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Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Update In The P-T

From the Long Beach Press-Telegram:

Dirtbags to be without Tulowitzki

By Press-Telegram staff reports

The Dirtbags will be without preseason All-American shortstop Troy Tulowitzki for at least a few weeks because of the left hand injury he suffered Saturday against Saint Mary's. The junior, who is hitting .526, saw a hand specialist Monday and may have more tests later this week.

Newcomer Evan Longoria will likely be the starting shortstop in his place with Danny Mocny moving to third. Longoria played third base and shortstop at St. John Bosco High and Rio Hondo College. Mocny started 41 games for the Dirtbags at third last season and moved to the outfield at the beginning of the season to make room for Longoria.

Outfielder Tom Sarti, a junior college transfer from Sacramento, made his Dirtbag debut Sunday and had two hits and three RBI. Freshman pitcher Matt Fitts also made his debut in the eighth, allowing one hit while striking out the side. Fitts is one of five true freshman who have already played in 2005, along with outfielder Jose Hernandez, infielder Donny Ecker and pitchers Andrew Liebel and Donnie Hume.

The Dirtbags (5-1) moved up in all three college baseball polls Monday. They moved to No. 12 in the USA Today Coaches and College Baseball polls and went from No. 22 to 17 in Baseball America. The only top 25 team with more wins is Florida State (6-0).

The Dirtbags meet USC this weekend, playing games at USC Friday (6 p.m.) and Sunday (1 p.m.) and at Blair Field Saturday (2 p.m.). Friday's night matchup will be a battle of preseason All-Americans, Long Beach State's Cesar Ramos and USC's Ian Kennedy. USC opens its season today against Santa Clara.

- Bob Keisser

* The first 500 fans to Saturday's LBSU-USC baseball game at Blair Field will receive a 2005 49er baseball poster, courtesy of the Yellow Book.

posted on 2/08/2005 by Jeff Agnew

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