Bags
Baseball Long Beach State

LIVE UPDATES: Long Beach State Dirtbags Host No. 22 UCLA Tonight

JJ FiddlerComments Off on LIVE UPDATES: Long Beach State Dirtbags Host No. 22 UCLA Tonight

The562’s coverage of Dirtbags Baseball for the 2023 season is sponsored by P2S, Inc. Visit p2sinc.com to learn more.

The Long Beach State Dirtbags are trying to finish off a perfect five-game homestead and extend their eight-game winning streak when No. 22 UCLA comes to Bohl Diamond at Blair Field. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m.

These proximity rivals are headed in opposite directions.

LBSU and UCLA have identical 18-8 overall records after the Dirtbags finished off last weekend with consecutive walk-off wins and the Bruins lost their seventh consecutive game.

UCLA is sending Michael Barnett to the mound while LBSU turns to sophomore righty Grant Cherry and the rest of the bullpen where LBSU coach Eric Valenzuela is still figuring out roles and responsibility for some young arms.

Despite not having that veteran stability, the new Dirtbags arms have produced well overall as a Top 50 group in the NCAA. The staff rank 15th in the nation with three shutouts and a 3.01 strikeout-to-walk ratio. The 3.37 walks per nine is ranked 22nd best, 4.26 ERA is 33rd, 1.34 WHIP is 39th, and 10.1 K/9 is 43rd.

Support The562.org

Speaking of ranking nationally, the Dirtbags’ 33 home runs this season ranks eighth in the NCAA. First baseman Jonathon Long has a team-high seven home runs after hitting four (two walkoffs) last week. He’s second in the Big West.

UCLA also has some notable statistics with a 3.45 team ERA that’s 14th in the nation. The Bruins offense is slashing .261/.390/.426 while averaging just shy of seven runs per game.

The Dirtbags winning streak is their longest since 2017, and the longest in program history in 15 in 1989 when the Dirtbags made their first ever College World Series.

Refresh the page to see the latest score updates!

CLICK HERE if you can’t see the updates

The562.org Follow 92,982 19,907

Bringing you free, award-winning coverage of Long Beach sports and schools. We aren’t LA, we aren’t OC. By LB, for LB! DMs not monitored.

562sports
Support The562.org
JJ Fiddler
JJ Fiddler is an award-winning sportswriter and videographer who has been covering Southern California sports for multiple newspapers and websites since 2004. After attending Long Beach State and creating the first full sports page at the Union Weekly Newspaper, he has been exclusively covering Long Beach prep sports since 2007.
http://The562.org

Related Articles

DzuUrAKUwAAv0F7.jpg large
Baseball Wilson

Baseball: Wilson’s Jacob Ribitzki Throws No-Hitter

Mike Guardabascio

Wilson started the year 0-2 with one-run losses to Banning and Bishop Amat, but bounced back on Monday in a big way thanks to junior pitcher Jacob Ribitzki, who threw a no-hitter in his first varsity start. Ribitzki needed just 77 pitches in a complete game effort to help lead Wilson to a 6-0 victory. […]

DSC 0432a
Long Beach State Volleyball

No. 1 Long Beach State Sweeps Ohio State

Mike Guardabascio

It was another statement weekend for the Long Beach State men’s volleyball team, which posted dominant sweeps of Penn State and Ohio State in the Pyramid while hosting the AVCA Showcase. On Saturday evening in front of nearly 2,000 fans, Long Beach State swept the Buckeyes, 25-19, 25-18, 25-21. To date, Long Beach State is […]

2025 12 29 562 WBB LBSUvsHIU
Basketball Long Beach State Photos

PHOTOS: Long Beach State Women’s Basketball Beats Hope International

Joseph Kling

The Long Beach State women’s basketball team got its first win of the season over Hope International, prevailing 68-62 on Monday night in the LBS Financial Credit Union Pyramid. The Beach got 23 points from JaQuoia Jones-Brown in the victory. The win improves LBSU’s record to 1-11 on the season. They’ll travel to Cal Poly […]