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Matthew Leyva
Ece Aliyazicioglu
8
Winner Cal State San Marcos CSUSM 32-15, 19-13 CCAA
3
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 28-21, 18-14 CCAA
Winner
Cal State San Marcos CSUSM
32-15, 19-13 CCAA
8
Final
3
Cal Poly Pomona CPP
28-21, 18-14 CCAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cal State San Marcos CSUSM 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 8 11 0
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 0

W: HIGGINS, Luke (3-3) L: Leyva, Matthew (3-6)

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

Broncos Drop Regular Season Finale to Cougars

POMONA, Calif. - Cal Poly Pomona baseball battled through the early innings, but ultimately fell to Cal State San Marcos, 8-3, in the 2026 regular season finale on Saturday at Scolinos Field. With the loss, the Broncos are now 28-21 overall and 18-14 in conference, placing third in the CCAA standings.
 
Before the game, the team celebrated the 50-year anniversary of the 1976 national championship team. The 1976 squad won the first national title in CPP Athletics history, going 40-27-1 while also winning the first CCAA title in program history. They were later inducted into the CPP Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018.

1976 Reunion
 
The Broncos found themselves in a scoreless duel through the first three innings before breaking through in the fourth. Bryan Richman tripled down the right field line to score Julian Angulo for the game's first run, followed by a single up the middle off the bat of Daniel Ruiz to go up 2-0.
 
Cal State San Marcos responded in the fifth inning, stringing together some hits and a two-run home run to take the 3-2 lead. The Cougars added another run in the sixth, extending their lead to 4-2.
 
The Broncos remained within striking distance in the eighth inning, manufacturing a run with a Jack Sanders sacrifice fly to cut the deficit to 4-3. However, San Marcos delivered the decisive blow in the ninth, erupting for four runs to secure the win.
 
Offensively, the Broncos collected just five hits in the game, including extra base hits from Austin Duarte and Richman. Matthew Leyva went 6.0 innings starting on the mound, allowing four earned runs on eight hits and punching out three. Matt Lorenzano followed with 3.0 innings in relief, also allowing four earned runs with three strikeouts. Lorenzano finishes the regular season as the CCAA's strikeout leader with 72 on the season.
 
Cal Poly Pomona will look to regroup as they head into the postseason for the 23rd time in program history.
 
 
CCAA Tournament
The No. 3 seeded Broncos will face No. 2 seed Cal State San Marcos next Thursday, May 7th, at 2:00 PM in San Bernardino.
 
 
Bronco Bits
  • The Broncos are 27-11 all-time against Cal State San Marcos since their first meeting in 2016, including 5-5 in their past 10 games. They are 16-5 at home against the Cougars.
  • Randy Betten is now 459-321 (.588) as head coach of the Broncos, and 326-234 in CCAA games. He will enter next season just four away from passing head coach John Scolinos for the most in program history (329).
  • As a program, Cal Poly Pomona is now 1,796-1,606-21 in its 66th season overall, including 967-852-4 (.532) in CCAA games.
  • The Broncos are first in the CCAA in stolen bases (80) and second in fielding percentage (.975).
  • The pitching staff has issued the fewest walks in the CCAA this season with 155 while also striking out the second-most batters (366). 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.