SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Broncos split their Saturday doubleheader against Westmont on the road, securing the series win and improving to 27-18 on the season and 10-7 in non-conference play.
 
Game 1: CPP 5, WC 1
The Broncos came out swinging in game one, collecting 14 hits with each of the top six batters in the lineup with two apiece.
 
Julian Angulo got the Broncos on the board in the top of the fifth inning, singling to right field to score Jack Sanders for the game's first run. Austin Duarte followed shortly after with a single through the right side, scoring Angulo for a 2-0 lead. The Warriors responded in the bottom of the frame with a solo home run to left field, their only run of the game.
 
CPP added insurance in the seventh with a Duarte groundout, pushing across Sanders to make it 3-1. Sanders has scored 44 times so far this season, leading the team and ranking third-most in the conference.
 
The Broncos plated two more in the eighth, thanks to a bases loaded wild pitch and a subsequent RBI fielder's choice, again off the bat of Duarte, to bring the score to 5-1.
 
Redshirt Junior Matthew Leyva was dominant on the mound, going 6.0 innings and only allowing one run. The right-hander punched out a season-high eight batters on 83 pitches while issuing just one free pass. After allowing a single in the first, he threw three perfect frames including striking out the side in the fourth.
 
Geo Hernandez was sharp in 3.0 innings of work out of the bullpen, only allowing three hits and zero runs with one strikeout. Hernandez picked up the save, his second of the season.
 
The win marked the Cal Poly Pomona Athletic Department's 56^th road win of the academic year across all sports, breaking the department record of 55 set in 2014-15. Across baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, and volleyball, the department is 56-19-2 in road contests in 2025-26.
 

Road Warriors 😤

Bronco win-loss-tie sports are 56-19-2 on the road this academic year, marking the most road wins in school history!#WeAreCPP pic.twitter.com/IpxHeCrETj
— Cal Poly Pomona Broncos (@cppbroncos) April 26, 2026
 

 
 
Game 2: CPP 0, WC 12
The second game of the doubleheader got away from the Broncos, as Westmont exploded for a 12-0 win. CPP received a steady start from sophomore Anthony Cosme, who worked 4.0 innings and allowed three runs while striking out two. The right-hander kept CPP within striking distance early, navigating through traffic and limiting Westmont to a single run in each of the second through fourth innings.
 
Cal Poly Pomona's offense fell asleep in the series finale, gathering a season-low two hits off the bats of Gage Gonzales and Sebastian Casillas. The team was held hitless in the final five innings of the game, as the Westmont pitching staff struck out eight Bronco batters.  
 
The Warriors broke the game open in the fifth and sixth innings, combining for nine runs, including a six-run sixth that put the game well out of reach. CPP utilized multiple arms out of the bullpen down the stretch, with Andrew Dusablon recording a strikeout in relief.
 
The game marked the team's first time being shut out since losing 8-0 to Colorado Mesa on February 7^th.
 
 
Up Next
The Broncos will return home on Thursday, April 30^th, at 6:00 PM for their final series of the regular season against Cal State San Marcos. Thursday will also be senior night, where the program will recognize 13 seniors for their contributions to the program approximately 30 minutes before first pitch.
 
The first numerical NCAA regional rankings will be announced on Wednesday, where the Broncos will see where they stack up in the region as they eye a return to the NCAA Tournament. The team was listed in the alphabetical rankings last week.
 
 
Bronco Bits

• The Broncos are 11-5 all-time against Westmont since their first meeting in 1964, including 5-5 in their past 10 games. They are 3-4 on the road against the Warriors.
• Randy Betten is now 458-318 (.590) as head coach of the Broncos, and 133-87 (.605) in non-conference games.
• As a program, Cal Poly Pomona is now 1,795-1,603-21 in its 66th season overall, including 829-754-17 (.523) in non-conference play.
• The Broncos are first in the CCAA in stolen bases (76) and second in fielding percentage (.974).
• The pitching staff has issued the second-fewest walks in the CCAA this season with 147 while also striking out the most batters (344). The pitching staff also ranks 14th in the country in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.34).
• The Broncos entered the weekend with the 8th toughest strength of schedule in the entire country, with opponents having a combined .578 win percentage this season.
• Jack Sanders is tied for fourth all-time in home runs with 28 in his CPP career. He is six away from tying Jenzen Torres for the program record (34), and four away from tying Kyle Garlick for the single-season record (17).
• The win marked the department's 56^th road win of the academic year across all sports, breaking the school record.