Darren McCaughan (Shotgun Spratling)

Magnificent McCaughan Bounces Back

LONG BEACH, Calif — “Honestly, I don’t like Cal Poly one bit.”

Darren McCaughan entered Friday night’s start with a chip on his shoulder and some fire in his blood. The Long Beach State ace had been roughed up in his last start and he was pitching against a team that had previously overlooked him.

“In high school, they told me that I wasn’t good enough to go there,” McCaughan said. “They told me I should probably go to juco. Little did they know, I was coming here, so it just kind of fires me up to play them[…]