On the back of a strong performance from starter Griffin Naess and a balanced offensive attack, the Mustangs (37-22) took down the Hokies (30-25) 6-2 in their first game of the NCAA Tournament.
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Cal Poly Baseball’s ace in the hole
The thing that never escaped Naess was his big game pitching. Last year he opened the Big West tournament by shutting down Fullerton, then followed it up with a dominant but unlucky outing against Arizona where he gave up just two hits over seven innings.
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Naess, Mustangs outduel UC San Diego in Big West Tournament Opener
Griffin Naess willed the Mustangs to victory over the Tritons in their first game of the Big West Championship tournament, a narrow 1-0 win that sets up a date with UC Santa Barbara on Friday.
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Cal Poly Baseball clinches spot in Big West Tournament with series win over CSU Fullerton
Cal Poly took two out of three from the Titans, falling in the opener Friday but rebounding Saturday and Sunday behind a strong offense.
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Cal Poly Baseball takes two of three in series win over UC Irvine
Cal Poly Baseball earned a much-needed series win over UC Irvine last weekend, taking two out of three games against the Anteaters.
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The wild, wild Big West
The season standings have somewhat stabilized since the middle of the season, but there are still some very interesting threads as the season heads towards home.
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Spiridonoff’s go-ahead triple pushes Cal Poly Baseball past CSUN on Friday
In Cal Poly Baseball’s 8-5 win over CSUN, Spirdonoff manned first base while going 3-4 with three RBI at the plate.
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Cal Poly Baseball move into three-way tie atop Big West with series win over UC San Diego
The Mustangs (21-17, 12-6 Big West) snapped their weekend skid taking two of three from the Tritons (16-19, 12-6 Big West).
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Cal Poly Baseball can’t solve top MLB draft prospect Jackson Flora in game one of Blue-Green series
The Mustangs notched four hits, but the Gauchos used a big fourth inning to take game one of the series with a 6-0 final score.
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Offensive explosion pushes Cal Poly Baseball past UC Riverside in 2-1 series win
Two days after falling to LMU for their second straight loss in a walk-off extra-innings dual, Cal Poly Baseball got back on the right side of the win column with a statement win on Friday, March 27 against UC Riverside.
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Cal Poly pitcher Griffin Naess named to Baseball America’s Team of the Week
Cal Poly Baseball pitcher Griffin Naess was named to Baseball America’s Week 2 National Team of the Week after his stellar one-hit performance in Friday’s home opener against Washington State University. He set a career-high of 14 strikeouts and earned Big West Pitcher of the Week for the second time in his career.