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Brent Cota
Will G. MacNeil
9
Winner Cal Poly Pomona CPP 8-1
3
Biola University BU-BASE 4-8
Winner
Cal Poly Pomona CPP
8-1
9
Final
3
Biola University BU-BASE
4-8
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 3 9 12 1
Biola University BU-BASE 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 10 2

W: Esquival, Dylan (1-0) L: Wentz, Blake (1-3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Tyler Lobe, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications

No. 21 Broncos Blow Past Biola On Tuesday, 9-3

LA MIRADA, Calif. – Brent Cota went 3 for 6 with a double, a triple and two RBI, Nin Burns II went 2 for 5 with three RBI and Tyler Chaffee hit his second home run of the season as the No. 21 Cal Poly Pomona baseball team pounded Biola, 9-3, on Tuesday afternoon at Eagles Diamond in La Mirada.
 
The Broncos will head into CCAA play this weekend with an 8-1 overall record. The Eagles, meanwhile, fall to 4-8.
 
Biola got on the board first with a run-scoring double in the bottom of the third inning, but the Eagles bats would fall silent until the ninth. In that time, CPP plated three runs in the fourth, three more in the eighth and sealed the contest with three more in the ninth.
 
The Broncos loaded the bases with no outs in the fourth before Cota scored when Johnny Pappas grounded into a double play to tie the game at 1-1. Chaffee then launched a two-run shot to left field for the 3-1 lead.
 
In the eighth, Burns II singled home Chaffee, then Cota tripled to right field allowing Trent MacKinney and Burns II to come home for the 6-1 lead. An inning later, Darius Price singled home Pappas, then Burns II brought home Price and Chaffee with a hit up the middle.
 
In their last at bat, the Eagles were able to bring across two runs, but it wouldn't be enough.
 
CPP had 12 hits in the contest – Cota and Burns II had the only multi-hit effort for the visitors with 3 and 2 hits, respectively.
 
Dylan Esquival (1-0) was awarded the victory in relief after taking over for starter Elias Jauregui to open the fifth inning. Jauregui gave up one run on five hits, striking out two of the 17 batters he faced. Esquival, Andrew Campbell, Drew D'Ambra, Matthew Henry and Zuko Tillman each saw one inning of work out of the bullpen.
 
Cal Poly Pomona will open up CCAA play at home against Sonoma State this weekend. Due to inclement weather in the forecast for southern California over the next few days, stay tuned to broncoathletics.com and our social media channels for anticipated schedule changes to the four-game series with the Seawolves in the next day or two.
 
Bronco Bits
  • Head coach Randy Betten is now 363-220 in 12 seasons at Cal Poly Pomona, including 137-114 on the road and 110-60 in non-conference games.
  • Having scored at least one run in today's game, the Broncos' offense has not been shutout in a program-record 129 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 53 consecutive away games dating back to Feb. 23, 2019.
  • It is just the fourth time in program history that the Broncos have started the season 8-1 or better, all of which have come under Randy Betten.
  • The Broncos are now 6-13-2 all-time against Biola, snapping a two-game skid against the Eagles; it is also just the second win all-time for CPP in La Mirada (9 games).
  • CPP is 1-0 this season when wearing its Grey jersey tops.
  • Marco Malerba had his eight-game hit streak come to an end, but extends his reached-base streak to a team-best nine games.
  • Brent Cota and Tyler Chaffee currently have an eight-game hit streak going, while Trent MacKinney has a seven-game hit streak.
  • 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 1,696-1,506-21 in its 63rd season overall, including 471-610-3 in away games since the start of the 1980 season.
 
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