Senior catcher Billy Marcoe guards home plate from Long Beach State freshman Juan Avila during the Titans' 6-4 victory on May 16. Photo by Camille Tarazon/Daily Titan Staff Writer.

Cal State Fullerton Titan baseball swept their conference rivals, the Dirtbags of Long Beach State, this past weekend winning 12-2, 8-0 and 6-4; clinching an automatic playoff appearance with UC Irvine’s Sunday loss to UC Santa Barbara.

"It means a lot. We don't want to have to share it with anyone, we’re proud of what we've accomplished but we still have a lot of baseball to go," Titan Head Coach Dave Serrano. "I congratulated the team on at least being co-champs and having an automatic berth winning the two out of three (over UCI), but we want to win it by ourselves so we will continue to work hard as a team."

The Titans (34-14, 18-3) came out on fire Friday night blasting LBSU 12-2, forcing the Dirtbag sophomore starting pitcher out of the game without getting an out in the third inning.

Junior shortstop Christian Colon, senior catcher Billy Marcoe and redshirt freshman right fielder Carlos Lopez each had three RBIs in a game where the Titans scored in all but three innings of the game. The biggest blow coming off the bat of Colon who hit a three-run homer in the top of the second inning.

Sophomore starting pitcher Noe Ramirez went seven strong innings giving up one earned run on eight hits and striking out five.

Saturday's game was more of a pitching duel until Colon crushed a long grand slam over the left field wall to cap a six-run sixth inning for the Titans.

Junior right-hander Daniel Renken earned his sixth win in a row, throwing an eight-hit complete game shutout, striking out six batters to record his league-tying ninth win of the season.

In what was once a game with almost no offense, the Titans were able to scrap for an 8-0 victory over Long Beach and looked for the sweep in the rubber match.

The Titans scored a run in the first four innings Sunday and twice more in the seventh on a two-run double off the bat of junior second baseman Corey Jones, extending their lead 6-2.

"They had been busting me in all weekend with fastballs, especially with two strikes, I struck out earlier with a fastball in, and I thought they were going to go with that again so I backed off the plate a little bit, he threw a breaking ball, it hung, kind of ran into my bat and I got enough of it," Jones said. "It was a great game all the way around, I think this was the best that Long Beach played all weekend, they played tough and we played well defensively and from an offensive stand point, and Dylan (Floro) did a fabulous job on the mound."

Freshman starting pitcher, and Big West pitcher of the week, Dylan Floro earned the win for the Titans going 6.2 innings giving up two runs on eight hits and striking out six. Floro had gone 22.1 straight innings without giving up an earned run, with two outs in the fifth when he surrendered a run from a single by freshman catcher Joel Thys, driving in sophomore third baseman Kirk Singer for their first run of the game.

"I had to go out and get strikes, get ahead in the counts, get ground balls and let my defense make the plays behind me," Floro said.

The Dirtbags earned one run on sophomore closer Nick Ramirez in the eighth inning, and had the bases loaded in the ninth with two outs only to get sophomore first baseman Joey Terdoslavich to sharply line-out to Titan freshman third baseman Richie Perdroza to end the game.

The win gave the Titans at least a tie for the Big West Championship with UC Irvine and an automatic bid to the postseason, but with another Titan win or UCI loss the Titans will have won it outright, making their 19th straight postseason appearance.

The Titans will play a mid-week game hosting Loyola Marymount from Los Angeles at Goodwin Field on Tuesday at 6 p.m. and host Santa Clara University for a three-game series over commencement weekend. The Titans will not travel for the remainder of the regular season.

On Sunday, three true freshmen played in Sunday’s winning game. Floro earned the win, and freshman outfielder Casey Watkins and Pedroza went three for five with an RBI combined.