Emotional win Sunday, Pitcher of the week honors for Wilk

I did the Dirtbags games on the radio Saturday and Sunday and was verbally puzzled by the yanking of Charlie Ruiz with two outs in the ninth of the series finale and the Dirtbags leading by three.

I couldn't have been more happy for the young man on the mound after finding out why he was there. 

Freshman Josh Corrales entered the ninth, put a runner on, before getting the final out.

It was his first collegiate save, as the Dirtbags got a much needed 5-2 win.

Bigger than anything between the lines was the presence of Corrales' dad behind home plate.

With just a few days to live, Robert Corrales was out of the hospital for one reason - to see his son pitch, and that's just what he got to do.

Jordan Casas was the catalyst again for LBSU with three RBI's including a big two-out, two-run single in the second and Jake Thompson had a gutty performance on the mound after dropping 15 pounds due to the flu.

Big West Pitcher of the Week

After Friday's night gem, junior Adam Wilk took home the hardware Monday.

The big lefty has morphed into the Dirtbags ace in 2009, and this was both the first weekly honor of his career and first of the year for The Beach.

On the year Wilk is 5-1 with a 2.61 ERA. He has 38 strikeouts in 58 2/3 innings of work.

Tuesday's night game on TV

The Dirtbags will square off with San Diego State at 6 p.m. Tuesday night on CBS College Sports. 

Against the Aztecs two weeks ago at Blair, Tony Gwynn's bunch squeaked out a 4-3 win over LBSU.

Superstar Aztecs ace Stephen Strasburg will not be on the mound. The Friday night SDSU starter is the consensus number 1 selection in this year's draft and sports an 8-0 record so far this year with a 1.28 ERA while striking out an astounding 121 batters in just 63 1/3 innings pitched.