Jake the Great sparkles in his 2010 debut

Despite a few raindrops early and a lot more late it was a beautiful night at Blair Field in Long Beach. Behind the powerful right arm of junior Jake Thompson the Dirtbags won their season opener 2-1.

It was Thompson's first complete game at LBSU and he was dominant from start to finish. What was most impressive was his confidence in his stuff as he said after the game he was going to throw it down the middle and they were going to miss it or hit it - but even when they hit it he wasn't expecting much of a threat.

The middle infielders Devin Lohman and Derek Legg had a pair of hits and Brennan Metzger scored both runs.

For the full run-down of last night's action and post-game audio from Thompson and coach Mike Weathers, click here.

LBSU hosts the University of Oregon tonight at 5:30 with sophomore Drew Gagnon taking the bump for the black and gold.

Weathers and Thompson had some interesting insight into the competition he and Drew had in camp and both expect Gagnon to pick up right where Jake left off. That's on the audio so check it out.