June 24, 2016
Redwood City, CA
Tyler Ivey (Grayson CC) and Alexander Hernandez (Fordham) combined for a three-hit shutout on the mound today for the Menlo Park Legends in their 9-0 win over the Long Beach Legends. Ivey started the game, his first outing of the summer, and allowed only one hit in six innings while striking out seven. Hernandez pitched the last three innings with similar success, allowing two hits while striking out four. Clayton Casey (Houston) had four hits in five at bats, and Patrick McColl (Harvard) had three hits and three RBI to lead the Menlo Park offense. See the boxscore/recap here.
Also today in the CCL:
Santa Barbara, CA
Reagan Todd (ASU) had nine strikeouts in six scoreless innings as the Santa Barbara Foresters beat the Walnut Creek Crawdads today at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium 4-2. Todd left the game with the Foresters holding a slight 1-0 lead but before a new pitcher would take the mound for Santa Barbara Hunter Williams (Tulane) would hit his fourth home run of the summer and Hank LoForte (Cal St Fullerton) would follow that with a run-scoring single and the Foresters would be up 4-0. A two-run triple by Wade Gulden (Utah) would cut the lead in half for the Crawdads in the eighth but that was as close as they got. See the boxscore/recap here.
Ventura, CA
Gabe Gunter (Cal Lutheran) and Chad Bible (San Diego St) each had home runs today in the Conejo Oaks 6-4 win over the Ventura Halos at Ventura College. Bible’s home run got the scoring going for the Oaks and came with two out and one on in the first inning that put the Oaks up 2-0. Gunter’s blast came in the fourth inning with two runners on and made the score 6-1 Oaks. The Halos cut the score in the eighth inning, scoring three times on three bases-loaded walks, but 6-4 was as close as they would get. See the boxscore/recap here.
June 23, 2016
Irvine, CA
Jackson Simonsgaard (Oxnard JC) had nine strikeouts in six innings on the mound today for the Conejo Oaks as the Oaks won the first game of a doubleheader matchup with the Orange County Riptide 2-1 at Concordia University. Simonsgaard, who allowed only two hits and one walk on the day, got all the run support he would need in the 3rd inning when Logan Gillaspie (Oxnard JC) doubled home the first run of the game and then scored the second run on a fielder’s choice. See the Game 1 boxscore/recap here.
The second game of the doubleheader was a different story from the first as the Oaks pounded out ten runs on 13 hits en route to a 10-0 shutout. The Oaks did all their scoring in two innings, putting up five runs each in the fourth and seventh innings. Kyle Sanchez (Cal) and Terrell Tate (Hawaii) each had a double among three hits in the second game to lead the Oaks. See the Game 2 boxscore/recap here.
Also in the CCL today:
San Luis Obispo, CA
Trailing 2-0 early in their matchup with the Santa Barbara Foresters tonight, the San Luis Obispo Blues pounced on the opportunity a fielding error by the Foresters provided, scored three times in the inning and cruised the rest of the way to a 4-2 league home win at Sinsheimer Park. Korey Anderson (Western Carolina) picked up the win for the Blues, pitching six innings with five strikeouts and two runs allowed, while Blake Johnson (UAB) and Garrett Dodd (Louisiana Teach)each had a pair of hits to lead the Blues offense. See the boxscore/recap here.
Redwood City, CA
In the battle of the Legends, Menlo Park came out on top against Long Beach 6-5 today at Canada College in the first-ever meeting between the two CCL clubs known as the Legends. Sean Watkins had two hits and two RBI, and Phillip Caufield (LMU) had two hits and two runs scored to lead Menlo Park. Jacob Westin (Cornell) had three hits, including a home run and a double, to lead Long Beach. See the boxscore/recap here.
June 22, 2016
Oakland, CA
Brady Bate (USF) had five hits for the Neptune Beach Pearl and Nick Brooks (Gonzaga) had three hits, including his fourth home run of the summer, as the Pearl and Legends played 11 innings before their game tonight at Laney College had to be suspended due to a facility time limit with the score 8-8. Clayton Andrews (Cabrillo JC) had three hits for the Pearl and RJ Williams (UT Arlington) had two hits and three RBI for the Legends. See the boxscore/recap here.
Also in CCL action today
Irvine, CA
Aaron Cisneros (UC Riverside) hit a two-out three-run home run in the fourth inning today at Concordia University and, two batters later, Jonah Dean-Hargroves (Jackson State) hit a two-run home run as the Academy Barons beat the Orange County Riptide 7-5 in CCL action. It was the Barons sixth win in a row, a stretch that has vaulted them to the top of the CCL standings with a 9-3 record. Tommy Bell and Jake Ortega (Cal St Bakersfield) each homered for the Riptide who hold a 3-8 record and have lost three straight. See the boxscore/recap here.
Santa Barbara, CA
The San Luis Obispo Blues and the Santa Barbara Foresters each scored twice in the eighth inning and no time else as their game today at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium had to be suspended because of darkness after 11 innings were completed. Kyle Johnston (Texas) started on the mound for Santa Barbara and allowed only one hit in six innings of work while striking out seven. Matt Walker (UCLA) started for the Blues and pitched seven-plus innings, striking out five, but after the Blues had manufactured a pair of runs in the top of the eighth, Walker allowed a run-scoring triple by Keston Hiura (UC Irvine) and a RBI-single by Hunter Williams (Tulane) before being lifted from the game. The game is scheduled to be resumed prior to the next time the same two teams meet at the same location, that being July 23 at Uyesaka Stadium. See the boxscore/recap here.
June 21, 2016
San Luis Obispo, CA
Hunter Williams (Tulane) had three hits and drove in the three as the Santa Barbara Foresters beat the San Luis Obispo Blues 9-0 at Sinsheimer Park for their eighth win a row. Connor Mayes (Texas) picked up the win on the mound for the Foresters, pitching seven shutout innings and striking out seven. See the boxscore/recap here.
Also in the CCL today:
Compton, CA
The Academy Barons offense scored three times in the first inning today against the Conejo Oaks at the MLB Urban Youth Academy and then relied on pitching and defense the rest of the way in a 3-1 league win. For a team that has been making a habit of having games of double-digit runs and hits, the three-run first, capped by a Martin Teague (Hope Int) home run, made it look as offensive business as usual. But it turned out different for the Barons as they won their fifth game in a row, as pitchers Hunter Omana, Oscar Munoz (Bethesda) and Reece Buska combined on the mound to limit the Oaks to just the one run on six hits. See the boxscore/recap here.
June 19, 2016
Ventura, CA
The Ventura Halos swept a doubleheader over the San Luis Obispo Blues today at Ventura College, winning the early game 2-0 and the second game 9-6. A complete game, seven inning shutout by Adisson Pelupessy was the story of the first game. Pitching in the first game of a doubleheader which, by league rule, is limited to seven innings, Pelupessy scattered five hits and struckout seven, and got all the offense he and the Halos needed when Matthew Waldren (Tennessee) hit a two-out, two-run single in the fifth inning to drive in the only runs of the game. See the boxscore/recap of Game 1 here. In the second game of the doubleheader, the Halos got RBI from seven different hitters and, with a five-run sixth inning that erased a 6-4 Blues lead, Halo relievers Brandon Ward, who picked up the win, and Taylor Campos (Ventura JC) , who earned the save, held the Blues scoreless over the last three innings to secure the sweep. See the boxscore/recap of Game 2 here.
Also in the CCL today:
Santa Barbara, CA
The Menlo Park Legends and the Santa Barbara Foresters combined for a total of eight home runs in a wild series finale between the two teams today at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium in which the Legends overcame an early 8-3 third inning deficit with seven unanswered runs to take a 10-8 lead by the end of six and a half innings and then only to have that lead overrun by the Foresters eight unanswered runs in the seventh and eighth innings for a final score of Santa Barbara 16, Menlo Park 10. Without question the long ball figured prominently in today’s game. Not only did the Legends hit three home runs and the Foresters five, but both teams had back-to-back home run combinations and, then, as the final topper of the game, the Foresters’ Lex Kaplan (Tulane), Bret Boswell (Texas) and Hunter Williams (Tulane) had back-to-back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning. See the boxscore/recap here.
Compton, CA
Ernie de la Trinidad homered and Adonis Morrison (UC Riverside) and Sam Shaikin (Valparaiso) had two RBI each as the Academy Barons won their fourth game in a row 10-2 over the Long Beach Legends. Kyle Murray started the game and picked up the win by allowing only one earned run on four hits while striking out six in five innings of work. See the boxscore/recap here.
La Mirada, CA
The Conejo Oaks beat the Southern California Catch for the second day in a row, winning 7-6 today on the backs of two Arkansas Razorbacks. Chad Spanberger and Jake Arledge between them drove in every one of the seven Oaks runs today, Arledge driving in four and Spanberger three. Trailing 6-2 after seven innings, the Arkansas connection came through big for the Oaks. In the top of the eighth Spanberger hit a two-run home run to cut the Catch’s lead to 6-4 and, then, in the ninth inning, Arledge hit a home run of his own, a three-run shot that proved to be the game winner. It was also Arledge’s second home run of the game. Batting in the leadoff position, he led the game off with a solo blast. See the boxscore/recap here.
June 18, 2016
The top four teams in the standings all won games on this busy Saturday in the CCL as the 2016 race for the league playoffs starts to take shape. Here is a recap of what happened where in the CCL today.
Healdsburg, CA
For the second time in as many days the Healdsburg Prune Packers shutout the visiting Orange County Riptide, winning today 3-0 behind the strong pitching performance of Steve Wilson (Santa Clara). Wilson started the game and threw six hitless innings with six strikeouts to earn the win. Relievers Cody Bennett (Sonoma State) and Jordan Scheftz pitched the last three innings likewise without allowing a run and, in total, the three Packers pitchers allowed only three hits and two walks. See the boxscore/recap here.
Santa Barbara, CA
The Santa Barbara Foresters won their sixth straight CCL game today beating the visiting Menlo Park Legends 4-3 at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. Santa Barbara was led from the mound today as Cody Crouse had six strikeouts over seven innings while allowing only one run. Lex Kaplan (Tulane), Dylan Paul (Texas State) and Hank LoForte (Cal St Fullerton) had multiple hit games for the Foresters, highlighted by Kaplan’s first home run of the season, a solo blast in the third inning. Menlo Park scored twice in the top of the ninth inning to get within one run of tying the game but Forester reliever Daniel Robert (Auburn) wrangled himself out of the jam to earn a save. See the boxscore/recap here.
Long Beach, CA
The offense of the Academy Barons just keeps racking up hits, totaling 14 hits today in a 6-3 win over the Long Beach Legends. The Barons have gotten 11 or more hits as a lineup in each of their last three games and today it was Martin Teague (Hope Int), three doubles and three RBI; and Adonis Morrison (UC Riverside), a triple and two singles; leading the way. Starting pitcher Ryan Hare (UNLV) had an adventurous night on the mound, allowing seven hits and three walks in five innings of work but also striking out seven. See the boxscore/recap here.
Thousand Oaks, CA
Gabriel Gunter (Cal Lutheran) had a five-RBI game to lead the Conejo Oaks to a 10-8 win over the Southern California Catch. Gunter had a two-RBI single in the first inning to get his day going and then hit a three-run home run in the third. Logan Gillaspie (Oxnard JC) drove in three more of the Oaks runs, highlighted by a run-scoring triple in the fifth inning. Sam Mrstik (Dallas Baptist) had three hits to lead the Catch and Jeff Murray (Santa Ana JC) had three RBI. See the boxscore/recap here.
June 17, 2016
Healdsburg, CA
Four Healdsburg pitchers combined for a five-hit shutout today at Recreation Park as the Prune Packers topped the visiting Orange County Riptide 4-0. Justin Mullins (UC Davis) picked up the win, pitching five scoreless innings while striking out four. Jake MacNichols (Santa Clara) had an RBI-single in the second inning and a two-run home run in the fourth to pace the Packers offense. See the boxscore/recap here.
Also today in CCL action:
La Mirada, CA
Twenty-four hours after totaling 11 runs and 17 hits the Academy Barons offense kept on rolling today in a 10-2 win over the Southern California Catch at Biola University. The Barons had 11 hits in the win, highlighted by home runs by 2015 CCL home run leader Aaron Cisneros (UC Riveride), his second this summer, and Trent Hammond (Illinois) who hit his first. Cisneros, who also had a double in the game, tallied three RBI with his homer in the eighth, and Martin Teague (Hope Int) also had three RBI. Sebastian Sanchez pitched five innings and had five strikeouts to pick up the win, and Travis Bonner had another five strikeouts in three innings of relief. See the boxscore/recap here.
Santa Barbara, CA
After a rocky first week of the CCL season the Santa Barbara Foresters have seemingly righted the ship, winning their fifth straight league contest today 5-2 over the Menlo Park Legends and vaulting to the top of the CCL standings with a 6-4 record. (*The Foresters and Conejo Oaks are tied atop the CCL standings with 6-4 records. The Oaks stats have not caught up to their official results as of yet so the standings do not reflect this 6-4 tie). Hunter Williams (Tulane) led the Foresters offense today with three hits and two RBI. See the boxscore/recap here.
San Luis Obispo, CA
The last CCL game of the night turned out to be the most dramatic as the Ventura Halos won a seesaw battle with the San Luis Obispo Blues 5-4 in eleven innings. Kaleb Murphy (USC) had the go-ahead hit, an RBI double, in the top of the 11th, and Danny Thomas (Cal St Monterey Bay) came into the game and retired the last three Blues hitters, two via the strikeout, to pick up the save. Nic Bereaud hit a two-run home run in the second inning, and he and three other Halo batters had multiple-hit games as Ventura outhit the Blues 14 to three. See the boxscore/recap here.
June 16, 2016
Oakland, CA
The Orange County Riptide scored eleven runs on eleven hits today to beat the Walnut Creek Crawdads 11-1 at Laney College. Tyler Schimpf (Texas) picked up the win by throwing five shutout innings while striking out six. Jacob Portaro (Utah) had three hits in the game to lead the Riptide and five others in the lineup had muitiple RBI games. See the boxscore/recap here.
Ethan Lopez (Hawaii) had two HR tonight but
it wasn’t enough as the SoCal Catch
lost at the Academy Barons 10-11
Santa Barbara, CA
The Santa Barbara Foresters scored four times in the first inning and rode solid pitching the rest of the way to a 6-2 win over the visiting Ventura Halos. The Foresters totaled nine hits for the game with each of the nine starting lineup accounting for one hit each. Brendan Griffith (Clark JC) had three hits in three at bats to lead the Halos. See the boxscore/recap here.
Thousand Oaks, CA
The San Luis Obispo Blues won their third straight CCL game tonight edging the Conejo Oaks 5-4 at Sparky Anderson Field. Garrett Dodd (Louisiana Tech) had two hits, including an RBI double to lead the Blues offense, and Brendan Nail (Western Carolina) had five striekouts in four innings to pick up the win. The four pitchers on the mound in today’s game for the Blues had a combined total of 11 strikeouts. See the boxscore/recap here.
Healdsburg, CA
Depsite being outhit 13 to 6, the Neptune Beach Pearl made the most of their scoring opportunities tonight at Recreation Park and beat the Healdsburg Prune Packers 5-4. See the boxscore/recap here.
June 15, 2016
Thousand Oaks, CA
Chad Spanberger (Arkansas) homered and doubled today to lead the Conejo Oaks to a 6-3 win over the visiting Long Beach Legends at Sparky Anderson Field. Spanberger had three RBI on the day, two on his first home run of the season in the third inning. Jake Arledge a teammate of Spanberger’s at Arkansas, had three hits, and Chad Bible (San Diego State) added a two-run double in the fourth. See the boxscore/recap here.
Also today in CCL action:
Ventura, CA
The Santa Barbara Foresters beat the Ventura Halos for the second day in a row, winning today 8-3 at Ventura College. Dylan Paul (Texas State) had three RBI, including a two-run triple in the sixth, and Connor McManigal (FIU) added three RBI of his own on two hits. Colby Barrick (Hancock JC/UCSB) continued his hot hitting, adding two hits in four at bats today and scoring twice. Kyle Johnson (Texas) had six strikeouts in six innings but left the game with the Foresters leading only 4-3. Relievers Max Gibbs (Cal St Fullerton) and Nick Kennedy (Texas) held the Halos in check as the Foresters offense sored two in the seventh and two in the ninth to secure the win. See the boxscore/recap here.