Three in a Row for Aztec Baseball
Aztecs Capture MW Title with 6-4 Win Over New Mexico
Updated Monday, May 25, 3 pm
The San Diego State baseball team, newly-crowned Mountain West Tournament champion, has been assigned to the NCAA Regional at Lake Elsinore being hosted by UC Santa Barbara. USC and Virginia round out the four-team field for the double elimination tourney.
The Aztecs will face UC Santa Barbara in their opening contest on Friday, May 29 at 7:00 p.m. at The Diamond, the home field of the Lake Elsinore Storm, a Class A minor league affiliate of San Diego Padres
All of the San Diego State's contests at the NCAA Regional will be broadcast on ESPN 1700 AM radio in San Diego as well as on the Internet.
San Diego State's baseball team captured its third Mountain West Tournament championship in three years as it defeated New Mexico, 6-4, Sunday afternoon at Peccole Park in Reno, Nev. The victory not only gave the Aztecs the conference title, it also meant a berth in the NCAA Regionals for the third straight year.
With the win SDSU improves to 40-21 on the year and marks its second consecutive 40-win campaign.
The contest featured five lead changes over the first six innings with the last one coming in the bottom of the sixth when the Aztecs went ahead for good.
Trailing 4-3, San Diego State rallied for a pair of runs to go up 5-4, in the sixth. Justin Wylie led off with a single and went to second when Alan Trejo was hit by pitch.
Chase Calabuig's second sacrifice bunt of the day moved both runners up a base and Wylie would score on Steven Pallares' ground out to shortstop. Danny Sheehan followed with a double to left center to score Trejo and give the Aztecs a lead they would not relinquish.
Sophomore Marcus Reyes, who had come on in the top of the sixth to extinguish a Lobo rally, would eventually be credited with the he win to improve to 7-3.
San Diego State added an insurance run in the eighth. Trejo singled and went to second on another sac bunt by Calabuig. With two out, Sheehan come through again with an RBI single to right center to put the Aztecs up 6-4.
SDSU reliever Brett Seeburger sailed through the Lobo eighth and retired the first two batters in the ninth before surrendering an infield single. That brought on Bubba Derby from the pen for his first relief appearance of the year.
After walking the first man he faced, Derby got a fly ball to center for the final out to secure the win and record his first save of the season.
Five Aztecs were named to the all-tournament team led by MVP Seby Zavala. SDSU'S other honorees included outfielder Spencer Thornton and designated hitter Justin Wylie along with pitchers Jacob Erickson and Mark Seyler.
