With a 3-4 record in the Big West Conference standings, the Dirtbags were looking to at least bring themselves back to .500 in league, placing them in the middle of the hunt for playoffs. UC Riverside had the same agenda entering the weekend with a 4-3 record.
Long Beach State's weekend started off on a sour note as a walk off base hit by UC Riverside's Justin Shults did them for a 8-7 loss Friday night.
After heading into a tied game in the bottom of the six, UC Riverside took a demanding lead after a pair of home runs, three walks and two RBI singles had the Dirtbags trailing 7-2.
With their backs against the wall, the Dirtbags began to rally in the eighth with two RBI hits by Devin Lohman and Joey Terdoslavich cutting the lead to 7-4. Followed by a four hit ninth, the Dirtbags managed to complete a five run comeback over two innings only to have their heroics canceled out by UC Riverside's walk off win.
A notable performance in the game was by Kirk Singer who went 5 for 5 with two RBIs, a double and a stolen base.
The Dirtbags returned on Saturday looking for vengeance after their tough loss the night before.
In an 8-5 victory, the Dirtbags had nine extra base hits,with three coming from Brennan Metzger, tying a school record.
Jake Thompson took an 8-3 lead into the ninth inning, where two runs had him removed from his complete game bid. Trent Jemmet came in and closed the door on UC Riverside with runners on the corners, recording his first save of the season.
Kirk Singer also hit his second home run of the season.
Sunday's final game turned into a slug fest, with UC Riverside hitting four home runs in the 7-5 Dirtbag loss.
Trailing most of the game, the Dirtbags loaded the bases twice with two outs in both the sixth and seventh innings. Capitalizing on mistakes they were able to pull within two runs after a first career home run by Jordan Casas, but still came up short of a win.
The Dirtbags have one more road game this week as they travel to UCLA for a one game series and then return to Blair Field for a series against UC Santa Barbara this weekend.
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