Friday, February 26
Los Angeles, CA
5 p.m.
2-3
2
at
1
USC
2-2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Cal Poly
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
9
2
USC
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
3
1
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Alvarez, Andrew (1-0)
L: Agassi, Jaden (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Samuelson, Tate 1
RBI: Emmerson, Myles 1 ; Lopez, Matt 1
SH: Cabrera, Cole 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Samuelson, Tate 1 ; Yorke, Joe 1
Batting:
RBI: Ramirez, Ben 1
SH: Thomas, Rhylan 1 ; Guillemette, Garret 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Rodriguez, Miko 1
PO: Turner, Tyresse 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
5
R
0
H
2
RBI
1
AB
4
R
0
H
2
RBI
1
AB
4
R
1
H
1
RBI
0
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Drew Thorpe allowed just two hits and one run over six innings with eight strikeouts in Cal Poly's 2-1 win at USC on Friday night.
Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics
Cal Poly Defeats USC 2-1 as Larry Lee Breaks Big West Mark for Overall Wins
2/26/2021 7:58:00 PM | Baseball
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Drew Thorpe and Andrew Alvarez combined on a three-hitter with 11 strikeouts while Myles Emmerson and Matt Lopez drove in the runs as Cal Poly won the opener of a three-game non-conference baseball series Friday night with a 2-1 victory over the USC Trojans at Dedeaux Field.
With the win, Cal Poly head coach Larry Lee moved past Fresno State's Bob Bennett for the Big West record for overall victories with 548. During the UC Davis series in 2019, Lee surpassed Cal Poly alum and former Long Beach State head coach Dave Snow with his 219th conference win. Lee is now 548-433-2 overall as head coach of the Mustangs.
Cal Poly (2-3) scored single runs in the fifth and eighth innings for its ninth win all-time against the 12-time national champion Trojans (2-2), who countered with just one run in the sixth. Both teams left nine runners on the bases.
Cal Poly struck first with a run in the fifth inning. Joe Yorke singled to left field and came around to score on a sacrifice bunt by Cole Cabrera, a passed ball and a single to right field by Emmerson.
Thorpe retired the first 10 Trojan batters of the game before issuing a one-out walk in the fourth inning and struck out eight through the first five frames.
In the sixth, however, USC tied the game on a bases-loaded walk after Thorpe gave up a leadoff single to Johnny Olmstead.
Cal Poly regained the lead in the eighth as Tate Samuelson doubled into the left-field corner with one out, took third on a groundout and came home on a bloop single down the right-field line by Lopez.
USC, which won its opener last week against Loyola Marymount in walk-off fashion with a bases-loaded walk, got two runners on base in the ninth on a single and an infield error, but Alvarez closed the door with a strikeout and a fly ball to left field.
Thorpe pitched six innings in the no-decision, allowing one run and two hits with five walks and eight strikeouts. Andrew Alvarez (1-0), who retired five straight Trojans in one stretch, picked up the win with three scoreless innings of work on the mound in relief, striking out three.
Cal Poly outhit USC 9-3, paced by Emmerson, Lopez and Yorke, each with two singles. Samuelson added a double for the Mustangs.
Ben Ramirez, Nate Clow and Olmstead all singled for the Trojans.
The loss went to Jaden Agassi (0-1), the second of three Trojan pitchers used in the game, who gave up the go-ahead run in the eighth. Starter Isaac Esqueda scattered five hits, walked one and struck out eight over six frames.
Second game of the series will be played Saturday at 2 p.m. with Mustang sophomore southpaw Travis Weston (0-1, 0.00 ERA) to face Trojan sophomore right-hander Chandler Champlain (1-0, 0.00 ERA).
The series finale is set for Sunday at 1 o'clock.
With the win, Cal Poly head coach Larry Lee moved past Fresno State's Bob Bennett for the Big West record for overall victories with 548. During the UC Davis series in 2019, Lee surpassed Cal Poly alum and former Long Beach State head coach Dave Snow with his 219th conference win. Lee is now 548-433-2 overall as head coach of the Mustangs.
Cal Poly (2-3) scored single runs in the fifth and eighth innings for its ninth win all-time against the 12-time national champion Trojans (2-2), who countered with just one run in the sixth. Both teams left nine runners on the bases.
Cal Poly struck first with a run in the fifth inning. Joe Yorke singled to left field and came around to score on a sacrifice bunt by Cole Cabrera, a passed ball and a single to right field by Emmerson.
Thorpe retired the first 10 Trojan batters of the game before issuing a one-out walk in the fourth inning and struck out eight through the first five frames.
In the sixth, however, USC tied the game on a bases-loaded walk after Thorpe gave up a leadoff single to Johnny Olmstead.
Cal Poly regained the lead in the eighth as Tate Samuelson doubled into the left-field corner with one out, took third on a groundout and came home on a bloop single down the right-field line by Lopez.
USC, which won its opener last week against Loyola Marymount in walk-off fashion with a bases-loaded walk, got two runners on base in the ninth on a single and an infield error, but Alvarez closed the door with a strikeout and a fly ball to left field.
Thorpe pitched six innings in the no-decision, allowing one run and two hits with five walks and eight strikeouts. Andrew Alvarez (1-0), who retired five straight Trojans in one stretch, picked up the win with three scoreless innings of work on the mound in relief, striking out three.
Cal Poly outhit USC 9-3, paced by Emmerson, Lopez and Yorke, each with two singles. Samuelson added a double for the Mustangs.
Ben Ramirez, Nate Clow and Olmstead all singled for the Trojans.
The loss went to Jaden Agassi (0-1), the second of three Trojan pitchers used in the game, who gave up the go-ahead run in the eighth. Starter Isaac Esqueda scattered five hits, walked one and struck out eight over six frames.
Second game of the series will be played Saturday at 2 p.m. with Mustang sophomore southpaw Travis Weston (0-1, 0.00 ERA) to face Trojan sophomore right-hander Chandler Champlain (1-0, 0.00 ERA).
The series finale is set for Sunday at 1 o'clock.
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