Senior right-hander Matt Long blanked Cal Poly Pomona on three hits and senior Jason Klug belted a two-run homer as Cal State San Bernardino snapped a five-game losing streak Thursday with a 5-0 CCAA conference victory over the Broncos.
    Long (3-4) struck out 12 in the first complete game of the season by a member of the Coyotes pitching staff as CSUSB improved to 11-12 overall and 3-9 in the CCAA while the Broncos slipped to 5-15 overall and 2-9 in the CCAA.
    The two teams will continue their four-game series with a single contest at 3 p.m. Friday at Arrowhead Credit Union park in downtown San Bernardino.
    Klug's two-run homer off Broncos starter and loser Stephen Nelson (0-3) in the bottom of the first,, his fourth of the season, was all the support Long needed to handcuff the Pomona hitters. 
    CSUSB did make it 3-0 in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by freshman catcher Chris LeFay. Drew Valenzuela then scored on a Broncos error in the sixth and Johnnie Haas singled in a run with two out in the eighth.
    Meanwhile, Long was impressive. He retired the first 12 Broncos he faced over four innings before catcher Chris Brehm drew a walk to lead off the fifth. Brehm stole second but Long retired the next three batters to strand him.
    Long then walked A.J. Cavaletto with two out in the sixth but fanned Kyle Boggio to close out the inning with his no-hitter in tact.
    However, Pomona's John Daniels ended the suspense with a no-doubt double to the wall in left center to lead off the seventh inning. Long got out of the inning unscathed, contributing two strikeouts.
    Cavaletto doubles with two out in the eighth but Boggio popped out to end that threat. Brehm singled in the top of the ninth but Long got Joshua Potter and Chris Wilson to fly out to end the game.
    Klug went three-for-four with two RBI to raise his batting average to .345 and his CCAA-leading RBI count to 33. Haas, Valenzuela and Justin Watson each had two hits for the Coyotes who totaled 12 hits off four Broncos pitchers.
    Long faced 33 batters, six over the minimum, and his fielders played errorless defense behind him. He now has 52 strikeouts in 45 innings of work this season, covering seven starts.