BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[IkeepScore]

The SCIAC sure did beat up on the east coast the last two weekends

[BigPoppa]

The SCIAC sure did beat up on the east coast the last two weekends

They should... being outside for two months already is a huge advantage over the schools just stepping ouot of the gym.

[OxyBob]

Chapman beats Occidental 24-8

I took in a few innings of the Chapman-Oxy game. Oxy's Brooks Belter should have given up nothing in the first inning, but consecutive errors on routine grounders led to 7 unearned runs, and that was that. Wayde Kitchens threw 5 innings for Chapman; he gave up 2 singles, a run on a single, stolen base and 2 groundouts, and struck out 8, while not appearing to break a sweat.

OxyBob

[BigPoppa]

With Kitchens being quite dominant at Oxy, I feel that Chapman is in trouble a bit as they gave up eight runs after he left in  only 4 innings.

[Jack Parkman]

I just looked at the box score and am curious what in the world the Oxy coach is thinking trying to steam second in the 1st inning while down by 7 runs!!??

BigPoppa-  I agree that Chapman could be introuble without Kitchens on the mound.  Their bullpen has been decent but their other starters have been less than spectacular.

[BigPoppa]

I just looked at the box score and am curious what in the world the Oxy coach is thinking trying to steam second in the 1st inning while down by 7 runs!!??

BigPoppa-  I agree that Chapman could be introuble without Kitchens on the mound.  Their bullpen has been decent but their other starters have been less than spectacular.

There are reasons that some coaches get hired at (insert national power here) while others get hired at OXY.

[Jack Parkman]

I just looked at the box score and am curious what in the world the Oxy coach is thinking trying to steam second in the 1st inning while down by 7 runs!!??

BigPoppa-  I agree that Chapman could be introuble without Kitchens on the mound.  Their bullpen has been decent but their other starters have been less than spectacular.

There are reasons that some coaches get hired at (insert national power here) while others get hired at OXY.

Hahahahaha, that just made my day!!!

[oldcat]

With Kitchens being quite dominant at Oxy, I feel that Chapman is in trouble a bit as they gave up eight runs after he left in  only 4 innings.

Levitt did a decent job for the first two innings, but in the 8th he walked 4 and gave up a hit before getting pulled and not recording an out. Anderson came in and got an out and walked a batter, then irsfeld came in and walked a guy then got the final two outs in the inning. Pittman came in the 9th and was just hit. I think if the game was close at all semel would have came in.
In regards to the other starters, they have been nothing more than a disappointment. Sigman is great one day then horrible the next. Matamoros is struggling at this point and I won't be surprised if Luzar is now the number 3 starter.

[OxyBob]

Pomona item from the "Campus Life 5.0" column in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin:

The Pomona-Pitzer baseball team has won 18 of its last 19 games and hopes to keep that momentum when it plays the University of Redlands this weekend.

The Sagehens (19-3, 6-0) will battle the Bulldogs (15-6, 6-0) at 3 p.m. on Friday at Redlands and then host Saturday's doubleheader slated for 11 a.m.

The Sagehens are just returning from a spring break trip to Arizona where they went 3-1, swept two games from Keene State and split two with Middlebury.

"It's a big series. It always is when we play them," Sagehens coach Frank Pericolosi said of the upcoming series against Redlands, which is ranked No. 19 nationally. "Both teams are playing well right now."

The Sagehens are led by senior first baseman Drew Hedman, who is putting up the same gaudy numbers he has put up the last three years. He is hitting .561 and leading the SCIAC in hits (46), runs scored (32), RBIs (44), home runs (14) and total bases (101). He has an on-base percentage of .622 and slugging average of 1.232.

"Those are good enough numbers to get him All-American honors even if he didn't play another game this season," Pericolosi said.

Pericolosi has also gotten stellar play out of junior second baseman James Kang (.400), senior shortstop Brandon Huerta (.357), catcher Mike Silva (.378) and sophomore outfielder Nick Frederick (.366).

Sophomore David Colvin (2-0, 3.38) will be on the mound Friday with Mandelblatt (3-2, 3.77) and Tom Chuch (4-1, 4.57) doing the honors on Saturday.

OxyBob

[IkeepScore]

Sounds like the Sage Chickens are doing well this year

[Jack Parkman]

Sounds like the Sage Chickens are doing well this year

I am not sold on them yet.  They have played about 3 games against teams that have a winning record.  This weekend will tell a lot about this team, and it will tell a lot about Redlands as well.  I think P-P takes 2 of 3.

[frank_ezelle]

Regarding Drew Hedman's numbers, how on earth could he only have 14 walks in 22 games?  Don't any of the opposing coaches understand the concept of pitching around a dangerous hitter even if it means the intentional walk once or twice a game?  And yes, there are other good hitters on the Pomona-Pitzer team, but I think I'd take my chances with those other guys.

(Pomona-Pitzer stats:  http://pe.pomona.edu/sports/men/bsb/2008-09/stats/teamcume.htm )

[Jack Parkman]

Regarding Drew Hedman's numbers, how on earth could he only have 14 walks in 22 games?  Don't any of the opposing coaches understand the concept of pitching around a dangerous hitter even if it means the intentional walk once or twice a game?  And yes, there are other good hitters on the Pomona-Pitzer team, but I think I'd take my chances with those other guys.

(Pomona-Pitzer stats:  http://pe.pomona.edu/sports/men/bsb/2008-09/stats/teamcume.htm )

That is a very good question Frank.  I would rather take my chances against a lot of their other hitter, than let Hedman hit 2 bombs and drive in 5.  I am sure SCIAC teams will stay away from him.

[OxyBob]

Regarding Drew Hedman's numbers, how on earth could he only have 14 walks in 22 games?

Pomona is 19-3. They have 3 wins against Caltech, which they outscored 50-5, so no need to pitch around Hedman there. Pomona has 3 wins against Oxy, which the Sagehens outscored 35-9, so no need to pitch around him there. Pomona has 6 other blowout wins of 10-3, 19-2, 13-1, 14-7, 12-3, and 14-5, so no need to pitch around him there. Pomona won 3 games 3-0, 10-6, and 5-4, and in those games Hedman had o-fers. In Pomona's 8-7 win over Keene St., Hedman had one hit, a 3-run homer in the 4th inning which tied the game, so no need to pitch around him there. He had a big day against Hendrix in a 9-4 win with an RBI single and 3 solo homers, so the Hendrix coach was a little stubborn, but still they were solo homers. In Pomona's 5-4 win over Westmont, Hedman hit 2 solo homers, so no need to pitch around him there. That accounts for 18 of 19 Pomona wins in which it looks like it wasn't really necessary to pitch around Hedman. (The box score of the 11-6 win over Middlebury isn't available, so I couldn't tell what happened there.) Plus it isn't like the guys hitting behind Hedman are stiffs: Silva .378, Frederick .366, Bingham .365.

OxyBob

[IkeepScore]

Wow whoever keeps the stats for the sage chicklets stays busy