June 12, 2016
Ventura, CA
The Ventura Halos scored three runs in their last two at bats today to beat the San Luis Obispo Blues 5-4 in a CCL matchup at Ventura College. Ben Skinner (Harvard) drove in what proved to be the game-winning run with a two out double in the eighth. Also for the Halos, Nic Bereaud hit a run-scoring triple in the second and Cody Phillips (Princeton) had three hits. See the boxscore/recap here.
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Thousand Oaks, CA
The Santa Barbara Foresters scored two runs in the top of the ninth inning and held off the Conejo Oaks for the last three outs to avoid their fourth straight league loss with a 6-5 win today at Sparky Anderson Field. Colby Barrick (UCSB) drove in the tying run in the ninth and then scored the game winner on a single by Bret Boswell (Texas). Boswell drove in two runs on the day and had three hits, and Trevor Abrams (Sonoma State) also had two RBI, one coming on his first home run of the season. See the boxscore/recap here.
Irvine, CA
Playing their fifth game in three days the Southern California Catch showed no signs of weakness as they swept a CCL doubleheader on the road today at Concordia University, beating the Orange County Riptide 6-3 and 6-2. Nate Pecoda (William Jewel) hit a two-out two-run single in the sixth inning to lead the Catch in the first game, and Josh Rojas (Hawaii) and Zach Malis (Grand Canyon) each had two RBI to lead the Catch in the second game.
See the boxscore/recap of Game 1 here.
See the boxscore/recap of Game 2 here.
June 9, 2016
Compton, CA
The Orange County Riptide offense exploded tonight at the MLB Urban Youth Academy amassing 15 runs on 21 hits as the Riptide beat the Academy Barons 15-7 in CCL action. Dillon Kelley (Chico State) led the Riptide with a perfect six hits in six at bats, including a home run and three RBI. Ray Land (Concordia) also had a big night, collecting four RBI on three hits. The game’s end result does not indicate how close it was played. In fact, the Barons had a 5-2 lead after the 1st inning and the two teams were tied 7-7 going into the ninth inning, but the Riptide scored eight times in the ninth and put the game out of the Barons reach. Aaron Cisneros (UC Riverside) had 3 RBI for the Barons. See the boxscore/recap here.
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Santa Barbara, CA
The Healdsburg Prune Packers took the third and deciding game of their series against the Santa Barbara Foresters, winning 8-7 at Westmont College. Jake Steiner (Santa Rosa JC) and Dan James (USF) each hit home runs for the Pakcers, with James’s coming with two-out and nobody on in the ninth inning, which proved to be the winning margin. The Foresters threatened in the bottom of the ninth, putting the tying and winning run in scoring position with one out, but Packers reliever Anthony Bender (Northridge) got a strikeout and a ground out to save the win. Bret Boswell (Texas) homered for the Foresters for the second game in a row and teammate Trevor Abrams (Sonoma State) had four hits. See the boxscore/recap here.
Ventura, CA
The Neptune Beach Pearl beat the Ventura Halos in a CCL matchup today at Ventura College. See the boxscore/recap here.
June 7, 2016
Oakland, CA
RJ Perkins (Chabot JC) hit a two-out 3-run double in the eighth inning to put the final touch on a 5-1 win for the Walnut Creek Crawdads over the Menlo Park Legends in CCL action tonight at Laney College. Connor Caspersen had two hits and Alex Fernandez (Academy of Art) pitched seven innings with five strikeouts to lead the Crawdads. See the boxscore/recap here.
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Santa Barbara, CA
On their first roadtrip to Santa Barbara since joining the CCL this season the Healdsburg Prune Packers beat the summer powerhouse Foresters 4-1 today at Westmont College. The Packers scored twice on wild pitches and added RBI singles by Jake Scheiner (Santa Rosa JC) and Jamey Smart (LMU) to secure the win. Trevor Horn scattered 3 hits over five innings to pick up the win. See the boxscore/recap here.
June 5, 2016
San Luis Obispo, CA
The San Luis Obispo Blues amassed 16 hits in eight at bats to overwhelm the Walnut Creek Crawdads today at Sinsheimer Park. Led by Wyatt Hogan’s (Hendrix College) four hits and four RBI, the Blues scored six times in the fifth inning to break open a 1-1 deadlock, then added three more runs in the sixth inning to put the game away 12-3. Five Blues hitters had multiple hits on the day. See the boxscore/recap here.
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Ventura, CA
The Ventura Halos swept a doubleheader from the Long Beach Legends in the first league contests for both teams at Ventura College today, winning the first game 2-1 and the second 8-2. Long Beach threatened in their last at bat, loading the bases on three walks, but Caden Maher (N. Colorado), the fifth Halos’ pitcher of the game, got the final out on a grounder to second to pick up the save. See the Game 1 boxscore/recap here.
In the second game, the Halos’ offense came alive with 13 hits, led by Dustin Demeter’s three RBI. Dylan Francis pitched five innings, allowing two runs on three hits to pick up the win. See the Game 2 boxscore/recap here.
Healdsburg, CA
The Healdsburg Prune Packers finished off a three-game sweep of the Auburn Wildcats in nonleague action today scoring four times in their last four at bats to erase a 3-0 deficit to claim a 4-3 victory. See the boxscore/recap here.
Thousand Oaks, CA
The Conejo Oaks beat the Academy Barons 14-2 today in the first CCL game for each team. Stats for the game were not available at post time.
Palm Springs, CA
Despite scoring five runs in the final four innings the SoCal Catch came up short against the Palm Springs Power losing 9-6 in a nonleague contest in Palm Springs. Austin Bull (Grand Canyon) and Zach Davis (UAB) each had two hits to lead the Catch. See the boxscore/recap here.
June 3, 2016
San Luis Obispo, CA
The Walnut Creek Crawdads beat the San Luis Obispo Blues 5-3 in the first CCL game of the 2016 season. The Crawdads scored three times in the top of the eighth inning to claim the win, highlighted by a two-RBI single by Alex Tsuruda (Chapman) and a run-scoring double by Brady Weiss (Paradise Valley JC). See the boxscore/recap here.
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Valencia, CA
The Long Beach Legends pounded out ten runs on 14 hits to beat the Orange County Surf 10-3 in a nonleague contest. Oliver Jackson (Colorado State) led the Legends offense with 5 RBI, including his first home run of the summer, and John Montgomery (Eastern Michigan) had four hits, including a solo home run in the 7th. See the boxscore/recap here.
Palm Springs, CA
The Southern California Catch lost in a nonleague contest to the Palm Springs Power 11-3. See the boxscore/recap here.
Healdsburg, CA
The Healdsburg Prune Packers kept winning at home beating the Auburn Wildcats tonight 13-3. Stats were not available at post time.
June 2, 2016
Healdsburg, CA
The Healdsburg Prune Packers steamrolled the Solano Mudcats for the second night in a row and Jake Sheiner (Santa Rosa JC on his way to Houston) highlighted the Packers’ 15-0 win with a 4th inning grand slam. Healdsburg blanked Solano last night as well 11-0. See tonight’s play-by-play here.
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Compton, CA
The Academy Barons beat the Garden Grove 22’s 15-5 for their second win in as many games this season. Click here for play-by-play
Long Beach, CA
The Long Beach Legends beat the Signal Hill Oilers 4-2 in non-league action. Click here for boxscore
Pasadena, CA
The Orange County Riptide defeated the Arroyo Seco Sentinels 7-2 in nonleague action. No stats available at this time.
May 31, 2016
The 2016 summer collegiate baseball season opened in Southern California today as the SoCal Catch and Orange County Riptide opened their season with nonleague wins. The Catch held off the Orange County Surf 11-10 for their opening win, and the Riptide posted a 13-4 win over the South Bay Sliders.
Aug 2, 2015 – San Luis Obispo, CA
Any player on any team at any level on opening day of any season will tell you the one hope he has is to have an opportunity to win the last game of the season, the championship game, in the bottom of the ninth by coming through in the clutch. For Logan Marston, the catcher for the Neptune Beach Pearl, everything he hoped for on the first day of the season came true today in the CCL Championship Game in San Luis Obispo.
Marston (SF State) came up to bat in the bottom of the ninth inning with his team tied 2-2 with the Los Angeles Brewers, and, with Eric Sapp on first, he came through, launching a 3-2 pitch from the Brewers’ Scott Serigstad off the left-field wall. Sapp, who had reached first on third strike wild pitch, raced around the bases and slid safely into home just ahead of the relay throw and the Pearl were champions. It was an epic moment in a intense game filled with dramatics and, after the ensuing dogpile and celebration Marston was still buzzing with adrenaline.
“I’ve never been a part of something like that,” Marston said. “The feeling is incredible. But being on the bottom of a dogpile like that is…I couldn’t breathe.”
Marston’s heroic moment was the capstone to a playoff run by the Pearl filled with dramatic moments: On Saturday, in the second of the four Neptune Beach wins, Lucas Erceg (Cal) hit a ninth inning grad slam to send their game with the Conejo Oaks into extra innings and to an eventual victory; Earlier that day, JB Moss (Texas A&M) scored the winning run in another intense extra-inning victory over the San Luis Obispo Blues; And today, in the first of the two wins the Pearl needed to claim the CCL title, Stephen Smith’s (Texas Tech) two-out three-run home run in the sixth inning cemented the third win of the playoffs for the Pearl.
There was even more big moments for the Pearl, and the Brewers for that matter, in the final game of the playoffs. Scoreless through six innings, the finality of the game became ever more palatable for the players when Vahn Bozoian (Concordia), the playoffs’ Most Valuable Player in spite of his team’s runner-up finish, hit a two-run home run down the left field line to give the Brewers a 2-0 lead. It was Bozoian’s second home run of the playoffs and his third and fourth RBI of the tournament. The Brewers immediately answered back in the their half of the sixth when Myles Babitt (Cal State Eastbay) walked and eventually scored on a wild pitch.
In the eighth inning with two out and a runner on second, Dane Myers, who had fouled off four two-strike pitches from Serigstad, singled up the middle to plate Patrick Massoni (Austin Peay) with the tying run. Then, in the top of the ninth, Bozoian did his part again for the Brewers, leading off the inning with a double to the right field wall off of Evan Rutter (Corpus Christi) who came into the game for the ninth. But, after a sacrifice advanced Bozoian to third with one out, Rutter added yet another episode to the Pearl’s drama, battling out of the jam by inducing two weak ground balls that couldn’t advance Bozoian. The escape electrified the Pearl’s dugout and that set up Marston’s game winner three batters later.
“It’s incredible,” Pearl Manager Brant Cummings said after the win had sunk in. “And I’m not just talking about the win. The way our guys came back one time and then the next. One of our players who played in a regional at Texas A&M said the volume during those last couple of innings (today) reminded him of that. It was the best experience I have ever had on a baseball field.”
The two wins on the final day had added sweetness for Neptune Beach because the same two teams met in last season’s championship, only it was the Brewers who won twice over the Pearl to claim that trophy.
Pearl Manager Brant Cummings with the 2015 CCL Trophy.
The Neptune Beach Pearl
2015 CCL Champions
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