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The Cal Poly baseball team finished off a sweep of Hawaii over the weekend by winning the final game of the series 8-3.

Their Sunday victory insured the Mustangs atop the Big West standings, while the Rainbow Warriors went to 2-7 in conference play.

Sophomore pitcher Casey Bloomquistpitched 6 2/3 innings, allowing just nine hits and three runs, while recording his eight win of the season. Designated hitter Brian Mundell hit a two-run shot to lead the charge.

Giants v. Dodgers

The Dodgers avoided a sweep by their arch rival the San Francisco Giants by winning the final game of the three game series 2-1 on Thursday afternoon. Ryu pitched seven innings of shutout ball striking out three and walking one batter.

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Giants and Dodgers are currently tied in the National League West with records of 10-6. The Giants are currently winning the season series 4-2 taking two of three at Chavez Ravine and two of three in San Francisco.  They have played in their seventh consecutive one-run game, their most since the Taft administration.

Ace lefty Madison Bumgarner only lasted 4 1/3 innings allowing two runs on six hits, striking out six and walked three. His three-game winning streak against the Dodgers was snapped giving up RBI hits to Tim Federowicz in the second and Adrian Gonzalez in the fifth.

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The Dodgers were having quality at-bats against the lefty, making him work hard for every out he recorded. They were going deep in to counts fouling off quality pitches making his pitch count rise quickly in the early innings. A big reason for his early departure.

Giants manager Bruce Bochy pulled Bumgarner immediately after Gonzo’s RBI hit, going to reliever Yusmeiro Petit who got Matt Kemp to hit into a ground ball double play to end the fifth.

Recently off the disabled list, reliever Jeremy Affeldt threw two dominant innings and this weird double play.

Yasiel Puig certainly has a flair for the dramatics. In the bottom of the second inning with a runner on first base, Brandon Hicks hits a routine fly ball to right that Puig drops. Immediately he picks up the ball and guns down Brandon Belt to get the force play at second base.The very next batter, Gregor Blanco hits a drive to right and Puig makes a tremendous over the shoulder catch.

Former Giants closer Brian Wilson made an appearance in the bottom of the eight inning. He allowed a few base runners, but ultimately got out of the inning unscathed.

Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen made the bottom of the ninth interesting allowing a run to score, but he stranded the potential tying and winning runs by getting Brandon Crawford to fly out to left.