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Joseph Eusebio
20
Winner UC San Diego UCSD 37-14
5
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 32-17
Winner
UC San Diego UCSD
37-14
20
Final
5
Cal Poly Pomona CPP
32-17
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UC San Diego UCSD 4 0 7 4 0 0 2 1 2 20 22 0
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 9 4

W: CRUZ, Troy (8-3) L: Ponce, Cody (4-5)

Game Recap: Baseball |

Cal Poly Pomona's 2014 Season Ends with Loss to UCSD

Box Score | LA JOLLA, Calif. – The 2014 Cal Poly Pomona baseball season came to an abrupt end Friday as the Broncos' suffered a 20-5 loss to UC San Diego at the NCAA Division II West Regional.

CPP's final record settles at 32-17 for a winning percentage of .653, the highest mark in program history since 1983. In the season's final game on Friday, the Broncos allowed 22 hits and 20 runs to UCSD, including a 4-for-5 effort from Justin Rahn with eight runs batted in.

Nine of the 10 CPP seniors saw action during Friday's season finale. West Region Player of the Year David Armendariz played well offensively, going 3-for-4 at the plate with three RBI. Joseph Eusebio put together a 2-for-4 performance, driving in a run during the eighth inning to raise his career RBI total to 100.

Armendariz and Eusebio finished the year as conference leaders in several offensive statistics. Eusebio holds the highest batting average in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) with a mark of .377. Currently, Armendariz is the league leader in both homeruns (10) and runs batted in (56).

Contributing scoreless outings in relief Friday for the Broncos were Michael Koval, Jake Menzhuber and Andy Amaro. Also for the CPP bullpen, Aaron Reynoso and RJ Shanks made the final appearances of their collegiate careers.

UCSD righthander Troy Cruz earned the victory, tossing five innings and allowing just two runs. The Tritons' offense put together an early rally against Broncos' starter Cody Ponce, who lasted 2.1 innings and gave up eight runs on nine its.

The biggest rally of the game came in the third frame, when UCSD totaled seven scores with four coming from a Rahn grand slam. 

The 2014 campaign marks the third season in the last four that the Broncos have compiled a .600+ winning percentage. So far during head coach Randy Betten's tenure, CPP has a record of 125-82.

Earlier in May, 10 Broncos received All-CCAA honors and Steven Andrade received selection as Freshman of the Year. Earning All-West Region accolades were Armendariz, Eusebio and Trevor Magno. Through the majority of the year, CPP was featured in the Division II top 25 rankings.