Cuesta baseball falls to Saddleback

The Cuesta baseball team dropped the second game of a two game series 5-4 to Saddleback on Friday. The Cougars jumped out to a 3-0 lead, but Saddleback (7-0) would tie the score at 4-4. In the bottom of the ninth, Saddleback’s Luke Jarvis doubled home Kyle Candalla for the walk off win, handing Cuesta reliever Anthony Baleto (1-1) his first loss of the year.

Cuesta starting pitcher Louis Raymond pitched six innings, giving up two earned runs on six hits with four strikeouts.

Nick Burnham went 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI and T.K. McWhertor went 2-for-4 with two RBI for the Cougars (4-3).

Cuesta hosts College of the Sequoias on Tuesday.

This story was originally published February 12, 2016 at 8:27 PM with the headline "Cuesta baseball falls to Saddleback."