POMONA, Calif. – Cal Poly Pomona baseball split both Sunday's doubleheader and the series against Colorado State Pueblo, winning the first game by a score of 2-1 and dropping the series finale 4-2. With the split, the Broncos are now 8-6 overall on the season as they turn their attention to conference play starting in the coming weeks.
 
Game 1: CPP 2, CSUP 1
CPP claimed a close 2-1 win over CSUP in the first game on Sunday. The Broncos broke a scoreless duel with a productive fourth inning. After Austin Duarte, Julian Angulo, and Sebastian Arguelles each reached base with no outs, Tyler Blade was able to push across the first run of the game on a groundout. The very next batter, a wild pitch allowed Angulo to come across to make it a 2-0 lead.
 
Right-hander Andrew Campbell pitched seven innings of one-run ball, scattering four hits while only allowing a solo home run in the top of the sixth. In his past two starts, Campbell has thrown 13.0 innings while only allowing nine hits and two runs to score. Redshirt freshman Rex Jarcy delivered a scoreless inning out of the pen, followed by another scoreless inning from Sean Suriyaniel for his first save of the season. Campbell picked up the win, his third of 2026.
 
Despite only collecting six hits in the game, the Broncos got just enough offensive production for the 2-1 victory.
 
Game 2: CPP 2, CSUP 4
Colorado State Pueblo struck first in the third inning with a three-run frame, highlighted by three timely RBI hits to put the ThunderWolves on top early. Cal Poly Pomona answered back in the bottom of the third when Duarte delivered an RBI single to right field, driving in Justin Yeutter to cut the lead to 3-1. The Broncos continued to battle in the sixth, as a wild pitch allowed Tyler Blade to score from third, trimming the deficit to a single run.
 
On the mound, Matthew Leyva took the loss after allowing the three spot in the third inning, while Anthony Vasquez provided three scoreless frames of relief to keep the Green & Gold within striking distance. Daniel Ruiz, Duarte, and Blade each reached base multiple times, with Ruiz and Yeutter each finishing with two hits in the contest.
 
Colorado State Pueblo added an insurance run in the seventh, and despite late efforts by the Broncos' offense, Cal Poly Pomona couldn't complete the comeback resulting in a series split.
 
 
Up Next
The Broncos will have a bye week next weekend, and return to action with their CCAA opener at Cal State San Bernardino on Friday, March 6^th. Nearly all of CPP's remaining games will be against conference opponents, except for a three-game series against Westmont at the end of April.
 
 
Bronco Bits

• The Broncos are 4-6 all-time against Colorado State Pueblo, with their last meeting before this series taking place in 2008.
• Randy Betten is now 439-306 (.589) as head coach of the Broncos.
• As a program, Cal Poly Pomona is now 1,776-1,591-21 in its 66th season overall, including 929-591-14 (.610) in home games.
• The last time the team was 8-6 to start the season was 2019.
• The Broncos rank second in the CCAA in fielding percentage (.973) and second in strikeouts (112).