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Dirtbags
lose series; Wright new hit king
Staff reports
Chris Wright's
historic hit wasn't enough to inspire the Long Beach State
baseball team, which dropped two of three games against Big
West Conference foe Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.
The host Mustangs beat LBSU Friday, 5-4, and Sunday, 8-2,
with the Dirtbags pulling out a 9-6 victory Saturday.
In Friday's game, Paul McAnulty hit a two-run double and Wright
had a RBI single that helped give the Dirtbags a 3-0 lead
in the first inning. Wright's single gave him 246 career hits,
breaking the LBSU all-time record of 245 set by Chuck Lopez
during the 1997-2001 seasons.
The Mustangs took some luster off of Wright's accomplishment
by eventually taking a 4-3 lead. A sacrifice fly by Mike Hofius
tied the game at 4-4 in the eighth, but the Cal Poly answered
with a run of its own in the bottom of the inning that stood
up.
Saturday was a different story as McAnulty banged out four
hits, including two doubles, scored three runs and had two
RBIs, Jeremy Reed had three hits, four RBIs and two stolen
bases, and starter Abe Alvarez earned his ninth victory of
the season by striking out six in five innings.
The Dirtbags trailed, 3-2, before scoring seven unanswered
runs to take and insurmountable 9-2 lead.
Cal Poly turned the tables and dominated Sunday's contest,
taking a 7-2 lead after three innings and riding staff ace
Kevin Correia to the victory. Correia went the distance, giving
up five hits, one earned run and striking out three.
Brad Davis provided the only offensive highlight for the Dirtbags,
hitting his second home run of the year in the second. Reed
was hitless in four at-bats Sunday, snapping his 14-game hitting
streak.
The victory Sunday helped Cal Poly (26-24-1 overall, 11-7
Big West) leapfrog LBSU into fourth place in the Big West
standings. The Dirtbags are 28-17 overall, 9-6 in the Big
West.
LBSU plays a nonconference game tonight at UCLA before embarking
on a three-game series on the road against Big West leader
Cal State Northridge beginning Friday. The game against UCLA
starts at 6 p.m. The Dirtbags beat the Bruins, 4-3, April
2.
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