Ryan Sluder is thrown out at home plate in the first inning of Saturday’s game. By Owen Main

After two tough California Collegiate League losses earlier this week, the San Luis Obispo Blues erased a 1-0 first-inning deficit and scored four times in the seventh inning to cruise to a 10-4 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Brewers. The victory gives the Blues an outside shot at making the CCL playoffs. To do so, they have to overtake the Conejo Oaks in the standings.

Korey Anderson gave up 4 runs in 5 1/3 innings to secure the win for the Blues. Tanner Gardner notched three hits and Ryan Long knocked in three runs in with a double in the seventh inning to break the game wide-open.

The Blues finish their three-game weekend series with the Brewers as incoming Cal Poly freshman Bobby Ay is scheduled to take the mound for the home team.

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The Blues’ last game of the season is tonight at Sinsheimer. It is also a fireworks game. By Owen Main

The SLO Blues play their last home game of the season this evening — a Friday night fireworks game.

The Blues (37-16) have had a long summer. They got off to a 7-0 and 16-1 start before a five game losing streak in mid-July dropped their record to 29-13. From there, they have won 8 out of 11 games and are poised to travel to Wichita, KS for postseason play.

This past week, the Blues got the curse of their nemesis off their collective backs, beating the Santa Barbara Foresters in two of three games. The Foresters won the tournament in Wichita last season, becoming the 2012 NBC World Series champs.

After tonight, the Blues will play in the CCL Championship series with a win and a Foresters loss. After that, they take to the road for the long trip to Wichita.

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