TOROS BASEBALL ~ 2008 Welcome to the campus of Cal State Dominguez Hills for today’s non-conference contest Tuesday, April 8 , 2008 ~ Toro Field ~ 3:00 pm
Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros 17-24, 13-11 CCAA
ABOUT
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TOROS
A ROUGH ROAD AHEAD: With CSUDH sitting in sixth place, just two spots out of the CCAA tournament, the Toros hold their post season hopes in their own hands, but have a rough road ahead. CSUDH not only has their final three series coming against teams ahead of them in the standings, but two of the three teams carry a national ranking attached to their names, while the other just dropped out of the national poll. CSUDH posted a 1-11 record last season against the three remaining CCAA schools left on the schedule, with the lone win coming against Sonoma State. WEST REGION RANKINGS: Here is a look at the top 10 teams in the latest West Region Poll. The top eight teams qualify for the NCAA Regional Tournament, held on May 15-18. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. t7. t7. 9. 10.
Cal State San Marcos Cougars 16-14-1
Sonoma State (5 first-place votes; 32-4 record, 50 points) UC San Diego (31-8 record, 43 points) Metro State (30-6 record, 42 points) Chico State (27-9 record, 35 points) Mesa State (27-12 record, 28 points) Cal State Stanislaus (25-13 record, 24 points) Central Washington (18-11 record, 17 points) Western Oregon (24-12, 17 points) Hawaii Pacific (26-14-1 record, 12 points) Regis (18-13 record, 5 points)
AROUND THE CCAA THIS WEEK: With the conference season winding down and the Toros fighting for that last spot in the CCAA tournament, here’s a look at the other series going on this weekend. Cal State Stanislaus @ CSUDH Cal State Monterey Bay @ Cal Poly Pomona #15 Chico State @ #12 UC San Diego Cal State San Bernardino @ San Francisco State Grand Canyon University @ #2 Sonoma State Cal State L.A. - No games scheduled
ABOUT
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COUGARS
Cal State San Marcos is currently riding a six-game winning streak in which they have outscored opponents 85 to 34. The only common opponent between the Cougars and Toros this season is the Biola University Eagles, to whom CSUSM lost 17-5, and whom CSUDH plays in a few weeks. CSUSM brings some heavy lumber to Toro Field, clubbing 56 homeruns as a team (which would lead the CCAA), and averaging nearly 8.2 runs per game. The Cougars have scored 10 or more runs 10 times this season with a high of 24 against Principia College (IL). Last season the Cougars stumbled out of the gate in their inaugural season with an 0-7 record. However, CSUSM turned it around and went 18-16 the rest of the way to just finish under .500 with an 18-23 record. Cal State San Marcos is located in San Marcos, CA, which is approximately 35 miles north of San Diego and 100 miles south of Los Angeles. It is currently the second most southern school in the California State University system. The school was founded in 1989 and currently has a enrollment of 9,157. The Cougars offer 12 sports (Men’s/Women’s Cross Country, Men’s/ Women’s Soccer, Men’s/Women’s Indoor Track & Field, Baseball, Softball, Men’s/Women’s Golf, and Men’s/Women’s Outdoor Track & Field) and are a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (N.A.I.A).
CSUSM’S LAST 5 SERIES Opponent Occidental College Bethany University Point Loma San Diego Christian Principia College (IL)
Result W-L 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0
Runs Scored / Runs Allowed 16 / 2 33 / 20 6/4 6/5 24 / 3
RIVALRY HISTORY
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Last season the two schools split a twinbill in the Cougars’ inaugural season, with CSUSM winning the opener 11-9 and the Toros winning the nightcap 5-2. Two other Toro teams battled the Cougars for the first time this season, with the Men’s and Women’s Soccer teams coming out on top with 6-1 and 3-0 victories, respectively.
2008 STATISTICAL LEADERS
2008 CSUSM LEADERS
BA LEADERS J. Alia C. Flores K. Pillar C. Puckett
RBI LEADERS
.381 .360 .340 .338
HR LEADERS C. Puckett J. Alia C. Flores 3 tied with
J. Alia C. Puckett E. Blackwell C. Flores
ERA LEADERS (IP) 42 38 28 24
ON-BASE PCT. 13 9 2 1
C. Puckett J. Alia C. Flores E. Blackwell
.464 .435 .425 .376
Montgomery 2.13 (55.0) P. Van Doren 4.39 (41.0) D. Leyva 5.16 (45.1) J. Phillips 5.26 (39.1) STRIKEOUTS (IP) Montgomery 51 (55.0) P. Van Doren 36 (41.0) M. Hopps 36 (43.2) J. Phillips 30 (39.1)
BA LEADERS T. Moritz T. Gale L. Russo M. Pena
RBI LEADERS
.377 .368 .364 .360
HR LEADERS A. Way T. Gale T. Moritz J. Chapelone
A. Way T. Moritz T. Gale L. Russo
ERA LEADERS (IP) 35 31 23 21
ON-BASE PCT. 17 9 8 5
T. Moritz T. Gale A. Way L. Russo
.480 .479 .464 .442
J. Suwyn 2.66 (40.2) D. Julio 3.95 (41.0) J. Holtman 5.11 (37.0) E. Julienne 5.40 (26.2) STRIKEOUTS (IP) D. Julio J. Julienne J. Holtman J. Suwyn
28 (41.0) 27 (26.2) 26 (37.0) 25 (40.2)
2008 BASEBALL SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date
Opponent
2/1 2/2 2/7 2/8 2/9 2/10 2/15 2/16 2/17 2/22 2/23 2/28 2/29 3/1 3/6 3/7 3/8 3/13 3/14 3/15 3/20 3/21 3/22
at Cal State San Bernardino CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO (DH) at No. 17 Cal State L.A. at No. 17 Cal State L.A. NO. 17 CAL STATE L.A. (DH) ALUMNI GAME at Hawai’i Pacific DH at Hawai’i Pacific DH at Hawai’i Pacific DH at Cal State Monterey Bay (DH) at Cal State Monterey Bay (DH) at Cal State San Bernardino at Cal State San Bernardino CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO (DH) at Cal Poly Pomona at Cal Poly Pomona CAL POLY POMONA (DH) NO. 14 UC SAN DIEGO NO. 14 UC SAN DIEGO at No. 14 UC San Diego (DH) CAL STATE L.A. CAL STATE L.A. at Cal State L.A. (DH)
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Time/Results
Date
Opponent
L 2-1 L 3-8, L 4-5 L 6-11 W 11-3 W 4-3, W 13-12 ALUMNI GAME L 8-9, L 2-6 L 4-5, L 1-11 L 3-7, 9-12 L 2-3, W 9-6 L 5-8, W 7-3 W 7-2 L 1-7 L 5-8, W 7-3 W 9-3 L 0-11 W 11-9, L 6-11 L 0-9 L 6-7 W 13-3, W 16-11 L 2-3 W 9-1 (10) L 8-10, L 6-7
3/27 3/28 3/29 4/4 4/5 4/6 4/8 4/11 4/12 4/13 4/18 4/19 4/20 4/23 4/25 4/26 4/30 5/2 5/3 5/4
at Southern Utah University at Southern Utah University (DH) at Southern Utah University SAN FRANCISCO STATE SAN FRANCISCO STATE (DH) SAN FRANCISCO STATE CAL STATE SAN MARCOS CAL STATE STANISLAUS CAL STATE STANISLAUS (DH) CAL STATE STANISLAUS at Chico State at Chico State (DH) at Chico State BIOLA UNIVERSITY TBA TEAM MEXICO (DH) (EXHIBITION) TBA at Sonoma State at Sonoma State (DH) at Sonoma State
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Time/Results L 3-6 L 6-7, L 12-13 W 6-4 W 12-5 W 6-4, 15-6 W 8-7 TODAY! 2:00 PM 11:00AM 11:00 AM 6:00 pm 12:00 pm 12:00 pm 3:00 PM 3:00 PM 11:00 A M 3:00 PM 2:00 pm 11:00 am 11:00 am
*Denotes CCAA game (DH) Double Header Home games in BOLD on Toro Field
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CSUDH ROSTER
PROUD TOROS ATHLETICS PARTNERS
NO PLAYER POS B/T HT WT YR HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL 1 Chris HUNTER OF/DH R/R 6-2 175 Sr. Vallejo, CA/Vallejo HS 2 Daniel HARTMAN 2B/3B R/R 5-11 175 Sr. Sylmar, CA/Harris-Stowe State 3 Cody PUCKETT SS R/R 5-10 185 Jr. Apple Valley, CA/Hesperia HS 4 Kevin PILLAR OF R/R 6-0 200 Fr. West Hills, CA/Chaminade Prep HS 6 David LEYVA LHP L/L 5-10 170 Sr. Los Angeles, CA/Junipero Serra HS 7 Phillip Van DOREN LHP L/L 6-1 175 Jr. La Mirada, CA/Cerritos CC 8 Candelario FLORES OF L/L 5-9 175 Jr. Huntington Park, CA/East Los Angeles CC 9 Danny TORRES RHP R/R 5-9 165 Fr. Torrance, CA/West HS 11 Martin CONDE C R/R 5-10 195 Sr. Los Angeles, CA/Fremont HS 12 Ryan AYERS 2B/SS S/R 5-9 155 Fr. Hawthorne, CA/Junipero Serra HS 14 David FAIR RHP R/R 6-3 180 Fr. Woodland Hills, CA/Chaminade Prep HS 15 Nick DRAKE RHP R/R 6-2 170 Jr. Moreno Valley, CA/Mt. San Jacinto JC 16 Clay YOUNG LHP L/L 6-5 243 Sr. Pasadena, CA/Glendale CC 17 Eric BLACKWELL OF R/R 5-11 185 Jr. Simi Valley, CA/Moorpark CC 18 Evan JACHNO RHP R/R 6-1 205 Jr. Northridge, CA/Los Angeles Valley College 19 Steve VRANAU INF R/R 6-3 210 Jr. Simi Valley, CA/Los Angeles Valley College 21 Jon ALIA 1B R/R 6-3 225 Jr. Newbury Park, CA/Sonoma State 24 Jeff CULLEN 3B S/R 6-1 200 So. Mission Viejo, CA/Saddleback JC 25 Chris WALDMANN RHP R/R 6-1 195 Fr. Dove Canyon, CA/Mission Viejo HS 26 Mark MARFOGLIA RHP R/R 6-1 205 Jr. Las Vegas, NV/Santa Barbara CC 32 Brian STURGIS C/3B R/R 6-1 195 So. Hawthorne, CA/Mira Costa HS 33 Matt HOPPS RHP R/R 6-5 240 Jr. Torrance, CA/South HS 34 Matt PHILLIPS LHP L/L 6-4 215 So. Santa Maria, CA/Allan Hancock JC 35 Jeff PHILLIPS RHP R/R 6-4 235 Sr. Redondo Beach, CA/Harbor CC 37 Eduardo GOMEZ INF R/R 5-9 150 Jr. Carson, CA/Banning HS 39 Carlos LEYVA 2B L/R 5-7 167 Fr. Los Angeles, CA/C.A.M.S HS 44 Bret MONTGOMERY RHP R/R 6-6 250 So. Thousand Oaks, CA/Moorpark CC RS Andrew BASLOW OF Jr. / RS Derrek DUARTE C R/R 6-2 170 Jr. Valley View HS/Mt. San Jacinto JC RS Brandon HAYES C R/R 6-0 225 So. Moreno Valley, CA/Rancho Verde HS RS Ricky MOLINA INF R/R 6-1 195 Jr. San Bruno, CA/Skyline JC RS Michael ROBERTSON OF R/R 5-9 180 So. Long Beach, CA/Grossmont College RS Scott STROUD INF R/R 6-0 170 Jr. Placentia, CA/East Los Angeles CC Head Coach: 27 Murphy SU’A (2nd Season) Assistant Coaches: 42 Mike MILSTEAD, 5 Steve HINDMAN, 13 Sid LOPEZ, 55 Sherman FORBES, 10 Cedric GILMORE, Phil REINHART
CAL STATE SAN MARCOS COUGARS NO PLAYER POS. HT. WT. B/T. OF 5-11 194 L/L 1 Jason HINTON 2B 5-10 170 R/R 2 Louie RUSSO CF 6-3 200 R/R 3 Jeff STEPHENSON SS 5-11 170 R/R 5 Johnny OMAHEN 1B/DH 6-2 185 R/L 6 Jackson CHAPELONE RHP 6-5 215 R/R 7 Johnny HOLTMAN C 6-4 190 R/R 8 Chip BAUMANN 3B 6-1 190 R/R 9 Austin COLEMAN 1B/C 6-1 195 R/R 10 Taylor GELBRICH OF 6-2 195 R/R 11 Adam RICCIARDULLI RHP 6-3 200 R/R 12 Sean LANDAIS 3B 6-2 240 R/R 13 Juan PEREZ OF/LHP 6-2 180 L/L 14 David WEST 1B/3B/P 6-2 210 R/R 15 Morgan WYNNE RHP 6-3 210 R/R 16 Steve TRIOLO RHP 6-2 215 R/R 18 David JULIO OF 5-10 180 L/L 19 Steve HARRIS UT 5-10 170 R/R 20 Ricardo MORAN 1B/DH 5-11 205 L/L 21 Matt JENKINS DH/RHP 6-1 215 R/R 22 Jared SUWYN OF/1B 5-10 180 R/R 23 Terry MORITZ RHP 6-3 195 R/R 27 Mike RAEDEL OF/DH 5-10 175 L/R 28 Austin WAY RHP 6-3 240 R/R 30 Grant HARRELL RHP 6-4 190 R/R 31 Chris SKAALEN C 6-1 220 S/R 32 Dane PONCIANO LHP 6-1 202 L/L 35 Auggie RICHARDSON OF 6-2 195 R/R 36 Tristan GALE RHP 5-10 200 R/R 38 Lance McCORMICK C 5-11 215 R/R 39 Mike PENA RHP 6-1 180 R/R 40 McClinton HEIL LHP 5-11 195 L/L 42 Eric JULIENNE Head Coach: 17 Dennis PUGH (2nd Season) Assistant Coaches: 24 Pat HAUSE, 26 Rudy RODRIGUEZ
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PREVIOUS SCHOOL Southwestern JC Mesa College Cathedral HS Granite Hills HS La Costa Canyon Vista HS Martin Luther King HS Granite Hills HS St. Monica-s HS Santa Clara Mira Costa HS Southwestern JC Westview HS St. Mary-s Patrick Henry HS Southwestern JC Palomar Valley Mission Bay HS Riverside Poly Mission Bay HS Palomar JC Hancock JC Mt. San Jacinto Irvine JC Carlsbad HS S. Nevada Vista HS Sacramento State Madison HS Mesa College Mater Dei HS Valhalla HS
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CCAA STANDINGS (AS OF 4/7/08) CCAA
Overall
School
W L Pct.
W L Pct.
#2 Sonoma State
19 3 .864
32 4 .889
#12 UC San Diego
15 5 .750
31 8 .795
CS Stanislaus
17 7 .708
25 13 .658
#15 Chico State
16 7 .696
27 9 .750
Cal State L.A.
13 10 .565
19 19 .500
CSUDH
13 11 .542
17 24 .415
CS San Bernadino
9 15 .375
18 19 .486
Cal Poly Pomona
4 14 .222
7 24 .226
CS Monterey Bay
6 22 .214
8 27 .229
San Francisco State 1 19 .050
7 29 .189
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