Long ball pushes Mustangs past Highlanders

Jefferson P. Nolan jnolan@mustangdaily.net When Elliot Stewart steps to the plate, he never tries to hit a home run. But as the catcher ground his back foot into the batters box in the bottom of the seventh inning against UC…

Baseball picks up final game of UCSB series

Jefferson P. Nolan jnolan@mustangdaily.net The 11-run sixth inning produced by UC Santa Barbara during Saturday’s matchup was a wake-up call for the Cal Poly baseball team, as the Mustangs dropped two of three games in their weekend series in Isla…

Baseball keeps cruising, defeats Holy Cross 6-1

Jacob Lauing jacoblauing.md@gmail.com The Cal Poly baseball team won its 10th game in its last 11 after defeating Holy Cross 6-1 on Tuesday night in game one of this week’s two-game, nonconference matchup. Head coach Larry Lee’s reaction? “We’ll take…

Mustangs shock Gauchos, keep playoff hopes alive

The Cal Poly dugout erupted onto the field and mobbed sophomore Jimmy Allen at third base as he tagged UC Santa Barbara’s Bryce Tafelski for the final out of Sunday’s come-from-behind win at Baggett Stadium. A one-out pop up into…

Mustangs move into second place with sweep of Anteaters

Kyle Brueggemann spent just one year at the United States Military Academy at West Point, but he learned a lot playing for the Black Knights. Things such as discipline, balancing workloads and plain old hard work that he brought to the mound…