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Marco Malerba
7
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 13-6, 5-4 CCAA
10
Winner Chico State CSUC 8-6, 3-2 CCAA
Cal Poly Pomona CPP
13-6, 5-4 CCAA
7
Final
10
Chico State CSUC
8-6, 3-2 CCAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 7 11 2
Chico State CSUC 1 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 X 10 10 2

W: LAY, Ethan (2-0) L: Stevens, Rhys (2-1) S: VERDON, Josh (3)

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

No. 28 Broncos Fall In Series Opener At Chico

CHICO, Calif. – Marco Malerba and Nin Burns II each hit home runs and Johnny Pappas went 3 for 4 with three runs scored, but the No. 28 Cal Poly Pomona baseball team dropped a 10-7 setback to host Chico State Friday night in the first game of a four-game series at Nettleton Stadium in Chico this weekend.
 
The Broncos fall to 13-6 overall and 5-4 in the CCAA. The Wildcats improve to 8-6 (3-2 CCAA).
 
It was CPP to reach the scoreboard first when Pappas scored on a fielding error off the bat of Malerba in the top of the first inning. Chico State responded in its next at bat with a run to knot the game at one, then Burns II lifted a sacrifice fly in the top of the second to take back a 2-1 lead.
 
In the bottom of the second, Chico State ignited its bats, plating four runs on a pair of home runs, then added three more in the third inning to take an 8-2 lead early.
 
Malerba connected on a three-run bomb in the fifth to cut the deficit to 8-5, but the Wildcats responded with two runs in the sixth for the 10-5 lead. Tyler Chaffee singled home Pappas in the seventh and Burns II hit a solo home run in the ninth, but that's all CPP would get as it took the three-run loss in the series opener.
 
Rhys Stevens (2-1) suffered his first loss of the season, allowing eight runs (seven earned) on six hits and five walks, striking out three in 2.1 innings of work. Chico starter Ethan Lay (2-0) went 5 innings and gave up five runs on five hits.
 
Cal Poly Pomona and Chico State will resume the series Saturday with a doubleheader beginning at Noon.
 
Bronco Bits
  • Head coach Randy Betten is now 368-225 in 12 seasons at Cal Poly Pomona, including 139-117 on the road and 258-164 in CCAA games.
  • Having scored at least one run in tonight's game, the Broncos' offense has not been shutout in a program-record 139 consecutive games dating back to Feb. 23, 2019. During this current span, the Broncos have shutout their opponents 13 times.
  • Additionally, CPP has not been shutout in 58 consecutive away games dating back to Feb. 23, 2019.
  • The Broncos are now 43-66 all-time against Chico State.
  • CPP is 3-1 this season when wearing its Grey jersey tops.
  • Ranked at No. 28 in this week's College Baseball Newspaper/American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Top 30 Coaches' Poll, this is the 69th week since 1998 that CPP has been nationally ranked, including 61 weeks under Randy Betten.
  • As a program, Cal Poly Pomona is now 1,701-1,511-21 in its 63rd season overall, including 473-613-3 in away games since the start of the 1980 season.
 
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