Jefferson P. Nolan jnolan@mustangdaily.net When Elliot Stewart steps to the plate, he never tries to hit a home run. But as the catcher ground his back foot into the batters box in the bottom of the seventh inning against UC Riverside, the long ball came as an added bonus. “I never think ‘home run’, but […]
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Baseball picks up final game of UCSB series
Jefferson P. Nolan jnolan@mustangdaily.net The 11-run sixth inning produced by UC Santa Barbara during Saturday’s matchup was a wake-up call for the Cal Poly baseball team, as the Mustangs dropped two of three games in their weekend series in Isla Vista. But the Mustangs (21-8, 4-2 Big West) avoided a sweep as they snagged a […]
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Baseball keeps cruising, defeats Holy Cross 6-1
Jacob Lauing jacoblauing.md@gmail.com The Cal Poly baseball team won its 10th game in its last 11 after defeating Holy Cross 6-1 on Tuesday night in game one of this week’s two-game, nonconference matchup. Head coach Larry Lee’s reaction? “We’ll take it.” But even after Lee’s Mustangs scored its second highest run total of the season […]
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Mustangs shock Gauchos, keep playoff hopes alive
The Cal Poly dugout erupted onto the field and mobbed sophomore Jimmy Allen at third base as he tagged UC Santa Barbara’s Bryce Tafelski for the final out of Sunday’s come-from-behind win at Baggett Stadium. A one-out pop up into foul territory in left field was corralled by sophomore David Armendariz, who then gunned down […]
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Mustangs move into second place with sweep of Anteaters
Kyle Brueggemann spent just one year at the United States Military Academy at West Point, but he learned a lot playing for the Black Knights. Things such as discipline, balancing workloads and plain old hard work that he brought to the mound on Saturday as the Mustangs (20-10, 4-2) defeated UC Irvine 8-1 to sweep the series. […]