1143 RHP Alex Sunderland, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, SEA (38)

that makes 4 SCIAC pitchers taken this year

Stags win series opener against PP, 5 - 0. CMS pitcher Alex Sunderland threw all nine. We'll see if the Stags can win a Saturday game, something they were not able to do against CLU or Redlands.

Quote from: Jack Parkman on March 02, 2010, 06:41:59 PM

Cal Lu- Not very good
La Verne- Not very good
Redlands- been pretty impressive so far
Pomona- One win vs. a good team
Whittier- god awful
Oxy- below average

Quote from: Jack Parkman on March 04, 2010, 11:51:40 PM

I think the SCIAC is a 2-horse race with P-P and Redlands.  Redlands has played pretty darn well so far and P-P beat Chapman 1/3 in their only games against a team worth a crap.  La Verne is going to sneak some wins out because of their hard-nose attitude.  Whittier is just plain bad.  It looks like Oxy is close to getting their program turned around.  Cal Lu needs their pitching to works itself out and they need to hit in conference.

JP, it's starting to hurt my feelings when you leave the Stags out every time you talk about SCIAC.

The next two weeks will be a real test for the hens. We'll see if they come out as SCIAC contenders :

PP vs La Verne

PP vs CMS

Looking forward to an exciting Cal Lu - CMS series this weekend (if the weather cooperates)

From D3 Baseball Main site:

QuoteSouthern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) : With a 19-2 conference record and an All-Everything first basemen, one would think Pomona-Pitzer would be the runaway SCIAC winner in 2009. Not quite so. Pitzer finished only two games ahead of Cal Lutheran thanks to a late-season series win that cemented the Sagehens' second SCIAC championship in three years. Heading into 2010, Pitzer loses 4 of their top 5 hitters and will look to James Kang (.404, 4 HR, 37 RBI) and Nick Frederick (.348, 11 HR, 44 RBI) to fill the void. David Colvin (8-0, 3.17 ERA) will lead a staff that sees only 23 starts (12 by Colvin) return from last season. Cal Lu will be hot on their trails looking to improve on a school-record 32 wins and will be lead on the mound by Chase Tigert (9-2, 3.57 ERA) and Greg Gelber (9-2, 3.04 ERA), who held George Fox's top-ranked offense to one run in last year's regional. At the dish, the Kingsmen return their top two power threats in Paul Hartmann (.385, 12 HR, 46 RBI) and Jordan Ott (.361, 12 HR, 50 RBI). Looking to upset the two favorites, who both received playoff births last season, will be La Verne who will welcome back three 1st Team SCIAC hitters in Jon Hattabaugh (.368, 9 HR, 51 RBI), Victor Pinado (.420, 7 HR, 34 RBI), and Mike Surina (.396, 6 HR, 40 RBI). The big question for the Leopards will be a pitching staff that will see only 41% (139 2/3 of 340 1/3) of their innings from last year's pitching staff back on the diamond. That might be a good thing, though; La Verne had a team ERA of 5.45. Expect a two-headed race between Cal Lu and returning champs Pomona-Pitzer with La Verne playing the role of spoiler.

I agree that Cal Lu should be considered the favorite, but with PP losing as much talent as they did I'm not sure that they are strong enough to win SCIAC.

Just speculating here, but was the decision to play an extra game against SCIAC opponents a result of tighter athletic budgets this year? Fewer dollars for traveling = more games locally.

It wasn't the SCIAC website's fault. Caltech's own site had them listed as winning both games when I checked it this morning. Whoops

Quote from: P-P Fan on April 24, 2009, 10:16:08 PM
La Verne's website shows a 5-4 win... any more info on that game?

Both teams had some defensive miscues early that cost a few runs. Going into the 7th, the Stags led 4-3. A two-run home run by Victor Pinado gave ULV  the lead for good.

Great game at Pomona today. Hens led 2-0 going into the 7th, but the Stags rallied and scored four to take the lead. It was short lived; however, as Drew Hedman hit a two run bomb in the 8th to tie the game up. Not really sure why you give that guy a chance to make an impact with his bat that late in the game.

In the 9th, Pomona had the bases loaded no out, but failed to plate a run. Then in the 10th, CMS had the bases loaded 1 out and failed to score a run. With one out in the bottom of the 10th, Pomona catcher Mike Silva hit a walk off solo home run to win the game for the hens 5-4.

I hope tomorrow has two great games like this one. 

Quote from: BigPoppa on March 28, 2009, 05:44:42 PM
Can anyone elaborate on Kitchens' injury/status?

From what I saw, the trainer looked like he was checking out Kitchen's shoulder. His velocity was way down, and he did not look like the same guy as I have seen in the past. That's the best I can do, I will be interested to see if he makes his next start.

On a different note, some good match-ups in SCIAC this weekend:

Redlands vs. Cal Lu
La Verne vs. Cal Tech
CMS vs. PP

I watched some of the Redlands-PP games last Saturday, and contrary to what someone else said, I thought Redlands looked bad offensively. Maybe it was a bad week, but they are going to have to bounce back in a big way if they want to take some games from a very strong Cal Lu squad.

As always, the 6th Street rivalry will be a fun one. Pomona is red hot and playing great baseball while CMS is coming off its 4th straight loss. The Stags will be a big underdog this weekend, but anything can happen when these two teams play each other.   

CMS drops one to Chapman today, 14-10. Kitchens left the game in the 2nd due to an injury, but the Panthers had already built a 6-0 lead at that point.

Stags split at home today; dropping the first game 5-4, but bouncing back and winning in the 10th in the second.

Impressions from this weekend: Starting pitching for the Stags is much improved this year. I believe all three starters had quality starts this series which is a very good sign. The bullpen struggled today, losing the lead in both games. This has been the weak link the last two series, and if the Stags want to be contenders this year, they will have to find some consistency from this group. Final thought on the Stags, Max Rose is really hitting the ball well this season. He hit the game-winning ground rule double in game two. 

As for Whittier, they struggled on defense at times, and their bullpen lacks depth, but they certainly are capable of taking a game or two from any of the SCIAC frontrunners.