Saturday, March 23
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
3 P.M.
11-10, 3-2
10
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11
UCSB
13-6, 4-1
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10
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12
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H
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UC Santa Barbara
0
1
0
4
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
2
11
20
2
Cal Poly
0
0
0
0
3
5
0
0
1
0
0
1
10
10
0
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Tyler Bremner (3-0)
L: Torres, Jake (0-1)
S: Jackson Flora (3)
Batting:
2B: Aaron Parker 1 ; Brendan Durfee 2 ; Ivan Brethowr 2 ; Justin Trimble 1 ; Jessada Brown 2
RBI: Nick Oakley 1 ; Zander Darby 1 ; Aaron Parker 2 ; Brendan Durfee 3 ; Ivan Brethowr 2 ; Jonah Sebring 1 ; Reiss Calvin 1
SH: LeTrey McCollum 1
SF: Zander Darby 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Nick Oakley 3 ; Aaron Parker 1 ; Brendan Durfee 2 ; Justin Trimble 1 ; Jessada Brown 2 ; Reiss Calvin 2
SB: Nick Oakley 1 ; Justin Trimble 1 ; Reiss Calvin 1
CS: Jonah Sebring 1
HBP: Ivan Brethowr 1 ; Justin Trimble 3
PO: Jonah Sebring 1
Batting:
2B: Stafford, Ryan 1 ; Cloyd, Evan 1
RBI: Stafford, Ryan 4 ; Fenn, Ryan 2 ; Casillas, Aaron 2 ; Kordic, Dylan 1
SH: Garza, Alejandro 1
SF: Casillas, Aaron 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Steels, Jake 2 ; Stafford, Ryan 1 ; Fenn, Ryan 1 ; Garza, Alejandro 1 ; Cloyd, Evan 1 ; Daudet, Zach 1 ; Brown, Kemet 1 ; Murray Jr., Casey 2
HBP: Steels, Jake 1 ; Cloyd, Evan 1 ; Daudet, Zach 1 ; Casillas, Aaron 1 ; Murray Jr., Casey 1
Game Leaders
Hitting
AB
5
R
1
H
3
RBI
0
AB
7
R
1
H
2
RBI
4
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Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics
Cal Poly Battles Through Rain and Extra-Innings in Loss
3/23/2024 8:49:00 PM | Baseball
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — The Cal Poly Baseball program honored a few of its alumni from the 2014 conference championship team, as well as legend Mike Krukow among others, during a game that saw the Mustangs overturn a 5-run hole and no hits through the fourth to force extra innings.
Despite a career-high strikeouts performance from Tanner Sagouspe, Cal Poly was not quite able to find the final run to extend extras into the thirteenth as UCSB nabbed a tight 11-10 win in the nail-biting affair.
Steven Brooks started on the mound strong with a quick K of UCSB's leadoff hitter. Even so, the Gauchos strung together a pair of well-hit line drives into the outfield for runners on the corners, but Brooks forced a grounder to squeeze out of the early jam.
After the Mustangs had no luck getting started on offense in the bottom of the first, UCSB had its first lead of the series with the nine-hole hitter, Reiss Calvin, floating a ball perfectly into the left-center gap in an RBI-single.
The Gauchos forced Cal Poly into a second straight three-up, three-down inning heading into the third frame. A pair of catches at the wall by Liam MacDonald and Jake Steels prevented UCSB from profiting off its power-hitting start of the lineup in the third inning. Rain delayed the contest, but a little over thirty minutes later Brooks came right back out and picked up his second K of the game to halt UCSB.
After Cal Poly remained hitless through the third, UCSB added another run on a string of hits that rallied from an initial double down the left field line. Nick Oakley's RBI-single to right-center made it a 2-0 Gaucho lead.
Ryan Baum relieved Brooks as the opposition had runners on first and second, which were converted into runs on Brendan Durfee's 2-RBI single. Ivan Brethower lengthened the lead again in the fourth with his own RBI-double into left center, making it a 5-0 gap.
Cal Poly finally broke through with its first hit when Alejandro Garza's grounder straight up the middle bounced off the second base bag and into shallow center field following Joe Yorke's walk. Evan Cloyd was hit by a pitch to load the bases, but a diving catch in right field foul territory ended Cal Poly's first scoring opportunity.
In the bottom of the fifth, both Casey Murray Jr. and Jake Steels were hit by pitches, with Steels getting plunked for the 11th time this season. Ryan Stafford cleared the bases with a 2-RBI double off the left field wall. Murray Jr. came in standing, but Steels slid underneath a potential tag that turned into a UCSB error, sending Stafford to third as well. Ryan Fenn grounded out on the next at-bat, but not before bringing in Stafford, cutting the deficit to 3-5.
UCSB responded again in the bottom of the sixth. Durfee racked up his third hit of the game with a double after Aaron Parker singled to the shortstop, putting runners on second and third. Brethowr's ground out was enough to score Parker for a 6-3 Gaucho lead. Caden Pearlman took over on the mound to close out the inning with a strikeout on Justin Trimble.
To lead off the bottom of the sixth, Garza hit a single up the middle. Cloyd followed that up by clobbering a ball off the center field wall to put himself on second and advance Garza to third. Dylan Kordic pinch hit an RBI-single to deep right field, bringing the score to 5-6.
Back-to-back sets of wild pitches and walks loaded the bases with just one out, still in the sixth inning. Stafford came up huge to give Cal Poly its first lead of the game with a 2-RBI single to right field. The bleeding did not stop, as Fenn extended his hit streak to 16 games on his own RBI single, extending the Cal Poly lead to 8-6.
The Gauchos responded yet again, this time in the top of the seventh, with a double, single, and walk to quickly load the bases in order. Zander Darby then flew out to center field, bringing across a run and shortening the deficit to 7-8 for UCSB.
Continuing the seventh, and for the second straight evening, Tanner Sagouspe took the mound in a late relief appearance, but UCSB's Parker smacked a 2-RBI double down the left field line to regain the lead. Sagouspe settled in and made it two straight empty frames for UCSB with back-to-back strikeouts in the ninth, giving Cal Poly one final set of outs to work with, down one run.
Fenn wasted no time dropping a shot into left-center for the leadoff single. Joe Yorke took just two pitches to advance Fenn and put himself on first before Tate Shimao took his place. Garza converted a picture-perfect bunt down the first base line to advance both runners with just one out.
Cloyd was intentionally walked to load the bases, who was replaced by Zach Daudet on first, giving Cal Poly a golden opportunity. Aaron Casillas flew out to bat Fenn in and tie the game at 9-all as the Mustangs would later head into extra innings.
Sagouspe struck out the UCSB side to kick off extra innings, going through over 3 innings up to that point with just two hits allowed while sitting seven on strikes, his new single-game career-high mark. UCSB's reliever responded with the same result, striking out the side. He continued his hot streak into the twelfth before finally being relieved by Jake Torres.
UCSB opened the twelfth inning with a solid single before advancing that runner on a bunt that grounded out. Durfee extended his day to 4-of-6 with a go-ahead RBI-double that gave the Gauchos a 10-9 lead. That lead grew to 11-9 with Jonah Sebring's single.
UCSB's twelfth inning reliever, Jackson Flora, hit both of the first two Mustangs back-to-back, putting the potential tying run, Aaron Casillas, on first. Steels rocketed a grounder left of second base that bounced off the fielder and let in one RBI to bring the deficit to just one. That would be it for the Mustangs, however, as Stafford could not beat a controversially-close throw to first base that would have extended the game.
The Mustangs and Gauchos wrap up the intense three-game series on Sunday, hoping the rain stays away with the first pitch currently scheduled for 1:00 pm.
Despite a career-high strikeouts performance from Tanner Sagouspe, Cal Poly was not quite able to find the final run to extend extras into the thirteenth as UCSB nabbed a tight 11-10 win in the nail-biting affair.
Steven Brooks started on the mound strong with a quick K of UCSB's leadoff hitter. Even so, the Gauchos strung together a pair of well-hit line drives into the outfield for runners on the corners, but Brooks forced a grounder to squeeze out of the early jam.
After the Mustangs had no luck getting started on offense in the bottom of the first, UCSB had its first lead of the series with the nine-hole hitter, Reiss Calvin, floating a ball perfectly into the left-center gap in an RBI-single.
The Gauchos forced Cal Poly into a second straight three-up, three-down inning heading into the third frame. A pair of catches at the wall by Liam MacDonald and Jake Steels prevented UCSB from profiting off its power-hitting start of the lineup in the third inning. Rain delayed the contest, but a little over thirty minutes later Brooks came right back out and picked up his second K of the game to halt UCSB.
After Cal Poly remained hitless through the third, UCSB added another run on a string of hits that rallied from an initial double down the left field line. Nick Oakley's RBI-single to right-center made it a 2-0 Gaucho lead.
Ryan Baum relieved Brooks as the opposition had runners on first and second, which were converted into runs on Brendan Durfee's 2-RBI single. Ivan Brethower lengthened the lead again in the fourth with his own RBI-double into left center, making it a 5-0 gap.
Cal Poly finally broke through with its first hit when Alejandro Garza's grounder straight up the middle bounced off the second base bag and into shallow center field following Joe Yorke's walk. Evan Cloyd was hit by a pitch to load the bases, but a diving catch in right field foul territory ended Cal Poly's first scoring opportunity.
In the bottom of the fifth, both Casey Murray Jr. and Jake Steels were hit by pitches, with Steels getting plunked for the 11th time this season. Ryan Stafford cleared the bases with a 2-RBI double off the left field wall. Murray Jr. came in standing, but Steels slid underneath a potential tag that turned into a UCSB error, sending Stafford to third as well. Ryan Fenn grounded out on the next at-bat, but not before bringing in Stafford, cutting the deficit to 3-5.
UCSB responded again in the bottom of the sixth. Durfee racked up his third hit of the game with a double after Aaron Parker singled to the shortstop, putting runners on second and third. Brethowr's ground out was enough to score Parker for a 6-3 Gaucho lead. Caden Pearlman took over on the mound to close out the inning with a strikeout on Justin Trimble.
To lead off the bottom of the sixth, Garza hit a single up the middle. Cloyd followed that up by clobbering a ball off the center field wall to put himself on second and advance Garza to third. Dylan Kordic pinch hit an RBI-single to deep right field, bringing the score to 5-6.
Back-to-back sets of wild pitches and walks loaded the bases with just one out, still in the sixth inning. Stafford came up huge to give Cal Poly its first lead of the game with a 2-RBI single to right field. The bleeding did not stop, as Fenn extended his hit streak to 16 games on his own RBI single, extending the Cal Poly lead to 8-6.
The Gauchos responded yet again, this time in the top of the seventh, with a double, single, and walk to quickly load the bases in order. Zander Darby then flew out to center field, bringing across a run and shortening the deficit to 7-8 for UCSB.
Continuing the seventh, and for the second straight evening, Tanner Sagouspe took the mound in a late relief appearance, but UCSB's Parker smacked a 2-RBI double down the left field line to regain the lead. Sagouspe settled in and made it two straight empty frames for UCSB with back-to-back strikeouts in the ninth, giving Cal Poly one final set of outs to work with, down one run.
Fenn wasted no time dropping a shot into left-center for the leadoff single. Joe Yorke took just two pitches to advance Fenn and put himself on first before Tate Shimao took his place. Garza converted a picture-perfect bunt down the first base line to advance both runners with just one out.
Cloyd was intentionally walked to load the bases, who was replaced by Zach Daudet on first, giving Cal Poly a golden opportunity. Aaron Casillas flew out to bat Fenn in and tie the game at 9-all as the Mustangs would later head into extra innings.
Sagouspe struck out the UCSB side to kick off extra innings, going through over 3 innings up to that point with just two hits allowed while sitting seven on strikes, his new single-game career-high mark. UCSB's reliever responded with the same result, striking out the side. He continued his hot streak into the twelfth before finally being relieved by Jake Torres.
UCSB opened the twelfth inning with a solid single before advancing that runner on a bunt that grounded out. Durfee extended his day to 4-of-6 with a go-ahead RBI-double that gave the Gauchos a 10-9 lead. That lead grew to 11-9 with Jonah Sebring's single.
UCSB's twelfth inning reliever, Jackson Flora, hit both of the first two Mustangs back-to-back, putting the potential tying run, Aaron Casillas, on first. Steels rocketed a grounder left of second base that bounced off the fielder and let in one RBI to bring the deficit to just one. That would be it for the Mustangs, however, as Stafford could not beat a controversially-close throw to first base that would have extended the game.
The Mustangs and Gauchos wrap up the intense three-game series on Sunday, hoping the rain stays away with the first pitch currently scheduled for 1:00 pm.
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