Box score LOS ANGELES — In an offensive role reversal against one of the top hitting teams in the nation, the Dirtbags exploded for 16 runs on 18 hits en route to a 16-4 victory over No. 5 UCLA (27-6) at Jackie Robinson Stadium on Tuesday night. The victory came nearly two[Read More…]
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‘Niner Notes: April 18
Baseball: Dirtbags drop finale at Riverside Box score Long Beach State took an early 2-0 lead against UC Riverside, but four home runs by the Highlanders in the bottom of the third gave UCR a 6-2 lead on the way to a 7-5 win in the third game between the[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: April 17
Baseball: Dirtbags even series with UCR Box score Long Beach State (15-16, 4-4 Big West Conference) pounded out nine extra-base hits and eight singles to defeat UC Riverside 8-5 on Saturday night, evening the series at one game apiece. Brennan Metzger tied a school-record with three doubles and Kirk Singer hit[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: April 16
Baseball: Dirtbags lose on walkoff hit Box score Long Beach State (14-16, 3-4 Big West Conference) scored five runs over the last two innings to tie the game, but UC Riverside scored one more in the bottom of the ninth to win 8-7 Friday night. Kirk Singer was 5-for-5 with[Read More…]
Lions pounce in 6th inning
Box score A costly throwing error from Dirtbags shortstop Devin Lohman allowed Loyola Marymount to take the lead and the game, 6-5, on Tuesday night at Blair Field. Long Beach State (14-15) got off to a strong start scoring the first five runs of the game, but allowed LMU (16-15)[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: April 12-13
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…]
‘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…]