POMONA – Rhys Stevens and Caleb Reyes again made quick work of their opponent, combining on a two-hit shutout while striking out 18 batters, as the No. 21 Cal Poly Pomona baseball team earned a quick 1-0 victory over Colorado School of Mines Friday night at Scolinos Field in Pomona.
 
The Broncos remain perfect on the season at 5-0. It was the Orediggers' season opener.
 
Stevens (five innings) allowed two hits and Reyes (four innings) allowed one. Stevens (improving to 2-0 this season) walked two batters and struck out 10 while Reyes had no walks and struck out eight. No Colorado School of Mines runner ever got beyond second base in the ballgame.
 
Meanwhile, what ended up being the game-winning run for the Broncos came in the bottom of the second inning. Marco Malerba led off with a single to right, advanced to second when Jacob Lopez was hit by the pitch, moved to third on a double play off the bat of Jordan Ku, then scored on an infield single by Johnny Pappas. That's all the Broncos would need, but that's all they would get as Oredigger pitchers Luke Folsom and Blake Ripp gave up just five hits and two walks in eight innings.
 
Brent Cota, Tyler Chaffee and Trent MacKinney had the other three hits for CPP in the victory.
 
Cal Poly Pomona and Colorado School of Mines will play a doubleheader Saturday at Scolinos Field in Pomona beginning at 2:00 pm.
 
IMPORTANT TIME CHANGE FOR SUNDAY! Please note that the fourth and final game of the series between CPP and Colorado School of Mines on Sunday will now begin at 11:00 am, not 12:00 pm as originally scheduled.
 
Bronco Bits

• Head coach Randy Betten is now 360-219 in 12 seasons at Cal Poly Pomona, including 193-85 at home and 107-59 in non-conference games (49-17 in non-conference games at home).
• Having scored one run in today's game, the Broncos' offense has not been shutout in a program-record 125 consecutive games dating back to Feb. 23, 2019. During this current span, the Broncos have shutout their opponents 12 times.
• Additionally, CPP has not been shutout in 72 consecutive home games dating back to Apr. 29, 2018.
• With the 1-0 shutout, it is the 56th time in the Randy Betten era that the Broncos have shutout their opponent (second time this season).
• The 18 combined strikeouts by Rhys Stevens and Caleb Reyes is one shy of tying the program record for most strikeouts by the CPP pitching staff in one game.
• It is just the sixth time in program history that the Broncos have started the season 5-0, and the first since 2014.
• This was the first game ever played against Colorado School of Mines.
• Lasting just 1 hour, 55 minutes, tonight's game was the second-quickest 9-inning game for CPP since at least the start of the 2000 season, and it was the quickest since Apr. 3, 2004 at Grand Canyon (1 hour, 50 minutes).
• Since at least 2000, CPP is now 3-3 in 9-inning games that finish under two hours.
• The Broncos are now 2-0 this season when wearing their Gold jersey tops.
• Three CPP players have hit safely in all five games so far this season – Brent Cota, Marco Malerba and Tyler Chaffee.
• Ranked at No. 21 in this week's College Baseball Newspaper/American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Top 30 Coaches' Poll, this is the 67th week since 1998 that CPP has been nationally ranked, including 59 weeks under Randy Betten.
• As a program, Cal Poly Pomona is now 1,693-1,505-21 in its 63rd season overall, including 644-427-8 in home games since the start of the 1980 season.

 
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