March 23, 2003
San Diego - San Diego State continued its weekend offensive outburst as it defeated Air Force, 19-2, Sunday afternoon at Tony Gwynn Stadium. With a sweep of the series, the first of the year for the Aztecs, SDSU improved to 12-16 overall and 5-1 in league play to move into a tie for first with UNLV. Air Force saw its overall record fall to 8-15, as they remain winless (0-9) in the MWC.
SDSU batted around in the each of the first two innings, scoring eight times to take the early lead. The Falcons battled back with a pair of runs in the top of the third, but the home team was in control the rest of the way.
Falcon starter Johnny Koegel (0-3) gave up seven runs in his one inning-plus of work and took the loss. Reliever Clayton Couch followed Koegel in the second, but didn't fare much better as he also allowed seven runs.
SDSU's Joe Carque (3-2) went six innings to record his third win of the year. Carque scattered nine hits and allowed two earned runs while striking out two and walking none.
Aztec second baseman Peter Stonard was one of many offensive stars for SDSU, collecting a pair of doubles, a triple and six runs batted in before coming out of the game in the fifth. Left fielder Landon Burt finished his day with a single, double and triple while Anthony Gwynn had three hits and scored four times.
In addition, San Diego State got home runs from Chad Corona (his second in two days), Rielly Embrey and David Hall (his first as an Aztec).
Air Force's Josh Phifer recorded three hits with a double and RBI to lead the Falcons while Mike Rose had a pair of hits with a run scored and an RBI.
Up next for the Aztecs is their first conference road trip of the season as they travel to Las Vegas to face UNLV in a three-game series beginning Friday (March 28) at 6:30 p.m. (PST). The game can be heard live at www.goaztecs.com with the pregame show beginning at 6:20 p.m. (PST).
San Diego State 19, Air Force 2AFA 002 000 000 - 2 11 2SDS 441 410 50x - 19 20 1Carque, Miller (7), Eigenhuis (8), Lindsey (9) and Allen, Swaydan (7)Koegel, Couch (2), Tetrault (6), Pruitt (8) and Petro, Peterson (6)W - Carque (3-2)L - Koegel (0-3)Sv - NoneHR - SDS: Corona (5th-none on) SDS: Embrey (7th-one on) SDS: Hall (7th-two on)Att. - 543Time - 2:54