College baseball: UCSB loses, Cal Poly leads Big West

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) -

Cal State Fullerton 6, UCSB 1: The UC Santa Barbara Baseball team (27-14, 13-8 Big West) suffered its first conference series loss and sequence of back-to-back defeats since March on Sunday, falling, 6-1, to Cal State Fullerton (21-21, 13-8 Big West). With three weeks left in the regular season, the Gauchos and Titans now both sit two games out of first place behind Big West leader Cal Poly and one game back of second place UC San Diego. Santa Barbara holds the tiebreakers over both the Tritons and Mustangs, while both of those teams remain on the Titans' schedule. (Information provided by UCSB Athletics).

Cal Poly 5, CSUN 2: Ryan Tayman slugged his team-leading 13th home run on the year, a 2-run shot to snap a 1-1 tie in the fifth inning. Dante Vachini drove in 2 runs for the Mustangs who now have sole possession of first place in the Big West with a 15-6 record.