8-6, 0-1
CSUN
1-0, 1-0
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Schriever, Blake (1-0)
L: Thorpe, Drew (2-1)
S: Traxel, Blaine (1)
Batting:
2B: Lee, Brooks 1
HR: Lee, Brooks 1 ; Samuelson, Tate 1 ; DiCarlo, Nick 1 ; Yorke, Joe 1
RBI: Emmerson, Myles 1 ; Lee, Brooks 3 ; Samuelson, Tate 2 ; DiCarlo, Nick 1 ; Yorke, Joe 2
SF: Emmerson, Myles 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cabrera, Cole 1 ; Emmerson, Myles 1 ; Lee, Brooks 2 ; Samuelson, Tate 1 ; DiCarlo, Nick 2 ; Yorke, Joe 2 ; Villegas, Collin 1
HBP: Cabrera, Cole 1 ; Lopez, Matt 1 ; DiCarlo, Nick 1 ; Villegas, Collin 1
Batting:
2B: Ball, Ryan 1
HR: Clarke, Denzel 1 ; Newman, Jayson 1 ; Skelly, Sean 1
RBI: Clarke, Denzel 2 ; Newman, Jayson 4 ; Skelly, Sean 2 ; Ball, Ryan 3 ; Ajamian, Jason 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Clarke, Denzel 3 ; Bullard, Robert 1 ; Newman, Jayson 4 ; Skelly, Sean 2 ; Le, Mason 1 ; Moody, Kai 2
SB: Clarke, Denzel 2
PO: Moody, Kai 2
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Despite Four Home Runs, Cal Poly Falls to CSUN in Big West Opener
3/20/2021 6:19:00 PM | Baseball
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. --- Cal Poly produced four home runs and scored 10 times, but they were not enough as CSUN defeated the Mustangs 13-10 in the Big West Conference baseball opener for both schools Saturday afternoon at Matador Field.
Playing its season opener as it opted out of non-conference play due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CSUN scored seven times in the first three innings to overcome an early 2-0 deficit and never looked back.
Cal Poly (8-6, 0-1 Big West) entered the four-game weekend series with a .300 team batting average but mustered just seven hits off six CSUN pitchers.
Tate Samuelson belted a two-run home run in the first inning, Joe Yorke added a two-run shot of his own in the fourth, Nick DiCarlo's solo blast came in the sixth inning and Brooks Lee hit his fifth home run of the season, a three-run shot off the tree 370 feet away in left-center field.
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Lee's four-bagger pulled Cal Poly to within three runs at 13-10 with nobody out in the eighth inning, but Blaine Traxel, scheduled to start Monday's series finale, was summoned from the bullpen to secure the final six outs.
Traxel, who did not allow a run or a hit, earned his first save. Blake Schriever, CSUN's closer a year ago, entered Saturday's game with one out in the sixth inning to quell another Mustang rally and picked up the win, getting four outs without allowing a run or a hit.
The loss went to Drew Thorpe (2-1), who surrendered five runs and four hits over 1 2/3 innings, his shortest start as a Mustang, with five walks and two strikeouts. Four relievers followed Thorpe to the mound.
Lee, with a double and a home run, was the lone Mustang with more than one hit.
CSUN's 11-hit offensive attack was paced by Jayson Newman with a single and home run for four RBIs. Ryan Ball added two singles and three RBIs while Sean Skelly contributed a single and a home run for two RBIs.
The two teams will play a doubleheader Sunday at 11 a.m., followed by the series finale Monday at 2 p.m.
