2020 College Baseball thread

[Angel Oracle]

LB State is off to a 5-2 start, including a 3 game sweep of 18th ranked (before the series) Wake Forest at Blair Field this past weekend and outscoring them 19-5 over the 3 games. 

New coach Eric Valenzuela (formerly at Saint Mary's) was considered a HR hire.   He built them from nothing into a perennial WCC contender.

[Lou]

UCLA is 7-0 and ranked #11. We've outscored our opponents 45-5.

btw, Bruin softball is 10-0 and ranked #1. 

[St1ck]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

UCLA is 7-0 and ranked #11. We've outscored our opponents 45-5.

btw, Bruin softball is 10-0 and ranked #1. 

Fun fact: My prior boss played baseball at UCLA, and since 1975, which is as far back as I was able to find stats, only 1 player was HBP more than him. 

[Lou]

1 minute ago, st1ckboy said:

Fun fact: My prior boss played baseball at UCLA, and since 1975, which is as far back as I was able to find stats, only 1 player was HBP more than him. 

Is he an Astros fan?

[St1ck]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

Is he an Astros fan?

Nope, Doyer fan. Was drafted by the Cubs, but never made it above A ball. He faced off against Jered Weaver when he was with Long Beach St. 

[Angel Oracle]

35 minutes ago, Lou said:

UCLA is 7-0 and ranked #11. We've outscored our opponents 45-5.

btw, Bruin softball is 10-0 and ranked #1. 

LB State softball isn't 10-0 for sure, but they do own a win over #2 (at the time) Oklahoma, thanks to a 4 run last of the 7th inning rally.

[Tank]

9 hours ago, st1ckboy said:

Fun fact: My prior boss played baseball at UCLA, and since 1975, which is as far back as I was able to find stats, only 1 player was HBP more than him. 

most of the Astros should pass him by July.

[Lou]

9 hours ago, Angel Oracle said:

LB State softball isn't 10-0 for sure, but they do own a win over #2 (at the time) Oklahoma, thanks to a 4 run last of the 7th inning rally.

Oklahoma is ranked #3, so that's a big win.

We're without our 2 All-Americans, including 2019 POTY Rachel Garcia, who are playing this year on the Olympic team 

[Adam]

Gonna head to a UCLA game in April

[Lou]

1 hour ago, Adam said:

Gonna head to a UCLA game in April

You should meet Bryan in Pasadena before the game. Are you going during the Fullerton series?

I may go out there 3/6-7 to watch them play Vanderbilt and TCU. 

[Adam]

My buddy is an ASU grad so we're gonna do a Sunday game when they're in town

[T.G.]

AO - do you go to games?

[Angel Oracle]

Just now, True Grich said:

AO - do you go to games?

On occasion, not as much as in past years as the weekends are usually busy for me

[Lou]

6 minutes ago, Adam said:

My buddy is an ASU grad so we're gonna do a Sunday game when they're in town

They play at CSJM next week

[Angel Oracle]

6 minutes ago, Adam said:

My buddy is an ASU grad so we're gonna do a Sunday game when they're in town

ASU plays a mid-week Wednesday game at LB on tax day.

[Lou]

Over the last 2 days, the #8 Bruins have beaten Okla St and Texas A&M, both ranked teams, by a combined score of 18-3 (and outhit them 26-4).

10-0 for the third time in school history.

 

 

[Lou]

FRISCO, Texas – The No. 8-ranked UCLA baseball team was crowned the de facto champion of the 2020 Frisco College Classic after routing Illinois 14-1 on Sunday to complete an undefeated weekend at Dr Pepper Ballpark.

The Bruins (11-0) were the lone team to go undefeated over the weekend, and ended the tournament outscoring their opponents 32-4 and out-hitting them 43-8. A day after banging out a season-high 14 hits, UCLA recorded new season-highs in both runs (14) and hits (17) on Sunday.

The Illini dropped to 5-4 overall after picking up wins over ranked opponents in the first two days of the Frisco College Classic.

[Angel Oracle]

LB took two out of three from 6th ranked Miss State.    They allowed just two runs total in the two wins, and got shutout in the other game.    Adam Seminaris one-hit Miss State over 8 innings Friday night with 10 Ks, lone hit coming in the 6th inning. 

LB is newly ranked 17th in two polls. 

[Lou]

That's a nice jump in the polls. 

We're ranked #5 by BA

[Angel Oracle]

2 hours ago, Lou said:

That's a nice jump in the polls. 

We're ranked #5 by BA

LB and UCLA meet twice.   @UCLA on March 31 and @LB on April 21

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Cal Poly SLO's season started promising with a big win vs. Vanderbilt, but has since gone 2-7 for a 4-8 overall record, just losing 2/3 to #5 Michigan. Close games, though, so there's that. Lots of time to turn it around. 

[m0nkey]

On 2/25/2020 at 8:37 AM, Adam said:

Gonna head to a UCLA game in April

How'd it go?

[Adam]

Amazing!!Dodged that bullet. 

[Angel Oracle]

Frustrating that LB didn't get to build on a great start under new coach Valenzuela