BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Jack Parkman]

Didn't Brian Rauh get drafted out of Junior year in 2012?

Forgot about him, and yes, he did go after his junior year in '12.  Had a little success but I think injuries derailed his career.

[MIFDad]

Interesting, thanks.

14th round.  It did not work out for him very well.  Never made it past Rookie league.

http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=657237#/career/R/pitching/2015/ALL

Assuming it was an injury, either way it doesn't end up working out for many/most draftees.  He was exceptionally nasty in college, a buzz saw.

That is very true.

[Purple Heys]

Redlands knocking off CSUDH makes an impression.

[Purple Heys]

Redlands knocking off CSUDH makes an impression.

I wonder how to take this game though, it is listed as an exhibition for CSUDH.  They are picked 9th in the CCAA (out of 12) and that's a good D2 league.

UR started Minjarez and their starting 9, clearly treating this as a test not an exhibition.  I wonder if CSUDH came out the same...not looking to dismiss the outcome, taking down a D2 school is no small thing.  This coming off a beat down of NAIA Vanguard.  UR looks like trouble to me.

[Jack Parkman]

Pretty decent weekend for the SCIAC so far with an 8-4 record against the NWC.  There are still more games today so we will see what happens as there might be some thin pitching staffs from the SCIAC.

After dropping a close one to Willamette on Friday, Claremont bounced back with a double header sweep on Lewis & Clark on Saturday and look to end the weekend with a 3-1 record with a single game today against Whitman. Trey Smith is starting out hot at the plate and the pitching has been solid with the exception of one inning.

Pomona started out with a shutout of Lewis & Clark before splitting a double header with Whitman yesterday.  Bryce Rogan is off to a hot start and Jeremy Jess threw 7 shutout innings on Friday and has hit .455 on the weekend.  One single game later today against Willamette.

Whittier looked very solid in the Friday game against LEwis & Clark and the first game Saturday against Willamette but dropped a close one in game 2 Saturday.  Alex Baez tossed a complete game shutout with 10 k's in his first start of the season and the pitching was good all around with the exception of a few innings.Brandon Mulrooney and Matt Macey have started out pretty strong so far but the other bats will need to get in gear moving forward.  The Poets get a single game with Lewis & Clark today and should close out the weekend 3-1.

Cal Lu and Linfield played a 3 game series with Cal Lu winning it 2-1.  Linfield is a veteran team with 13 seniors that have a lot of experience.  After dropping a close 8-7 extra inning game on Friday, Cal Lu got a great performance out of Derek Galvin as he went 7 and gave up just 1 run.  The pitching on the weekend was good and a new lineup hit at a .306 mark against a very solid Linfield pitching staff.  Both teams made a ton of errors with Linfield making 16 and Cal Lu making 9 over the 3 games.  Both teams need to clean that up in a hurry.

Oxy hosts Linfield today for a single game before waiting 2 weeks to play Whittier to open up SCIAC play.  I'm not sure why Oxy would play 1 game and wait 2 weeks to play while diving straight into SCIAC play?

Numerous teams from the SCIAC travel next weekend with Chapman, Redlands, Cal Lu, and Claremont heading to Tucson for a few games with some good TX squads.  La Verne is headed to Tyler, TX for a 3 game series with UT Tyler.  Caltech opens up with 3 against Providence Christian (NAIA).

[Purple Heys]

Happy to see the SCIAC vs. NWC performances this past weekend.  We still have not seen Chapman or much from La Verne and Oxy.  Next weekend are the AZ games, so we figure to get our read on how things might shape up heading into the first SCIAC leagues series on Feb 16.

I obviously am particularly pleased with Whittier's weekend success, the most pleasing thing was the error line for the weekend, only 3 errors.  The Poets defense was the foundation for the weekend's success.  I hope to see them gain confidence from this as they take on Oxy in two weeks.  I was also concerned that such a strong opening day game would be dwelled upon, but they put that behind them and put the hammer on Willamette in Saturday's first game.  Game 2 was sort of quirky as there was some lineup tinkering - you gotta see who can do things to establish your depth.  That put WC in a bit of a hole which they clawed out of, but could not hold it.  Poets then took down L&C in game 4 in a manner in which a team should dispatch a predicted last place finisher.

Hard to complain considering past season starts, but WC could very well have been 4-0.

Bottom line:  It's way too early, but winning games never sucks.

[Purple Heys]

Fun to see the NWC parents getting their sunburn on this past weekend.  Several UFO's spotted (Unidentified Frying Objects)   

All kidding aside, met a nice group of folks enjoying a sunny weekend of competitive baseball - no chippiness.  Whittier's new stadium showed well for itself with packed seats all weekend long.  Overall, the facility is a nice addition for the program and worthy of the pride the administration has in it.  It's cozy but comfortable IMHO.

There are still the sight-line issues only made a bit worse by the addition of the Pitching/Batting cage in Left Field.  The two things Whittier needs to do to fix that is to relocate the scoreboard, and use different light bulbs because the sun washes out the current ones.  Another thing they might consider is a secondary scoreboard with Score, Inning, and BSOE displayed visible to the fans maybe above the 1B dugout.

[Purple Heys]

Pretty decent weekend for the SCIAC so far with an 8-4 record against the NWC.  There are still more games today so we will see what happens as there might be some thin pitching staffs from the SCIAC.

After dropping a close one to Willamette on Friday, Claremont bounced back with a double header sweep on Lewis & Clark on Saturday and look to end the weekend with a 3-1 record with a single game today against Whitman. Trey Smith is starting out hot at the plate and the pitching has been solid with the exception of one inning.

Pomona started out with a shutout of Lewis & Clark before splitting a double header with Whitman yesterday.  Bryce Rogan is off to a hot start and Jeremy Jess threw 7 shutout innings on Friday and has hit .455 on the weekend.  One single game later today against Willamette.

Whittier looked very solid in the Friday game against LEwis & Clark Whitman and the first game Saturday against Willamette but dropped a close one in game 2 Saturday.  Alex Baez tossed a complete game shutout with 10 k's in his first start of the season and the pitching was good all around with the exception of a few innings.Brandon Mulrooney and Matt Macey have started out pretty strong so far but the other bats will need to get in gear moving forward.  The Poets get a single game with Lewis & Clark today and should close out the weekend 3-1.

Cal Lu and Linfield played a 3 game series with Cal Lu winning it 2-1.  Linfield is a veteran team with 13 seniors that have a lot of experience.  After dropping a close 8-7 extra inning game on Friday, Cal Lu got a great performance out of Derek Galvin as he went 7 and gave up just 1 run.  The pitching on the weekend was good and a new lineup hit at a .306 mark against a very solid Linfield pitching staff.  Both teams made a ton of errors with Linfield making 16 and Cal Lu making 9 over the 3 games.  Both teams need to clean that up in a hurry.

Oxy hosts Linfield today for a single game before waiting 2 weeks to play Whittier to open up SCIAC play.  I'm not sure why Oxy would play 1 game and wait 2 weeks to play while diving straight into SCIAC play?

Numerous teams from the SCIAC travel next weekend with Chapman, Redlands, Cal Lu, and Claremont heading to Tucson for a few games with some good TX squads.  La Verne is headed to Tyler, TX for a 3 game series with UT Tyler.  Caltech opens up with 3 against Providence Christian (NAIA).

Fixed WC's Friday opponent.

[Jack Parkman]

Pretty decent weekend for the SCIAC so far with an 8-4 record against the NWC.  There are still more games today so we will see what happens as there might be some thin pitching staffs from the SCIAC.

After dropping a close one to Willamette on Friday, Claremont bounced back with a double header sweep on Lewis & Clark on Saturday and look to end the weekend with a 3-1 record with a single game today against Whitman. Trey Smith is starting out hot at the plate and the pitching has been solid with the exception of one inning.

Pomona started out with a shutout of Lewis & Clark before splitting a double header with Whitman yesterday.  Bryce Rogan is off to a hot start and Jeremy Jess threw 7 shutout innings on Friday and has hit .455 on the weekend.  One single game later today against Willamette.

Whittier looked very solid in the Friday game against LEwis & Clark Whitman and the first game Saturday against Willamette but dropped a close one in game 2 Saturday.  Alex Baez tossed a complete game shutout with 10 k's in his first start of the season and the pitching was good all around with the exception of a few innings.Brandon Mulrooney and Matt Macey have started out pretty strong so far but the other bats will need to get in gear moving forward.  The Poets get a single game with Lewis & Clark today and should close out the weekend 3-1.

Cal Lu and Linfield played a 3 game series with Cal Lu winning it 2-1.  Linfield is a veteran team with 13 seniors that have a lot of experience.  After dropping a close 8-7 extra inning game on Friday, Cal Lu got a great performance out of Derek Galvin as he went 7 and gave up just 1 run.  The pitching on the weekend was good and a new lineup hit at a .306 mark against a very solid Linfield pitching staff.  Both teams made a ton of errors with Linfield making 16 and Cal Lu making 9 over the 3 games.  Both teams need to clean that up in a hurry.

Oxy hosts Linfield today for a single game before waiting 2 weeks to play Whittier to open up SCIAC play.  I'm not sure why Oxy would play 1 game and wait 2 weeks to play while diving straight into SCIAC play?

Numerous teams from the SCIAC travel next weekend with Chapman, Redlands, Cal Lu, and Claremont heading to Tucson for a few games with some good TX squads.  La Verne is headed to Tyler, TX for a 3 game series with UT Tyler.  Caltech opens up with 3 against Providence Christian (NAIA).

Fixed WC's Friday opponent.

Yep, my bad on that one.

[OxyBob]

Oxy hosts Linfield today for a single game before waiting 2 weeks to play Whittier to open up SCIAC play.  I'm not sure why Oxy would play 1 game and wait 2 weeks to play while diving straight into SCIAC play?

Considering all the trouble Oxy is having fielding a football team, maybe the baseball team can only muster enough players to play Over The Line.

OxyBob

[Skips Soldier]

2 wins for Chapman so far out in Arizona. Cosby on the bump tomorrow to finish off the sweep.

A few costly errors but the staff has looked pretty solid thus far. Expect the offense to pick it up as the season progresses.

[Purple Heys]

2 wins for Chapman so far out in Arizona. Cosby on the bump tomorrow to finish off the sweep.

A few costly errors but the staff has looked pretty solid thus far. Expect the offense to pick it up as the season progresses.

Why is J. Love not in the lineup?  He would help pickup the O.

[Skips Soldier]

Hand injury. He could be out around 5 more weeks. Although Love says he'll be back in 2-3 weeks. Kid is tough as nails.

Love's the leader of this ball club and they are no doubt a better team with him on the field. Watch out when he returns.

[Purple Heys]

Hand injury. He could be out around 5 more weeks. Although Love says he'll be back in 2-3 weeks. Kid is tough as nails.

Love's the leader of this ball club and they are no doubt a better team with him on the field. Watch out when he returns.

That's a tough break.  Hope he heals up quick and not miss out on his senior season.

[Purple Heys]

#22 UT-Dallas is 0-3 in SCIAC play against 3 teams that figure to be fighting for the top spot in the league.  Happy to see the SCIAC representing well early in the year.