BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[SoCalSoxFan]

My predictions for the SCIAC this weekend.

Chapman takes 2 of 3 from P-P. Not sure if Chapman is good enough of P-P is bad enough for a sweep, but it could happen.

CLU sweeps Occidental. O could sneak a game.

Lavern takes 2 of 3 from CMS. Does it matter?

Whittier takes 2 of 3 from Redlands. Does the magic continue?

Caltech: How is the Mars lander doing?

Chapman sweep wouldn't surprise me.   Even though PP is scoring 6.9 runs per game vs Chapman 6.6... they give away too many unearned runs.
PP has 46 errors in 18games.  They have given up 59 unearned runs (3.3/game)  Chapman only gives up 4.05 runs per game. 

CLU should sweep Occidential; Occidental gives up on 5.2 runs per game, but that is skewed by having played CMS and Cal Tech.  Occi only scores 4.7 runs per game; and even though on "any given day"... it would be a surprise if they took a game from CLU.

Whittier is 6 games up on Redlands in the loss column.  Taking 2 or 3 will go a long way toward ensuring they finish in the top 4.

If Occi loses all 3 to CLU; and Redlands loses series to Whittier, LaVerne needs to sweep CMS to jump ahead of Occi and Redlands for 4th place.

[CrashDavisD3]

My predictions for the SCIAC this weekend.


Chapman takes 2 of 3 from P-P. Not sure if Chapman is good enough of P-P is bad enough for a sweep, but it could happen.

CLU sweeps Occidental. O could sneak a game.

Lavern takes 2 of 3 from CMS. Does it matter?

Whittier takes 2 of 3 from Redlands. Does the magic continue?

Caltech: How is the Mars lander doing?

My predictions   

Chapman 2 of 3 over PP. Chapman has not proven they can sweep all teams. Ex Occidental and CMS. Is PP better or worse than these teams. Chapman has great defense and very good pitching but hitting can disappear at times.

Whittier sweep over Redlands..This will wake up people and prove Whittier is for real

CLU sweeps Occidental. Too much firepower in the CLU bats for Occidental.

La Verne sweeps CMS - battle for the bottom above Cal Tech

Cal Tech - Need to go to Club baseball or 100% Intermural sports. Sorry guys they really need to leave DIII and SCIAC....Throw the arrows now.

TOP teams in SCIAC
Cal Lu
Whittier
Chapman

[Jack Parkman]

My predictions for the SCIAC this weekend.

Chapman takes 2 of 3 from P-P. Not sure if Chapman is good enough of P-P is bad enough for a sweep, but it could happen.

CLU sweeps Occidental. O could sneak a game.

Lavern takes 2 of 3 from CMS. Does it matter?

Whittier takes 2 of 3 from Redlands. Does the magic continue?

Caltech: How is the Mars lander doing?

Chaman gets 2-3 from Pomona.  I think Pomona is the 2nd best, if not the best, hitting team in the SCIAC.  Chapman's pitching is pretty quality but they got knocked around a little by CLU, another good hitting team.

I don'tsee Oxy scoring enough runs to take a game against CLU.  Oxy's pitching should keep them in games but their bats will be held down.

I think La Verne sweeps and gets on a roll.

I also think Whittier sweeps Redlands.  Redlands has not pitched well at all and they would be lucky to sneak out a win.

Cal Tech- bye week so I'll count it as a win for them.

[CrashDavisD3]

My predictions for the SCIAC this weekend.

Chapman takes 2 of 3 from P-P. Not sure if Chapman is good enough of P-P is bad enough for a sweep, but it could happen.

CLU sweeps Occidental. O could sneak a game.

Lavern takes 2 of 3 from CMS. Does it matter?

Whittier takes 2 of 3 from Redlands. Does the magic continue?

Caltech: How is the Mars lander doing?

Chaman gets 2-3 from Pomona.  I think Pomona is the 2nd best, if not the best, hitting team in the SCIAC.  Chapman's pitching is pretty quality but they got knocked around a little by CLU, another good hitting team.

I don'tsee Oxy scoring enough runs to take a game against CLU.  Oxy's pitching should keep them in games but their bats will be held down.

I think La Verne sweeps and gets on a roll.

I also think Whittier sweeps Redlands.  Redlands has not pitched well at all and they would be lucky to sneak out a win.

Cal Tech- bye week so I'll count it as a win for them.

Good job. You match my predictions also. Problem is I would lose a bet with 1 horse race.

[SoCalSoxFan]

Looking at LiveStats update:

Cal Lu won the first game against Occidental,  4-1.   Occidental held them to 6 hits, but Petersen was better, limiting Occidental to 2 hits in the 6th inning.

Cal Lu definitely poised to sweep series as they have home DH tomorrow.

[CrashDavisD3]

I guess i blew the Whittier game prejdiction

[108 Stitches]

I guess i blew the Whittier game prejdiction

Winner winner NO chicken dinner.....

[Jack Parkman]

I guess i blew the Whittier game prejdiction

"They are who we thought they were"- Dennis Green

Pretty impressive day by Redlands.  The kid that pitched has beat Cal Lu and Whittier the past 2 weeks.

Not much pitching but plenty of hitting at Pomona.  Not much hitting but plenty of pitching at Oxy.
Claremont almost took one from La Verne but I think this weekend could help get La Verne on a roll.

[Colorado]

Talk about winning ugly. Chapman just beat PP (7-6) after winning yesterday (11-10). Both wins were of the late inning "come from behind" variety. PP has a number of good hitters in that line up but no matter how many hits they string together or runs they piled on, you never get a sense that they've got the game in hand.  That pitching, while good in spots, can't seem to get that big out when they need it. Twice now, they have blown 8th inning leads after putting on their own exciting comebacks. I'm always reading into these things but its The sort of thing that can drive you batty if you are a Sagehen fan.   In The last 2 games, CU's offense has bailed out its more heralded pitching staff (except for Sr. Travis McGee who was excellent). Sr. Matt Gandy who sat on the bench for a month before breaking into the line up, hammered a dramatic 3 run blast to win yesterday's game and today, Sr. Mark Saatzer, the 4 year starting 1B, lashed out a 2-out, bases loaded  single to drive in 2 (and GWRBI).  McGee threw his best game of the year (7IP 4H 2R and 10K) but got a ND for his effort. Smith is the "probable" for today's 2d game

[OxyBob]

Eyewitness report from Thousand Oaks:

Cal Lutheran 4, Oxy 3

Took in the first game of the doubleheader on Saturday. Beautiful warm clear breezy day at CLU.

Oxy scored in the first on an error on a wind-blown popup.

CLU tied it up 1-1 in the 4th on what was scored an RBI double by Davey Casciola.

Oxy came into the game hitting .215 as a team, but CLU kept the Tigers in the game by employing weird strategy. In the bottom of the 5th Nick Cohan walked. Kyle Sanchez, batting .380, was asked to sacrifice with Jake Petersen, batting .500, on deck. Sanchez bunted into a force play and Petersen and Ramsey Abushahla struck out. CLU hits .350 as a team. Why Marty Slimak had a .380 hitter bunting in the 5th with the game tied and no outs and a man on first is anyone's guess. When you play for one run then you only get one run, or perhaps no runs.

The Kingsmen took a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the 7th on RBI singles by Sanchez and Abushahla sandwiched around Petersen being tossed for being a big baby after striking out looking.

Oxy rallied nicely in the 9th. Back-to-back 2-out RBI singles by Johnathan Brooks and Atherton Kniseley tied it 3-3. But in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs Sanchez reached on a matador olé error by second baseman Walker Marks. Sanchez then stole second and went to third on a bad throw by catcher Victor Munoz. On the next pitch Atherton Kniseley singled up the middle and CLU got the win.

Tyler Hebda pitched 6 strong innings for CLU, only allowing 1 unearned run and 3 hits. Aaron Roth got the win despite giving up the tying runs in the 9th.

Mitch Margolis went 6-1/3 for Oxy and was charged with 3 earned runs. David Feasler took the loss.

CLU is 12-4, 9-3 SCIAC. Oxy is 9-11, 7-5.

OxyBob

P.S. I should have stayed around for the second game. Oxy had 18 hits and routed the Kingsmen 11-2. Nolan Watson gave up 2 ER on 4 hits and got the win.

[Jack Parkman]

Another interesting weekend in the SCIAC:

Whittier drops 2 of 3, CLU gets smoked by Oxy but wins 2 of 3, Chapman and Pomona destroy each others pitching, La Verne struggles with Claremont....

SCIAC Standing:

1. Whittier         10-2  Have played the bottom 4 teams in the conference so far, hardest remaining schedule.
2. CLU               9-3  Still to play Cal Tech and CMS and big weekends with Whittier and La Verne
3. Chapman      10-5 Redlands, Cal Tech and Whittier left...only 1 or 2 more losses, can't seem to sweep anyone
4. Oxy               7-5  Still to play Whittier, Redlands, La Verne and Pomona.  Not too dificult but not too easy
5. La Verne       6-5 (7-5) Still have 1 with Cal Tech and regular weekends with Pomona, Whittier, Oxy and CLU
6. Redlands      8-7  Have been able to beat CLU and Whittier in consecutive weeks.  Chapman, Oxy and CMS left
7. Pomona        5-10  These guys have scored a ton of runs but their pitching has been really brutal. La Verne, Cal Tech and Oxy left
8. CMS              4-11  Got 1 from La Verne but not much too be excited about.  Still have CLU, Redlands and Cal Tech
9. Cal Tech       0-11  Still have 1 with La Verne, CLU, Pomona, Chapman and CMS.

Without a doubt the hardest schedule the rest of the way is Whittier and this is how I see each team finishing.

1. CLU finished 19-5
2. Chapman finishes 17-7
3. Whittier finishes 15-9
4. La Verne finishes 14-10
5. Oxy finishes 13-11
6. Redlands finishes 12-12
7. Pomona finishes 10-14
8. CMS finishes 8-16
9. Cal Tech finishes 0-24

And as I write this I remember that there are round-robin games at the end of the year that will throw all of this out of line.  I could easily see Oxy in the top 4 and I think it's a 6 team race for the top 4 spots and an extra weekend in the Conference Tourney.

[CrashDavisD3]

Another interesting weekend in the SCIAC:

Whittier drops 2 of 3, CLU gets smoked by Oxy but wins 2 of 3, Chapman and Pomona destroy each others pitching, La Verne struggles with Claremont....

SCIAC Standing:

1. Whittier         10-2  Have played the bottom 4 teams in the conference so far, hardest remaining schedule.
2. CLU               9-3  Still to play Cal Tech and CMS and big weekends with Whittier and La Verne
3. Chapman      10-5 Redlands, Cal Tech and Whittier left...only 1 or 2 more losses, can't seem to sweep anyone
4. Oxy               7-5  Still to play Whittier, Redlands, La Verne and Pomona.  Not too dificult but not too easy
5. La Verne       6-5 (7-5) Still have 1 with Cal Tech and regular weekends with Pomona, Whittier, Oxy and CLU
6. Redlands      8-7  Have been able to beat CLU and Whittier in consecutive weeks.  Chapman, Oxy and CMS left
7. Pomona        5-10  These guys have scored a ton of runs but their pitching has been really brutal. La Verne, Cal Tech and Oxy left
8. CMS              4-11  Got 1 from La Verne but not much to be excited about.  Still have CLU, Redlands and Cal Tech
9. Cal Tech       0-11  Still have 1 with La Verne, CLU, Pomona, Chapman and CMS.

Without a doubt the hardest schedule the rest of the way is Whittier and this is how I see each team finishing.

1. CLU finished 19-5
2. Chapman finishes 17-7
3. Whittier finishes 15-9
4. La Verne finishes 14-10
5. Oxy finishes 13-11
6. Redlands finishes 12-12
7. Pomona finishes 10-14
8. CMS finishes 8-16
9. Cal Tech finishes 0-24

And as I write this I remember that there are round-robin games at the end of the year that will throw all of this out of line.  I could easily see Oxy in the top 4 and I think it's a 6 team race for the top 4 spots and an extra weekend in the Conference Tourney.

Looks good to me. I predict CLU will win the conference tourney with their big bats and get the Pool A bid.. Chapman pitching certain has regressed this last weekend giving up 26 runs over 3 games.

[CrashDavisD3]

What is the format for the SCIAC Conference Tournament?

How many teams?

Single or Double Elimination

How many days? 3??

[SoCalSoxFan]

What is the format for the SCIAC Conference Tournament?

How many teams?

Single or Double Elimination

How many days? 3??

I'll look for this years bracket to confirm:

In 2013:   
4 teams, double elimination.
Games 1 & 2 on Friday
Games 3, 4 &5 on Sat
Games 6, and if necessary, 7 on Sunday


2014 Dates for SCIAC championship:   May 2nd - 4th

[SoCalSoxFan]

Without a doubt the hardest schedule the rest of the way is Whittier and this is how I see each team finishing.

1. CLU finished 19-5
2. Chapman finishes 17-7
3. Whittier finishes 15-9
4. La Verne finishes 14-10
5. Oxy finishes 13-11
6. Redlands finishes 12-12
7. Pomona finishes 10-14
8. CMS finishes 8-16
9. Cal Tech finishes 0-24

And as I write this I remember that there are round-robin games at the end of the year that will throw all of this out of line.  I could easily see Oxy in the top 4 and I think it's a 6 team race for the top 4 spots and an extra weekend in the Conference Tourney.

Yes, the regular season ends with 4 Round Robin games from Wed, Apr 23 to Tue, Apr 29th.   I'm sure they have the matchup format created and possibly published, but I can't find it on the SCIAC website.