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UCSB Jumps on Cal Poly Early, Rolls to 12-3 Victory Jason Willow (25) is greeted at home by UCSB teammate Bryce Willits after hitting a two-run homer. (Felipe Garcia / Noozhawk photo) By UCSB Sports Information | 9:23 p.m. A six-run first inning sparked the UCSB baseball team to a 12-3 win over Cal Poly on Sunday, giving the Gauchos the four-game Big West Series, 3-1. JD Callahan (3-2) was solid in his Sunday start at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, tossing seven full innings and allowing just ...

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Housing and Development Newsletter Coming in for the save in the ninth was UCSBs hottest bullpen arm, Carter Benbrook, who retired the final three batters to earn his team-best third save of the season.  All five runs scored came by way of the solo home run with Samuelson giving the Mustangs the early lead in the second inning. It wasnt until the fifth that UCSB cracked the scoreboard as Bryce Willits went yard for just the second time this season to even things at 1-1. The go-ahead and gam...

Game One Breakdown: Loss The Gauchos got out in front early; in the top of the second inning, Bryce Willits drove in a run with an RBI double, and Nicolas Vogt brought in Willits with an RBI single. Vogt continued to make an impact, as he would steal home in the top of the fourth to make it a 3-0 Gaucho lead. The momentum was put to a halt, however, as the Dirtbags responded with a 1-run fourth inning and a 3-run fifth inning. That would prove to be the decisive inning, as the Dirtbags held on ...

Housing and Development Newsletter Conner Dand finished off the final 3.2 innings to earn his second save of the season. The senior allowed just one hit and one walk, while fanning three. Broc Mortensen got things going with a sacrifice fly in the top of the first to score Jordan Sprinkle. UCSB would hang a six on the board in the second inning as five straight batters reached bases thanks to solid hitting and a pair of errors in the infield. Gianni Bloom and Zach Rodriguez each collect...

Housing and Development Newsletter The game remained tied until the sixth inning when the Gauchos finally got the bats going. Cole Cummings hit a one-out infield single and Broc Mortensen followed with a single to right field,  allowing Cummings to reach third. Zach Rodriguez hit a single to left-center, scoring Cummings and Mortensen. In the ninth, Michael Marsh entered the game as a pinch-hitter and collected an RBI infield single to make it 3-0. Rodriguez went 2-for-4 with the two ...

Housing and Development Newsletter The Gauchos broke the scoreless tie in the third when Sprinkle was driven in by Zach Rodriguez, who continued his strong weekend with a two-out RBI single. With the bases-loaded and nobody out in the seventh, Broc Mortensen drilled a single up the middle that scored two. Christian Kirtley hit a RBI sacrifice fly to left to extend the lead to 4-0. Bryce Willits notched a RBI single to right-center to make it 5-0. The Gauchos added a sixth run in the eigh...

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