Dirtbags: Back from the dead

At just 7-12 last Friday afternoon the Dirtbags looked young, inexperienced and a year away. Less than a week later they seem to have reversed plenty of those notions.

With a sweep at home against UNLV where all their strongest assets were firing - pitching, speed and defense - LBSU gained some much needed confidence as they headed to the Bay Area.

Games against Santa Clara and Cal did nothing to change that momentum.

The Dirtbags (12-12) scored 33 runs in less than 24 hours pounding Santa Clara 14-4 on Tuesday night and Cal 19-7 on Wednesday afternoon.

The win against Cal must have been particularly gratifying since the Golden Bears swept LBSU at Blair earlier this season.

Four Dirtbags homers were too much for SCU as TJ Mittlestaedt went deep twice and Rylan Sandoval and Brennan Metzger joined the longball party as well.

Jason Markovitz got the win in relief.

A night of sleep did nothing to quell the LBSU rally as they woke up and pounded out 21 hits against Cal including three-run homers from Mittlesatedt (4-for-5, 6 RBI's ) and Devin Lohman (3-for-4, 4 RBI's).

Jeff Lease worked five-plus innings for the win in relief.

The Dirtbags open conference play with UC Riverside Friday night at Blair looking to go over .500 for the first time this season.