SEASIDE, Calif. - The Cal Poly Pomona baseball team was swept by Cal State Monterey Bay in a California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) doubleheader at the Otter Sports Complex on Saturday. Game scores were 3-2 for starters and 8-3 in the seven-inning nightcap.

With the day's results, CPP moves to 8-11 overall and 3-7 in the CCAA. Cal State Monterey Bay is now 14-6 overall and 9-2 in league play. The host Otters had edged out a 3-2 decision in Friday night's opener, and have thus clinched the series win.

The set wraps up with a single getaway-day finale on Sunday, March 13. First pitch is set for 12 p.m. as the Broncos will look to salvage a game.

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Game One - CSUMB 3, CPP 2
Cal Poly Pomona grabbed its first lead of the series in the initial frame. Johnny Pappas was hit by third-year freshman left-hander Michael Potter's second pitch of his first collegiate start, and advanced to second on a passed ball. The sophomore catcher moved to third on Ryon Knowles' flyout, and sprinted home on Ricky Nuñez's RBI groundout.

The Otters leveled matters in the fifth. Hunter Harris worked a nine-pitch walk with one away, scooted to second on a wild pitch, moved to third on Chase Lindemann's groundout, and scored on Brady Miguel's two-out single through the right side..

Jacob Martin's second home run of the season, right after a leadoff walk to Jason Ajamian, broke the 1-1 tie in the sixth.

CPP halved its deficit in the eighth. Luke Watson began the frame with an infield single, and advanced to third on Casey Slattery's one-out single to right on an 0-2 pitch. That brought up the top of the Bronco order, where Pappas' single up the middle plated Watson. Still with two runners on and just one gone, CSUMB went to the bullpen, and Joseph Standley got both Knowles and Nuñez looking.

Jacob Lopez led off the ninth by drawing a five-pitch walk, but Standley struck out Cesar Lopez and Nick Lugo to put the Broncos on the brink. Luke Watson then worked a six-pitch base on balls to move the tying run into scoring position. Standley froze Tyler Chaffee with a 1-2 toss, however, to notch his first save with a season-high five punch-outs.

Rhys Stevens (2-3) threw 7.0 innings and allowed three runs on just three hits. The sophomore right-hander walked five, however, while striking out eight. Pappas was 1-for-2 with his team-best fifth hit-by-pitch, CCAA-leading 20th walk, a run and an RBI.

Potter (1-0) gave up two runs, one of them earned, on four hits and one walk over a career-long 7.1 frames. He matched his high with four strikeouts. Martin was 1-for-3 with his two-run blast and a walk.

Game Two - CSUMB 8, CPP 3 (7)
Cal Poly Pomona jumped on CSUMB sophomore right-hander Ryan Platero right away in the first. Knowles pulled his fourth double down the right field line with one gone, and with two away, Cesar Lopez worked the count full before showing some opposite-field power for his first home run of his senior season over the left field wall for 2-0.

CSUMB advanced a runner to second in the home half through a one-out bunt single and groundout, but true freshman left-hander Edrian Rangel was able to register the shutdown inning with a third groundout.

The Broncos found the scoreboard again in the second, getting an opposite-field double down the left field line by true freshman first baseman AJ Nimeh with one away, a bunt single by Watson to put runners at the corners, and a first-pitch sacrifice fly by another true freshman, catcher Dylan Long.

Again in the home second, the Otters had a man on second with a leadoff single and two-out stolen base, but Rangel induced a third fly-ball out to leave the runner stranded.

Back-to-back one-out singles put the visitors in business in the third. A lineout and strikeout, however, kept it a 3-0 game.

Rangel found himself in trouble in the home third following a leadoff walk and a one-out hit-by-pitch ahead of a wild pitch to put both Otters in scoring position. They cashed in the walk on Chris Rubottom's sacrifice fly. With bases full, Rangel minimized the damage and maintained CPP's lead by getting a fielder's choice grounder that he himself handled with the unassisted putout on the runner coming home.

The Broncos were finally unable to escape out of a fourth-inning jam, as CSUMB made them pay for a one-out infield error. Harris' single preceded Lindemann's RBI double into the gap in right center. After the game's first pitching change, Miguel's two-run triple flipped the lead.

CPP produced successive two-out singles by Jacob Lopez and Lugo in the fifth, but a flyout left them trailing by a run, 4-3.

The Otters added a second unearned run in the fifth, loading the bases via two singles and a third Bronco error on a sacrifice attempt, with Martin coming across on a 4-6-3 double play. The hosts tacked on three more scores in the sixth, the big blow a two-run blast by JJ Engman.

Rangel (0-3) pitched 3.1 innings and allowed four runs, three of them earned, on four hits, a hit-by-pitch and three walks. He fanned one.

Cesar Lopez finished 2-for-3 with the home run, run scored and two RBI.

Platero (3-0) went 5.0 frames and gave up three runs on nine hits and one walk, striking out four. Chris Tonna took over for the final two innings and struck out six Broncos around a single and a walk for his second save.

Bronco Bits: Cal Poly Pomona is 328-211 (.609) overall and 229-155 (.596) in CCAA play under 12th-year head coach Randy Betten ... Jacob Lopez extended his reached-base streak to 17 games and advanced his hit streak to 10 contests ... Five more walks increased the Broncos' CCAA-leading total to 115, with CPP having entered Friday eighth nationally ... CPP leads the all-time series, 36-31, and had won two straight before this weekend ... The Broncos are 10-20 in Seaside ... Prior to Friday, the teams had not met since the the opening day of the 2019 NCAA Division II West Regional in Azusa on May 16, 2019, with the Broncos coming away with an 11-6 victory ... CPP is 25-22 against CSUMB under Betten (8-14 in Seaside) ... CPP is the preseason favorite in the CCAA, earning six of the 11 first-place votes, with CSUMB in third with two first-place nods ... The Otters were receiving votes outside the top 30 of Monday's first in-season edition of the Collegiate Baseball national poll ... Game One: Betten made one slight change to his batting order after using the same one for four straight games, with Luke Watson and Tyler Chaffee swapping spots near the bottom ... Rhys Stevens earned his fifth mound start of the year and 10th of his career ... Cesar Lopez had his hit streak snapped at 10 games ... Game Two: Edrian Rangel made his fourth appearance and third start of 2022 ... Casey Slattery was not in the lineup after starting each of the first 18 contests, with true freshman AJ Nimeh drawing his first collegiate start at first base after three prior outfield starts and one as the designated hitter ... Johnny Pappas started for the first time in center field, after 15 starts at catcher and three in left ... The home run by Cesar Lopez was the fourth of his college career and first since his freshman season on April 13, 2018, in a 10-5 home win against CSUMB ... AJ Nimeh's second-inning double was his second ... Dylan Long picked up his first collegiate RBI through his first career sacrifice fly in the second.