BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[chakote]

Cal Lu      11
Chapman  4
Final

Good bounce back for Cal Lu, tough day for Chapman.  Looks like the roles reversed from last night.

Chakote-  The East coast teams do not count towards the In-region record, but the games could do a whole lot with confidence.  I wish CLU and Chapman would have played a 3 game series.

I'm with you Jack a 3 game series would show a whole lot towards what will transpire with the rest of the season barring any injuries; and I know as far as the in region games it is like you said as far as boosting confidence for the local teams. The eastern teams coming this way doesn't count but for confidence and if you loose to many games it will count as a moral defeat if for nothing else.

I am looking at the odd number of games and the off days that are not the usual for the local teams; it will go to show who has the pitching and who doesn't. IMHO I have always gone with you can never have enough pitching and a strong 1,2,3 in the rotation or at least a strong 1,2 with an as strong bull pen. I am curious as the strength of the CLU pitching past 1 and 2 or at least as one of the past posters was bragging about I think that we haven't heard from lately but I am sure we will with todays win over Chapman.

Sigmond was hit hard today, I just hope that his next outing he will bounce back and pitch like he did against Menlo with a complete game and some help from the offense. Chapman has always had a strong pitching staff and when they are clicking there offense will pick up the slack. I have to give it to CLU today and I believe that in the Error column the rolls where reversed today, you can't give a team that many chances to beat you because they inevidibly will.

[P-P Fan]

Will ya look at that!  Cal Tech jumped out to a 2-0 lead on Pomona today...of course, it only took Pomona 1 inning to erase the lead, but good for the Beavers

http://www.pe.pomona.edu/sports/men/bsb/2008-09/stats/030609.htm

More surprisingly, in the first game at Cal Tech Saturday, the beavers held a 2-0 lead going in to the fifth inning before the hens' bats finally woke up (en route to a 15-2 win in 7innings). From what i hear, the kid who pitched for them was actually decent and their team looked more athletic than in years past. In a perfect storm of events against a poor team, its possible they could squeek one out this year. Baseball's a crazy sport.

In any case, excited to see the hens meet up with some east coast schools over the next two weeks.

[P-P Fan]

Hens beat Ithaca today 10-6. Ithaca had an early 4-0 lead, but Mike Silva hit two 2-run HR's to tie it up and the hens never looked back. James Brunswick very impressive on the hill once he settled down(4 runs in the first two and then 5 scoreless after that). Ithaca swings the bat pretty well from what it looked like... 9 hits.
I see the bombers beat CLU 8-3, any details on that game?

[Browneagle64]

Please, any updates on this weeks weekday games will be greatly appreciated. Spring break baseball in SCIAC land is awesome, but, keeping updated during work is one hard task. I tried updating this board last year during this time, but, cannot do it this year because of the new place that I work at.

Since we have Eastcoast like weather out here (not much sun yesterday, cold like conditions) I am sure the Bombers felt right at home (ok, maybe not).....
Should be another interesting day.

[Jack Parkman]

Hens beat Ithaca today 10-6. Ithaca had an early 4-0 lead, but Mike Silva hit two 2-run HR's to tie it up and the hens never looked back. James Brunswick very impressive on the hill once he settled down(4 runs in the first two and then 5 scoreless after that). Ithaca swings the bat pretty well from what it looked like... 9 hits.
I see the bombers beat CLU 8-3, any details on that game?

Here is what I saw from the box score in the CLU/ Ithaca game.

Cal Lu started a kid that had not thrown yet this year.  He didn't do too bad but only went 3.2 innings.  Cal Lu made 4 errors and the 5th inning was a mess when they gave up 4 runs on only one hit.  Tons of walks and a few errors in the inning, which started with 2 outs.
This is by no means taking anything away from Ithaca.  They played solid for a team just coming out of the field house.

The Hendrix game was very well played.  No errors by either team and solid play all around.  The only thing that was bad was the hit-by-pitches.  After CLU took the lead with a bomb in the 8th, the next guy was hit with the first pitch.  He was the same kid that hit a home run in his last at bat.  Maybe it was payback for the Hendrix kid that had already been hit twice.  Other than that, great game.
Hendrix is one bad inning and one pass ball away from possibly being 0-2 on this road trip.  Take away the 8 run 2nd inning against Chapman and the pass ball in the 9th last night, they could very well be 2-0 on this trip, beating 2 ranked opponents.  Kudos to the Hendrix coaches and players.

[Jack Parkman]

Can someone help me out here?  I am wondering how a kid enters a game down 1-0, gives up 3 runs to make it 4-0, but gets the loss.

Belter from OXY threw 7 innings, giving up an unearned run.  Doherty comes in and gives up 3 runs in his two innings of work.  OXY never scored, so how does Belter not get tagged with the loss?

http://www.oxyathletics.com/sports/bsb/2008-09/stats/ic-oxy.htm

[OxyBob]

Belter from OXY threw 7 innings, giving up an unearned run.  Doherty comes in and gives up 3 runs in his two innings of work.  OXY never scored, so how does Belter not get tagged with the loss?

Obviously a scoring mistake. Belter should have been tagged with the loss despite only giving up an unearned run. An e-mail to the coach should fix it.

OxyBob

[Jack Parkman]

Thanks OxyBob.  I was in fear that I was losing my mind.

[OxyBob]

Thanks OxyBob.  I was in fear that I was losing my mind.

The Oxy web site doesn't have it straight either:

Belter was solid on the hill, tossing seven strong, striking out three and allowing no earned runs. He forced nine ground balls and got seven fly ball outs. Belter left trailing 1-0, after Ithaca scored an unearned run in the fifth inning, but the Bombers quickly strung together four hits in the eighth against Kieran Doherty (1-1) to add some insurance to their lead. Doherty struck out four batters in two innings of relief, but was tagged with the loss.

This SCIAC baseball item was in yesterday's "Campus 5.0" column in the San Bernardino Sun:

The University of Redlands baseball team completed an impressive sweep by taking three games from defending SCIAC champion University of La Verne. The Bulldogs (9-3, 6-0) posted wins of 6-2, 8-3 and 16-8.

Sophomore designated hitter Manny Cardeiro, a transfer from Southwestern College, boasts a team-leading .452 batting average. He also has an on-base percentage of .500 and a slugging percentage of .619.

"He hits the ball harder and farther than any guy I've had here," coach Scott Laverty said. "He has been pitched around a bit but he has been very impressive."

The Bulldogs also have gotten strong showings from their veteran players, most notably Matt Goldstein (.431), who leads the team in RBIs (16), hits (22) and total bases (33).

Senior right-hander Nolan Nicholson (4-0, 3.15 ERA) has maintained his reputation as the staff ace. Freshman Josh Snyder has settled in as the No. 2 starter with junior Michael Lessig holding down No. 3.

Sophomore Derek Johnson, brother of catcher Jefre Johnson, has earned the closer's role.

The win in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader was the 100th SCIAC victory for Laverty, in his 10th season.

"To come against a quality team like La Verne makes it even better," he said.

OxyBob

[P-P Fan]

Hens pulled off a win against Hendrix today, 9-4 victory. Drew Hedman had 3 HR's and James Kang added one too. Hens looked pretty impressive, especially the bullpen that was one of their only question marks on the year. Wasn't impressed by hendrix at all, though the scores show that they were close against chapman and cal lu and actually beat mckenna. Any other sciac teams in action today?

[Jack Parkman]

Hens pulled off a win against Hendrix today, 9-4 victory. Drew Hedman had 3 HR's and James Kang added one too. Hens looked pretty impressive, especially the bullpen that was one of their only question marks on the year. Wasn't impressed by hendrix at all, though the scores show that they were close against chapman and cal lu and actually beat mckenna. Any other sciac teams in action today?

This was the 4th game in 4 days for Hendrix which might have made them a little thin.  They had a very respectable trip, even if they went 1-3.
Three bombs for Hedman?  Don't these teams know how to pitch around a guy?  Don't leave anything over the plate or inside, especially at P-P where it is about 300 to right.  Not taking anything away from the guy, he is a flat out legit hitter. 
I just don't know what to think about the SCIAC so far.  Three teams are off to a good start and the rest are average at best. 
La Verne has been terrible.  Only way to put it.
Pomona has played 9 games against pretty bad teams (Oxy, Pacific, Cal Tech) but they smoked PLU.
Cal Lu has been good, against some pretty bad teams (La Verne, La Sierra) but they did split with Chapman.
Redlands has been solid, but they throw the same 4 guys all the time.  Those 4 have thrown almost 80% of their innings. 
Chapman lost to La Verne twice, Whittier twice, Cal Lu once.  That might be more SCIAC losses than they have had in the past 3 years!

[P-P Fan]

Hens pulled out a close one today against UPS. Colvin looked good on the mound but the offense wasn't doing much so they entered the bottom of the ninth tied at 4. After an intentional walk to hedman with one out, Nino was hit by a pitch and then both runners advanced on a wild pitch. UPS was forced to intentionally walk another batter and then Nick Frederick (who already had a two-run HR earlier) got the game-winning hit up the middle.
Exciting win but the hens need to come out swinging tomorrow against the rutgers teams (camden and newark).
Whats the word on the rest of the games involving sciac teams?

[Jack Parkman]

SCIAC games from Friday-

Redlands beat Menlo 7-3
Pomona beat Puget Sound 5-4
Whittier beat Rutgers-Camden 13-3
No word yet on CMS and Ithica
CLU beat East Bay 9-2

[P-P Fan]

Hens sweep Rutgers teams today by score of 13-1 against Camden (7 Innings) and 14-7 against Newark. Hens bats are looking scary despite injuries to Mandelblatt, Campbell, Bingham, and Nino who have all been sidelined for at least some portion of time. Despite obvious bias, tough to spot any weaknesses in the Hen's game right now- but I was thinking the same thing last year before the collapse at the end of the year.
In any case, it'll be interesting to see the Hens battle Ithaca again tomorrow with Ithaca gunning for the Hens.
So what's the scoop on the rest of SCIAC this weekend? Heard CMS beat Newark with ease, anything else?

[nvnorthpaw]

So how many HR's does Hedman have?  I imagine both Hedman (Pomona) and Hartman (CLU) are among the league/regional leaders.  I know hartman has 9 thus far but I cannot find Hedman's stats anywhere..