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Winner UC San Diego UCSD 25-9, 17-7 CCAA
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Cal Poly Pomona CPP 20-17, 16-11 CCAA
Winner
UC San Diego UCSD
25-9, 17-7 CCAA
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Final
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Cal Poly Pomona CPP
20-17, 16-11 CCAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
UC San Diego UCSD 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 10 0
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 10 2

W: GOODBRAND (2-0) L: Dohy, Kyle (4-2) S: DIPOTO (3)

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UC San Diego UCSD 25-10, 17-8 CCAA
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Winner Cal Poly Pomona CPP 21-17, 17-11 CCAA
UC San Diego UCSD
25-10, 17-8 CCAA
1
Final
2
Cal Poly Pomona CPP
21-17, 17-11 CCAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
UC San Diego UCSD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 5 1

W: Omana, Henry (3-5) L: ROBERTS (1-1)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Jake Coburn, Sports Information Director

Candalla's Walk-Off Hit Gives Broncos the Series Over UCSD

POMONA, Calif. – The Cal Poly Pomona baseball split Saturday's doubleheader with UC San Diego, winning the series 3-1 thanks to a walk-off hit by Kyle Candalla in the final game.
 
The Broncos lost game one 7-4 before winning 2-1, moving to 21-17 overall on the year and 17-11 in the CCAA, keeping a tie with UCSD in conference wins.
 
Game One: CPP 4, UCSD 7
 
The Broncos dug themselves a whole early in game one, falling behind 6-0 in the first inning. CPP got one run back in the bottom of the inning as Daniel Pitts reached on a fielder's choice to score Chris Stratton for the first run of the game.
 
Kyle Dohy took the mound for CPP, throwing five innings with five hits and six strikeouts. He took the loss of the day, falling to 4-2 on the season.
 
CPP tallied 10 hits in the game as Stratton, Pitts and Jacob Bernardy all tallied two hits. The Broncos added another run in the fourth inning as Jason Padlo grounded out, allowing Pitts to score, making it a 6-2 ballgame.
 
The Broncos continued to try and make the comeback, scoring two more runs in the sixth.  Nic Hernandez doubled through the left side for an RBI while Padlo followed with a double of his own for his second RBI of the day.
 
Pitching in relief was Cade Kirkemo and Peter Beattie. Kirkemo through 2 2/3 innings giving up only three hits while Beattie pitched the remaining 1 1/3 innings, allowing only two hits.
 
Game Two: CPP 2, UCSD 1
 
Henry Omana got the start in game two, pitching a complete seven-inning game. After allowing three hits and one run in the first inning, Omana did not give up a hit for the remainder of the night, finishing with four strikeouts.
 
Down 1-0 for a majority of the game, the Broncos finally tied the game, thanks to a Hernandez who tallied his second home run in two days, launching the ball over the right field fence.
 
Tied 1-1 in the bottom of the seventh with the bases loaded, Candalla knocks the ball just over the first baseman's head to score the winning run.
 
The Broncos continue CCAA South Division action next weekend as they prepare for a four-game stint with Cal State San Marcos.