The Long Beach State Dirtbags opened the Big West Conference schedule with a heartbreaking 3-2 loss to UC Irvine on Friday at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. It is the first Friday night loss at home this season. The Dirtbags (11-19, 0-1) took an early lead but couldn’t hold off the Anteaters (16-12, 2-2) who […]
From the Dirtclods to the Dirtbags, Jacob Hughey is a Long Beach baseball player through and through. The Millikan High alum has made a name for himself with a live arm and a lethal bat, while always playing like the Long Beach native he is. “Long beach baseball to me is just grittiness,” Hughey said. […]
The Long Beach State Dirtbags have been both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde this season. They’ve played one of the toughest nonconference schedules in the nation while dealing with a rash of injuries, and the results have been mixed. The Dirtbags (11-18) have quality wins over No. 3 Ole Miss and No. 15 Vanderbilt, but […]
The Long Beach State softball team’s pair of gems from Cielo Meza lifted them to a sweep of Hawaii. Meza set a school record with 17 strikeouts in game one against the Rainbow Wahine and then followed it up the next day with a no-hitter. The No. 18-ranked 49ers won game three to move to […]
FROM LBSU REPORTS Thursday’s series opener at Fresno State (11-15) will go down as Long Beach State’s (11-15) best offensive performance of this millennium. The Dirtbags racked up 24 runs on 25 hits in a 24-10 thrashing of the host Bulldogs at Bob Bennett Stadium. Redshirt sophomore and Long Beach native Jacob Hughey led the […]
The Long Beach State Dirtbags couldn’t take advantage of late opportunities in a 5-2 loss to No. 23 San Diego State (17-7) on Tuesday at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. The Dirtbags (10-15) stranded nine runners on base after they left two on in the seventh and had the bases loaded in the eighth. Reigning […]
FROM LBSU REPORTS Behind a brilliant all-around performance from junior Clayton Andrews, Long Beach State (10-14) earned a 3-1 victory over rival Cal State Fullerton (9-12) in Sunday’s rubber match at Goodwin Field. Andrews got the start on the mound, holding the Titans scoreless through the first seven innings as neither team was able to […]
FROM LBSU REPORTS The Dirtbags have yet to win game two of a series this season, with that trend continuing on Saturday night at Goodwin Field. Long Beach State (9-14) had nine hits compared to just three for Cal State Fullerton (9-11), but the host Titans took advantage of some defensive miscues to snag a […]
FROM LBSU REPORTS Behind another terrific start from sophomore Zak Baayoun, Long Beach State (9-13) took game one of its non-conference rivalry series at Cal State Fullerton (8-11), winning 5-2 on Friday night at Goodwin Field. Baayoun went a career-best 8.0 innings on Friday, allowing an unearned run on three hits, one walk, and eight […]
FROM LBSU REPORTS Tuesday brought the first extra-inning game of the season for both Long Beach State (8-13) and LMU (10-10) and it was the host Lions that came away victorious with a 5-4 walk-off win in 10 innings. The Lions scored the winning run on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly to win their seventh game […]