Box score The Long Beach State baseball team denied 23rd-ranked Oregon State a three-game sweep in an 11-inning battle for a 2-1 victory Saturday night at Blair Field. “[The Dirtbags] did a nice job salvaging one,” Dirtbags (10-9) head coach Troy Buckley said of LBSU’s victory over the Beavers (15-4)[Read More…]
Baseball
Beavers ace nearly perfect against Dirtbags
Box score Long Beach State infielder Mike Marjama took the first pitch he saw from Oregon State pitcher Sam Gaviglio in the bottom of the eighth inning and lined it into center field, ending Gaviglio’s bid for a perfect game Friday night at Blair Field. While Marjama won that battle,[Read More…]
Junior propels Dirtbags to extra-inning victory
Junior Mike Marjama delivered the game-winning RBI double Tuesday as Long Beach State defeated Pepperdine, 7-5, in 12 innings in Malibu. Kirk Singer’s solo home run and run- scoring grounder to right field were keys to creating the tie in regulation. The Dirtbags (9-7) set a season-high 13 hits, including[Read More…]
No. 20 Cal snaps Dirtbags’ 5-game streak
Box score The Long Beach State baseball team’s run of five straight wins was snapped Sunday, as the Dirtbags fell 6-1 to No. 20-ranked California on a rainy day at AT&T Park. In the third inning, California (10-4) broke open a scoreless game with a pair of runs. The Bears[Read More…]
Junior earns second Big West honor
Junior Andrew Gagnon has been selected as the Big West Conference Pitcher of the Week for the second time in three weeks. Gagnon guided the Dirtbags to a 2-1 victory over No. 18-ranked Rice. Gagnon, who also won the award two weeks ago for his performance against Arizona, gave up[Read More…]
‘Niner Notes: March 11
Baseball: LBSU 2, Rice 1 Box score Playing in the home park of the San Francisco Giants, the Dirtbags got a big league-type performance from starting pitcher Andrew Gagnon. The junior allowed one run over eight innings, striking out six and walking one, to lead the Long Beach State baseball[Read More…]
Third straight victory a steal for Dirtbags
Box score The Long Beach State baseball team scored three runs without the benefit of a base hit Monday and plated the winning run on a stolen base by Mike Marjama — plus an extra base on a wild pitch — to beat Hawaii, 4-3, at Blair Field. The Dirtbags[Read More…]
‘Niners Notes: March 7
Baseball, softball players receive weekly honors Three Long Beach State athletes — one from baseball, two from softball — were named Big West Conference Player of the Week on Monday. Sophomore Nalani St. Germain earned the conference’s Field Player of the Week honor while senior Brooke Turner earned a co-Pitcher[Read More…]
Sixth-inning push propels Dirtbags to first series win
Box score The Long Beach State baseball team rallied in the sixth inning for a 4-1 win against No. 15-ranked Oregon on Sunday. The victory gave LBSU (5-6) its first series win this season. Trailing 1-0 in the sixth, Dirtbags senior Matt Hibbert hit a two-run double with the bases[Read More…]
Dirtbags rally in wild, extra-inning victory
Box score The Long Beach State baseball team rallied from five runs down in the ninth inning to win the second game of a three-game series from No. 15-ranked Oregon, 7-6, in 12 innings Saturday at Blair Field. The Dirtbags (4-6) stormed back to tie the game at 6 in[Read More…]