To view the Best of the West & Sunset League standings, schedules, stats & more, go to: (sunsetleaguebaseball.com) Photos by Josh Thompson Baseball: After five scoreless innings in Wednesday’s Best of the West League All-Star game at Cal Poly, the American League scored three runs in the top of the sixth inning. The National squad […]
Baseball: There is nothing more consequential in baseball than good pitching. On Tuesday, the Arroyo Seco Sentinels defeated the Inland Valley Bucs, 6-2, in a Best of the West League game. Four Seco pitchers (Jake Moore, Aaron Petersen, Eddie Cheong and Joe Jimenez) combined t0 strike out 12 IVB batters without issuing a single walk. […]
Baseball: The Ventura County Pirates improved to after Tuesday’s 6-2 victory over the Long Beach Legends. Dylan Goodrich went five innings to earn the win, allowing two runs (one earned) on five hits. Goodrich didn’t issue a walk and struck out four. Adam Stevens and Michael Flaherty singled and scored one run apiece. Riley Acosta […]
Baseball: Jake Barbata went six scoreless innings to lead the California Cage Rats to a 4-2 victory over the Ventura County Bucs. Barbata allowed four hits, didn’t issue a walk and struck out six in Tuesday’s Sunset League contest. Gabe Vigil provided three innings of relief, allowing two runs on two hits. Vigil walked two, […]
Baseball: The Fellowship of Christian Athletes will host their first Field of Dreams Baseball Showcase this Sunday at Pelota Park in La Verne. The event will take place between 2-5 pm, and is free for boys and girls, aged 7-14. They’ll have a Homerun Derby for players AND parents, pitching contest (fastest and most accurate), […]
Baseball: Zander Fletcher and Masanobu Sasaki teamed up on the mound to lead the Long Beach Legends to a 6-3 victory over the Inland Valley Bucs. Fletcher went six innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on four hits. Fletcher walked four and struck out six. Sasaki went three scoreless innings, surrendering two hits. Sasaki didn’t issue […]
Baseball: Joe De Francisco, Field Rats The Field Rats (7-8) begin the all-star week with a record of 7-8, which is four games back of the first-place OC Pirates. Joe De Francisco, of Westcliff University, went 6-for-10 last week, with two doubles, four runs and three RBIs. De Francisco walked twice and stole four bases. […]
Baseball: The Ventura County Pirates remained one-half game back of the first-place Inland Valley Pirates, thanks to Sunday’s 12-3 victory over the Inland Valley Bucs. Brandon Doehne got the win, going four innings and allowing three unearned runs on two hits. Doehne walked two and struck out a pair of IV Bucs’ batters. Nate Campos […]
Baseball: The Inland Valley Pirates held its spot atop the BOTW standings on Sunday. The Pirates hold a slim one-half game advantage over the second-place Ventura County Pirates, thanks to a 7-4 victory over the Arroyo Seco Sentinels at Cal Poly Pomona. IVP trailed 4-0 as they grabbed their bats in the bottom of the […]
Baseball: BOTW Pitcher of the Week: Zac Czerniawski, IV Pirates: In the first game of a Friday doubleheader against the IV Bucs, Czerniawski threw a seven-inning no-hitter. The Pirates defeated the Bucs, 1-0, and then went on to pick up the sweep, claiming a 3-2 victory in game two. Czerniawski walked two and struck out […]
Baseball: BOTW Players of the Week: Drew Salyers, So Cal Shepherds As the So Cal Shepherds approach the halfway mark, they find themselves 3.5 games behind the first-place Inland Valley Pirates. At times, the Shepherds’ (9-6) offense has struggled mightily to score runs. But Drew Salyers had paced the SCS offense in good times and […]
Baseball: The Ventura County Bucs pulled to within one game of the first-place OC Pirates after Saturday’s 11-10 victory. The Sunset League slugfest featured a combined 21 runs, 20 hits, nine errors and seven pitchers. VCB overcame a 7-0 deficit, scoring one run in the bottom of the fourth, three in the fifth, and seven […]
Baseball: The Arroyo Seco Sentinels swept the Long Beach Legends in Friday’s Best of the West League doubleheader. In game one, the Sentinels scored three runs in the top of the fifth and held on for the 3-1, seven-inning victory. Jordan Townley got the win, allowing one run on six hits over five innings. Townley […]
Baseball: The Inland Valley Pirates swept the Inland Valley Bucs in a Friday doubleheader. In game one, Zac Czerniawski threw a seven-inning no-hitter. He walked two and fanned 12 IVB batters in a 1-0 victory. Czerniawski struck out nine of the 10 Bucs’ batters at least once. The Pirates offense came from a pair of […]
Remembering James Caan: To those of us 30 and up, James Caan was a badass actor. He starred in some of the most iconic movies of all-time, including The Godfather with Marlon Brando, Robert Deniro and Al Pacino. Caan also played a starring role as Brian Piccolo in the hit football movie Brian’s Song. And […]
Baseball: By Brian Reed-Baiotto, Sports Editor Perhaps the only thing more satisfying than the happiness and success that Scott Winterburn is currently enjoying in both his personal and professional life, is the fact that the University of La Verne baseball coach has worked tirelessly throughout his 56 years on this planet to earn every hug, kiss […]
Baseball: In a game that featured a combined 20 runs, 21 hits, five errors and seven pitchers, the So Cal Shepherds outlasted the Inland Valley Bucs, 12-8, in Thursday’s Best of the West League slugfest. SCS actually trailed 6-1 after two innings, but they got two runs in the top of the third inning, seven […]
Baseball: After scoring six runs in the first two innings, three Quakes Baseball Academy pitchers combined to make that stand up in a 6-4 victory over the Ventura County Bucs. Wednesday’s win has allowed the Quakes to pull within one-game back of the first place OC Pirates in the Sunset League standings. AJ Valle, Joey […]
Baseball: The Arroyo Seco Royals scored three runs late to claim a 6-4 victory over the Inland Empire Bucs in Wednesday’s Sunset League battle. The Royals scored twice in the top of the seventh inning and got an insurance run in the eighth. Joshua Perez was credited with the win, going two scoreless innings, and […]
Baseball: The Sunset League-leading Orange County Pirates cruised to a 6-1 victory over the last-place California Cage Rats. The OCP out-hit CCR, 11-4, on Tuesday. Jose Casian surrendered four runs on six hits in his four innings of work. Casian walked two and fanned one OCP batter. Nick Mascaro singled, homered and drove in three […]
