Box score After dropping the opener of the three-game series, No. 17-ranked Arizona (4-1) came back swinging for a 9-1 victory over Long Beach State (2-4) at Blair Field on Saturday. Wildcats starter Kyle Simon (2-0) pitched eight strong innings, allowing just five hits and one run on 99 pitches.[Read More…]
Baseball
Dirtbags ride junior’s arm past No. 17 Arizona
Box score Long Beach State junior starting pitcher Andrew Gagnon set the tone Friday night with 7 2/3 scoreless innings as the Dirtbags earned a 2-1 win over No. 17-ranked Arizona at Blair Field. Gagnon (1-1) ended his second start of the year with seven strikeouts, including the last batter[Read More…]
Dirtbags fall to LMU
Box score Coming off a weekend series with rival Cal State Fullerton, the Long Beach State baseball team was looking for a quick win Tuesday night against Loyola Marymount. However, Lions sophomore pitcher Aaron Griffin stood in the way of that outcome as he threw 5 2/3 strong innings to[Read More…]
Titans hurler quiets Dirtbags’ bats
Box score With an opposing starting pitcher in the zone, the Long Beach State baseball team had little margin for error Monday night. Unfortunately for the Dirtbags, their pitching and defense could not support the effort of junior right-hander Branden Pinder. Cal State Fullerton counterpart Colin O’Connell pitched seven strong[Read More…]
Dirtbags end personal 8-game drought against Titans
Box score Weather was the metaphorical predictor in Sunday’s baseball game between Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton. The sun shined brightly on the Dirtbags’ dugout, but the Titans sat in the shadows of Blair Field. The sunshine also managed to bring 1,943 fans to the game, which LBSU[Read More…]
Rival Titans spoil Dirtbags’ season opener
Box score FULLERTON — Long Beach State’s Andrew Gagnon and Cal State Fullerton’s Noe Ramirez, two of the best pitchers in the Big West Conference, battled Saturday night as the Dirtbags lost their season opener, 2-1, at Goodwin Field. Dirtbags’ catcher Mike Marjama drove in third baseman Matt Duffy with[Read More…]
Baseball, tennis rained out
Both the Long Beach State baseball and women’s tennis teams were rained out Friday. What was supposed to be the Dirtbags’ season opener and beginning of a three-game nonconference series with Cal State Fullerton at Blair Field has been rescheduled to Monday at 6:30 p.m. LBSU and CSUF are scheduled[Read More…]
Buckley brings re-tooled roster into Dirtbags’ season opener
Hopes are high in Troy Buckley’s first year at the helm of the Long Beach State baseball program as it looks to rebound from a second consecutive disappointing season. The Dirtbags finished 23-32 to go with a last-place finish in the Big West Conference standings last year after a recording[Read More…]
Blair Field renovation ‘closer to $20 million’
Renovation plans to Blair Field, home of the Dirtbags baseball team, will cost more than originally expected, Long Beach State officials said. The plans were unveiled at the Long Beach State baseball Leadoff Dinner banquet in late January. It was initially reported that the plans would cost between $8 million[Read More…]
Evan Longoria: From Long Beach State Dirtbag to baseball superstar
If an athlete’s success is measured by achievement, then Long Beach State’s baseball program made the right decision when it picked a video-game cover athlete to be its keynote speaker for the 20th annual Leadoff Dinner. Dirtbags head coach Troy Buckley said this year’s event — which was held at[Read More…]