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Signs of Growth Evident in Shortened Season

Bakersfield, Calif. – Fourteen games into the 2020 season, the CSU Bakersfield baseball team liked their chances. The Roadrunners had pitched, hit and defended at a high level in the early going – if not all at once – and despite a 5-9 start, the team shared a quiet confidence and appeared on the verge of putting all three phases of the game together and making an extended run through the regular season. When rain washed away a midweek contest with UC Santa Barbara it seemed only to delay the inevitable. With the weekend approaching the `Runners set their sights on a three-game series with future Big West rival UC Riverside and waited.