Mountaineers pound Mustangs 17‑1 behind Lumsden’s two homers

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (Interstat) — Ben Lumsden homered twice and drove in five runs to lead West Virginia to a 17-1 victory over Cal Poly on Saturday afternoon and evening at Robin Baggett Stadium.

The Mountaineers improved to 45-15, while the Mustangs dropped to 39-24. West Virginia collected 19 hits to Cal Poly’s seven.

Lumsden went 3 for 5 with two home runs and five RBIs. Armani Guzman added a home run and three RBIs, Gavin Kelly homered and drove in a run, and Paul Schoenfeld had two RBIs. Matthew Graveline also drove in a run.

West Virginia used five pitchers. Starter Maxx Yehl worked five innings, allowing one unearned run with four strikeouts. David Hagen, Ben McDougal and Ian Korn each threw a scoreless inning of relief.

Cal Poly’s only run came in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Tayman, scoring Castellon. The Mountaineers broke the game open with a six-run second inning and added runs in each of the next four frames.