Box score SAN DIEGO — The University of San Diego Toreros baseball team rode their hot bats to a 12-5 victory over Long Beach State at Cunningham Stadium Tuesday afternoon. In a game that started off looking like a pitching duel, the end result was far from it, as the[Read More…]
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Growing pains: Dirtbags playing inconsistent baseball
Not since “Seinfeld” dominated the television airwaves has the Long Beach State Dirtbags had a losing record this late in the season. Through 18 contests, the 2009 Dirtbags have posted a 7-11 record with a 3-6 record at home and a 4-5 record on the road. And if they keep[Read More…]
Pair of four-hit performances powers Dirtbags
Box score A little luck is never a bad thing for a team that is struggling to put together wins. The Long Beach State baseball team took advantage of miscues by Loyola Marymount to get the 12-6 victory Tuesday night at Blair Field. The win was earned without the help[Read More…]
49ers win one for the Dirtbags
Box score The baseball team at Long Beach State has affectionately been known as the Dirtbags for the past 20 years for their hard-nosed play. In an effort to jump-start a struggling young team, head coach Mike Weathers stripped his squad of that moniker for Sunday’s game. The 49ers fared[Read More…]
Wild 9th inning brings heartbreak
Box score The Dirtbags can’t seem to find a break on the young season, and it was even more evident Saturday at Blair Field. Long Beach State had a forgettable ninth inning as it fell at the hands of the visiting Washington State Cougars, 8-5, to go down 0-2 in[Read More…]
Dirtbag bats silenced by ‘Way’ of Washington State
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…]
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…]