Wednesday, March 13
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
5 P.M.
8-8
19
vs
7
UNLV
9-7
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
UNLV
0
0
0
3
1
0
3
0
0
7
9
1
Cal Poly
7
2
4
3
2
0
0
1
X
19
19
3
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Baum, Ryan (1-3)
L: Charles,Rylan (0-1)
Batting:
2B: Rodriguez,Isaac 1 ; Higgins,Kade 1
RBI: Panaro,Santino 2 ; Kryszczuk,Austin 1 ; Schmidt,Parker 1 ; Ditmar,Chase 2
Base Running:
RUNS: Rodriguez,Isaac 2 ; Higgins,Kade 1 ; Kryszczuk,Austin 1 ; Overbay,Alex 1 ; Schmidt,Parker 1 ; Ditmar,Chase 1
HBP: Gallegos,Chase 1
Batting:
2B: Steels, Jake 1 ; Fenn, Ryan 1 ; Yorke, Joe 1
3B: Fenn, Ryan 1 ; MacDonald , Liam 1
HR: Steels, Jake 1
RBI: Steels, Jake 4 ; Fenn, Ryan 2 ; Yorke, Joe 4 ; Garza, Alejandro 1 ; Kordic, Dylan 1 ; Murray Jr., Casey 2 ; Knowles, Dylan 1 ; Casillas, Aaron 1 ; Higuchi, Mack 1
SF: Yorke, Joe 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Steels, Jake 3 ; Stafford, Ryan 2 ; Shimao, Tate 1 ; Fenn, Ryan 5 ; Yorke, Joe 3 ; Kordic, Dylan 1 ; MacDonald , Liam 1 ; Murray Jr., Casey 1 ; Higuchi, Mack 2
HBP: Casillas, Aaron 1 ; Daudet, Zach 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
3
R
3
H
3
RBI
4
lf/rf
AB
3
R
1
H
2
RBI
1
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Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics
Fenn Collects First Career 5-Hit Game as Mustangs Dominate UNLV
3/13/2024 9:30:00 PM | Baseball
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — After a curt early season slump, the Mustangs have made the most of their recent opportunities, winning six of their last nine and bringing their home record to 7-5. Cal Poly now heads into the conference slate having recovered to a .500 winning percentage as the Mustangs tallied 19 runs for the second time in just five days.
Altogether, Ryan Fenn had an insane career day, notching his first 5-hit game and the school's 20th in the Division I era, while simultaneously placing himself second in program history for single-game runs. On top of all this, an astounding 17 pitchers were deployed between the two teams, and Cal Poly used an entire two lineup's worth of batters in the process.
Cal Poly set the tone with a quick 1-2-3 top of the first has Christopher Downs had some smooth fielding defensive help to sit own UNLV. The Mustangs then immediately exploded on offense as Jake Steels walked to lead bottom of inning, then Stafford hit a grounded single to center field that snuck under the CF glove, leading to a fielding error and first run with the fleet-of-foot Steels scoring from first.
In the very next at-bat, Fenn smacked an inside-out single to right field that brought Stafford in. Joe Yorke then walked to put runners on first and second. Dylan Kordic got on base to load them shortly after. Casey Murray Jr. walked, bringing in the third run of the inning, forcing the UNLV starter out.
Filling in for Stafford, who played DH, Higuchi drew the fifth walk of the inning for the second straight RBI on balls. A wild pitch moved all runners up 90-feet as Kordic slid into home for the first inning's fifth run. With the lineup doubling over, Steels crushed one deep, bouncing off the center field wall to bring in a two-RBI double. The first inning finally came to a close with a bang-bang throw at first base to stop Stafford from stretching an infield single.
Downs had no trouble getting the inning turned right back over to the bats. Fenn led off the second with a deep triple off the left-center wall, emulating Steels from the first inning. Yorke doubled easily to the right-center alley for another RBI. Kordic then rocketed a single that hopped off the first baseman to put runners on the corners. On the very next pitch, Murray Jr. hit one straight down the third base line, but extra bases were saved by the fielder stretching out for the stop.
Back-to-back strikeouts from Downs kept UNLV off the board yet again. Starting the bottom of the frame, Higuchi collected a single to right field before Steels crushed his first homer of the year, falling all the way past the 405-foot center field wall and sitting another UNLV pitcher.
Three more straight singles from Fenn, Yorke, and Alejandro Garza eventually yielded an RBI as Fenn came across yet again. When Murray singled again to load the bases, Aaron Casillas was hit hard by a pitch, walking in another unforced run.
In the fourth, UNLV finally found a response after getting runners on the corners through a lead-off double and single before a third straight hit to center field sent the runner on third across home plate. At that point, after three innings of solid work, allowing just one run and three hits total, Downs was relieved by Reece Bueno. An opening walk loaded the bases, and another single through the left side brought in two more runs.
Bueno managed a swinging K and line-out of the next two batters before bases were juiced. The reliever tallied his second swinging strikeout of the inning to close the door and get Cal Poly out of the jam, still up by 10 runs. In the bottom of the fourth, Steels continued his fantastic day with a single to right field, just a triple away from the cycle as he led off the inning.
Stafford took the Mustangs' sixth walk of the day before Fenn had his fourth straight hit in four innings to load the bases again. Solid contact on a Yorke RBI-single put Cal Poly up 15-3. Kordic made it 16-3 with his own RBI-single after Garza grounded out.
In the fifth, a fielding error and bobbled ball behind first base gave UNLV runners on first and second. Ryan Baum, the typical Saturday starter, relieved Bueno in a jam. He would eventually be awarded the win. On the offensive end of the inning, Tate Shimao, in relief of Ryan Stafford, rounded all of the bases as Fenn doubled to the furthest left field corner possible, making that his first career 5-hit game, which is also the team's 20th in its thirty-year Division I history.
Yorke smacked a sac fly high to left-center, bringing in Fenn before the Mustangs were retired in the fifth. That run by Fenn was his fifth of the game, which is good for co-second in the Cal Poly record books for single-game scores. After that, the Mustangs would go scoreless in the next two innings.
The Rebels found more offense in the seventh inning. A collection of walks put runners on first and second, bringing in Paul Montgomery for Cal Poly. After bases were loaded on walks, a wild pitch brought in the Rebels' fifth run. UNLV then got to 7 with a two-out, two-run RBI.
Adding to the onslaught was Dylan Knowles in the eighth with his single through the right side that scored Liam MacDonald. Finally, in the ninth, Mustang sidearm pitcher Noah Larkin sat UNLV's batters down 1-2-3 with ease to round out the humongous day for Cal Poly.
Altogether, Ryan Fenn had an insane career day, notching his first 5-hit game and the school's 20th in the Division I era, while simultaneously placing himself second in program history for single-game runs. On top of all this, an astounding 17 pitchers were deployed between the two teams, and Cal Poly used an entire two lineup's worth of batters in the process.
Cal Poly set the tone with a quick 1-2-3 top of the first has Christopher Downs had some smooth fielding defensive help to sit own UNLV. The Mustangs then immediately exploded on offense as Jake Steels walked to lead bottom of inning, then Stafford hit a grounded single to center field that snuck under the CF glove, leading to a fielding error and first run with the fleet-of-foot Steels scoring from first.
In the very next at-bat, Fenn smacked an inside-out single to right field that brought Stafford in. Joe Yorke then walked to put runners on first and second. Dylan Kordic got on base to load them shortly after. Casey Murray Jr. walked, bringing in the third run of the inning, forcing the UNLV starter out.
Filling in for Stafford, who played DH, Higuchi drew the fifth walk of the inning for the second straight RBI on balls. A wild pitch moved all runners up 90-feet as Kordic slid into home for the first inning's fifth run. With the lineup doubling over, Steels crushed one deep, bouncing off the center field wall to bring in a two-RBI double. The first inning finally came to a close with a bang-bang throw at first base to stop Stafford from stretching an infield single.
Downs had no trouble getting the inning turned right back over to the bats. Fenn led off the second with a deep triple off the left-center wall, emulating Steels from the first inning. Yorke doubled easily to the right-center alley for another RBI. Kordic then rocketed a single that hopped off the first baseman to put runners on the corners. On the very next pitch, Murray Jr. hit one straight down the third base line, but extra bases were saved by the fielder stretching out for the stop.
Back-to-back strikeouts from Downs kept UNLV off the board yet again. Starting the bottom of the frame, Higuchi collected a single to right field before Steels crushed his first homer of the year, falling all the way past the 405-foot center field wall and sitting another UNLV pitcher.
Three more straight singles from Fenn, Yorke, and Alejandro Garza eventually yielded an RBI as Fenn came across yet again. When Murray singled again to load the bases, Aaron Casillas was hit hard by a pitch, walking in another unforced run.
In the fourth, UNLV finally found a response after getting runners on the corners through a lead-off double and single before a third straight hit to center field sent the runner on third across home plate. At that point, after three innings of solid work, allowing just one run and three hits total, Downs was relieved by Reece Bueno. An opening walk loaded the bases, and another single through the left side brought in two more runs.
Bueno managed a swinging K and line-out of the next two batters before bases were juiced. The reliever tallied his second swinging strikeout of the inning to close the door and get Cal Poly out of the jam, still up by 10 runs. In the bottom of the fourth, Steels continued his fantastic day with a single to right field, just a triple away from the cycle as he led off the inning.
Stafford took the Mustangs' sixth walk of the day before Fenn had his fourth straight hit in four innings to load the bases again. Solid contact on a Yorke RBI-single put Cal Poly up 15-3. Kordic made it 16-3 with his own RBI-single after Garza grounded out.
In the fifth, a fielding error and bobbled ball behind first base gave UNLV runners on first and second. Ryan Baum, the typical Saturday starter, relieved Bueno in a jam. He would eventually be awarded the win. On the offensive end of the inning, Tate Shimao, in relief of Ryan Stafford, rounded all of the bases as Fenn doubled to the furthest left field corner possible, making that his first career 5-hit game, which is also the team's 20th in its thirty-year Division I history.
Yorke smacked a sac fly high to left-center, bringing in Fenn before the Mustangs were retired in the fifth. That run by Fenn was his fifth of the game, which is good for co-second in the Cal Poly record books for single-game scores. After that, the Mustangs would go scoreless in the next two innings.
The Rebels found more offense in the seventh inning. A collection of walks put runners on first and second, bringing in Paul Montgomery for Cal Poly. After bases were loaded on walks, a wild pitch brought in the Rebels' fifth run. UNLV then got to 7 with a two-out, two-run RBI.
Adding to the onslaught was Dylan Knowles in the eighth with his single through the right side that scored Liam MacDonald. Finally, in the ninth, Mustang sidearm pitcher Noah Larkin sat UNLV's batters down 1-2-3 with ease to round out the humongous day for Cal Poly.
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