BB: SCIAC: Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[purplefan]

I knew Redlands' pitching would be tough on the Poets, but was looking for the steal in Game 2.

We need to hit better, that's for sure.  I think we can do that.
We need to field like college baseball players for 9 innings (or more) a game.  We'd better be able to do that.
I did like the pitching we got from our Game 1 and Game 2 starters.  We can build on that.

Keep grinding.

Purple Heys you been around awhile and I'm a new freshman dad and of a pitcher at that!haha  But can you please explain that game 3 lineup to me I don"t get it? 

[GoHens]

Predictions for the weekend:

La Verne 2 out of three, but surprise CMS pulls one out.
Cal Lu gets off to a good start with a sweep of Chapman.
Oxy sweeps Cal Tech...
And the tough one... Redlands looks like the class of the league on paper. I still have faith in the PP bats and Gerics should be enough on the mound to steal one. Redlands takes 2 of 3 is my prediction and I sure hope I'm right. Could easily see a sweep

Whittier could take one from LC, but don't see them beating Bates...could be a tough stretch if they don't take down LC.

Let's hope for an entertaining week of ball. Go Hens

[Jack Parkman]

Predictions for the weekend:

La Verne 2 out of three, but surprise CMS pulls one out.
Cal Lu gets off to a good start with a sweep of Chapman.
Oxy sweeps Cal Tech...
And the tough one... Redlands looks like the class of the league on paper. I still have faith in the PP bats and Gerics should be enough on the mound to steal one. Redlands takes 2 of 3 is my prediction and I sure hope I'm right. Could easily see a sweep

Whittier could take one from LC, but don't see them beating Bates...could be a tough stretch if they don't take down LC.

Let's hope for an entertaining week of ball. Go Hens

I have a hard time seeing CMS get one from ULV simply due to their pitching....but I feel like ULV plays "down" aginst weaker teams (see most of last season).  ULV 3-0 but 1 game is close.

Oxy will get a scare but they will probably win all 3.  I still feel like this is Caltech's best chance at a win this (SCIAC) season.

Cal Lu is a better team than Chapman and should sweep, but they have had a few rough starts on the mound. 

I say PP takes 2 of 3.  It might sound crazy after last week but I'm sticking to it.  I'm not sold on Redlands at all.

Hopefully Whittier can win a few but it has been a very ugly start to their year.  Lets see if they can turn it around and I see L&C being a good team to do it against.

[Purple Heys]

Game 3 in any Cal Tech Series may be the one to watch when they figure to pitch their Number 1 against your Number 3

[Purple Heys]

Whittier wins one, 15-5 over L&C.  And there was much rejoicing. 

[Sluggerdad]

Cal LU took 2 out of 3 from Chapman.   Cal LU's number 2 lasted only 4 batters and got no outs.  Second time in three outings he has gotten rocked.  A change may be coming.  May be losing his spot in the rotation to a freshman.

[Jack Parkman]

Cal LU took 2 out of 3 from Chapman.   Cal LU's number 2 lasted only 4 batters and got no outs.  Second time in three outings he has gotten rocked.  A change may be coming.  May be losing his spot in the rotation to a freshman.

I'm curious who your source is on the coaching staff regarding the Freshman that's going to take his spot in the rotation?  Seeing as only 1 freshman has thrown a pitch for CLU this year, I find that hard to believe he will be thrown into the rotation after giving up 15 hits in 9 innings.  Whatever the case, CLU needs to find a 3 guys that can put together solid starts in a 3 game series. 

Weekend turned out pretty much how I expected, with the exception of Redlands getting 2/3.  Pomona had every chance in the world to break open game 1 but they failed to do the little things and that cost them runs in multiple innings.  La Verne brought CMS back down to earth and was never in jeopardy of dropping a game in that series.  Whittier gets in the W column with a few wins over Lewis & Clark. Oxy wins all 3 against Caltech.  Big series this weekend between Redlands and La Verne. 

[Sluggerdad]

Cal LU took 2 out of 3 from Chapman.   Cal LU's number 2 lasted only 4 batters and got no outs.  Second time in three outings he has gotten rocked.  A change may be coming.  May be losing his spot in the rotation to a freshman.

I'm curious who your source is on the coaching staff regarding the Freshman that's going to take his spot in the rotation?  Seeing as only 1 freshman has thrown a pitch for CLU this year, I find that hard to believe he will be thrown into the rotation after giving up 15 hits in 9 innings.  Whatever the case, CLU needs to find a 3 guys that can put together solid starts in a 3 game series. 

Weekend turned out pretty much how I expected, with the exception of Redlands getting 2/3.  Pomona had every chance in the world to break open game 1 but they failed to do the little things and that cost them runs in multiple innings.  La Verne brought CMS back down to earth and was never in jeopardy of dropping a game in that series.  Whittier gets in the W column with a few wins over Lewis & Clark. Oxy wins all 3 against Caltech.  Big series this weekend between Redlands and La Verne.

Cal Lu gives varsity guys innings in their JV games.   Gives coaches a chance to look at many more guys.

the number 2 starter got hammered in a JV game last week, when the varsity was off,   then lasted 4 batters in his next start.  It's true that the frosh that came in to replace him with bases loaded had a rocky start, partly due to pitching out of the stretch,   but he calmed down and  went 5 shut down innings after that, before tiring.   He was also really strong in JV game the week before.  When he's on, he  pounds the zone and has a really tight breaking ball.

I don't think he's  experienced enough quite yet.  But they clearly are looking for him to step up.  they aren't afraid to put him in lots of situations.   The veteran starter has a few more chances to get right. He  pitched again in Sunday's JV game, but was also shaky.   They definitely see getting in straightened out as a big deal.

[Bishopleftiesdad]

Cal LU took 2 out of 3 from Chapman.   Cal LU's number 2 lasted only 4 batters and got no outs.  Second time in three outings he has gotten rocked.  A change may be coming.  May be losing his spot in the rotation to a freshman.

So the starter that is on the bubble, How many pitches has he thrown,  in the last few weeks? Looks like he is getting time in Varsity and JV games. Just curios, not casting aspersions towards the coaching staff.

I'm curious who your source is on the coaching staff regarding the Freshman that's going to take his spot in the rotation?  Seeing as only 1 freshman has thrown a pitch for CLU this year, I find that hard to believe he will be thrown into the rotation after giving up 15 hits in 9 innings.  Whatever the case, CLU needs to find a 3 guys that can put together solid starts in a 3 game series. 

Weekend turned out pretty much how I expected, with the exception of Redlands getting 2/3.  Pomona had every chance in the world to break open game 1 but they failed to do the little things and that cost them runs in multiple innings.  La Verne brought CMS back down to earth and was never in jeopardy of dropping a game in that series.  Whittier gets in the W column with a few wins over Lewis & Clark. Oxy wins all 3 against Caltech.  Big series this weekend between Redlands and La Verne.

Cal Lu gives varsity guys innings in their JV games.   Gives coaches a chance to look at many more guys.

the number 2 starter got hammered in a JV game last week, when the varsity was off,   then lasted 4 batters in his next start.  It's true that the frosh that came in to replace him with bases loaded had a rocky start, partly due to pitching out of the stretch,   but he calmed down and  went 5 shut down innings after that, before tiring.   He was also really strong in JV game the week before.  When he's on, he  pounds the zone and has a really tight breaking ball.

I don't think he's  experienced enough quite yet.  But they clearly are looking for him to step up.  they aren't afraid to put him in lots of situations.   The veteran starter has a few more chances to get right. He  pitched again in Sunday's JV game, but was also shaky.   They definitely see getting in straightened out as a big deal.

[Sluggerdad]

So the starter that is on the bubble, How many pitches has he thrown,  in the last few weeks? Looks like he is getting time in Varsity and JV games. Just curios, not casting aspersions towards the coaching staff.

Not that many really.   He started the JV game last week when the varsity had no games at all.

He lasted 4 batters the following week.

And threw just a couple of innings in the JV DH. 

Cal Lu's JV team has NO dedicated JV pitchers -- just 12 position players.  So in fact, ALL of the pitching is done by varsity guys and not just guys low on the totem pole  -- though the guys low in the pecking order do get some work in too.  But that doesn't seem  primarily the way they've used those games so far.   I think it mattered a lot that the first JV series (three games) was in a week where the varsity had no games at all.

[Purple Heys]

Other than Cal Lu, do any other SCIAC teams have JV teams?

[Purple Heys]

Other than Cal Lu, do any other SCIAC teams have JV teams?

Before I get flamed, just point me back to where this was previously asked and answered.

[Jack Parkman]

Other than Cal Lu, do any other SCIAC teams have JV teams?

Before I get flamed, just point me back to where this was previously asked and answered.

I honestly don't remember if this has been discussed before but the only ones I know of are CLU and OXY.

[BigPoppa]

Other than Cal Lu, do any other SCIAC teams have JV teams?

Over spring breaks, quite a few east Coast and Snow belt schools come thorough SoCal and play a few JV games on their off days for the kids who aren't seeing many innings.

[Purple Heys]

Congratulations to Whittier's Jake Reynaud on being named to the D3 Team of the Week for Week 3.  The kid absolutely raked this past weekend hitting .688 with 11 RBI's.

http://d3baseball.com/awards/team-of-the-week/2016/week03