Cal Poly Baseball fell 9-2 to Pepperdine in their 2020 home opener Tuesday, Feb. 19 inside Baggett Stadium. Despite coming off a historic game where the Mustangs took down defending national champions Vanderbilt, Cal Poly produced just four hits and two walks against the Waves. “I think we just came out a little flat today,” […]
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Baseball takes down UConn and No. 1 Vanderbilt in season-opening MLB4 Tournament
Cal Poly Baseball kicked off the 2020 season with a 2-1 record in the MLB4 Tournament at Talking Stick in Scottsdale, Arizona Feb. 14-16. After winning its first game in a 5-0 shutout over UConn, the Mustangs fell to Michigan by a score of 8-5. Cal Poly capped off the tournament with a 9-8 walk-off […]
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Defending national champions headline Baseball’s packed non-conference schedule
A regional finalist. The national runner-up. The reigning national champions. Those three squads will be the first three opponents for Cal Poly Baseball when they open up their season in Scottsdale, Arizona on the weekend of Feb. 14-16. Cal Poly opens its season against UConn on Valentine’s Day, takes on No. 13 Michigan on Saturday, […]
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Baseball brings a new lineup of starting pitchers into the 2020 season
A pair of juniors and a pair of true freshmen pitchers will need to transition into starters quickly in order to fill the biggest holes in Cal Poly Baseball’s roster. Junior righthander Taylor Dollard and junior southpaw Andrew Alvarez bring experience to the weekend pitching ranks, while freshmen righthanders Drew Thorpe and Derek True will […]
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Stuck on second: Baseball seeks redemption after falling short last season
In its last series of the 2019 season, Cal Poly Baseball was fighting for a spot in a NCAA regional tournament against Blue-Green rival UC Santa Barbara. After winning the first two games of the three-day weekend series, the Mustangs had forced a must-win scenario for both squads on Sunday. Unfortunately, Cal Poly was unable […]
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Top Baseball recruit Brooks Lee will miss start of 2020 season due to injury
Freshman shortstop Brooks Lee will be out for the beginning of the Mustangs’ 2020 season as he recovers from a rare hamstring injury. Despite the setback, Lee said he is about two and a half months ahead of his rehab schedule and is expected to return to the lineup before the start of the Big […]
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Baseball head coach Larry Lee reflects on 1,000 career wins
As he heads into his 18th season with Cal Poly Baseball, Larry Lee remains the only Big West Conference head coach to amass more than 1,000 wins in his career. Lee achieved his 1,000th win during last season’s final conference series against Blue-Green rival UC Santa Barbara. Lee recorded all of his wins on the […]
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Baseball’s plans for improvement after worst offensive season
Despite finishing one game short of a Big West title in 2019, Cal Poly Baseball had its worst offensive season in 25 years of Division I baseball. This season, the team is looking to combine a group of veterans with a strong 2019 recruiting class to improve on last year’s performance. “Although there’s 10 of […]
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Bobby Ay prepares to start his professional career with the Arizona Diamondbacks
After a successful season as a weekend starter, junior righthander Bobby Ay was selected in the ninth round of the MLB draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday, June 4. “It was incredible,” Ay said. “Honestly, my mind blacked out a little bit and I can’t really remember much. It happened so fast. I was […]
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Righthander Bobby Ay selected in the MLB draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks
Bobby Ay was selected in the ninth round with the 272nd overall pick by Arizona Diamondbacks..
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Baseball’s postseason dreams broken with series finale loss to UC Santa Barbara
Cal Poly Baseball did not get the third win they needed to advance to the NCAA Tournament as the team was shutout 7-0 by UC Santa Barbara on Sunday, May 27. The Mustangs (28-8, 17-7 Big West) set themselves for a potential upset sweep over the Blue-Green rival with a 3-0 win on Thursday and […]