Box score Maybe superstition was on the minds of the baseball team on Friday the 13th. One game after posting 17 runs and 17 hits, the Dirtbag bats were silenced. Long Beach State (4-8) dropped the first match-up of its weekend series against Washington State, 9-0, in front of 960[Read More…]
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Dirtbags’ bats tee off on Toreros
Box score The Dirtbags seem to have the ability to explode offensively at any time. And that is just what they did, defeating the University of San Diego Toreros, 17-3, Tuesday night in front of 1,094 at Blair Field. Long Beach State (4-7) had an equal total of hits and[Read More…]
Tinoco slugs Dirtbags to victory
Sunday’s box score Saturday’s box score Friday’s box score Long Beach State escaped Columbia, S.C. with a 10-7 win by beating 25th-ranked USC at their own power game Sunday afternoon. Junior Steve Tinoco had a career-day going 5-for-5, scoring four runs and hitting three solo home runs. The first baseman[Read More…]
Cal sweeps Dirtbags
Box score Behind a 15-hit attack, California swept Long Beach State with a 6-3 win Sunday in front of 1,419 at Blair Field. The Golden Bears (6-2) took control of a 2-2 game in the in the top of the seventh when Blake Smith drove in Jeff Kobernus with a[Read More…]
LBSU drops back-to-back contests to Cal
Box score The hits keep coming, but so do the errors and wild pitches. The Long Beach State Dirtbags were defeated, 9-6, at the hands of the University of California Golden Bears in front of 1,090 at Blair Field on Saturday. “Defensively, we obviously need to cut those errors out,[Read More…]
Errors hurt Dirtbags in 9th-inning rally
Box score It took 12 total pitchers, 27 combined hits and 19 total runs, but a winner was finally decided. The Long Beach State Dirtbags were defeated by the University of California Golden Bears, 11-8, on Friday night at Blair Field. “That one is just really frustrating because we felt[Read More…]
Dirtbag bats, starting pitcher tames Lions
LOS ANGELES — The Dirtbag bats came to life as they knocked off Loyola Marymount University in a matinee on Wednesday, 9-6, at Page Stadium. The first five hitters in the Long Beach State (2-2) batting order combined for 10 of the Dirtbags’ 14 hits in the contest. LBSU seemed[Read More…]
Dirtbags’ bats, starting pitcher tames Lions
LOS ANGELES — The Dirtbag bats came to life as they knocked off Loyola Marymount University in a matinee on Wednesday, 9-6, at Page Stadium. The first five hitters in the Long Beach State (2-2) batting order combined for 10 of the Dirtbags’ 14 hits in the contest. LBSU seemed[Read More…]
Dirtbags look to fill big shoes in pitching staff
Editor’s note: This is part two of a two-part preview, which is broken down by position players and pitchers. Starting pitchers The Returners It’s the first year under head coach Mike Weathers’ tenure that Long Beach State hasn’t had at least two starters coming back. Sophomore Jake Thompson is the[Read More…]
Dirtbags salvage 3-game series with Sunday win
Box score LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Devin Lohman had a night to forget on Friday, striking out all four times he came up at Dedeaux Field. Sunday afternoon, he got the game-winning RBI on a soft ground ball with the bases loaded and one out in the top of the[Read More…]