The Aggies knew that coming into Fullerton they were going to have to fight for everything. The Fullerton Titans had struggled before conference play but there is a reason that they were ranked 4th overall in the nation in Baseball America's pre-season College rankings, the Titans are a perennial powerhouse in the world of college baseball. They have produced a long line of major league talent including among others: Aaron Rowand, Kurt Suzuki, Phil Nevin, and Mark Kotsay. The Titans currently have some more potential major league talent in the pipeline with Christian Colon and Gary Brown. The Aggies knew that the Titans could be even better offensively than the opponents from last week, the Fresno State Bulldogs, and Friday night the Titans started the series off with a bang.

Double digit runs is not very common in baseball, even less common is putting up 20 in one game which is exactly what the Titans did Friday night. Dayne Quist looked a lot like he did last week against Fresno State, very hittable. His ending stat line is pretty ugly, one of the most telling stats was that he had his shortest appearance of the season at 5 innings while still throwing a lot of pitches, 109 to be exact. Quist, as the Friday starter, if often called upon to go deep into games to set the tone for the weekend and anytime he exits the game early it is a fairly clear marker to see how he's done. Quist also gave up 10 earned runs and 11 total. The worst ratio in my opinion for the Thursday start was that he walked 6 while only striking out 1, when you're that hittable and unable to get any outs yourself it's going to be a really bad day. That was the one thing Quist had in Fresno, so this outing was that much worse. I am still confident that the young southpaw will bounce back but back-to-back weak showings is never a good thing. Unfortunately for Quist his bullpen wasn't able to help him out at all.

Tim Busbin very likely had his worst outing of his pitching career during his only appearance for the weekend in Fullerton. Busbin went 1/3 of an inning on 37 pitches while giving up 9 runs, all of which were earned. Busbin gave up 3 hits and walked 6 and struck out 0. At that point the game was beyond reach, Scott Chew made his second appearance on the year and went 2 and 2/3 innings while pitching pretty well but "junk time" has possibly never been more fitting then his time in the game Thursday night.

Daniel Cepin and Paul Politi had the best nights for the Aggies at the plate but hardly any hitters played a full 9 innings and compared to the Titans hitters no one in the Aggies lineup did anything notable. The Titans were lead by exactly who we thought they would be, Christian Colon and Gary Brown. Colon and Brown were a combined 8 for 11 with 6 runs scored and 6 RBI, so a very impressive night for the top two hitters for Fullerton.

The Aggies had 24 hours to regroup but when they took to Goodwin Field Friday night it was a very similar outcome. The Ags did have more bats come alive Friday, with Scott Heylman, Scott Lyman and Justin Schafer leading the way with a combined 7 for 11 from the plate with 4 runs, and 2 RBI but it still wasn't nearly enough to keep up with the Titans.

The Titans put the game away quickly, scoring 6 runs in each of the first two innings. They were once again lead by Colon and Brown, going 3 for 5 and 3 for 4 respectively. Brown also scored 4 runs Friday night while also knocking in another.

The Aggies once again had a weak performance from their starter, Anthony Kupbens this time. Kupbens stat line comes across as pretty ugly, 4 and 2/3 innings and he threw 115 pitches which gives a indication of the trouble to come. The lefty gave up 15 hits, walked 4 and allowed 16 Titans to cross the plate, all of which were earned. Sean Watson had one of his worst outings on the year in relief of Kupbens, going 2 and 1/3 innings while allowing 10 hits and 7 runs to score. It took the Aggies 186 pitches to get through 7 innings of baseball.

The fact that the Aggies came out to the field on Saturday and actually put up a fight is impressive, but unlike in Fresno last week they were unable to come away with the W. The game on Saturday was a pitchers duel, with Kyle Mertins and Scott Lyman facing off.

Lyman had another strong performance, which makes it back to back good outings from the struggling Sunday starter. His stat line doesn't look great but Lyman did a good job battling and keeping his team close throughout the game. The young righty went 7 innings, gave up 9 hits and walked 4 while only striking out 2 but he kept his team withing striking distance, which is a feat after how much offense the Titans put together the prior two games. It looks as though Lyman has turned a corner with the new tactic from Rex Peters, on days that he pitches Lyman no longer is in the lineup. The question will be if the Aggies offense continues to struggle on days that Lyman starts, will Peters be able to hold one of his best hitters out of the lineup.

David Popkins was the only Aggie hitter to have a strong day, going 2 for 4 with 2 RBI. The Titans top two hitters were pretty quiet also, Colon went 1 for 5 and Brown went 0 for 2 with a walk. After the output the Titans had on Thursday and Friday it is understandable that they didn't have much left in the tank, but they still had enough to get the W. The Titans broke the 2-2 tie in the 8th inning when Billy Marcoe went yard over the center field fence off of Scott Lyman. The Aggies had a chance to sneak away from Goodwin field with a win but instead they start conference play off with the 3 game sweep.

The Aggies game against the Wolfpack of Nevada, which was scheduled for Monday, has been postponed so the next time they take the field will be back in Davis at Dobbins Stadium this Friday the 9th where they will host Long Beach State for a weekend series. The Aggies have a little more pressure now that they will be starting their second week of conference play still looking for win number 1. I would imagine that we will see a strong bounce back from Quist and Kupbens as well as hopefully the offense as a whole. Kupbens has been one of the more quiet starters early on this year with Quist dominating his first 4 starts and Lyman has the flashy tools but Kupbens still is a capable starter and I will be looking at him in depth later this week. The Aggies next 5 games are at home in Davis and that chance to regroup is exactly what they need after weak showings in Fresno and Fullerton.