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Cal Poly Pomona v Cal State San Bernardino, Baseball, NCAA Division II, CCAA, at Cal Poly Pomona
Will G. MacNeil
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Cal Poly Pomona CPP 15-35, 12-28 CCAA
4
Winner Cal State East Bay CSUEB 20-30, 16-24 CCAA
Cal Poly Pomona CPP
15-35, 12-28 CCAA
1
Final
4
Cal State East Bay CSUEB
20-30, 16-24 CCAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
Cal State East Bay CSUEB 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 4 8 0

W: TANNER, Gabe (5-3) L: Adolphus, Evan (1-3)

Game Recap: Baseball | | Alex Kline, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications

Baseball’s 2025 Season Comes to a Close in Hayward

HAYWARD, Calif. – Cal Poly Pomona baseball's 2025 season came to a close on Saturday afternoon, as they fell 4-1 to Cal State East Bay in the regular season finale. The Broncos finish with a 15-34 overall record, going 12-28 in CCAA play, 11-15 at home, and 4-19 on the road.
 
It is the first time the Broncos have missed the NCAA Tournament since 2018, and the first time they have missed the postseason altogether since 2013. The team dealt with a plethora of challenges throughout the 2025 season, including numerous injuries, paired with facing one of the toughest schedules in all of NCAA Division II. Their first 21 games of the season were all against teams that were, or would become, nationally ranked in the Top 25.
 
Despite a strong start on the mound by senior Evan Adolphus and an early home run from senior Brent Cota, the Broncos were unable to hold off the Pioneers in the final game of the year.
 
Cal Poly Pomona opened the scoring in the fourth inning when Cota launched a solo shot to right field, his fourth of the season and 12th of his career. The advantage was short-lived, however, as Cal State East Bay answered with a two-run single by Danelle Daniels in the bottom of the frame to reclaim the final lead of the day.
 
Adolphus pitched well in his final outing, going 7.0 innings and allowing just three earned runs on seven hits with no walks and three strikeouts. He worked efficiently, throwing just 79 pitches, but suffered the loss to fall to 1-3 on the year. Seniors Ruben Del Castillo and Chris Fields combined for the final three outs in the eighth, Del Castillo striking out the last batter he faced and Fields facing four.
 
Daniels continued to be a thorn in the Broncos' side, adding an RBI single in the sixth to extend the Pioneers' lead to 3-1. East Bay would tack on one more run in the eighth with a sacrifice fly to make it 4-1.
 
Offensively, CPP managed six hits, with seniors Tyler Chaffee and Clay Porter each collecting two. Chaffee also doubled for his fifth extra-base hit of the season. Despite several base runners, the Broncos were unable to string hits together, leaving 10 runners on base over nine innings.
 
East Bay starting pitcher Gabe Tanner went the distance for the Pioneers, scattering six hits and striking out four in a complete game effort to improve to 5-3.
 
 
Bronco Bits
  • The Broncos are 40-28-1 all-time against Cal State East Bay, including 5-5 in their past 10 games.
  • Randy Betten is now 431-300 (.591) as head coach of the Broncos and 308-220 (.585) in CCAA play.
  • Betten remains 16 CCAA wins away from tying John Scolinos (324) for the most in program history.
  • The Broncos have the 11th-toughest strength of schedule in all of NCAA Division II, with their opponents going 985-754 (.566) entering the weekend.
  • Johnny Pappas is now second place on the all-time games started list at 208. Only Jacob Bernardy (2015-18) has more at 214.
  • Pappas is now third in all-time at-bats (788).
  • Pappas is also currently tied for second place in career walks at 122. Tom Scaletta (1981-85) holds the school record at 179.
  • Marco Malerba ranks 8th in school history in RBI with 119 and second in career putouts with 1,101.
  • Saturday's game was Kevin Bowler's 400th with the Broncos, having started during the 2017 season.