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Photo by: Photos by Izzy J
Long Beach State Opens Michigan Series With A 6-3 Victory
2/28/2025 9:29:00 PM | Baseball
Montgomery and Roblez combined for 13 K's; Geiss gets the save
LONG BEACH, Calif.—Long Beach State defeated the University of Michigan 6-3 in baseball action Friday night at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field.
The Dirtbags opened the scoring in the bottom of the second. Gavin DeVooght hit Dylan Lina to begin the bottom of the second. A Connor Charpiot double down the left field line sent Lina to third. Luke Taylor singled to drive in Lina. Matt Toomey's opposite-field double to left scored Charpiot. Efren Ortega's grounder drove in Taylor. A Kyle Ashworth sacrifice bunt plated Toomey for the fourth run.
Mitch Voit's one-out double to the left-center gap drove in Benjamin Casillas to get the Wolverines on the board.
Matt Spear led off the fourth for Michigan with a walk. He stole second and advanced to third on a LBSU error. Spear ran on Robert Hamchuk's grounder to third. Lina fielded the ball cleanly and threw home for the second out. AJ Rausch flew out to right to end the inning.
The Dirtbags scored twice without a hit in the fifth. DeVooght hit Alex Champagne to get the inning underway. He walked Armando Briseno before it appeared DeVooght hit Lina for a third time as he attempted to bunt. The Wolverines' appeal to first was successful, making the count 2-1. Lina got the sacrifice down on the next pitch to advance the runners. Charpiot's sac fly to right scored Champagne, and Briseno took third. Briseno scored on a DeVooght wild pitch to make it 6-1.
Kellan Montgomery walked Cade Ladehoff to begin the Michigan sixth before striking out Spear. His seventh strikeout marked the end of Montgomery's stint as Albert Roblez entered in relief. Ladehoff advanced to second on Roblez's failed pickoff attempt that went into foul territory. Cole Caruso doubled down the left field line to score Ladehoff. Roblez struck out Hamchu. Rausch hit a grounder to Cardena at second. He fielded the ball on his back and threw it onto first for the final out.
Roblez walked Casilas to start the seventh. Kim reached on an opposite-field infield single to third. With runners on first and second, Voit struck out. Roblez struck out Jeter Ybarra on three consecutive pitches. Roblez also struck out Ladehoff on three pitches to get the Dirtbags out of the inning.
Roblez walked Spear to begin the eighth. He moved to second when Roblez failed on a pickoff attempt. Roblez bounced back to strike out Caruso. Roblez hit pinch-hitter Colby Turner. Rausch fouled out to Ortega, the LBSU catcher, for the second out. Down 1-2 in the count, Castillas' opposite-field single to right scored Spear. Kim ran the count to 3-2 before Roblez struck him out on a 91-mph fastball.
Michigan pitchers retired 10 Long Beach State batters they faced in a row before reliever Max Debiec hit Charpiot with one out in the bottom of the eighth.
Owen Geiss entered in the ninth and recorded the only 1-2-3 inning for the Dirtbags to pick up his first career save. Montgomery and Roblez combined for 13 strikeouts. The duo scattered seven hits over the first eight innings. The Wolverines left 10 on base while the Dirtbags stranded four runners. Michigan's pitchers combined for a five-hitter, two from Toomey.
Long Beach State (5-4) and Michigan (4-4) play again on Saturday at 6 p.m.
The Dirtbags opened the scoring in the bottom of the second. Gavin DeVooght hit Dylan Lina to begin the bottom of the second. A Connor Charpiot double down the left field line sent Lina to third. Luke Taylor singled to drive in Lina. Matt Toomey's opposite-field double to left scored Charpiot. Efren Ortega's grounder drove in Taylor. A Kyle Ashworth sacrifice bunt plated Toomey for the fourth run.
Mitch Voit's one-out double to the left-center gap drove in Benjamin Casillas to get the Wolverines on the board.
Matt Spear led off the fourth for Michigan with a walk. He stole second and advanced to third on a LBSU error. Spear ran on Robert Hamchuk's grounder to third. Lina fielded the ball cleanly and threw home for the second out. AJ Rausch flew out to right to end the inning.
The Dirtbags scored twice without a hit in the fifth. DeVooght hit Alex Champagne to get the inning underway. He walked Armando Briseno before it appeared DeVooght hit Lina for a third time as he attempted to bunt. The Wolverines' appeal to first was successful, making the count 2-1. Lina got the sacrifice down on the next pitch to advance the runners. Charpiot's sac fly to right scored Champagne, and Briseno took third. Briseno scored on a DeVooght wild pitch to make it 6-1.
Kellan Montgomery walked Cade Ladehoff to begin the Michigan sixth before striking out Spear. His seventh strikeout marked the end of Montgomery's stint as Albert Roblez entered in relief. Ladehoff advanced to second on Roblez's failed pickoff attempt that went into foul territory. Cole Caruso doubled down the left field line to score Ladehoff. Roblez struck out Hamchu. Rausch hit a grounder to Cardena at second. He fielded the ball on his back and threw it onto first for the final out.
Roblez walked Casilas to start the seventh. Kim reached on an opposite-field infield single to third. With runners on first and second, Voit struck out. Roblez struck out Jeter Ybarra on three consecutive pitches. Roblez also struck out Ladehoff on three pitches to get the Dirtbags out of the inning.
Roblez walked Spear to begin the eighth. He moved to second when Roblez failed on a pickoff attempt. Roblez bounced back to strike out Caruso. Roblez hit pinch-hitter Colby Turner. Rausch fouled out to Ortega, the LBSU catcher, for the second out. Down 1-2 in the count, Castillas' opposite-field single to right scored Spear. Kim ran the count to 3-2 before Roblez struck him out on a 91-mph fastball.
Michigan pitchers retired 10 Long Beach State batters they faced in a row before reliever Max Debiec hit Charpiot with one out in the bottom of the eighth.
Owen Geiss entered in the ninth and recorded the only 1-2-3 inning for the Dirtbags to pick up his first career save. Montgomery and Roblez combined for 13 strikeouts. The duo scattered seven hits over the first eight innings. The Wolverines left 10 on base while the Dirtbags stranded four runners. Michigan's pitchers combined for a five-hitter, two from Toomey.
Long Beach State (5-4) and Michigan (4-4) play again on Saturday at 6 p.m.
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Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Montgomery, Kellan (3-0)
L: Gavin DeVooght (2-2)
S: Geiss, Owen (1)
Batting:
2B: Jonathan Kim 1 ; Mitch Voit 1 ; Cole Caruso 1
RBI: Mitch Voit 1 ; Cole Caruso 1 ; Benjamin Casillas 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Cade Ladehoff 1 ; Alfredo Velazquez 1 ; Benjamin Casillas 1
SB: Matt Spear 1
HBP: Colby Turner 1
Batting:
2B: Charpiot, Connor 1 ; Toomey, Matt 1
RBI: Ashworth, Kyle 1 ; Charpiot, Connor 1 ; Taylor, Luke 1 ; Toomey, Matt 1 ; Ortega, Efren 1
SH: Ashworth, Kyle 1 ; Lina, Dylan 1
SF: Charpiot, Connor 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Champagne, Alex 1 ; Briseno, Armando 1 ; Lina, Dylan 1 ; Charpiot, Connor 1 ; Taylor, Luke 1 ; Toomey, Matt 1
SB: Roulston, Justin 1
CS: Cadena, Nathan 1
HBP: Cadena, Nathan 1 ; Champagne, Alex 1 ; Lina, Dylan 2 ; Charpiot, Connor 1
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