Box score Behind a 5-for-5 performance from third baseman Joey DeMichele, No. 6-ranked Arizona State steamrolled past the Long Beach State baseball team for the second consecutive night, 9-2, Saturday at Packard Stadium in Tempe, Ariz. DeMichele finished with three RBIs on five hits to add to his two-day total[Read More…]
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Junior named to CoSIDA Academic All-District team
Junior outfielder Brennan Metzger of the Long Beach State baseball team earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors Friday for the second season in a row. Metzger was a second-team choice, one of six outfielders selected from four conferences: the Big West, Pac-10, WAC and West Coast Conferences. Metzger, a native of[Read More…]
ASU’s bats too much for Dirtbags
Box score Mike Marjama had three hits, scoring once and driving in two runs for the Long Beach State baseball team, but four runs in the sixth and seventh innings allowed No. 6 Arizona State to pull away for a 6-3 win on Friday at Packard Stadium in Tempe, Ariz.[Read More…]
Dirtbags to face crucial stretch of the season
With 14 games remaining, the Long Beach State Dirtbags will arguably be facing the most difficult stretch of the their regular season. That’s because 10 of the Dirtbags’ remaining 14 games will be against top 25 ranked opponents. Not to mention, six of those contests will be played against two fellow Big West[Read More…]
Dirtbags escape with win in extra innings
Box score Well, it wasn’t pretty, but the Long Beach State baseball team proved that it has what it takes to win in the clutch, even if it means playing 12 innings. The Dirtbags improved its record to 5-0 in extra innings Tuesday as they escaped with a 7-6 victory[Read More…]
Dirtbags take series from Cal Poly behind clutch hitting
Box score Timely hitting carried the Long Beach State Dirtbags to a 5-2 victory as they won the three-game series over the Cal Poly Mustangs Sunday afternoon at Blair Field. With the Dirtbags (21-19, 8-7 Big West Conference) trailing 1-0, LBSU shortstop Kirk Singer started the bottom of the third[Read More…]
Patron stands ‘a head above the rest’
With 17 freshmen on the 2011 Long Beach State Dirtbags’ roster, Ino Patron should not feel alone, but his statistics with nearly three-fourths of the regular season completed suggest that the stocky first baseman is a head above the rest. Patron currently leads the Dirtbags in three major offensive categories,[Read More…]
Sophomore guides Dirtbags to victory over Cal Poly
Box score Sophomore Juan Avila drove in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the eight inning to lead the Long Beach State baseball team to a 4-3 victory over Cal Poly on Saturday at Blair Field. Tied at 3 with a runner on third in the eighth inning, Avila[Read More…]
Mustangs tee off on Dirtbags in 10-0 rout
Behind two big innings, the Cal Poly Mustangs made a statement against the Long Beach State baseball team at Blair Field Friday night, taking the first contest of a three-game series, 10-0. Coming into the game, the Dirtbags (20-19, 6-7 Big West Conference) sat two games behind Cal Poly (19-17,[Read More…]
LBSU’s bats come alive in romp of USC
Box score Long Beach State baseball head coach Troy Buckley may have opted to give his regular starting pitchers some much-needed rest Tuesday, but the Dirtbags didn’t show any signs of taking the night off. LBSU rallied from a one-run deficit and piled on seven unanswered runs, including four in the[Read More…]