BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Jack Parkman]

I just saw the box from the game.  Great job of coming back by Pomona.  Huerta stepped up big with the bomb in the 8th.  Hope there are 2 more great games tomorrow.

[C.M.Stag]

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.

[pomonaalum]

PP 8 CLU 5.  Able to see some of the game via the live tv broadcast stream, albeit a little choppy.
Hedman hits #22, Brunswick with the win. 

PP is now 17-0 in conference and clinches the SCIAC automatic bid.  Even if CLU wins out and PP loses their last 4, Hens still own the tiebreak.

[Jack Parkman]

Congrats to Pomona-Pitzer!  I guess the only hope for CLU is to sweep their next 4 and finish 31-9 and hope for a Pool C.

[OxyBob]

Eyewitness report from Thousand Oaks:

Pomona 8, Cal Lutheran 5

Caught the first game between the Hens and the Kingsmen. After CLU tied it at 2, Drew Hedman's 3-run bomb made it 6-2, and Pomona led the rest of the way. Some seriously shoddy base running cost CLU a great chance in the 9th.

Congratulations to Pomona.

OxyBob

[Jack Parkman]

Cal Tech sweeps a double-dip from La Sierra 8)

Does this hurt or help Cal Lu?  A team they swept, got swept....a team they swept, picked up 2 wins.  Does this do anything?

[Gray Fox]

Cal Tech sweeps a double-dip from La Sierra 8)

Does this hurt or help Cal Lu?  A team they swept, got swept....a team they swept, picked up 2 wins.  Does this do anything?

25 runs in 14 innings.  They should have played the subs.

[P-P Fan]

Cal Tech sweeps a double-dip from La Sierra 8)

Does this hurt or help Cal Lu?  A team they swept, got swept....a team they swept, picked up 2 wins.  Does this do anything?

First of all, congrats to Cal Tech on a couple of wins!
More to your inquiry though, Jack, it seems like the wins wouldn't really help cal lu at all... since the alternative was la sierra improving its overall record. I'm guessing any improvements to CLU's OWP or OOWP or OOOOWP or whatever acronyms the selection committee considers would be negligible.

Also, side note, interesting find in checking CLU's recaps of the Cal Tech series...
http://www.clusports.com/baseball/news/5512/

It seems CLU had two players play all nine positions against the Beavers last weekend. Whether Cal Tech should be included in SCIAC or not, does something like this go a little too far? Not much respect for one's opponent...

[BigPoppa]

Cal Tech sweeps a double-dip from La Sierra 8)

Does this hurt or help Cal Lu?  A team they swept, got swept....a team they swept, picked up 2 wins.  Does this do anything?

I think only the Cal Tech kids can devise a formula to answer that question... I mean, after they finish writing formulas for NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and before practice.

[Gray Fox]

Cal Tech sweeps a double-dip from La Sierra 8)

Does this hurt or help Cal Lu?  A team they swept, got swept....a team they swept, picked up 2 wins.  Does this do anything?

I think only the Cal Tech kids can devise a formula to answer that question... I mean, after they finish writing formulas for NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and before practice.

I bet they can actually explain the infield fly rule, too.

[OxyBob]

I bet they can actually explain the infield fly rule, too.

Not everyone fully understands the nuances of the infield fly rule:

Montreal Expos defeat San Francisco Giants 6-4
Tuesday, May. 13, 2003

SAN FRANCISCO (Ticker) -- Vladimir Guerrero made Felipe Alou pay for his decision to stick with the rookie.

Guerrero belted a two-run homer off Kurt Ainsworth with two outs in the seventh inning, lifting the Montreal Expos to a 6-4 victory over the San Francisco Giants, who have lost a season-high four straight games.

Ainsworth (3-3) easily retired the first two batters of the seventh before walking Henry Mateo. With Jim Brower warming up in the bullpen, Alou opted to leave his 24-year-old righthander in the game to face one of baseball's best offensive players.

Guerrero, who had two hits in his first three at-bats, crushed Ainsworth's first pitch over the center field wall for his sixth homer and a 6-4 lead. After allowing a single to Wil Cordero, Ainsworth was pulled in favor of Brower.

"He (Guerrero) had a breakthrough night," Expos manager Frank Robinson said. "We knew he would sooner or later. We know he's capable of it. I'm glad he was able to come through tonight."

"The guy hits everything," Ainsworth said. "You can't make any sort of mistake. It's hard to pitch around a guy like that. You either have to go right after him, or walk him intentionally. I let up a little bit and paid for it. He hit the ball hard all night."

Guerrero's hit made a winner of Dan Smith (2-1), who worked 2 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of starter Tomo Ohka.

Scott Stewart gave up one hit in one-plus inning and Rocky Biddle got the final three outs for his 10th save. Stewart allowed a leadoff single in the ninth, but Biddle came on and got Edgardo Alfonzo to bounce into a double play before retiring Neifi Perez to end it.

Montreal matched a franchise record with five double plays.

Ainsworth gave up six runs and nine hits in 6 2/3 innings, walking two and striking out one.

Ohka cruised through the first four innings and had 4-0 lead entering the fifth. But he retired just one batter in the fifth as the Giants rallied to tie the game.

Benito Santiago started the inning with a double and J.T. Snow singled. Alfonzo followed by sending a 2-1 pitch over the left-center field wall for his fourth homer, pulling the Giants within 4-3.

Perez singled and Ainsworth sacrificed before Marquis Grissom reached on an infield hit and Rich Aurilia singled to load the bases and chase Ohka.

Smith entered and got slugger Barry Bonds to pop up in front of the plate. Bonds was called out on the infield fly rule, but the ball dropped in front of the plate.

Expos third baseman Fernando Tatis picked up the ball and stepped on home plate, thinking he had a force play. But Perez jogged half way down the line and walked across the plate with tying run. Montreal players argued the ruling, but manager Frank Robinson emerged from the dugout and chided his players.

"I know the play. The hitter is automatically out," Robinson said. "Perez knew what was going out there more than the rest of us. At least he was running. My players didn't understand the situation. You think you've seen everything, but tonight I saw something new. I hadn't seen it and I hope I never see it again."

"I didn't see the umpire call for the infield fly rule," Perez said. "After I realized he had called it, I tried to act as cool as I could, like I gave up on the play by touching the plate. I heard my third base coach yelling at me to come back. Then I touched home plate because I realized that had to tag me."

Smith took the blame for the play.

"I made a good pitch to Bonds and he hit a mile high pop up," Smith said. "I think it was my fault. I'm supposed to direct traffic. When the ball fell you instinctively want to touch home plate. When the ball fell, I just brain-cramped."

Smith retired Jose Cruz Jr. on a grounder to second base to end the inning.

Entering the game in an 0-for-13 funk, Guerrero delivered a run-scoring single in the opening inning to give the Expos the early lead.

The Expos added three runs in third to take a 4-0 lead. Jose Vidro lofted a sacrifice fly, Cordero stroked an RBI single and an error by center fielder Marquis Grissom allowed another run to score.

Vidro left after the third inning with a right groin strain.

OxyBob

[Jack Parkman]

Bad news out of the SCIAC today.  I guess it was too good to be true as La Sierra swept Cal Tech, not the other way around as first reported by the SCIAC web-site.  Tough luck for the beavers.

[Gray Fox]

Bad news out of the SCIAC today.  I guess it was too good to be true as La Sierra swept Cal Tech, not the other way around as first reported by the SCIAC web-site.  Tough luck for the beavers.

Can I give the SCIAC a   -k?

[Jack Parkman]

Bad news out of the SCIAC today.  I guess it was too good to be true as La Sierra swept Cal Tech, not the other way around as first reported by the SCIAC web-site.  Tough luck for the beavers.

Can I give the SCIAC a   -k?

I wish you could.  The SCIAC web-site is pretty bad.

[P-P Fan]

Bad news out of the SCIAC today.  I guess it was too good to be true as La Sierra swept Cal Tech, not the other way around as first reported by the SCIAC web-site.  Tough luck for the beavers.

Can I give the SCIAC a   -k?

I wish you could.  The SCIAC web-site is pretty bad.

That's too bad... i thought the beavers had a chance to pull one out against la sierra.
Too true about the SCIAC website... must be run by PP's SID