Shown in earlier game, Nick DiCarlo's three-run home run in the fourth inning lifted Cal Poly over UC Santa Barbara in the opener of Saturday's Big West doubleheader.
Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics
Three-Run Home Run by DiCarlo Lifts Cal Poly over UCSB, 5-1
5/1/2021 4:40:00 PM | Baseball
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Right fielder Nick DiCarlo smashed a three-run home run in the fourth inning and Cal Poly added two more in the fifth for a 5-1 victory over No. 27 UC Santa Barbara in the opener of a Big West Conference baseball doubleheader Saturday afternoon at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium.
DiCarlo's third homer of the season and fifth of his Mustang career erased a 1-0 deficit as Coach Larry Lee's Mustangs improved to 20-18 overall and 10-12 in Big West games. UC Santa Barbara fell to 27-13 and 18-8, still one game behind UC Irvine as the Anteaters fell to Long Beach State earlier today.
A leadoff walk to Matt Lopez and a single by Nick Marinconz preceded the two-out home run by DiCarlo in the fourth.
In the fifth, the Mustangs chased Gaucho starter Rodney Boone (8-2) and scored twice on a bases-loaded walk to Marinconz and a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch to Joe Yorke.
That was more than enough for Travis Weston (4-5) and Kyle Scott.
Weston earned the win after striking out five and allowing one run and five hits over 5 1/3 innings. Scott earned his fifth save by securing the final 11 outs, seven via strikeout.
Boone allowed five runs over 4 2/3 innings with five walks and nine strikeouts.
Cal Poly was held to four hits, including a double by catcher Myles Emmerson. UC Santa Barbara's seven hits included two each by Jordan Sprinkle and Cole Cummings.
Second game of the doubleheader will start at 5 p.m.
DiCarlo's third homer of the season and fifth of his Mustang career erased a 1-0 deficit as Coach Larry Lee's Mustangs improved to 20-18 overall and 10-12 in Big West games. UC Santa Barbara fell to 27-13 and 18-8, still one game behind UC Irvine as the Anteaters fell to Long Beach State earlier today.
A leadoff walk to Matt Lopez and a single by Nick Marinconz preceded the two-out home run by DiCarlo in the fourth.
In the fifth, the Mustangs chased Gaucho starter Rodney Boone (8-2) and scored twice on a bases-loaded walk to Marinconz and a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch to Joe Yorke.
That was more than enough for Travis Weston (4-5) and Kyle Scott.
Weston earned the win after striking out five and allowing one run and five hits over 5 1/3 innings. Scott earned his fifth save by securing the final 11 outs, seven via strikeout.
Boone allowed five runs over 4 2/3 innings with five walks and nine strikeouts.
Cal Poly was held to four hits, including a double by catcher Myles Emmerson. UC Santa Barbara's seven hits included two each by Jordan Sprinkle and Cole Cummings.
Second game of the doubleheader will start at 5 p.m.
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