Late Cal Poly Rally Falls Short as Michigan Earns 8-5 Victory

Saturday, February 15

Scottsdale, Ariz.

12 pm

1-1

(5) Michigan

2-0

Michigan

Cal Poly

Late Cal Poly Rally Falls Short as Michigan Earns 8-5 Victory

2/15/2020 12:00:00 AM | Baseball

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Despite committing six errors, Cal Poly rallied in the late innings but fell short in an 8-5 loss to No. 12 Michigan on the second day of the MLB4 Tournament inside Salt River Fields at Talking Stick on Saturday.

Michigan scored the first five runs of the game and Cal Poly trimmed the deficit to 5-3 in the fifth and sixth innings. The Wolverines re-established their five-run lead at 8-3 and the Mustangs rallied again, scoring twice in the ninth and bringing the potential game-winning run to the plate before being turned away.

Cal Poly falls to 1-1 while Michigan improves to 2-0.

Senior center fielder Bradlee Beesley had two of Cal Poly's eight hits and junior right fielder Scott Ogrin added a solo home run leading off the ninth inning for Cal Poly, his ninth career blast.

Shortstop Jack Blomgren had a 4-for-6 day at the plate for Michigan and left fielder Jordan Nwogu added three hits.

Starter Blake Beers (1-0) earned the win for Michigan with 5 2/3 innings on the mound. The loss went to Mustang junior southpaw Andrew Alvarez (0-1), though all four runs he allowed were unearned.

Cal Poly faces defending national champion Vanderbilt on Sunday at 1 p.m. PST with freshman right-hander Drew Thorpe to make his first start in a Mustang uniform. Vanderbilt (1-1), which defeated UConn 6-1 Saturday night, will counter with junior southpaw Jake Eder.

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