This weekend before last was the home opener for Cal Poly baseball against University of Pacific. Being a freshman at Cal Poly, I figured that they’re my favorite college baseball team now. I hadn’t seen college baseball in person since a few seasons ago when I watched Chico State play a few times back home. This was the first game that Baggett Stadium had hosted since it was remodeled this offseason. I never saw it before the renovations, but it got a thumbs up from me as far as college baseball stadiums go.

The first game was a night game on Friday. They were giving out free posters, so I picked one up for my dorm room. It had the season schedule on it and a picture of the catcher Nick Meyer, who played for Team U.S.A. last year. It was cold and rainy from the beginning, which made for a wet scorecard, so sorry if this one’s tough to read. Overall, it was a pretty lackluster game. One big inning from Pacific was the only offense to speak of. I’d have to say that the player of the game was Shelby Lackey, the starting pitcher from Pacific. He tossed seven innings of shutout ball, surrendering just one hit. Honorable mention to Cam Schneider, a reliever who threw the back three innings and gave up just one hit to keep Cal Poly in the ballgame. On another note, when Matthew Tarantino was at the plate, a fan heckled him by saying that “Pulp Fiction wasn’t even that good,” which I thought was taking it a little too far.

Saturday they played a doubleheader, which is always a good time. There was also no rain, so the scorecards are a little easier to read. It was like a whole different Cal Poly team came out that day, winning the first game 9-0 and the second 9-1. I’d have to say the biggest player in game one was definitely Trent Shelton, who fanned ten and allowed zero runs in seven innings of work, getting the victory. Infielder Tate Samuelson hit his first collegiate home run that game too, congratulations to him.

Game two got a little cold in the later innings, and a guy asked me if I was doing homework when he saw me keeping score, but other than that was fine to watch. Alex McKenna hit his second home run of the season in the bottom of the third. In the sixth inning, Taylor Dollard came in to pitch, and I’ve since given him the affectionate nickname of Spaceman because he reminded me of Bill Lee. I’d give player of the game to Tate Samuelson, who went three for three and batted in four. Overall it was a pretty good weekend of baseball.

These scorecards were all ones that I found online and printed out. I usually use a Bob Carpenter fan scorebook, which I’ll be using in all future posts until it’s filled up. Thanks for reading.