Cal Poly baseball is off to its best start in three years. A 21-13 overall and 5-4 Big West record puts the team in third place in the Big West. The hot start is accompanied by a group of underclassmen providing key hits to bolster the Mustang office. At the head of that group are […]
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Baseball clinches weekend series in nail-biter
The Mustang pitching staff continued their success during Cal Poly’s 3-2 victory over UC Irvine on Friday night. Senior left-handed pitcher Kyle Anderson went six innings and gave up one earned run on four hits, four strikeouts and two walks, but closer Chase Johnson made it interesting in the final frame before the Mustangs clinched […]
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Mustangs devour 'Eaters in series opener
Junior right-hander Joey Wagman stole the spotlight on the mound scattering eight hits over eight innings of shutout baseball while redshirt freshmen Tommy Pluschkell shone at the plate driving in two runs off a one-out double in the second inning to help the Mustangs cruise to a 6-0 win over visiting UC Irvine (17-10, 3-1 […]
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Mustang pitchers shine in new roles
Last year, starters Mason Radeke and Steven Fischback provided Cal Poly baseball with a devastating 1-2 punch on the mound entering any weekend series. The duo combined to finish with a 15-5 record and helped the Mustangs set record lows for ERA (3.60), opponents batting average (.254), fewest hits (443), runs (220) and earned runs […]
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Baseball opens Big West play with series loss
A triple by David Armendariz saved the Cal Poly baseball team from being no-hit on Sunday as Long Beach State topped the Mustangs 4-0 to win the series two games to one. Long Beach State’s starting pitcher Shawn Stuart allowed Armendariz’s triple off the left center field wall in the fifth inning and walked Tim […]
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Baseball drops Big West opener to Long Beach State
Despite a late three-run push in the seventh inning, the Mustangs fell 4-3 to the Long Beach State Dirtbags on Friday night in Baggett Stadium. Cal Poly (16-9, 0-1) cut the Long Beach State (9-15, 1-0) lead to one using groundout RBIs from Miller and pinch hitter Matt Russell and a solo home run by […]
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Joey Wagman shines under Friday night lights
On a warm Friday night in Danville, Calif., the lights flooded the diamond and the stars were out as Joey Wagman shone. The center fielder for the Monte Vista High School baseball team was known as the captain of the outfield, a leader in perusing the desolate stretch of grass between the diamond and the […]
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Baseball takes three games from Aztecs
Cal Poly starting pitcher Kyle Brueggeman went eight scoreless innings, gave up two hits and allowed base runners in only the third inning as the Mustangs defeated San Diego State 7-0 in the second half of a double-header on Saturday. “The last few weeks I’ve been struggling a bit,” Brueggeman said. “Today, I went back to the basics: […]
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Mustangs buck Cowboys out of Baggett Stadium
Kyle Brueggemann struck out seven Oklahoma State hitters in his first start at Cal Poly as the Mustangs came out with a 6-0 victory and a three-game sweep in front of the largest crowd at Baggett Stadium — more than 2,000 fans — since 2009. “There was no nerves; we’ve been preparing really well and practicing […]
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Wagman's two-hit performance overwhelms Cowboys
A new season and a new pitch has Joey Wagman looking like Cal Poly’s definitive ace. He threw eight scoreless innings, giving up two hits against Oklahoma State on Friday night. Sophomore hurler Chase Johnson struck out the side in his new closer role as the Mustangs shutout the Cowboys in a 6-0 victory to […]