For the second straight game, Sac State looked tired and nowhere near anything classic.

The Hornets got crushed by the University of San Francisco Dons, 12-1, in their second game of the 2005 River City Classic.

The Hornets’ failed to impress in any aspect of the game, giving up 12 runs, scoring only one and committing four errors on defense.

San Francisco didn’t waste any time on offense, scoring the first two runs of the game in the second inning.

Stefan Gartrell hit a deep two-run homerun to left-center, giving the Dons an early 2-0 advantage.

That wouldn’t be it for San Francisco, as they opened the flood gates in the fourth inning off Hornet pitcher Ken Livesey.

Luke Sommer gave the Dons a 3-0 lead, doubling home a run; Royce Fukuroku and Jonnie Knoble added on to the lead with RBI singles each, making the score 5-0.

That’s when things got ugly for Sac State.

The Dons would score four more runs in the inning, one off a stolen base, a walk and two wild pitches.

After the final out of the inning was recorded, the Dons had broken the game open with a seven additional runs, making the score 9-0 after four innings.

For the second straight game, the Hornets’ starting pitchers got roughed up.

Livesey gave up eight runs on six hits in three and two-thirds innings, walking three and striking out two.

In the fifth inning, the Dons got their second home run of the game, with Daniel Morales being the star this time; his line drive just cleared the left field fence, giving the Dons a 10-0 lead.

In the bottom of the fifth, Sac State would finally get on the board.

Shortstop David Flores knocked in the Hornets’ first run with an RBI single, scoring right fielder Jim Strombach.

The Dons weren’t finished, though, scoring two more runs in the top of the seventh.

Andrew Smith doubled down the left field line with the bases loaded, sending home two more runs for the Dons, making the score 12-1; that score would stand up for the rest of the game as San Francisco defeated Sac State in the second game of the weekend classic.

“We got that big homerun early, and after that, things got rolling for us,” Smith said. “We really took advantage of all their errors.”

Sac State could never get anything going offensively against San Francisco pitcher Nick Pereira; Pereira stifled the Hornet offense, going five innings, allowing one run on four hits, issuing two walks and striking out two.

Hornet designated hitter Pedro Santiago did get on base three times, including once after getting hit by Pereira; Santiago said something to Pereira and Pereira barked right back, but nothing serious came from the incident.

“I didn’t like the fact he (Pereira) had complete control the whole game, then his first pitch to me hit me near my head,” Santiago said. “He said, ‘Do you want to do something?’ but at that point, the umpire broke it up. It fired us up a bit, and the crowd, but we just couldn’t make anything happen after it.”

Hornet coach John Smith looks to Sunday’s game to get the team back to where it was last weekend.

“Something just seems to be missing from us and we need to get back on track here against Davis tomorrow,” said Smith, referring to his team’s game against rival UC Davis on Sunday. “We’ve had some pitching woes as of late and we’ll try again tomorrow.”

With the loss, the Hornets fell to 2-3 on the season.

Sac State plays in its final game of the 2005 River City Classic at Hornet Field on Sunday at 2 p.m. against the UC Davis Aggies.