Long Beach State fell short against BYU, losing 5-4 in a hard-fought battle to kick off the Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic. The Beach initially led thanks to a strong performance from senior pitcher Isabella Alonso, but a crucial grand slam by BYU’s Hailey Shuler shifted momentum. Both teams struggled early with hitting, but BYU capitalized on a critical moment in the fifth inning to secure the lead. Long Beach State rallied in the final innings but could not complete the comeback. The result brings Long Beach State’s record to 7-4, while BYU improved to 3-9.<\/p>\n
By the NumbersLong Beach State led 1-0 until the fifth inning.BYU scored four runs in the fifth, highlighted by a grand slam from Hailey Shuler. State of PlayLong Beach State remains competitive, showing resilience with late-game scoring.The Beach will face No. 4 Oklahoma and Bethune Cookman in their next matches. What’s Next<\/p>\n
Long Beach State’s upcoming schedule includes challenging games against Oklahoma and Bethune Cookman, providing them an opportunity to rebound and strengthen their standing early in the season.<\/p>\n
Bottom Line<\/p>\n
Despite the loss, Long Beach State demonstrated potential with their pitching and late-game resilience. The team needs to build on this momentum as they face tougher opponents moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Long Beach State fell short against BYU, losing 5-4 in a hard-fought battle to kick off the Mary…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187583,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-187809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}