Bulldogs Beat Canada, 10-3, as Prettol Homers and Molise Shuts Door

REDWOOD CITY — The College of San Mateo baseball team scored in four of the first six innings Tuesday and rolled to a 10-3 victory at Cañada College to open a three-game Coast Conference North Division series.

Jacob Prettol paced the Bulldogs, going 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs to lead the offense.

San Mateo wasted no time setting the tone. Jeremy Wrona led off the game with a hit by pitch, stole second and scored on Carter Bleeker's double to right center. The Bulldogs added two more in the inning on a Rocco Giometti sacrifice and a Jacob Ryan RBI single, taking a 3-0 lead before Cañada had recorded an out.

The Bulldogs extended the advantage to 6-0 in the third on a pair of Cañada errors. Joseph Hoskins doubled home a run and Tyler Harrison followed with a two-run single, though both runs were unearned. Prettol then gave San Mateo a cushion with a two-run homer to lead off the fourth, scoring Wrona ahead of him and pushing the lead to 8-1.

Cañada trimmed the deficit to 8-3 by the end of the fifth, scoring single runs in the third, fourth and fifth innings. But the Bulldogs answered with two more in the sixth on another Ryan RBI single — his second of the game — to close out the scoring at 10-3.

Toby Trotter started for CSM and worked four innings, allowing two runs on four hits while striking out five. Archie Paul entered for the fifth and was touched for a run without recording an out before Jack Molise came on and shut Cañada out over the final five innings, yielding no hits and striking out five.

Ryan finished 2-for-5 with three RBIs. Prettol went 3-for-5 with the home run and two RBIs. Bleeker and Hoskins each contributed doubles.

CSM improved to 20-12 overall and 8-5 in the Coast North with Tuesday's victory. The Bulldogs and Colts resume the series with Game 2 on Thursday (Apr. 9) in San Mateo at 2:30 p.m.