Cal Poly baseball coach Larry Lee records 700th win in 23rd season
Cal Poly Coach Larry Lee won his 700th career game as the Mustangs recorded a 9-5 road victory over Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday.
Lee, now in his 23rd season with the Mustangs, has a career record of 700-548-2 since becoming head coach of the Mustangs in the summer of 2002, according to a Cal Poly news release.
Lee, a San Luis Obispo High grad who coached at Cuesta College for 10 years before taking the helm at Cal Poly, is 38th on the NCAA Division I list for active head coaches with his 700 wins, the release noted.
Cal Poly (30-15) reached the 30-win mark this season Saturday for the 13th time in Lee’s tenure, and at the quickest pace since its 2014 Big West Conference championship season.
The Mustangs currently are 17-6 in Big West Conference play, sitting in second place behind UC Irvine (33-11, 19-4 Big West).
Cal Poly shortstop Nate Castellon, tallied four hits in Saturday’s game, all singles, going 4-for-5 with two RBIs; third baseman Alejandro Garza, a Bakersfield native, was 3-for-5 with two RBIs, including a double. Cal Poly recorded 16 team hits the game.
Josh Volmerding (5-3), a 6-foot-4 left-handed pitcher from Santa Rosa, secured the win, going six innings and striking out nine while giving up one earned run.
Chris Downs, a 6-foot-7 sophomore lefty from Santa Clarita, pitched the final three innings in relief, allowing four earned runs.
The Mustangs finish their regular season on May 17 at home to wrap up a scheduled three-game series at Baggett Stadium versus UC Riverside, leading into the Big West Conference postseason tournament, set to take place May 17-25 in Fullerton at Goodwin Field.
On Saturday, Larry Lee’s son, Brooks Lee, went 1-for-4 with a double for the Minnesota Twins, playing third base, in a 4-3 win over the Red Sox at Fenway Park.
This story was originally published May 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM.
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