Pac 12 Archive

NCBWA releases National Players of the Week

– May 22, 2012Posted in: Conference USA, Mountain West, National Awards, Pac 12

FROM NCBWA RELEASE

MORGANTOWN, W.Va – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released its National Player of the Week awards for the period ending May 20, today. New Mexico freshman outfielder Ryan Padilla was named National Hitter of the Week, while Stanford junior right-handed pitcher Mark Appel and Rice junior right-handed pitcher Tyler Duffey were named Co-National Pitchers of the Week. The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference each week and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season.

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Tags: Conference USA, Mountain West, National Player of the Week, NCBWA, New Mexico, Pac 12, Rice, Stanford

Lopez, Heyer Talk About Arizona’s Postseason Potential

Shotgun Spratling

– May 19, 2012Posted in: CBD Interview, Interviews with Coaches, Interviews with Players, Pac 12

LOS ANGELES — Kurt Heyer picked up his 10th win of the season leading Arizona to an 11-1 win over Southern California at Dedeaux Field Friday night.

Heyer pitched eight strong innings, allowing one earned run on six hits and two walks. He struck out four Trojan (22-26, 7-18) batters.

The win keeps Arizona (35-15, 17-8) a game ahead of UCLA for second place in the Pac-12 and moved the Wildcats to a game behind of Oregon, who is playing a non-conference series with Seattle this weekend.

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Tags: Andy Lopez, Arizona, CBD Interview, Kurt Heyer, Pac 12, USC

CBD Photo Gallery: Heyer Shuts Down Trojans in 11-1 Win

Shotgun Spratling

– May 19, 2012Posted in: 2012 Season Coverage, CBD Photo Gallery, Pac 12

LOS ANGELES — An early pitcher’s duel turned into a late blowout as Arizona took the series opener Friday night 11-1 at USC’s Dedeaux Field.

After both teams managed only three hits through five innings, Bobby Brown tripled home a pair of runs in the sixth inning and a crucial error by Matt Foat in the seventh inning (pictured left) allowed Arizona to break open the game. The Wildcats scored nine runs from the sixth through eighth innings.

It was more than enough for starter Kurt Heyer, who allowed one run over eight strong innings to pick up his 10th win of the season. Ben Mount took the loss after giving up four runs (three earned) in six innings.

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Tags: Arizona, CBD Photo Gallery, Pac 12, USC

College Baseball Hall of Fame Releases Latest Pitcher of the Year Watch List

Sam Wasson

– May 18, 2012Posted in: 2012 Top Players, ACC, Atlantic 10, Big 12, Big West, Conference USA, Missouri Valley, Pac 12, Patriot League, SEC, Southland Conference, Sun Belt, West Coast Conference

FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE

National Pitcher of the Year

LUBBOCK, Texas —The College Baseball Hall of Fame announced Friday the 25 pitchers on the newest edition of the Pitcher of the Year Award Watch List.

The winner of the Pitcher of the Year Award, sponsored by Diamond Sports, will be announced on June 30 in Lubbock, Texas, as part of the annual College Baseball Night of Champions. The event features the presentation of numerous awards and the induction ceremony for this year’s Hall of Fame class.

“The pitchers on this list continue to demonstrate excellence on the mound,” said award co-chair Landon Holly. “As we’ve progressed through the season, we’ve been able to narrow down the list, but we’ve also added some players who’ve excelled in the second half of the regular season.”
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UCLA Talks About Bouncing Back With 6-2 Win At Pepperdine

Shotgun Spratling

– May 9, 2012Posted in: CBD Interview, Interviews with Coaches, Interviews with Players, Pac 12, West Coast Conference

MALIBU, Calif. — UCLA took a 6-2 win at Pepperdine’s Eddy D. Field Stadium Tuesday afternoon. The Bruins took advantage of five Waves errors and junior outfielder Jeff Gelalich drove in two runs, including a true big fly to right field up and over the Pepperdine scoreboard.

The Bruins bounced back from a tough loss Sunday afternoon when they blew a 10-5 lead to Purdue in the ninth inning.

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Tags: CBD Interview, Jeff Gelalich, John Savage, Pac 12, Pepperdine, Scott Griggs, UCLA, West Coast Conference

CBD Photo Gallery: UCLA Takes Advantage of 5 Pepperdine Errors

Shotgun Spratling

– May 8, 2012Posted in: 2012 Season Coverage, CBD Photo Gallery, Pac 12, West Coast Conference

MALIBU, Calif. — UCLA took advantage of five Pepperdine errors to take collect a come-from-behind 6-2 victory Tuesday afternoon at Eddy D. Field Stadium.

Usually one of the most sure handed teams in Southern California, Pepperdine had committed the second fewest errors of the SoCal squads, but Tuesday the Waves struggled. Twice sinking line drives to right field ended up bouncing past the outfielder. There were multiple erratic pick-off attempts from the pitchers and even the dynamic middle infield duo of Joe Sever and Zach Vincej (pictured failing to make a tough play on a slow chopper) struggled to make all the plays.

It all culminated in the seventh inning.

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CBD Photo Gallery: Washington Sweeps Offensively Challenged USC

Shotgun Spratling

– May 7, 2012Posted in: 2012 Season Coverage, CBD Photo Gallery, Pac 12

LOS ANGELES — In a battle between two teams fighting for a potential NCAA Tournament at-large bid, Washington completed the weekend sweep of USC with a 5-0 win Sunday afternoon at Dedeaux Field.

Aided by a pair of USC errors, the Huskies scored four runs on two hits in the seventh inning to break a scoreless tie after starters Bobby Wheatley and Jeff Brigham each went a season-high five innings.

Brigham combined with Washington relievers Tyler Kane, Joshua Fredendall and Nick Palewicz to pitch a three-hit shutout. The Trojans managed only 13 hits for the entire weekend.

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Tags: CBD Photo Gallery, Pac 12, USC, Washington

CBD Photo Gallery: Aaron West Dominates USC in 91-Pitch, Four-Hit Shutout

Shotgun Spratling

– May 5, 2012Posted in: 2012 Season Coverage, CBD Photo Gallery, Pac 12

LOS ANGELES — Washington ace Aaron West was brilliant Friday night in the opener of a crucial Pac-12 conference showdown.

The right-handed redshirt junior needed only 91 pitches to carve up the USC lineup in a 7-0 complete game shutout. No USC baserunner reached second base as West allowed only four singles.

He faced only two batters above the minimum, wiping out two of the singles with double plays.

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Tags: Aaron West, CBD Photo Gallery, Pac 12, USC, Washington

VIDEO: James Roberts on His Season Turnaround & What USC Has to Do

Shotgun Spratling

– May 2, 2012Posted in: CBD Interview, Interviews with Players, Pac 12

FULLERTON, Calif. — James Roberts went 2-for-3, reaching base three times and played a flawless game in his first start at shortstop since April 5, but it wasn’t enough for USC. The Trojans fell 4-2 to Cal State Fullerton Tuesday night on the road at Goodwin Field.

With Adam Landecker out of the lineup, and subsequently found to be out for the year, Roberts moved back to his normal shortstop position, where he started all 56 games as a freshman and the first 26 games this season.

Roberts had played eight games at second base and four games at third base since Landecker had taken over the shortstop position on April 6. Roberts was moved after struggling to consistently make the throw across the diamond to first base.

Roberts’ defensive confidence seems to have slowly grown as his offense has come around. In the midst of an 18-game hitting streak, Roberts has raised his batting average nearly 100 points to .319, third best on the team.

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Tags: CBD Interview, James Roberts, Pac 12, USC

USC Infielder Adam Landecker Out for the Season

Shotgun Spratling

– May 2, 2012Posted in: Pac 12

USC junior Adam Landecker is likely done for the season after having surgery Tuesday. Landecker had a bone removed from his hand, according to head coach Frank Cruz.

Landecker was hit by a Matt Boyd pitch in the left hand in the sixth inning of USC’s 6-2 win over Oregon State Sunday afternoon and left the game an inning later.

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Tags: Adam Landecker, Injury, Pac 12, USC

CBD Photo Gallery: 12 Walks & Lorenzen’s Big Day Push Fullerton Past USC

Shotgun Spratling

– May 2, 2012Posted in: 2012 Season Coverage, Big West, CBD Photo Gallery, Pac 12

FULLERTON, Calif. — USC head coach Frank Cruz usually leaves all the mound visits and pitching changes to assistant coach Dan Hubbs, so when he strolled to the mound in the sixth inning it was for more than to just bring in another reliever.

When home plate umpire Steve Fritzoni walked to the mound to break up Cruz’s mound visit, Cruz engaged Fritzoni in a spirited discussion. The home fans grumbled about the lengthy trip to the mound, but Cruz wanted an explanation for the umpire’s tight strike zone.

What had Cruz bothered Tuesday night at Goodwin Field? USC’s pitchers, who entered averaging 3.1 walks per game, issued a season-high 12 walks (and hit two batters) in a 4-2 loss to No. 8 Cal State Fullerton (27-14). Three of Fullerton’s four runs reached via base on balls.

USC (22-18) actually outhit the Titans 8-6, but a 12-2 base-on-balls discrepancy and an outstanding performance from preseason All-American Michael Lorenzen was too much for the Trojans to overcome. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big West, Cal State Fullerton, CBD Photo Gallery, Michael Lorenzen, Pac 12, USC

UCLA/Stanford Head Coaches Discuss the Cardinal’s Series Win at UCLA

Shotgun Spratling

– April 30, 2012Posted in: CBD Interview, Interviews with Coaches, Pac 12

LOS ANGELES — In a big time Pac-12 conference matchup between the No. 12 UCLA Bruins and the No. 13 Stanford Cardinal, the Cardinal took the rubber match Sunday afternoon 7-2 for the series win at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

After UCLA (28-12, 12-9) took an early 2-0 lead, Stanford (28-11, 10-8) used a six-run fifth inning for the come-from-behind victory. Once it secured the lead, the Cardinal never relinquished thanks to five strong innings of relief from Sahil Bloom, who allowed only two hits enroute to his second win of the season.

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Tags: CBD Interview, John Savage, Mark Marquess, Pac 12, Stanford, UCLA