Benjy Egel is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily sports columnist. Less is more, right? For the Cal Poly baseball team, this is clearly the case. Head coach Larry Lee only lost a few players from last year’s team, but two of them were offensive monsters Mitch Haniger and Mike Miller. Some role players were […]
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Mustangs struggle offensively, fall to Notre Dame 1-0
Brian De Los Santos bdelossantos@mustangdaily.net The offensive struggles looked to be behind them. But after scoring six runs in their series opener against Notre Dame, the Mustangs put up nine zeroes through nine innings and fell 1-0 to the Fighting Irish on Friday in Baggett Stadium. “Their pitcher was pretty good,” designated hitter Brian Mundell […]
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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 off to historic 6-0 start
Jacob Lauing jacoblauing.md@gmail.com Pitching and defense. Those were head coach Larry Lee’s two keys to success for the Cal Poly baseball team coming into 2013. And for the second night in a row, pitching kept the Mustangs alive before the bats heated up, as they topped Seattle University 1-0 at Baggett Stadium. “You have to […]
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Baseball defeats Seattle, improves to 5-0 for first time since 2001
Brian De Los Santos bdelossantos@mustangdaily.net As the Mustangs stare at the program’s first 5-0 start since 2001, head coach Larry Lee and most of his players have one thing running through their heads. “We can be better.” “I think we’re kind of underachieving. Based on our skill level, we could be putting up a lot […]
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Baseball isn’t out for summer
While the sound of aluminum bats hitting baseballs can’t be heard following the end of the NCAA season, college baseball doesn’t finish when school gets out for summer. For many college players, summertime means the beginning of an entirely new season, one that is short on the aluminum and long on the opportunities. Summer collegiate […]
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Three players selected in MLB First-Year Player Draft
Three Cal Poly players were selected in this year’s Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft in early June, while former left-handed pitcher Kyle Anderson signed as an undrafted free agent with the Toronto Blue Jays. Former shortstop Mike Miller was selected in the ninth round by the Boston Red Sox and Nick Grim was nabbed […]
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Midwest bound: Haniger selected in first round by Brewers
Mitch Haniger still can’t describe it. That moment he felt as his name flashed across the bottom of the screen during this year’s Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft was too much to digest. In the middle of cheers from a group of friends and family, it took the breath out of him, stunned […]
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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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Larry Lee: A decade in the dugout
The head coach steps out onto the baseball diamond and into the afternoon sunlight. As his team stretches on the outfield grass, Larry Lee can be seen cracking a smile near the dugout. It’s a smile that will likely be replaced by a much more determined face once the practice session begins. In his 10th […]
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Finally, it's Miller's time
He jump-stepped out of the batter’s box, throwing his bat confidently to the side with his eyes peeled on the baseball. There was no doubt this shot was heading over Baggett Stadium’s outfield fence and into the parking lot — the only question was: fair or foul? Among the statistics that formulate every at-bat in […]