BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

CA_dreamin · February 22, 2011, 11:07:13 AM

Good call goodolsciac on Whittier. Looks like Whittier only mustered 5 hits, but still came away with the win when Pomona-Pitzer hitting went silent. Whittier hoped to be .500 on season, but now they are .500 against top 25 teams. Will be interesting to see if they can keep it going.

Cal Lu steamrolls Oxy. What happened Cal Lu in Arizona? Is the Northwest conference that good? Cal Lu seems to have some pitching depth; if they can improve their defense and keep their consistency at the plate, they will be tough.

Redlands has the hitting and starting pitching, but it they will need to develop more depth in pitching. If they do, it could be a dogfight.

Watching the scores rise over the last two weekends in both of the Redlands series made me wonder if that was normal: Aces go Friday and #2s on first game on Saturday and #3 on second game, so scores should rise, right? Last year, there were 16 series in SCIAC with the same opponent all three games. The average runs scored was 17 in the first game, 13 in the second game and 17 in the third game. Surprised me.

CA_dreamin · February 22, 2011, 11:36:45 AM

Oops, formula error. In 24 three game series in SCIAC last year, the numbers ar 14 runs per game in the first game, 14 runs per game in the second game, and 15 runs in the third game. Still surprised that there isn't much of a difference, but 24 isn't a huge sample size.

goodolsciac · February 22, 2011, 12:50:04 PM

Quote from: CA_dreamin on February 22, 2011, 11:07:13 AM
Good call goodolsciac on Whittier. Looks like Whittier only mustered 5 hits, but still came away with the win when Pomona-Pitzer hitting went silent. Whittier hoped to be .500 on season, but now they are .500 against top 25 teams. Will be interesting to see if they can keep it going.

Cal Lu steamrolls Oxy. What happened Cal Lu in Arizona? Is the Northwest conference that good? Cal Lu seems to have some pitching depth; if they can improve their defense and keep their consistency at the plate, they will be tough.

Redlands has the hitting and starting pitching, but it they will need to develop more depth in pitching. If they do, it could be a dogfight.

Watching the scores rise over the last two weekends in both of the Redlands series made me wonder if that was normal: Aces go Friday and #2s on first game on Saturday and #3 on second game, so scores should rise, right? Last year, there were 16 series in SCIAC with the same opponent all three games. The average runs scored was 17 in the first game, 13 in the second game and 17 in the third game. Surprised me.

This was definitely an interesting weekend in the Good ol' Sciac. Whittier always starts the year off like this (e.g Chapman series last year) but they often lose steam towards the middle of the year and end up in the spoiler role towards the end. They start off like a bat out of hell which is why I had them taking one from PP.

The loss to Whitter will make the run away conf. title at the end of the year a little tougher for Pitzer. Although early, and with the absence of any significant series sweeps it is pretty much anyone's game in the SCIAC. Also, remember that the 4 game matchups are still in effect this year.

I would have liked to see the ULV vs Redlands Friday game go 9. Take a look at the numbers at the time the game was called.

Univ. of Redlands... 002 000 - 2 1 0
Univ. of La Verne... 000 001 - 1 2 3

Oxy and Cal Lu still have to make up the first game of the series. Should be interesting.

Scoring patterns in the Sciac seems to be a crapshoot. lol

CrashDavisD3 · February 23, 2011, 02:06:35 AM

CONFERENCE GAMES
Cal Lutheran      2-0   1.000
Pomona-Pitzer    5-1   0.833
Redlands    4-2 0.667
CMS 3-2    0.600
Whittier    1-2    0.333
La Verne    1-2    0.333
Occidental      0-2   0.000
Caltech       0-5   0.000

The usual top 3 in the mix...

Chapman would be 1-4 IF they were in SCIAC this year......

CrashDavisD3 · February 24, 2011, 01:39:35 AM

Will it be Pomona's Colvin (2-0 22 IP 26K 3.27 ERA) VS Chapman's Rauh(2-0 21 IP 31K 2.14 ERA) this Friday at 7 PM at Chapman..

1st faceoff this year ended up in a no decision for both pitchers and a Pomona Win...

CrashDavisD3 · February 25, 2011, 01:26:56 PM

Looks like Rain all weekend in SoCal

Will rain be a factor for games Friday, Saturday, Sunday ?

Will they get postponed, rescheduled, cancelled ?

Or maybe just play in the rain like they did in the Regionals at Linfield in McMinnville, Oregon

Pomona and Chapman did it before...last year.

http://www.bing.com/weather/today?q=weather+orange+ca&unit=F#hourlyBreakdownTable

goodolsciac · February 25, 2011, 07:54:33 PM

La Verne beats Whittier 5-0
Mark Larini 2 Hit CG Shutout

goodolsciac · February 26, 2011, 02:48:36 AM

Quote from: goodolsciac on February 25, 2011, 07:54:33 PM
La Verne beats Whittier 5-0
Mark Larini 2 Hit CG Shutout

Univ. of La Verne ip h r er bb so wp bk hbp ibb ab bf fo go
Mark Larini W,1-1 9.0 2 0 0 3 11 0 0 0 0 28 31 3 12

I don't know how to edit a previous post, if possible.

Gray Fox · February 26, 2011, 02:44:46 PM

Quote from: goodolsciac on February 26, 2011, 02:48:36 AM
Quote from: goodolsciac on February 25, 2011, 07:54:33 PM
I don't know how to edit a previous post, if possible.
There is usually a modify button at the upper right of your post. I think you have to have a minimum number of posts before you can do that.

Jack Parkman · February 28, 2011, 12:46:51 PM

I have not posted for a while but I will give my view on the SCIAC so far, with Chapman included.
*Note- I have not seen any of these teams play, only going by the scores/stats.

Pomona- They look to be the cream of the crop in the SCIAC. Colvin has been pretty good so far but got hit hard by Chapman both times he faced them. I still see Pomona winning the SCIAC.

Redlands- I think Derick Johnson might be the best arm in the SCIAC. Redlands seems to have a stong lineup 1-9 and they create a lot of opportunities for themselves. After Johnson, I don't see them having the arms to take the SCIAC.

La Verne- ULV could be the spoiler in the SCIAC. They seem to be very inconsistent and always have been, but they are a solid team. I look to ULV to win some games over the top teams and cause some interesting games at the end of the year.

Cal Lutheran- They are off to a bad start and they have been beat by some good teams so far. They look to have a solid "O" and pitching staff, but their "D" has been terrible and they will lose a lot more in the SCIAC if they continue to play that way.

Whittier- They played Chapman tough like always but thats about it, they continue to struggle year in and year out.

Oxy- They keep bringing in new coaches with the same results. They have a lot of stolen bases but not much to show for it, plus, they don't throw their best arm in Belter.

CMS- New year, same average team.

Cal Tech- Will they break their baseball streak like they did in hoops???

Chapman- This is not your Chapman team of the past. They are still a solid club but they are hitting under .300 and their schedule hasn't been the greatest. They lost 2/3 to Whittier, lost 2/3 to Pomona, beat a 2-6 McMurry team, and their opponents have a 28-25 overall record, with 6 of those wins coming against Cal Tech.

CrashDavisD3 · March 04, 2011, 08:21:57 AM

SCIAC GAMES THIS WEEKEND
http://www.thesciac.org/sports/bsb/2010-11/schedule

goodolsciac · March 05, 2011, 07:27:31 PM

La Verne loses Friday game 4-3 Friday by way of walk off homerun. However, the Leos take the double header 9-4 and 4-1. Interesting weekend!

beachlover · March 05, 2011, 08:55:26 PM

Redlands swept Occidental. Johnson pitches a 1 run, 3 hit gem on Friday. Ox hands one to Redlands with some fielding miscues. Beautiful weather in so cal.

CMSfan · March 06, 2011, 02:54:18 AM

Uggh...CMS gets swept by Cal Lu, losing each game by one run. It's shaping up to be a long year for the Stags.

Jack Parkman · March 10, 2011, 02:54:51 PM

Here is another look at the SCIAC since things changed a lot last week.

Pomona- they got beat throughout the weekend and thanks to a walk-off bomb on Friday, they didn't get swept. I am not as high on Pomona as last week but Colvin and Frederick are 2 of the best in the SCIAC.

LaVerne- took a huge step towards the top by taking 2 of 3 from Pomona. Maybe they can make a run at the top.

Redlands- They swept Oxy but it was a very tight series. Johnson continues to dominate but I just hope they don't use him up before the end of the season. He has thrown a lot already and the end of the year is when he will be needed most.

Oxy- they played Redlands real close but they have 6 wins against teams with a combined record of 1-24 (Cal Tech and Lewis & Clark). Oxy avoided being the victim of the end of Cal Tech's losing streak, but hung on for a 3-1 win.

Cal Lutheran- they played a very close series with Claremont and have been pitching very well. One name that hasn't been mentioned is John Lemoure, who is 3-1 with a .70 ERA (2-0 .5 ERA in SCIAC). Nick Bogan could be the player of the year in the SCIAC.

Whittier- they beat up on Cal Tech and have a chance to hurt Cal Lutheran this weekend. The Poets have knocked off Pomona and Chapman (x2) and seem to have the capability to beat good teams.

Claremont- a tough series with Cal Lutheran, dropping all 3 games by 1. They seem to have a decent team but can't get over the hump.

Cal Tech- the same, although they did almost beat Oxy.

Chapman- No change for them since the Wabash games are non-West Region games. McMurry isn't helping Chapman with a record of 3-11 but the Panthers can pick up some huge games with Linfield, LaVerne and Redlands still left to play.