The Long Beach Coast had a successful week on the road, going 5-1 and improving to 63-27 overall to stay atop the Pioneer Baseball League (PBL) standings. The Coast started Week 15 by visiting and sweeping the Modesto Roadsters before traveling to take on the Oakland Ballers. Long Beach won the first two games against […]
The Long Beach Coast have hit their first extended rough patch of the season as the Pioneer Baseball League regular season enters its final stretch. After dropping a series for the first time in franchise history against Oakland, Long Beach returned to Blair Field looking to get back on track against the Missoula PaddleHeads. Instead, […]
With a playoff spot already secured and the regular season entering its final three weeks, the Long Beach Coast find themselves navigating one of their roughest stretches of an otherwise dominant inaugural season. Long Beach (56-22) dropped two of three games against the Oakland Ballers last weekend at Blair Field, continuing a stretch that has […]
The562’s coverage of Lakewood Athletics is sponsored by J.P. Crawford, Class of 2013. It may not have gone exactly to plan, but Ricky Tiedemann has made it to The Show. The left-handed hurler made his major league debut on Saturday afternoon, joining the Toronto Blue Jays to face the New York Yankees at Rogers Centre. Tiedemann, […]
The Long Beach Coast has had an eventful inaugural season, most recently becoming the first Pioneer Baseball League team to reach 50 wins. With PBL playoffs just a month away, the Coast took their foot off the gas and had a quiet week on the diamond. Long Beach spent the first week of August on […]
The MLB trade deadline brought changes for some of Long Beach’s baseball alumni, with plenty of other news as the 2026 season enters its homestretch. One of the biggest trades this season was between AL East rivals, as the Boston Red Sox acquired catcher Adley Rutschman from the Baltimore Orioles. The top prospect acquired by […]
With just a month remaining before the Pioneer Baseball League playoffs, it’s the league’s newest team that sits comfortably atop the standings. The Long Beach Coast has continued to roll in its inaugural season, opening August with its 50th victory to become the first team in the league to reach the milestone in 2026. The […]
All photos by Jared Blais/MLB Photos. A busy summer continued for Long Beach Poly catcher Caleb Safotu this past weekend as he attended and competed at Major League Baseball’s Hank Aaron Invitational at the Jackie Robinson Training Complex in Vero Beach, Florida. The annual event brings together 250 high school players from across the country for […]
Years before Christopher Nolan’s epic blockbuster hit theaters, Zach Voelker was on his own baseball odyssey. The right-hander has pitched in every time zone and in every different role you can imagine, and his second arrival in Long Beach has been a welcome stop on his journey. During the 2026 season, Voelker has established himself […]
Through the first 60 games in franchise history, the Long Beach Coast already has an impressive nine series sweeps compared to just 13 total losses. That’s led to a sparkling 47-13 overall record against Pioneer League competition, putting the Coast firmly atop the standings. Over the past two weeks, the Coast went 10-2 during a […]