Softball
Game 1: No. 22 Cal Poly 4, UC Davis 1
Game 2: No. 22 Cal Poly 3, UC Davis 2
Game 3: No. 22 Cal Poly 7, UC Davis 2
Junior first baseman Krysten Cary delivered two game-winning hits during Saturday’s doubleheader to help the Mustangs (34-9, 13-2 Big West Conference) sweep UC Davis last weekend.
The sweep gave Cal Poly their 13th consecutive win including their last six on the road but more importantly to the Mustangs, it gives them sole possession of first place in the Big West Conference.
Sophomore lefthander Anna Cahn (23-5) threw two more complete games for Cal Poly allowing just two earned runs over the weekend. With her win on Saturday she became the school’s single-season victory leader.
In Sunday’s series ending game, six players collected an RBI for the Mustangs who are 25 games above .500 for the first time in program
history.
Cahn would set another milestone on Sunday as she passed 1997 All-American Desarie Knipfer’s program record for innings pitched (207.2).
The Mustangs, undefeated at home, can secure their first perfect season at Bob Janssen Field when they host Pacific for a three-game series starting with a noon doubleheader on Saturday.
Baseball
Game 1: UC Santa Barbara 6, No. 12 Cal Poly 5
Game 2: No. 12 Cal Poly 6, UC Santa Barbara 5
Game 3: No. 12 Cal Poly 15, UC Santa Barbara 7
The Mustangs fell in the bottom of the ninth inning on Friday as the school-record 26-game hitting streak of senior outfielder Ryan Lee was snapped along with the 23-game streak of freshman second baseman Matt Jensen.
Cal Poly evened the series on Saturday scoring four early runs and holding off a late rally by the Gauchos. Sophomore Matt Leonard picked up his fifth win of the year for the Mustangs throwing 6 and 1/3 innings and giving up four runs.
The bats awoke for Cal Poly (29-10, 10-5 Big West Conference) on Sunday as they exploded for 15 runs.
Junior first baseman Adam Buschini drove in four runs for the Mustangs with a single and a two-run homer.
With Sunday’s game tied at six, the Mustangs broke it open with six runs in the sixth inning and two more in the seventh to put the game out of reach.
With the series win, Cal Poly remains a game ahead of Cal State Fullerton for second place in the Big West. The Mustangs trail UC Irvine by three games for the conference lead.
Cal Poly will return home for a Tuesday night game with 2008 College World Series champion Fresno State at 6 p.m. in Baggett Stadium.