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2013 USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Finalists

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Brian Foley
– June 4, 2013Posted in: 2013 Top Players, ACC, SEC, West Coast Conference

FROM USA BASEBALL RELEASE
GoldenSpikesAward.jpgDURHAM, N.C. — USA Baseball announced Tuesday the names of the three finalists for the 2013 USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award. This summer marks the 36th consecutive year that the GSA will be presented to the nation’s top amateur baseball player.

Tyler Beede, a sophomore right-handed pitcher from Vanderbilt; Kris Bryant a junior infielder from San Diego; and Colin Moran, a junior infielder out of North Carolina, received the most votes among 30 semifinalists last week, as voted on by a committee of more than 200 members. Read the rest of this entry »

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2013 Los Angeles Regional Day 3 Recap

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Shotgun Spratling
– June 3, 2013Posted in: 2013 NCAA Tourney, Big West, CBD Column, CBD Interview, CBD Visit, Interviews with Coaches, Interviews with Players, Pac 12, West Coast Conference

Grant Watson had his best outing.

UCLA 6, San Diego 0

LOS ANGELES — Sophomore starter Grant Watson pitched his best game of the season, combining with two relievers for a one-hit shutout of San Diego in the championship game of the Los Angeles Regional at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

Watson went seven innings, allowing only one hit and one walk while striking out five to pick up his eighth win of the season. Read the rest of this entry »

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CBD Photo Gallery: Watson Throws Gem; Bruins Advance to Super Regionals

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Shotgun Spratling
– June 3, 2013Posted in: 2013 NCAA Tourney, CBD Column, CBD Photo Gallery, CBD Visit, Pac 12, West Coast Conference

Grant Watson had his best outing.

LOS ANGELES — Kris Bryant entered the postgame press conference with tears in his eyes. San Diego’s All-American slugger of legendary tales and heroic triumphs this season had been revealed to be a mortal man.

Like all players, Bryant saw his career come to a close. And like most, it ended in tears of sadness rather than glory.

Grant Watson stymied the probable top three draft pick and his Torero teammates as UCLA defeated San Diego 6-0 in Sunday night’s Los Angeles Regional championship game to advance to the Super Regionals for the fourth time in the last seven years. Read the rest of this entry »

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CBD Photo Gallery: San Diego Eliminates Cal Poly, 8-5

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Shotgun Spratling
– June 2, 2013Posted in: 2013 NCAA Tourney, Big West, CBD Column, CBD Photo Gallery, CBD Visit, West Coast Conference

Kris Bryant cracks a smile.

LOS ANGELES – Troy Conyers came on in relief and picked up his third win of the season while also delivering a big two-run single to help lead San Diego past Cal Poly, 8-5, in a Los Angeles Regional elimination game Sunday afternoon at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

San Diego (37-24) and Cal Poly (40-19) battled back and forth until the fifth inning when AJ Robinson scored the go-ahead run on a passed ball. The Toreros plated four runs in the sixth inning despite Conyers’ two-run single being the only hit in the inning. Read the rest of this entry »

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Oregon eliminates San Francisco; Takes on Rice

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Ryan Broadhead
– June 2, 2013Posted in: 2013 NCAA Tourney, CBD Column, CBD Visit, Pac 12, West Coast Conference

OregonBaseballFeaturedIn the elimination game, at the Eugene Regional, the Oregon baseball team benefited from an unlikely source of offense, the long-ball.

Catcher Shaun Chase and left fielder Tyler Baumgartner each hit solo shots to lead Oregon to a 6-1 victory over the San Francisco Dons at PK Park Sunday afternoon.

Chase launched his third homer of the season to left field in the top of the fourth. The shot gave Oregon a 2-1 lead. Read the rest of this entry »

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2013 Los Angeles Regional Day 2 Recap

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Shotgun Spratling
– June 2, 2013Posted in: 2013 NCAA Tourney, Big West, CBD Column, CBD Interview, CBD Visit, Interviews with Coaches, Interviews with Players, Mountain West, Pac 12, West Coast Conference

David Berg CelebrationSan Diego 6, San Diego State 3

LOS ANGELES — Dylan Covey put together his best start of the season to lead San Diego past rival San Diego State, 6-3, in an elimination game in the Los Angeles Regional Saturday afternoon at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

San Diego fell behind 2-0, but rallied for five runs in the fifth inning with redshirt senior Austin Green striking the big blow. After San Diego State starter Michael Cederoth walked in a run, Philip Walby entered to pitch. Green greeted him with a two-run liner through the left side. Read the rest of this entry »

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San Francisco Outlasts South Dakota in the Eugene Regional Elimination Game

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Ryan Broadhead
– June 1, 2013Posted in: 2013 NCAA Tourney, CBD Column, CBD Visit, Summit League, West Coast Conference

SanFranFeaturedSan Francisco has played 24 innings in two days, and are now guaranteed at least another nine, after the Dons defeated South Dakota 4-3 in 13 innings in the Eugene Regional at PK Park.

“We are trying to set a record for most innings played in a regional appearance,” said San Francisco head coach Nino Giarratano. “Hopefully we can stay here and play all 18 innings in two games, not just one tomorrow.” Read the rest of this entry »

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CBD Photo Gallery: Covey & Toreros Eliminate Rival SDSU

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Shotgun Spratling
– June 1, 2013Posted in: 2013 NCAA Tourney, CBD Column, CBD Photo Gallery, CBD Visit, Mountain West, West Coast Conference

Dylan Covey

San Diego State opened the season by ruining San Diego’s grand opening of its brand new $13.8 million stadium, Fowler Park. The Aztecs wanted to finish the season in the same fashion when the two teams met Saturday afternoon in an elimination game of the Los Angeles Regional.

Instead, it was the Toreros that got the satisfaction of putting out their city rival. Dylan Covey produced his strongest outing of the season to lead San Diego to a 6-3 win at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Read the rest of this entry »

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2013 Los Angeles Regional Day 1 Recap

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Shotgun Spratling
– June 1, 2013Posted in: 2013 NCAA Tourney, Big West, CBD Column, CBD Interview, CBD Visit, Interviews with Coaches, Interviews with Players, Mountain West, Pac 12, West Coast Conference

Cal Poly CelebrationCal Poly 9, San Diego 2

LOS ANGELES — Joey Wagman pitched eight strong innings, allowing only one hit after the fourth inning to pick up his school record 13th win of the season as Cal Poly defeated San Diego (35-24) by a 9-2 score Friday afternoon at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

The Mustangs (40-17) took a 3-2 lead in the fifth inning after Wagman escaped a two-on, no-out jam in the top half of the inning. After a nine-pitch sixth inning from Wagman, the offense exploded for six runs, highlighted by two-run singles from Brian Mundell and Jimmy Allen. Read the rest of this entry »

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CBD Photo Gallery: Wagman Quiets (Kris) Bryant & Co. in Historic Win

By
Shotgun Spratling
– June 1, 2013Posted in: 2013 NCAA Tourney, Big West, CBD Column, CBD Photo Gallery, CBD Visit, West Coast Conference

Joey Wagman was on the ropes. His team was trailing 2-1 Friday afternoon in the first game of the Los Angeles Regional.

He was in danger of allowing San Diego to open up the game. To start the sixth inning, Wagman, Cal Poly’s ace, walked the No. 8 hitter and then threw away a potential double play ball.

He stepped off the mound to compose himself as the nation’s premier slugger, San Diego’s Kris Bryant, strolled to the plate. Read the rest of this entry »

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Sun Drenched Liner Aids Rice; Owls Defeat San Francisco 3-2

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Ryan Broadhead
– May 31, 2013Posted in: 2013 NCAA Tourney, CBD Column, CBD Visit, Conference USA, West Coast Conference

GrahamRice_thumb.jpgThe #2 seed Rice Owls meet the #3 seed San Francisco Dons, Friday afternoon in game one of the Eugene Regional at PK Park.

In the bottom of the eleventh inning, a lower liner off the bat of first baseman Blake Fox, mixed with the afternoon sun and evaded San Francisco’s left fielder Derek Atkinson.

Center fielder Leon Byrd trotted home from second, resulting in a 3-2 Rice victory. Read the rest of this entry »

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2013 Los Angeles NCAA Regional Preview

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Shotgun Spratling
– May 31, 2013Posted in: 2013 NCAA Tourney, Big West, CBD Column, Mountain West, Pac 12, West Coast Conference

Adam Plutko is experienced.Los Angeles will the site of one of the most intriguing regionals this season.  All four teams are within a couple hours drive, so they know each other, at least in passing, and their fans will have the opportunity to come out and show their support.

It also could be one of the most competitive regionals with light-hitting UCLA hosting and three lower-seeds that each have the talent to compete with the Bruins. But UCLA has the pedigree, having finished in the top three of the Pac-12 eight consecutive years. The Bruins also have the experience having advanced to the College World Series in two of the last three seasons. Read the rest of this entry »

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