14-24
Santa Clara
20-15
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: HALES,Skylar (4-4)
L: Garcia, Holden (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Yorke, Joe 2 ; King, Wyatt 1
HR: Steels, Jake 1 ; Stafford, Ryan 1 ; Cloyd, Evan 1
RBI: Steels, Jake 2 ; Fenn, Ryan 1 ; Stafford, Ryan 1 ; Casillas, Aaron 1 ; King, Wyatt 1 ; Corio, Taison 1 ; Cloyd, Evan 3
Base Running:
RUNS: Steels, Jake 1 ; Fenn, Ryan 1 ; Stafford, Ryan 1 ; Villegas, Collin 1 ; Casillas, Aaron 1 ; King, Wyatt 2 ; Corio, Taison 2 ; Cloyd, Evan 1
SB: Fenn, Ryan 1
HBP: Casillas, Aaron 1 ; King, Wyatt 1 ; Cloyd, Evan 1
Batting:
2B: O'HARA,Michael 1 ; BRIGMAN,Coleman 1
3B: MANZO,Efrain 1
HR: BRIGMAN,Dawson 1 ; BRIGMAN,Coleman 1 ; WILLIAMS,Malcolm 1
RBI: O'HARA,Michael 1 ; BRIGMAN,Dawson 2 ; HIPWELL,Robert 1 ; BRIGMAN,Coleman 4 ; WILLIAMS,Malcolm 2
SH: BRIGMAN,Dawson 2
SF: HIPWELL,Robert 1 ; BRIGMAN,Coleman 1
Base Running:
RUNS: O'HARA,Michael 1 ; BRIGMAN,Dawson 2 ; HIPWELL,Robert 1 ; MANZO,Efrain 2 ; BRIGMAN,Coleman 1 ; WILLIAMS,Malcolm 1 ; LANCE,Eamonn 1 ; LUETZOW,Johnny 2
CS: WILLIAMS,Malcolm 1
HBP: O'HARA,Michael 1 ; HIPWELL,Robert 1 ; BRIGMAN,Coleman 1 ; BERRING,JonJon 1 ; LUETZOW,Johnny 1
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Cal Poly Falls to Santa Clara in 10 Innings, 11-10
4/25/2023 8:05:00 PM | Baseball
Ryan Stafford's fifth home run of the season in the top of the 10th gave Cal Poly a 10-9 lead before Santa Clara scored twice in the bottom of the 10th. Efrain Manzo tripled and came home on a sacrifice fly by Coleman Brigham, setting the stage for Williams' game-winner.
With the loss, Cal Poly is now 0-5 in extra-inning games this season, all 10 innings, and was walked off for the fifth time in its last 15 contests. The Mustangs are 3-9 in one-run games and 4-3 in two-run contests, 4-13 when scoring first and have lost six times when outhitting the opposition.
Cal Poly fell 10 games under the .500 mark for the third time this year at 14-24 while Santa Clara, which swept the two-game midweek series against the Mustangs this season and have won eight of the last nine meetings, improved to 20-15.
Cal Poly jumped to a 3-0 lead in the first inning and also led 4-3, 9-6 and 10-9 but could not hold on.
Jake Steels opened the game with a home run down the right-field line. Aaron Casillas followed with an RBI single to extend his hitting streak to 18 games and Wyatt King doubled to drive home Casillas.
Santa Clara tied the game with a three-run rally in the third before Cal Poly regained the upper hand in the fourth, loading the bases with one single and two hit batsmen before Steels hit into a force play at third, driving in a run.
Santa Clara led 6-5 before Cal Poly scored four times in the seventh on an RBI single by Taison Corio and a three-run home run over the scoreboard by Evan Cloyd, his third of the year.
Santa Clara tied the game again with a run in the seventh and two more in the eighth.
Cal Poly's 13-10 advantage in hits was paced by Casillas, Corio, Cloyd, Ryan Fenn and Joe Yorke, each with two hits. Fenn extended his hitting streak to 12 games with two singles.
Brigham had three hits, including a two-run home run in the eighth inning which tied the game at 9-9, and drove in four runs for Santa Clara.
Skylar Hales (4-4) earned the win by pitching the final two innings for Santa Clara. Holden Garcia (0-1) suffered the loss.
Each team belted three home runs and used six pitchers. Cal Poly's pitching staff issued eight walks and hit five Bronco batters.
Cal Poly returns home to host UC San Diego for a three-game Big West Conference series Friday through Sunday at Baggett Stadium.
