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Luke Higgins
Abel Pedroza
8
Winner Cal State San Marcos CSUSM 32-15, 19-13 CCAA
3
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 28-21, 18-14 CCAA
Winner
Cal State San Marcos CSUSM
32-15, 19-13 CCAA
8
Final
3
Cal Poly Pomona CPP
28-21, 18-14 CCAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cal State San Marcos CSUSM 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 4 8 11 0
Cal Poly Pomona CPP 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 0

W: Higgins, Luke (3-3) L: LEYVA, Matthew (3-6)

Game Recap: Baseball |

CSUSM Earns Series Win Over CPP to Clinch No. 2 Seed at CCAA Tournament

POMONA, Calif. – The Cal State San Marcos baseball team (32-15, 19-13 CCAA) concluded its 2026 regular season by earning a series win over Cal Poly Pomona (28-21, 18-14 CCAA) and locking up the No. 2 seed at next week's CCAA Tournament with an 8-3 victory at Scolinos Field on Saturday.
 
TOP PERFORMERS
Victor Castaneda – 2-for-2 | 2 RBIs | 1 R | 1 HBP
Rees Kent – 1-for-3 | 2 RBIs | 2 R | 1 HR | 1 BB
Christopher Tampoya – 4-for-4 | 2 R | 1 2B
Luke Higgins – 9.0 IP | 4 K | 2 ER | 5 H | 1 BB | 2 HBP
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Scoreless after 3.5 innings, the Broncos changed that in the bottom of the fourth with an RBI triple down the right field line by Bryan Richman and an RBI single up the middle by Daniel Ruiz.
  • The Cougars went up 3-2 in the top of the fifth with a sac fly by Michael Weber and a two-run homer to left by Rees Kent.
  • Zech Samayoa extended CSUSM's lead to 4-2 in the top of the sixth with an RBI double to right center.
  • CPP brought the deficit to one in the bottom of the eighth with a sac fly to center by Jack Sanders.
  • The Cougars put the game away in the top of the ninth with a bases-loaded walk by Jake Callahan, an RBI groundout to first by Canon King and a two-run single up the middle by Victor Castaneda.
 
QUICK HITS
  • CSUSM starter Luke Higgins (3-3) went the distance as he threw a complete game and earned the win on four strikeouts while allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits, two hit-by-pitches and a walk on just 98 pitches.
  • CPP starter Matthew Leyva (3-6) took the loss after giving up four earned runs on eight hits and a hit-by-pitch while striking out three in 6.0 innings.
  • This was CSUSM's first-ever series win against CPP.
  • This is the second time in three years that CSUSM has finished the regular season second in the CCAA standings.
  • Tampoya extended his reached-base streak to 21 games, one shy of Canon King's season-best 22 games.
  • With 134 total bases for the season, Samayoa is 10 shy of the 2009 record held by James Scott at 144.
  • The Cougars' 32 wins are the third most for a single season in program history.
 
UP NEXT
CSUSM will enter the CCAA Tournament as the No. 2 seed and will face third-seeded Cal Poly Pomona again to open the double elimination portion of the tournament on Thursday at 2 p.m. in San Bernardino.
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