BAKERSFIELD, Calif.--The CSU Bakersfield baseball team (21-11) hosts No. 20 Cal Poly and Cal State Northridge to begin a five-game homestand this week.

Tuesday night's game between Cal Poly and CSUB will be the first of two between the two teams this season. The Roadrunners travel to San Luis Obispo on May 14. The Mustangs lead the all-time series 9-5.

Cal Poly dropped 2-of-3 at UC Santa Barbara to drop to 21-8, falling to 20th in the Collegiate Baseball Top 30 entering the week. Denver Chavez leads the team in hitting with a .407 average. Brian Mundell is the team leader with seven home runs and 22 RBI's. Casey Bloomquist will make this second start of the year against the Roadrunners.

This is the third time this season CSUB and Cal State Northridge are playing with each team winning once in Northridge. The Roadrunners have limited the Matadors to a .161 batting average in the previous two games this season.

The Matadors swept UC Riverside over the weekend to improve to 16-15 on the year. Northridge hosts the University of Washington on Monday before heading to Bakersfield.

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