The Cal State Bakersfield baseball team represents California State University, Bakersfield in the NCAA Division I college baseball. Cal State Bakersfield plays its home games on Hardt Field on the campus of California State University, Bakersfield in Bakersfield, California. The Roadrunners have played in one NCAA tournament. Over their eight seasons in the Western Athletic Conference, they have won one WAC regular season title and one WAC tournament. The Roadrunners compete in the Big West Conference and are led by head coach Jordon Banfield.
Since the program's inception in 2009, two Roadrunners have gone on to play in Major League Baseball, relief pitcher Austin Davis, and knuckleball pitcher Mickey Jannis. Over the program's 12 seasons, 20 Roadrunners have been drafted, including Darius Vines who was selected in the seventh round of the 2019.
Hardt Field is a baseball stadium on the California State University, Bakersfield campus in Bakersfield, California that seats 900 people. It was opened on February 20, 2009 in a 7âÂÂ8 loss to Saint Louis.
<small>Records taken from the CSUB coaching records.</small>
<small>Records taken from the CSUB year-by-year results.</small>
<small>Taken from CSUB baseball national recognition and conference recognition pages. Updated March 19, 2020.</small>
<small>Taken from Baseball Reference. Updated June 25, 2021.</small>