June 12, 2017 – Fairfield, CA
Tyler Friis (Indiana State) blasted a three-run homerun before an out was recorded in today’s game at Rockville, hit a two-run triple in the eighth, Ryder Kuhns hit three doubles and had 4-RBI, and Reyes Fuentes (Houston) had 4-RBI on a double and two singles as the Healdsburg Prune Packers outslugged the Rock Hounds en route to a 16-12 win today at Yarbrough Stadium. Each team amassed 16 hits on the game and, when they scored runs, they scored them in bunches. Healdsburg had innings of five, four and three runs twice, while Rockville scored four times twice and two runs once. The offensive output of today’s game may become a pattern for these two teams, last week Healdsburg scored 17 runs to Rockville’s nine before the game had to be suspended due to darkness. The suspended game was completed before today’s game with no change to the final score.
For Rockville, Vincenzo Margiotta had a double, three singles, two RBI and scored twice, Evan Faccenda (Clarke) had a double and two singles, Max Smith (UNLV) homered and doubled, and Grant St. Martin (Sonoma State) hit a two-run homer to lead the offense.
June 11, 2017 – Irvine, CA
Frankie Tostado (Oxnard JC) hit a three-run home run with two outs in the sixth inning to break what was a 2-2 tie and propel the Conejo Oaks to a 5-3 win over the Orange County Riptide today at Concordia University. Tostado’s homer, his second of the summer, followed singles by DJ Miller (Ole Miss) and Jassen Oliver (Cal St Bakersfield) as the Oaks improved to 4-1 in the league play. Cody Farhat stepping in to relieve starter Nate Wehner (Cal Lutheran) with one out in the fifth, was the beneficiary of the three-run sixth, picking up the win while recording three strikeouts in an inning and two-thirds work. Oliver and Max Weinstein (Cal Lutheran) had two hits a piece to also post good games for the Oaks. For Orange County, Joey Parente and David Miranda (Florida Atlantic) each had two hits, and Eric Wagaman (Houston) had a pair of run-scoring fly balls to highlight the offense.
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Elsewhere in the CCL:
Long Beach, CA
Grant Gamble (Azusa Pacific) hit a bases-loaded triple in the fourth inning to break the game open as the Long Beach Legends beat the Ventura Halos 6-1 in the first game of a doubleheader today at Long Beach City College. Ryan Davis (Georgetown) added three hits and pitcher Jason McLellan (Concordia) recorded five strikeouts in two innings of relief to highlight the Legends performance. Chris May had two hits and Dalton Duarte (Cal St Dominguez Hills) had a double and a single to lead the Halos.
In the second game, starting pitcher Josh Aguilar notched seven strikeouts in four innings of work, and Lucas Martinez (Cal St San Bernardino) hit a two-run single (the last of four singles in a row by Legends hitters) in a four-run second inning to lead Long Beach to a 6-4 win and a sweep of the doubleheader. Martinez, Corey Treyes (Coppin St) and Connor Montgomery all had two-hit games for Long Beach, while Michael Tillman hit a single, a run-scoring double and a run-scoring fly ball to lead Ventura’s offense.
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Healdsburg, CA
Brennan Mauchline (Academy of Art) drove in three runs on a pair of singles, Spencer Lininger (Feather River) had three hits, and Ben Skinner (Harvard) singled twice and scored three times to lead the Walnut Creek Crawdads to their first CCL win of the season, beating the previously undefeated Healdsburg Prune Packers 9-4 at Recreation Park. Jake Scheiner (Houston) had an RBI-single, a double and a run-scoring fly ball to lead Healdsburg.
June 10, 2017 – Irvine, CA
Christopher May hit a bases-loaded, bases-clearing double to highlight a five-run second inning. and later added a triple in the sixth, as the Ventura Halos beat the Orange County Riptide 8-5 today at Concordia University. The win is the Halos fourth in five CCL contests so far this season, their best start since joining the league in 2013, putting them on top of the CCL’s tough Central Division. Brain Ginsberg (Brown) had two RBI, and Dalton Duarte (Cal St. Dominguez Hills) added a single and a double to also lead the Halo’s offense. Ventura’s starting pitcher Dylan Francis (Cal Poly Pomona) did just enough to keep Orange County at bay, scattering seven hits over six innings while striking out four and only walking one. Will Proctor (Georgia) and David Miranda (Florida Atlantic) each had two hits, one of Proctor’s a triple, to lead the Riptide offense, and Will Tomlinson (Brown) had five strikeouts in four innings of relief, to highlight the Orange County Pitching.
June 9, 2017
With all but one CCL team having started league play, and after much wrangling with a new stats program by 14 different users, the Leading Pitchers and Leading Hitters boards are now active on this website. Go to stats to see how one player stacks up against the rest or click on one of the links below.
The Leading CCL Pitchers Board
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June 8, 2017 – Oakland, CA
Casey Douglas (Kansas) and Justin Smith (Yuba College) used the strikeout to keep the opposing hitters at bay, and Jordan Williams (Diablo Valley JC) and Matthew Miller (Georgia College) led the offense as the Neptune Beach Pearl beat the Walnut Creek Crawdads 5-4 today at Laney College. While not completely dominating from the mound by allowing 10 Crawdad hits, Douglas and Smith combined for ten strikeouts in the game when they needed them, including Douglas striking out the side in the second inning and Smith fanning two in each of his three innings of relief. On the offensive side, Tim Lichty (Texas A&M) and Miller each doubled and singled, with William’s one out double in the seventh to drive in Miller, who had doubled earlier in the inning, being the game winner. John Ballard (Colorado Mesa) led all hitters with three hits, including one of the Crawdads four doubles in the game, to lead Walnut Creek.
June 7, 2016 – Pasadena, CA
Gunnar Friend (Avila University) threw six shutout innings, allowing only two singles while striking out eight to lead the Arroyo Seco Saints to a 2-0 win over the Orange County Riptide at Jackie Robinson Stadium. It was the first win in the CCL for the Saints, who joined the league this offseason. Friend had plenty of support from the bullpen as Gabe Golob (NYU), Josh Little (NC Central) and Zack Phillips (Grayson) each pitched an inning of scoreless ball to secure the shutout, Phillips striking out the side in the ninth to earn the save. Spencer Mossburg (Lee University) and Corey Harrell (Graceland) hit back-to-back doubles to score a run for the Saints in the first inning, and Mossburg drove in the game’s only other run with his second double in the fifth.
June 6, 2017 – La Mirada, CA
The Southern California Catch capitalized on nearly every scoring opportunity as they scored eight runs on only seven hits to beat the Santa Barbara Foresters 8-4 today at Biola University. The Catch did most of their damage in the their first at bat, batting around in the frame while scoring five runs on five hits, all singles. Starting pitcher Chris Vargas (UC Irvine) held the Foresters scoreless for three innings, striking out three, before allowing two runs on a single and two doubles in the fourth, one to John Jensen (Santa Barbara CC), who would add a solo home run in the eighth. Jensen finished the game with three RBI to lead Santa Barbara, while the Catch were led by Grant Robbins (UNLV), two hits, and Anthony Seminaris (Arkansas-Ft. Smith), two RBI.
June 1, 2017 – Auburn, CA
The Auburn Wildcats debut in the California Collegiate League was a bit of a hit parade as the Wildcats beat the visiting Walnut Creek Crawdads 15-7 in the season opener. Every Auburn hitter in the lineup recorded at least one hit tonight, led by Sam Curtis (William Jessup), two doubles and five RBI, and Kale Leach’s (Folsom Lake College), two-run home run. On the mound, Dominick Golubiewski (Dayton) recorded eight strikeouts over five and a third innings to pick up the win. Walnut Creek hitters scored seven times on only five hits, all singles, and were helped by receiving nine walks by Wildcat pitchers. Thomas Caufield (USF) started on the mound for the Crawdads and recorded the loss.
October 11, 2016
The CCL added a new team from Pasadena today. The Arroyo Seco Saints, who play at historic Jackie Robinson Memorial Stadium in Brookside Park just south of the world-famous Rose Bowl in the heart of the San Gabriel Valley’s picturesque Arroyo Seco neighborhood, will begin play in the CCL when the 2017 summer collegiate season kicks off in June and will compete in the South Division of the three-division league.
“What a great day for our program,” Saints GM Aaron Milam said. “We started in 2004 with a simple idea to help graduating high school seniors prepare for the next steps in their baseball careers. To be invited to play at this level, with these quality teams, and this many years later, is a testament to the quality of players and coaches who have been part of our program over the years.”
To learn more about Arroyo Seco Baseball, visit the Arroyo Seco Saints website
August 13, 2016
Wichita, KS
The Santa Barbara Foresters, the 2016 CCL Champions, beat the Hays Larks, the 2016 Champions of the Jayhawk League, 6-2 to claim the NBC World Series Championship tonight in Wichita, KS. It was the sixth time in the last eleven years the Foresters have won the NBC tournament, which ties the record for the most championships by a single team in the 82-yar history of the event, and it was a fitting end to the summer season for the CCL Champions as they won all six of their games at the tournament in Wichita after claiming their 21st league crown the week before in Compton by winning all three of their playoff games.
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