Friday at UFCU Disch-Falk FIeld in Austin.
