Saturday, April 22
Northridge, CA
2 p.m.
13-23, 7-10
6
at
10
CSUN
23-10, 10-4
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Cal Poly
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
6
15
1
CSUN
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
6
X
10
12
0
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Cody, Hayden (2-0)
L: Sheedy, Kaden (1-2)
S: Romero, Joshua (8)
Batting:
2B: King, Wyatt 1
HR: Villegas, Collin 1 ; Brown, Kemet 1
RBI: Stafford, Ryan 1 ; Yorke, Joe 2 ; Villegas, Collin 1 ; Brown, Kemet 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Steels, Jake 2 ; Stafford, Ryan 1 ; Villegas, Collin 1 ; King, Wyatt 1 ; Brown, Kemet 1
SB: Brown, Kemet 1
CS: Casillas, Aaron 1
HBP: Brown, Kemet 1
Batting:
2B: Simons, Jakob 2
3B: Camarillo, Ali 1
HR: Kramer, Joey 2 ; Le, Mason 1
RBI: Tarlow, Graysen 1 ; Camarillo, Ali 2 ; Kramer, Joey 3 ; Le, Mason 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Simons, Jakob 1 ; Tarlow, Graysen 1 ; Fitzer, Kevin 1 ; Cook, Elijah 1 ; Neighbors, Kamau 1 ; Kramer, Joey 3 ; Leon, Brandon 1 ; Le, Mason 1
SB: Tarlow, Graysen 1 ; Fitzer, Kevin 1 ; Cook, Elijah 1
HBP: Tarlow, Graysen 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
5
R
2
H
2
RBI
0
AB
4
R
1
H
2
RBI
1
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Cal Poly first baseman Joe Yorke singled three times and drove in two runs Saturday, but the Mustangs fell to CSUN 10-6.
Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics
Another Late Rally Enables CSUN to Clinch Series Against Cal Poly
4/22/2023 6:53:00 PM | Baseball
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. -- For the 10th time this season, including four walk-offs, Cal Poly's opponent took the lead for good in its final at-bat of the game.
One day after scoring seven runs in the eighth inning to turn a 10-5 deficit into a 12-10 victory, CSUN rallied for six runs in the eighth to snap a 4-4 tie and went on to beat the Mustangs 10-6, clinching the three-game Big West baseball series Saturday at Matador Field.
Cal Poly, which jumped to a 3-0 lead in the second inning, fell to 13-23 for the season and 7-10 in Big West games. The Mustangs are now 4-12 when scoring first and 3-10 in games away from Baggett Stadium.
CSUN, which has outscored Cal Poly 16-3 in the final three innings of the first two games of the series, improved to 23-10 overall and 10-4 in the Big West, two games behind first-place Cal State Fullerton.
Cal Poly's three-run second-inning rally featured five consecutive hits with two outs. Wyatt King doubled and scored on Kemet Brown's two-run home run, his first as a Mustang. Singles by Jake Steels, Ryan Fenn and Ryan Stafford netted a third run in the inning.
Meanwhile, sophomore right-hander Steven Brooks earned a quality start, allowing one run and four hits in six innings with six strikeouts, one shy of his career high, and one walk. He left the game after throwing 81 pitches, leading 3-1.
The bullpen couldn't hold the lead as CSUN scored three times in the seventh for a 4-3 advantage. Joey Kramer hit a two-run home run to tie the game and Graysen Tarlow's two-out drag bunt to the left side for a single pushed across the go-ahead run.
Collin Villegas smashed his eighth home run of the season leading off the eighth inning, retying the game at 4-4, before the Matadors shattered the deadlock with a six-run rally in the bottom of the eighth, marking the 31st time this season that an opponent had scored immediately after Cal Poly plated one or more runs.
Third baseman Mason Le's three-run home run to left, his second of the year, broke the tie and CSUN added three more runs, all unearned, on a wild pitch and a two-run triple by Ali Camarillo.
Cal Poly tallied two runs in the ninth on a two-run bloop single down the left-field line by Joe Yorke, but left the potential tying run in the on-deck circle as Joshua Romero secured the final out for his eighth save.
Despite the loss, Cal Poly outhit CSUN 15-12, led by Yorke with three hits and Steels, Fenn, Stafford, Villegas and Brown, all with two hits. Aaron Casillas extended his hitting streak to 16 games with an eighth-inning single and is 28-for-71 (.394) during the run to lift his average 74 points to .327.
Fenn has now hit in 10 straight games, hitting .450 (18-for-40) in that stretch and 28-for-72 (.389) in his last 19 games to bump his average up 145 points to .337.
Stafford has produced multiple hits in nine of his last 11 games and, in his last 25 contests, is 38-for-103 (.369) to hike his average 71 points to .338. Steels is 12-for-31 (.387) in his last seven games as his average has grown 25 points to .319 while Yorke is 23-for-67 (.343) in his last 15 games, including a pair of four-hit games, to lift his average 34 points to .309.
Villegas has 25 hits in his last 79 at-bats (.316) over 19 games, which included a nine-game hitting streak, and bumped his average up 42 points to .284. Villegas had no doubles in his first 17 games but has doubled 12 times since, including a school-record four in a single game at CSU Bakersfield on April 14.
As a team, Cal Poly has produced a .310 batting average over its last 19 contests with 41 doubles and 11 double-digit games in hits, averaging 6.9 runs and 11.1 hits. The Mustangs are hitting .282 as a team, 33 points higher than their low of .249 on March 18.
Jakob Simons was 3-for-5 with two doubles for the Matadors.
Hayden Cody (2-0), the third of five CSUN pitchers in the game, earned the victory, allowing a run and two hits over two innings. The loss was charged to Mustang right-hander Kaden Sheedy (1-2) as he gave up six runs (two earned), five hits and three walks in two innings of work on the mound.
Sunday's series finale starts at 1 o'clock with Cal Poly redshirt freshman Jakob Wright (0-0, 6.75 ERA) to face CSUN sophomore southpaw Jon Mocherman (1-0, 2.76 ERA).
One day after scoring seven runs in the eighth inning to turn a 10-5 deficit into a 12-10 victory, CSUN rallied for six runs in the eighth to snap a 4-4 tie and went on to beat the Mustangs 10-6, clinching the three-game Big West baseball series Saturday at Matador Field.
Cal Poly, which jumped to a 3-0 lead in the second inning, fell to 13-23 for the season and 7-10 in Big West games. The Mustangs are now 4-12 when scoring first and 3-10 in games away from Baggett Stadium.
CSUN, which has outscored Cal Poly 16-3 in the final three innings of the first two games of the series, improved to 23-10 overall and 10-4 in the Big West, two games behind first-place Cal State Fullerton.
Cal Poly's three-run second-inning rally featured five consecutive hits with two outs. Wyatt King doubled and scored on Kemet Brown's two-run home run, his first as a Mustang. Singles by Jake Steels, Ryan Fenn and Ryan Stafford netted a third run in the inning.
Meanwhile, sophomore right-hander Steven Brooks earned a quality start, allowing one run and four hits in six innings with six strikeouts, one shy of his career high, and one walk. He left the game after throwing 81 pitches, leading 3-1.
The bullpen couldn't hold the lead as CSUN scored three times in the seventh for a 4-3 advantage. Joey Kramer hit a two-run home run to tie the game and Graysen Tarlow's two-out drag bunt to the left side for a single pushed across the go-ahead run.
Collin Villegas smashed his eighth home run of the season leading off the eighth inning, retying the game at 4-4, before the Matadors shattered the deadlock with a six-run rally in the bottom of the eighth, marking the 31st time this season that an opponent had scored immediately after Cal Poly plated one or more runs.
Third baseman Mason Le's three-run home run to left, his second of the year, broke the tie and CSUN added three more runs, all unearned, on a wild pitch and a two-run triple by Ali Camarillo.
Cal Poly tallied two runs in the ninth on a two-run bloop single down the left-field line by Joe Yorke, but left the potential tying run in the on-deck circle as Joshua Romero secured the final out for his eighth save.
Despite the loss, Cal Poly outhit CSUN 15-12, led by Yorke with three hits and Steels, Fenn, Stafford, Villegas and Brown, all with two hits. Aaron Casillas extended his hitting streak to 16 games with an eighth-inning single and is 28-for-71 (.394) during the run to lift his average 74 points to .327.
Fenn has now hit in 10 straight games, hitting .450 (18-for-40) in that stretch and 28-for-72 (.389) in his last 19 games to bump his average up 145 points to .337.
Stafford has produced multiple hits in nine of his last 11 games and, in his last 25 contests, is 38-for-103 (.369) to hike his average 71 points to .338. Steels is 12-for-31 (.387) in his last seven games as his average has grown 25 points to .319 while Yorke is 23-for-67 (.343) in his last 15 games, including a pair of four-hit games, to lift his average 34 points to .309.
Villegas has 25 hits in his last 79 at-bats (.316) over 19 games, which included a nine-game hitting streak, and bumped his average up 42 points to .284. Villegas had no doubles in his first 17 games but has doubled 12 times since, including a school-record four in a single game at CSU Bakersfield on April 14.
As a team, Cal Poly has produced a .310 batting average over its last 19 contests with 41 doubles and 11 double-digit games in hits, averaging 6.9 runs and 11.1 hits. The Mustangs are hitting .282 as a team, 33 points higher than their low of .249 on March 18.
Jakob Simons was 3-for-5 with two doubles for the Matadors.
Hayden Cody (2-0), the third of five CSUN pitchers in the game, earned the victory, allowing a run and two hits over two innings. The loss was charged to Mustang right-hander Kaden Sheedy (1-2) as he gave up six runs (two earned), five hits and three walks in two innings of work on the mound.
Sunday's series finale starts at 1 o'clock with Cal Poly redshirt freshman Jakob Wright (0-0, 6.75 ERA) to face CSUN sophomore southpaw Jon Mocherman (1-0, 2.76 ERA).
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