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Diego Murillo
Christian Magdaleno
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Winner Cal State San Marcos CSUSM 31-14, 18-12 CCAA
6
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 27-20, 17-13 CCAA
Winner
Cal State San Marcos CSUSM
31-14, 18-12 CCAA
13
Final
6
Cal Poly Pomona CPP
27-20, 17-13 CCAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cal State San Marcos CSUSM 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 0 3 13 11 1
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 16 0

W: COTA, Isaac (2-0) L: Vasquez, Anthony (3-1) S: PERNETTI, Ben (1)

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Cal State San Marcos CSUSM 31-15, 18-13 CCAA
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Winner Cal Poly Pomona CPP 28-20, 18-13 CCAA
Cal State San Marcos CSUSM
31-15, 18-13 CCAA
6
Final
7
Cal Poly Pomona CPP
28-20, 18-13 CCAA
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Cal State San Marcos CSUSM 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 6 11 1
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 0 0 2 3 0 2 X 7 11 1

W: Cosme, Anthony (3-2) L: ROMERO, Zach (4-2) S: Smith, Gavin (1)

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

Baseball Clinches Bye in Upcoming CCAA Tournament

POMONA, Calif. - The Broncos split their CCAA doubleheader against Cal State San Marcos on Friday at Scolinos Field, moving to 28-20 overall while the two teams are tied for second place in the CCAA standings with an 18-13 conference record. Tomorrow's regular season finale will determine the seeding of the upcoming CCAA Tournament, with the Broncos and Cougars already knowing they are set for a rematch on Thursday next week.
 
Game 1: CPP 6, CSUSM 13
A costly seventh inning flipped what was otherwise a competitive opener to the doubleheader, seeing Cal State San Marcos claim the 13-6 win on an eight-run outburst.
 
The Broncos plated two in the bottom of the first inning on a Julian Angulo single to left field and a sacrifice fly from Tyler Blade to go up 2-0. San Marcos evened the game in the third, but the Broncos quickly responded again with two in the bottom of the frame thanks to RBI singles from Blade and Diego Murillo. Murillo, a senior shortstop out of San Luis Obispo, finished the day with an impressive six hits across the two games.
 
CPP added on in the bottom of the sixth with a Duarte RBI double to score Angulo, going up 5-2. However, an eight-run seventh inning from the Cougars put the game well out of reach, and a three-run ninth inning sealed the win.
 
Starting pitcher Anthony Vasquez started with six quality innings on the mound, allowing just two earned runs up until the seventh. The Cougars then plated eight runs in the seventh off of five hits, including a three run home run to give big separation. Rex Jarcy came on in relief, not allowing a run in 1.2 innings of work with two strikeouts.   
 
The offense as a whole left 14 men on base, failing to capitalize on numerous scoring opportunities.
 
Game 2: CPP 7, CSUSM 6
The Broncos responded in game two with a resilient 7-6 victory, relying on timely hitting and key pitching down the stretch to secure the doubleheader split.
 
San Marcos once again jumped out early, plating two runs in the first. Cal Poly Pomona responded in the third, thanks to an RBI double from Jack Sanders and an RBI single from Duarte. The offense then scored three more in the fourth, coming from three consecutive batters with a sacrifice fly from Daniel Ruiz, an RBI single from Sanders, and an RBI single from Angulo to go up 5-2.
 
CSUSM once again fought back in the fifth, plating four runs to go up 6-5. However, the Broncos did not back down, as Julian Angulo sliced a ball down the right field line to score two more runs in the bottom of the sixth to reclaim the 7-6 lead.

Anthony Cosme picked up the win on the mound, going 6.0 innings while punching out four and allowing five earned runs on 93 pitches. Gavin Smith tossed a scoreless seventh inning, picking up his first career save.
 
 
Up Next
The Broncos and Cougars will conclude the 2026 regular season tomorrow, May 2nd, at 12:00 PM. Before the game, the team will recognize the 50-year anniversary of the 1976 national championship team, including a ceremonial first pitch.
 
 
CCAA Tournament
With Cal State Monterey Bay already clinching the regular season title and the No. 1 seed, the Broncos and Cougars are guaranteed to be the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds in the CCAA Tournament. This means the two squads will kick off the postseason exactly how they ended the regular season – against each other. The winner of tomorrow's game will earn the No. 2 seed and be the designated home team in that matchup. View the CCAA Tournament homepage HERE. 
 
 
Bronco Bits
  • The Broncos are 27-10 all-time against Cal State San Marcos since their first meeting in 2016, including 5-5 in their past 10 games. They are 16-4 at home against the Cougars.
  • Randy Betten is now 459-320 (.589) as head coach of the Broncos, and 326-233 in CCAA games. He is just four away from passing head coach John Scolinos for the most in program history (329).
  • As a program, Cal Poly Pomona is now 1,796-1,605-21 in its 66th season overall, including 967-851-4 (.532) in CCAA games.
  • The Broncos are first in the CCAA in stolen bases (80) and second in fielding percentage (.974).
  • The pitching staff has issued the fewest walks in the CCAA this season with 153 while also striking out the second-most batters (360). The pitching staff also ranks 13th in the country in strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.34).
  • The Broncos entered the weekend with the 10th toughest strength of schedule in the entire country, with opponents having a combined .571 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).
  • Daniel Ruiz ranks third in single-season hit by pitches (19) for CPP, and second in the CCAA this season.