Long named CCAA Pitcher of the Week

   Cal State San Bernardino pitcher Matt Long has been selected as the Wilson / California Collegiate Athletic Assocation Pitcher of the Week for his outstanding performance in a 5-0 victory over Cal Poly Pomona last Thursday.

            Long, a senior right-hander, handcuffed the Broncos on just three hits while striking out 12 in earning the Coyotes’ pitching staff’s first complete game and first shutout of 2008.

            He struck out the side in the first inning and retired the first 12 batters in a row. His perfect game ended with a walk to open the fifth. Long didn’t allow a hit until the seventh inning, a clean double to left center.

            No Broncos runner advanced past second base. Long walked three in all and faced just 33 batters in the nine-inning game, six over the minimum.

            Long (3-4 on the season) lowered his earned run average to 3.97. In seven starts, totaling 45.1 innings, he has struck out 52 batters and walked only 15.

            The Woodland, Calif., resident is No.2 in the CCAA in strikeouts behind Cal State Stanislaus’ Marquis Fleming and leads the CCAA in batters who struck out looking – 25. He ranks third in innings pitched.