SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Five high school players and two from community colleges have signed national letters of intent to further their baseball careers at Cal Poly. The announcement was made Wednesday by Mustang baseball coach Larry Lee and director of athletics Alison Cone. The group includes three pitchers, a catcher, one infielder and a pair of outfielders. “It’s a fairly small recruiting class that will hopefully fulfill our needs for the 2010 baseball campaign,” said Lee....

A trio of former Cal Poly pitchers continue to impress their Major League organizations while playing in the Arizona Fall League, Casey Fien (2005-06) of the Detroit Tigers organization has pitched in 10 games for the Mesa Solar Sox and sports a 2-0 record and 2.13 ERA. In 12 2/3 innings, he has allowed 13 hits and no walks while striking out 13. The right-hander allowed his first three earned runs of the season Monday night. Rocky...

A trio of former Cal Poly pitchers are not only playing in the Arizona Fall League, but all have been selected to play in Friday's Rising Stars Showcase. The game is at 7:15 p.m. MST at Surprise Stadium in Surprise, Ariz. Casey Fien of the Detroit Tigers organization, Rocky Roquet of the Chicago Cubs farm system and Bud Norris of the Houston Astros organization will play on the Rising Stars roster tonight. Rising Stars Showcase features current...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Three former Cal Poly baseball players, all pitchers, are playing in the Arizona Fall League. Right-hander Casey Fien (2005-06) has pitched in three games for the Mesa Solar Sox and sports a 1-0 record and 0.00 ERA. In four innings, he has allowed two hits and no walks while striking out five. Fien is with the Detroit Tigers organization. Rocky Roquet (2005-06) has pitched in two games, also for the Mesa Solar Sox,...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- For the first time since Larry Lee took over as head coach prior to the 2002 baseball season, Cal Poly will play more home games than on the road. The 2009 Cal Poly baseball schedule announced Tuesday by Lee and director of athletics Alison Cone features 30 home games and 26 on the road. The Mustangs will host 2003 College World Series champion Rice for a three-game series opening the campaign...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Former Cal Poly pitcher Garrett Olson earned his ninth win of the season Monday night as the Baltimore Orioles crushed the Cleveland Indians, 14-3, and snapped an eight-game losing streak. Olson (9-7) allowed three runs on eight hits and three walks in six innings of work, with six strikeouts. The win was the Orioles' second in their past 15 games. The left-hander was 0-2 with an 11.81 ERA in his previous...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Former Cal Poly third baseman Brent Morel is inching closer to the .300 mark for the Kannapolis Intimidators. Morel went 6-for-17 last week to lift his batting average to .297 for the Chicago White Sox' Single-A team in the South Atlantic League. Morel, who played at Cal Poly from 2006-08 before he was drafted in the third round last June. The 6-2, 220-pound junior from Centennial High School in Bakersfield has six...

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- Casey Fien moved up to Toledo a month ago while Garrett Olson dropped down to Norfolk last week. And the two former Cal Poly pitchers reacquainted themselves in an Triple-A International League game last Friday (Aug. 22). Olson, optioned from the Baltimore Orioles late Wednesday night, fell to 1-2 with the Tide, allowing five runs, four of them earned, and nine hits in five innings in a 6-5 loss to Toledo. Olson...