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Cowley
8
Winner Cal Poly Pomona CPP 7-4, 4-1 CCAA
3
UC San Diego UCSD 9-5, 5-4 CCAA
Winner
Cal Poly Pomona CPP
7-4, 4-1 CCAA
8
Final
3
UC San Diego UCSD
9-5, 5-4 CCAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 0 8 13 1
UC San Diego UCSD 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 9 0

W: Isenhart, Austin (3-0) L: HICKEY, Mitch (1-2) S: Holdgrafer, Tim (1)

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

Broncos Open Series with Win over UC San Diego

POMONA - The Cal Poly Pomona baseball team picked up a win to open the four-game series with UC San Diego, defeating the Tritons on the road 8-3 on Thursday afternoon. 


THE BASICS:
Final: Cal Poly Pomona 8, UC San Diego 3
Records: CPP (7-4, 4-1 CCAA), UCSD (9-5, 5-4 CCAA)
Location: Triton Ballpark I La Jolla, CA


HOW IT HAPPENED:
-    After neither team could bring a run in through the first three innings, Cesar Lopez broke the tie in the fourth inning, hitting his first home run of the year, a solo shot down the right-field line.
-    The inning continued for the Broncos as they forced two walks and single to load the bases.
-    Drew Cowley added the lead with a two-RBI single while the Broncos scored their fourth run on a wild pitch to go up 4-0.
-    The bats continued for CPP in the fifth inning as Lopez hit a triple so score Brennan McKenzie followed by a single up the middle from Nick Peifer to go up 6-0.
-    The Tritons collected three hits and a walk in the bottom of the fifth to cut into the lead, 6-2.
-    CPP added two more insurance runs in the eighth with RBI-singles by Nic Hernandez and Bryce Graddy.

KEY PERFORMERS: 
-    Five Broncos registered two hits in the game with Lopez leading the way with two RBIs and two runs while going 2-for-4 with a walk on the day.
-    Also tallying two RBIs was Cowley while Peifer, Hernandez, and Graddy each collected one RBI.
-    Austin Isenhart picked up his third win to improve to 3-0, throwing five innings with six hits and two earned runs.
-    Throwing four innings in relief was Tim Holdgrafer who allowed one run on three hits while collected five strikeouts.

OUTSIDE THE BOX:
-    With one hit on the day, Hernandez has now reached base safely in all 11 games this season, earning a hit in 10 of those games and a walk in the other.
-    The Broncos hold the early lead in the CCAA standings as they improve to 4-1 in conference play with their second straight victory.

COMING UP NEXT:
The Broncos will continue their series with UC San Diego on the road tomorrow with a 2 p.m. start, moved up from the original time due to weather concerns.