Men’s Golf: 49ers finish last tune-up before Big West Championships The 49ers shot a final round score of 295 at the U.S. Intercollegiate to finish in 18th place at the par 70, 6,742-yard Stanford Golf Course. Long Beach State completed the three-day 54-hole tournament at 50-over 890. No. 6 Oregon[Read More…]
Baseball
‘Niner Notes: April 10
Baseball: Dirtbags split Saturday doubleheader Game 1 Box ScoreGame 2 Box score Branden Pinder tossed a complete-game shutout and TJ Mittelstaedt tied a season-high with five hits as Long Beach State (14-14, 3-3 Big West Conference) salvaged a doubleheader split with an 11-0 win in game two against UC Davis[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: April 9
Baseball: Errors sink Dirtbags in pitching duel Box score Devin Lohman’s two-run home run in the ninth cut the UC Davis lead to one, but the three unearned runs the Dirtbags surrendered earlier in the contest proved to be one to many in a 3-2 loss Friday. Long Beach State’s[Read More…]
Senior first baseman makes ‘no what-ifs or regrets’
As senior Steve Tinoco digs into the batter’s box, his white uniform with black pinstripes is marked by streaks of the infield clay at Blair Field. The stain stretches from the Long Beach State logo on his chest all the way down his knee-high black stirrups in true Dirtbag fashion.[Read More…]
Pitchers keep Tigers’ bats quiet
Box score Mired in a 1-for-19 slump coming into Saturday’s game with Pacific, Long Beach State right fielder TJ Mittelstaedt delivered the hit that helped the Dirtbags secure their fourth consecutive series win. With the bases loaded, two out in the eighth inning and LBSU down, 2-1, the senior hammered[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: April 2
Baseball: Offensive eruption keys rout of Pacific Box score Long Beach State exploded for eight runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to pull away to a 13-4 win over Pacific on Friday at Blair Field. Devin Lohman’s bat helped LBSU (12-12, 1-1 Big West Conference) even its three-game[Read More…]
Dirtbags fooled by Pacific in Big West opener
Box score It only took 18 pitches for Long Beach State to destroy what ace Drew Gagnon had built in eight innings. Gagnon matched Pacific’s Marcus Pointer pitch-for-pitch, but the Dirtbags’ bullpen couldn’t close it out in a 2-1 loss to the Tigers in both teams’ first Big West Conference[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: March 27
Baseball: Dirtbags take series from No. 9 Oregon State Game 1 box scoreGame 2 box score Long Beach State (11-11) received strong outings from Jake Thompson and Branden Pinder in its doubleheader sweep of No. 9 Oregon State on Saturday, 7-1 and 8-4. Both starters went seven innings to help[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: March 26
Baseball: Dirtbags drop series opener to Beavers Box score Long Beach State fell, 16-4, in its series opener at Oregon State on a rainy Friday night at Goss Stadium. Beach starter Drew Gagnon (3-3) was charged with the loss after lasting 4.0 innings and allowing three runs — two earned[Read More…]
Dirtbags can’t find win at end of Rainbow
Box score A disastrous eighth inning dropped the Dirtbags in a hole they couldn’t climb out of as they fell to Hawaii, 8-2, on Wednesday night at Blair Field. Hawaii (12-9) continued its hot streak with its fourth straight win, while Long Beach State (9-10) fell to a game under[Read More…]