LONG BEACH, Calif. (U-WIRE) -- Jered Weaver reared back and fired a 97-mile per hour fastball to strike out Richie Burgos in the bottom of the ninth inning Saturday to give Long Beach its first Big West title in six years.

Weaver pitched a complete game, and John Bowker provided two RBIs as the 49ers celebrated a 4-1 victory over the Cal State-Fullerton Titans on Saturday at Goodwin Field in front of a sellout crowd of 3,501.

"[Weaver] just dominated," said Todd Jennings, who extended his hit streak to 22 games with a 3-for-5 night. "That is the most fun I have ever had."

Abe Alvarez led the charge out of the dugout as the 49ers celebrated the title on the mound of their rivals to the chants of "Long Beach State" from the crowd.

"Oh my gosh," Mike Hofius said with a huge smile on his face. "It feels so awesome. Words can't describe how I feel."

Hofius said it was great to win the Big West title on the field of the 49ers' biggest rivals.

"Especially after [Friday night]," he said. "It just made it that much better. ... They celebrated [Friday night] and we remembered that."

Freshman Troy Tulowitzki said it was the greatest moment in his baseball career.

"This is a dream come true ... but this is only our first step. We still have a lot to accomplish," Tulowitzki said.

The 49ers failed to get the job done on Friday night as they suffered a tough-fought 4-3 loss, but Weaver didn't give the Titans a chance Saturday.

Weaver struck out nine and gave up just four hits as he retired 15 of the last 17 Titans he faced en route to his 12th win on the year.

"I felt a lot stronger going into the later innings," Weaver said.

Bowker ripped a home run in the first inning as Hofius and Chuck Sindlinger added two hits apiece to provide the offensive firepower.

"It's as good as it gets tonight," Jennings said.

The 49ers now have an excellent chance at hosting a regional tournament at Blair Field with the clinching of the team's sixth-regular season Big West title.

The 49ers will play host to a three-game series with the Miami Hurricanes starting Thursday before the NCAA Regional Tournament begins on May 30.

Alvarez and the 49ers were at war on the diamond Friday, and they battled all the way to the bitter finish.

The 49ers were just seven outs away from the Big West title before David Fischer smashed a three-run homer to spark a 4-3, come-from-behind win for the Titans in front of 2,923 at Goodwin Field.

The 49ers took a 2-0, lead into the bottom of the seventh as Alvarez danced his way out of trouble throughout his 6 2/3 innings of work.

After throwing 106 pitches, head coach Mike Weathers opted to remove Alvarez from the game in the sixth. Weathers turned to his big right-hander, Bo Ashabraner, with two outs and runners on second and third.

Fischer, who hadn't had a homer all year coming into the game, belted Ashabraner's first pitch over the right-center field wall, and suddenly the 49ers were trailing, 3-2.

Alvarez's reaction to the homer:

"Nothing," he said. "That was one pitch. As a Dirtbag you have to trust yourself and have faith. That's what 49ers do and that's what we did."

Indeed that is what they did.

The 49ers came right back and answered the Titans with a run in the top of the eighth inning off reliever Chad Cordero. Cordero had not given up a run in his last 23 innings before the 49ers got to him.

Jennings ripped a single to leadoff the inning before he moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Travis Udvarhelyi. Bowker then smashed a double in the left-center field gap to tie the game, 3-3. Cordero then hit Adam Heether, but managed to escape the inning without anymore damage as Hofius struck out and Tulowitzki flew out.

The Titans wouldn't let down though as they pushed across what proved to be the game winner in the bottom of the eighth.

Ashabraner surrendered a one-out triple to Shane Costa, but with the infield drawn-in Kyle Boyer grounded to Heether at third base. Heether gunned down Costa at the plate for the second out of the inning.

Boyer managed to steal second base before Ashabraner issued a two-out walk to P.J. Pilittere. Burgos made Ashabraner pay with a game-winning RBI double that never left the ground and deflected off the glove of Sindlinger at second base.

The 49ers had their chance in the top of the ninth inning but they wasted a leadoff double by Brad Davis. Josh Buhagiar bunted Davis to third but Cordero got Chris Hanson to groundout and Jennings to fly out to end the game.

"We just didn't get it done in a situation where you got to get it done, and they did. That was the difference in the game," Weathers said.

The 49ers took an early 2-0 lead in the second inning. Tulowitzki and Davis hit back-to-back singles and with two outs Tulowitzki scored from third on a passed ball. Sindlinger then singled in Davis.

Ashabraner took the loss for the 49ers as Cordero picked up the win for the Titans.

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