Cal Poly ace Matt Imhof entered Friday’s series opener against 17th-ranked UC Santa Barbara with a 1.05 ERA, a feature on him in Baseball America and talk of the junior lefty going in the first round of June’s Major League... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The fifth-ranked Cal Poly Mustangs opened Big West Conference play with a sweep of UC Davis, capping the weekend series with a 9-1 victory Sunday. Sophomore righty Casey Bloomquist pitched eight strong innings, allowing one unearned run... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Saturday starting pitching struggles continued for fifth-ranked Cal Poly in the second game of its conference-opening series with UC Davis. Freshman righty Justin Calomeni lasted four innings Saturday at Baggett Stadium, allowing seven hits and three runs.... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Cal Poly plated seven runs in the first inning, and ace pitcher Matt Imhof threw his first collegiate shutout in an 8-0 home win over UC Davis Friday night in the Big West Conference opener. Imhof (6-1),... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN (Editor’s note: Video of the final out of the series with Cal Poly radio announcer Eric Burdick making the call is at the bottom of the story.) Baseball geek chatrooms will be ablaze Monday with talk of... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN UCLA hitters squared up Cal Poly ace Matt Imhof, Mustang right fielder Nick Torres made two errors on one play and Poly batters only mustered five hits in a 5-2 loss to the Bruins Friday night. Imhof,... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Cal Poly baseball team begins the 2014 season on the cusp, college baseball experts say. “They may be good enough to take that next step and win a regional,” Baseball America writer Aaron Fitt said on... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Cal Poly baseball squad notched its first 40-win season and NCAA Tournament victory at the Divison 1 level in 2013, but the Mustangs failed to break a postseason slide that began Saturday night and continued Sunday.... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN The lights shined brightly upon Cal Poly Saturday night at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Through the first five innings, the Mustangs handled all the pressure that came with a regional matchup against UCLA at the Bruins’ ballpark. Cal... (Continue reading)