BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Ralph Turner]

Hmmm,

Redlands won the PP series last weekend, but had a rough week this weekend.  Looks like a little bit of a letdown in a rough conference schedule.

Not trying to sound trite, but the SCIAC is one of the 15-20 conferences that are gauntlets.  Yeah, there are some teams that may be having rough seasons, but you can never let up!

It looks like the voters were justified to vote PP and Redlands roughly the same.

[sagehenalum47]

wow, what a weekend ! this makes for a huuge game between Redlands and PP next saturday. If Redlands wins, it wins the season series 3-1 and controls its own destiny to win SCIAC. If PP wins, the season series is split 2-2 and PP is up 2 games with 2 to play. What is the next tiebreaker after head-to-head? Run differential? A playoff? Will PP have clinched by winning vs. redlands?

[CrashDavisD3]

SCIAC has 4 teams that have reached 20 wins in 2010. Claremont is 2 wins shy to make the 20 win club. Not bad for 8 team conference.

[bluesagehen4747]

In the biggest SCIAC game of the year, Pomona-Pitzer beat Redlands handily 14-5. PP jumped out to a 10-1 lead after 3 innings, and burned through all three of Redland's starting pitchers.
What does this mean for SCIAC?
PP is now ahead 2 1/2 games on Redlands. Pomona has two left (Cal Lu Friday, Oxy Saturday), and Redlands has three (CMS tomorrow, Cal Tech and Whittier next weekend). A Redlands loss tomorrow gives Pomona the title, and a win by the hens against either CLU or Oxy does the same. Redlands has now lost 3 in a row, and CMS is playing well. Redlands will have a tough one tomorrow to stay alive.

Another big question, assuming the Hens can win a game (which is definitely not 100%, anything can happen in baseball and especially SCIAC), what does Redlands have to do to get an at-large bid? They've been stumbling, but I assume winning out in SCIAC and then winning a series against Chapman will be enough. Any thoughts?

[Ralph Turner]

Three straight Redlands losses before the Chapman series!

Redlands is dropping in the West Region.  Chapman needs the Redlands wins to earn the #1 seed.

The Regional Rankings will help us see where Redlands stands.

[ppfm]

PP seems to have a lot of unexpected depth in its lineup which should do them well in their last games as well as at the regionals.  While the young players are really "stepping to the plate," it is also good to note that their older players  add some fundamental wisdom and talent to the mix.   While Redlands burned their three starters in today's game, some of PP's talent wasn't used in the game but they will have lots to contribute when they are needed.   

[LA Mike]

Sunday wants to be some-other day (or "smother day") for Redlands.  Redlands lost to CMS  11-4, with Johnson getting a second loss for the weekend. 

Cal LU is down in the 6th by a couple of runs to Chapman 

The loss by Redlands clinches the SCIAC championship for Pomona-Pitzer (up by 3 with 2 to go).  Redlands with 4 losses going into a 3 game Chapman series will make it interesting (all games audio or live stats next weekend-- go to Chapman schedule and connect).

Pomona has next weekend to meet Cal LU in Thousand Oaks on Friday and Occidental at home on Saturday to finish the regular season.

Linfield has won 2 (so far), but Pac. Lutheran won their 3 games.  Next weekend for Linfield-- they have to take 2 of 3 from Pac. LU to win the NWC--------all this to ask "where will the Pool C bid come from ?"   NWC or SCIAC ?

Stay tuned to the new collegiate soap opera "As The NCAA Turns the West Region".  Conf. Standings =

                  conf     overall     next weekend
Pomona-Pitzer     22-4      28-8    [Cal LU and Occidental]
Redlands          19-7      27-8    [Whittier and Cal Tech]
Cal LU            18-8      25-12   [Pomona-P and Univ.LaV]
Univ. La Verne    15-11
CMS               14-12
Occidental        11-15
Whittier           5-21
Cal Tech           0-26

I will put the remote control down for div 3 baseball and leave the locker room for the next few days. 

[Jack Parkman]

I see Redlands getting swept by Chapman and ending up with 11 regional losses.  Will they hav eenough to make the regional?

[Jack Parkman]

Also, why is Johnson even throwing for Redlands after starting on Saturday?  Are they that thin on pitching?

[ppfm]

Redlands threw all three of their starters on Saturday against PP knowing that the game was critical.   Not sure of pitch counts but each guy threw a couple of innings

[Just_Some_Guy]

Linfield has won 2 (so far), but Pac. Lutheran won their 3 games.  Next weekend for Linfield-- they have to take 2 of 3 from Pac. LU to win the NWC--------all this to ask "where will the Pool C bid come from ?"   NWC or SCIAC ?

If Redlands struggles with Chapman, I feel like it comes from the NWC, but I don't know that you can count out the ASC either if someone other than Mississippi College wins the ASC tournament. Their in-region record is pretty impressive as well.

JSG

[CrashDavisD3]

SCIAC now has 5 teams that have won 20 or more games this season...

http://www.thesciac.org/sports/bsb/2009-10/standings

[SCIAC FAN!]

Also, why is Johnson even throwing for Redlands after starting on Saturday?  Are they that thin on pitching?

With this being my first post on this site, I have been around SCIAC for many years and have no particular team in the league, I just enjoy good baseball and have not been disappointed this year!!

To answer your question Jack, Johnson only threw 2 innings on Saturday's game and like mentioned all of the starters were used in that game (b/c of the importance of the game).  Claremont's game was also important for redlands, so why not go back to the guy who has been dominate all year for the dogs.  Seeing every team play this year I'd say redlands has the three best overall starters as a rotation obviously colvin has been dominate and is probably the best in league, but one pitcher cant do it all (luckily pomona has a lethal lineup to add some run support).  Recently the I'd say pretty dominate dogs most of the year have been having some rough patches both on the mound and at the plate, unfortunate timing for them but congrats to Pomona for clinching the title back to back years.

[CrashDavisD3]

What happen in the SCIAC yesterday.....

Whittier over Redlands
Cal Lu over Pomona

April  30  
Redlands  4  Whittier  5    
Pomona-Pitzer  7  Cal Lutheran  11  

[Ralph Turner]

What happen in the SCIAC yesterday.....

Whittier over Redlands
Cal Lu over Pomona

April  30  
Redlands  4  Whittier  5    
Pomona-Pitzer  7  Cal Lutheran  11  

That is an ugly "Pool C" loss for Redlands, and PP just dropped in the Regional Rankings.