There was not a cloud in the sky at Hornet Field as the visiting San Jose Spartans beat the Sacramento State baseball team 9-4 today, breaking the Hornets’ seven-game WAC conference winning streak. The Spartans’ seven runs in the top of the fifth inning were the determining factor in the outcome of the game.

San Jose State is now 4-0 against Sac State this season as their conference record improves to 7-9, and 15-15 overall. With the loss the Hornets’ record drops to 8-4 inside conference play, 13-16 overall, and are tied atop the WAC with the University of Reno-Nevada.

Hornets’ senior third baseman David Flores hit a bomb on top of Parking Structure I off of Spartan pitcher Spencer Snodgrass in the bottom of the eighth inning, his third of the season.

“(Snodgrass) threw me a first-pitch slider that missed pretty bad, so I just sat on a fastball and just swung hard. I was just trying to get a base-hit or a double and sometimes that happens,” Flores said.

The Hornets hit the ball hard all game, but every time it seemed as though it found its way inside the glove of a San Jose State player.

“We did a good job of hitting the ball as a team today. They got some good outfielders that track the ball down?(The Spartans) are a pretty good defensive team,” Flores said.

“That’s how the game is sometimes. Tomorrow we’ll probably get some bleeders to fall in and some things will change.”

The Hornets will play the Spartans twice tomorrow in a doubleheader starting at 11 p.m. at Hornet Field.