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2021 Baseball

SDHornet

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Hornets open the 2021 season with a win at #15 Arizona State. Bacho crushed a 9th inning grand slam and Churby saves it later in the inning for the 4-2 win.

:clap: :clap: :clap:

https://twitter.com/SacStBaseball/status/1362987895896887296
 
Hornets drop the remaining 2 games of the series at #15 ASU.

Saturday: 2-1
Sunday: 3-1

Good performance from the pitching staff throughout the series. Bats will need to pick it up. 4 game series with Pacific starts Thursday.
 
Hornets (4-2) sweep Texas State (3-5) this weekend. The series with Pacific was scrubbed and the Hornets were able to fly TSU into town instead.

Saturday, Game 1: 8-4. Randall gave up 1 run over 5 innings and got hit 1st win of the season. Hornet bats wake up with Bacho, Doyle, and Bollengier with multi-hit games and 5 RBIs between the 3 of them.

Saturday, Game 2: 5-4: A back and forth game that saw the Hornets take advantage of some Bobcat fielding errors that were ultimately the difference. The Hornet bullpen went 4 innings without an earned run. Churby got the save with the tying run 90 feet away and striking out back to back batters to end the game.

Sunday: 7-1. Saul pitched a gem and gave up 1 run over 6 innings and striking out 4. Hornets tacked on a run here and there until their bats erupted in the 8th to seal the win. A solo HR by Vincelli-Simard that landed in the 2nd deck of the parking garage and a 2 run shot by Zeidman a few batters later finished the scoring.

Hornets host Pacific (3-1) for a Monday night tilt at the John.
 
Hornets (5-2) come from behind and get the 8-4 win over Pacific (3-2). Tinsley had a rough start but the Hornet bullpen picks him up and only allows 1 run over 6 innings. Zalasky gets the win and Churby gets his 3rd save.

A back and forth game until the Hornets blew it open with a 4 run 7th. A 2 out rally in the 7th consisted of 3 back to back hits by Gonzalez, Bacho, and Bojorquez followed by a fielding error to give the Hornets the lead.

Hornets have a 4 game series this weekend at Santa Clara (2-5).
 
Hornets getting votes in at least a couple different polls:
  • http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/poll/
  • https://www.usatoday.com/sports/ncaa-baseball/polls/coaches-poll/
 
Hornets (7-4) split a 4 game series at Santa Clara (4-7) over the weekend:

Thursday: 0-5 loss. The Broncos pitching keep the Hornet bats quiet and capitalize on a few fielding errors.

Friday: 2-1 win. Randall gave up a 1st inning solo HR then went 6 innings of shutout ball. Zalasky and Churby close out the game and the Hornets get some timely hitting with an 8 inning solo HR by Moretto and back to back doubles in the 9th by Vincelli-Simard and Smith.

Saturday: 10-0 win. Adams pitched a gem and only allowed 2 hits over 7 innings with 7 K’s and the Hornet bats erupt for 6 runs in the 5th inning. Bojorquez went 3 for 5 with a 3 run HR and 5 RBIs on the night.

Sunday: 6-10 loss. Saul gets tagged for 4 runs in the 1st but the Hornets battle back until things fell apart in the 4th inning as the young Hornet pitching gave up 6 runs. Hornets struggled to come up with key hits as they strand 14 runners.

Hornets open up WAC play with a 4 game series at Tarleton State (5-8) this weekend.
 
Hornets (10-5, 3-1 WAC) take 3 of 4 from WAC newcomer Tarleton State (7-11, 1-3 WAC) this past weekend and racked up a total of 56 runs over 30 innings of play.

Friday, Game 1: 6-0 win. Randall goes all 7 innings and gives up only 2 hits while striking out 7 for the win. Smith and Bacho both go yard and combine for 3 RBIs.

Friday, Game 2: 17-3 mercy rule win. Adams goes the full 7 innings in the win. McPhillips, Moretto, and Torres have 3 RBIs each.

Saturday: 13-16 loss. Hornet pitching completely implodes and squanders an early 8 run lead in a game where 13 runs on 13 hits wasn’t enough for the Hornets. TSU gets its first WAC win on the books.

Sunday: 20-5 mercy rule win. Smith hits 2 HRs and he and Bojorquez have 4 RBIs each.

Hornets continue with WAC play at Utah Valley (2-9) this weekend.
 
Hornets (14-5, 7-1 WAC) sweep Utah Valley (2-13, 0-4 WAC). Due to rain, the series was a set of doubleheaders. The Hornet bats stayed hot but the pitching wasn’t as sharp as it could have been.

Friday, Game 1: 8-3 win. Randall gets his 3rd win and gives up 3 runs over all 7 innings while striking out 6. 4 Hornets have multi-hit games. Walstad led the way going 3/4 with 4 RBIs and coming up a triple short of the cycle.

Friday, Game 2: 8-5 win. Hornets come out on top of a back and forth game. Bojorquez, Walstad and Moretto go 2/4 and combine for 5 RBIs.

Sunday, Game 1: 10-4 win. Adams gets his 3rd win of the season and gives up 3 runs over 7 innings with 5 Ks. Hornets open up a tie game with a 5 run 5th inning, 3 of which came on a Moretto HR. Doyle goes 4/5 with a HR and 2 RBIs and was a triple short of the cycle and Walstad drove in 3 runs.

Sunday, Game 2: 11-7 win. Hornets come back from a 5-0 deficit and explode for 8 runs in the 7th inning. Torres highlighted the big inning with a 2 run HR and Smith followed up with a 3 run shot in the 8th.

Hornets host WAC and D1 newcomer Dixie State (4-12, 3-5 WAC) for a 4 games series this weekend at the John. The Trailblazers are coming into this series having split 4 games against UTRGV and have won 4 of their last 6 including a midweek game at BYU. DSU has a midweek game at Utah before heading to town.
 
Hornets (18-6, 10-2 WAC) take 3 of 4 from visiting Dixie State (6-15, 4-8 WAC) and follow the series up with a win at home over Stanford (14-4) earlier this afternoon.

Friday: 9-3 win. Randall ties the Hornet single game strikeout record with 14 K’s over 7 innings for his 4th win. Hornets score 9 runs on 11 hits, only one of those being an extra base hit (double).

Saturday, Game 1: 9-4 win. Hornets blow a back-and-forth game wide open with a 4-run 4th inning. Gonzalez drove in 3 runs in the game.

Saturday, Game 2: 10-5 win. Adams gets roughed up by DSU for all 5 of their runs but the Hornet bullpen goes 4.2 innings without giving up a run. 4 Hornets have 2 RBIs each including Dorraugh who went 4 for 4 on the day.

Sunday: 5-7 loss. DSU ends the Hornets 8 game winning streak by winning a back-and-forth contest with some late runs. The Trailblazers bullpen shutouts the Hornets in the final 3 innings of the game.

Monday: 3-2 win. Hornet pitching gives up a couple of runs to the Cardinal in the 2nd inning but shuts them out the rest of the way only giving up 3 hits over the final 7 innings. Smith drove in all 3 Hornet runs with 2 coming off of a double in the 7th and the walk off on a single in the 9th.

Hornets head to Omaha for a 4-game set against Creighton (6-7) this weekend.

https://twitter.com/SacStBaseball/status/1376716411540623361
 
SDHornet said:
Sunday: 20-5 mercy rule win. Smith hits 2 HRs and he and Bojorquez have 4 RBIs each.

Hornets continue with WAC play at Utah Valley (2-9) this weekend.

SD: What's the college version of the mercy rule? Ten after five? Fifteen after five? Something else?

I ask only because in all my softball leagues, it's been ten after five....
 
SDHornet said:
Hornets (18-6, 10-2 WAC) take 3 of 4 from visiting Dixie State (6-15, 4-8 WAC) and follow the series up with a win at home over Stanford (14-4) earlier this afternoon.

Friday: 9-3 win. Randall ties the Hornet single game strikeout record with 14 K’s over 7 innings for his 4th win. Hornets score 9 runs on 11 hits, only one of those being an extra base hit (double).

Saturday, Game 1: 9-4 win. Hornets blow a back-and-forth game wide open with a 4-run 4th inning. Gonzalez drove in 3 runs in the game.

Saturday, Game 2: 10-5 win. Adams gets roughed up by DSU for all 5 of their runs but the Hornet bullpen goes 4.2 innings without giving up a run. 4 Hornets have 2 RBIs each including Dorraugh who went 4 for 4 on the day.

Sunday: 5-7 loss. DSU ends the Hornets 8 game winning streak by winning a back-and-forth contest with some late runs. The Trailblazers bullpen shutouts the Hornets in the final 3 innings of the game.

Monday: 3-2 win. Hornet pitching gives up a couple of runs to the Cardinal in the 2nd inning but shuts them out the rest of the way only giving up 3 hits over the final 7 innings. Smith drove in all 3 Hornet runs with 2 coming off of a double in the 7th and the walk off on a single in the 9th.

Hornets head to Omaha for a 4-game set against Creighton (6-7) this weekend.

https://twitter.com/SacStBaseball/status/1376716411540623361

Stanford was #24 in College baseball coaches poll.
 
Super Hornet said:
SDHornet said:
Sunday: 20-5 mercy rule win. Smith hits 2 HRs and he and Bojorquez have 4 RBIs each.

Hornets continue with WAC play at Utah Valley (2-9) this weekend.

SD: What's the college version of the mercy rule? Ten after five? Fifteen after five? Something else?

I ask only because in all my softball leagues, it's been ten after five....

10 runs after 7.
 
HornetHope said:
SDHornet said:
Hornets (18-6, 10-2 WAC) take 3 of 4 from visiting Dixie State (6-15, 4-8 WAC) and follow the series up with a win at home over Stanford (14-4) earlier this afternoon.

Friday: 9-3 win. Randall ties the Hornet single game strikeout record with 14 K’s over 7 innings for his 4th win. Hornets score 9 runs on 11 hits, only one of those being an extra base hit (double).

Saturday, Game 1: 9-4 win. Hornets blow a back-and-forth game wide open with a 4-run 4th inning. Gonzalez drove in 3 runs in the game.

Saturday, Game 2: 10-5 win. Adams gets roughed up by DSU for all 5 of their runs but the Hornet bullpen goes 4.2 innings without giving up a run. 4 Hornets have 2 RBIs each including Dorraugh who went 4 for 4 on the day.

Sunday: 5-7 loss. DSU ends the Hornets 8 game winning streak by winning a back-and-forth contest with some late runs. The Trailblazers bullpen shutouts the Hornets in the final 3 innings of the game.

Monday: 3-2 win. Hornet pitching gives up a couple of runs to the Cardinal in the 2nd inning but shuts them out the rest of the way only giving up 3 hits over the final 7 innings. Smith drove in all 3 Hornet runs with 2 coming off of a double in the 7th and the walk off on a single in the 9th.

Hornets head to Omaha for a 4-game set against Creighton (6-7) this weekend.

https://twitter.com/SacStBaseball/status/1376716411540623361

Stanford was #24 in College baseball coaches poll.

And now we're ranked 24th.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sacramento State is ranked 24th by Collegiate Baseball in the organization's latest national rankings, which were released Monday. The top-25 ranking is the first in the program's Div. I history.

https://www.hornetsports.com/sports/bsb/2020-21/releases/20210405k008dx

BSB_Ranking_Web.jpg
 
Hornets (21-7, 13-3 WAC) take 3 of 4 from visiting New Mexico State (11-17, 9-7 WAC) to stay tied atop the WAC.

Friday, Game 1: 10-5 win. NMSU jumped on top early y 4 runs but the Hornets rallied for the win. Randall went 6 innings and 11 K’s in the win. Walstad started the rally with a solo HR in the 4th and Torres tied the game with a 3 run HR later that inning. Bacho accounted for 3 RBIs on the day.

Friday, Game 2: 2-10 loss. Saul has another horrid outing and gave up 6 runs in 2.2 inning of work. Hornet bats were quiet with the exception of a Moretto solo HR in the 5th.

Saturday: 9-6 win. Adams picked up the win and went 6 innings with 8 K’s of 1 run ball in this gem. Smith went 2/4 with a 2 run HR and 4 RBIs on the day. Walstad went 2/3 with a double a HR for 3 RBIs on the day. NMSU mounted a furious 9th inning rally that scored 5 runs but fell short.

Sunday: 4-0 win. Rodriguez (5th win) gave up just 3 hits in 5 innings of work with Zalasky and Churby joining in on the shutout. Moretto’s 3 run HR in the 2nd was enough to lift the Hornets to another win.

Hornets host Seattle (10-16, 4-8 WAC) for a 4 games series this weekend.
 
The Hornets (22-10, 14-6 WAC) get shutout in the first 3 games of the series but avoid the sweep against Seattle (13-7, 7-9, WAC). The series will likely cost the Hornets a shot at the regular season title.

Friday: 0-6 loss. The Hornet only manage 3 hits as Randall gave up 4 runs in 7.1 innings of work. Seattle’s Mazzone hit 2, 2 run HRs.

Saturday, Game 1: 0-3 loss. Seattle wins a pitching duel in extra innings. Hornets couldn’t come through in their half of the 8th.

Saturday, Game 2: 0-5 loss. The Hornets only manage 4 hits as Martizia gets banged up as Seattle blew the game open in the 6th.

Sunday: 11-4 win. The Hornet bats get back on track and rack up 11 runs on 15 hits including 3 doubles and a solo HR from Gonzalez in a come from behind win. The Hornet bullpen held solid after a bumpy 3rd and 4th inning. Haynes earned his first win of his career.

Hornets head to Greeley to face cellar dweller Northern Colorado (7-22, 3-13 WAC). Hornets will need a sweep to keep pace with the WAC leaders.
 
Hornets (24-12, 16-8 WAC) embarrassingly split the series at Northern Colorado (9-24, 5-15 WAC). Matt Smith became the all-time hits leader for the Hornets and Adams won WAC Pitcher of the Week for the 2nd time. Hornets stranded over 30 base runners in scoring position on the series.

Friday: 4-2 win. Randall pitched a strong 8+ innings and got 14 K’s. Zalasky came in the 9th with a bases loaded and no out jam and struck out the side for his 2nd save on the year. Solo HRs by Bacho and Vincelli-Simard in the 6th were the difference.

Saturday, Game 1: 6-8 loss. Rodriguez got crushed for 7 runs in 1.1 inning of work. Hornet bats couldn’t come up with clutch hits with RISP.

Saturday, Game 2: 10-1 win. Adams strikes out 13 in 7.2 innings. Hornets rack up 10 runs on mostly station to station baseball.

Sunday: 11-13 loss. Hornet pitching completely implodes as a late Hornet rally fell short. Hornets stranded 19 baserunners in the loss. Matt Smith became the all-time Hornet hits leader with a single in the 3rd.

Hornets have a 2 game mid-week series at Kansas (22-18, 3-11 B12) starting tomorrow.
 
Hornets (25-13, 16-8 WAC) split the series at Kansas (23-19, 3-11 B12).

Tuesday, 11-6 win. Saul had a solid start and the Hornet bullpen followed up with a good showing aside from a rough 5th inning. Rodriguez gets his 5th win of the year. 5 Hornets had a multi-hit game with 4 doubles and a solo HR by McPhillips.

Wednesday, 4-6 loss. Hornets jumped out to an early lead, but Kansas took the lead for good on a 2 run HR off of Martizia in the 7th. Vincelli-Simard hit his 5th HR of the year.

Hornets host GCU (23-15-1, 16-4 WAC) who is coming in as winners of 9 of their last 10 and looking to chase down CBU for the regular season title. The Lopes have not played since Wednesday of last week.
 
The Hornets (26-16, 17-11 WAC) got roughed up by Grand Canyon (26-16-1, 19-5 WAC) and lost 3 of 4 at the John this past weekend.

Friday: 5-15 loss. Hornets got on the board early but Adams got tagged for 9 earned runs in 4 innings. Tinsley came in and did no better, giving up 6 earned runs in 3 innings. GCU hit 5 HRs in the game that scored 12 of the 15 runs.

Saturday, Game 1: 1-6 loss. Hornet pitching faired a little better with Haynes and Tremain on the mound. However a GCU 3 run HR in the 5th blew the game wide open as the Hornet bats were kept in check.

Saturday, Game 2: 0-12 loss. Hornets get shutout as all the GCU damage was done in the early innings. Saul gave up 9 runs (6 earned) in 1.2 innings of work. Harper was the lone bright spot giving up only 1 earned run in 5 innings of relief.

Sunday, 3-2 win. Hornets salvage the weekend with a win in a pitching duel with Randall getting the start. Walstad knocked in all 3 Hornet runs including a 2 run walk off double in the bottom of the 9th.

Hornets have another brutal series ahead as they head to Riverside to face WAC leading Cal Baptist (29-11, 21-3 WAC) who is on a 10 game winning streak.
 
Hornets (28-18, 19-13 WAC) had an impressive split last weekend at WAC leading Cal Baptist (31-13, 23-5 WAC).

Friday: 14-11 win. A huge 6th run 4th inning helped the Hornets open the series with a win as the bullpen managed to hang on late. Smith went 4 for 5 with 5 RBIs including a grand slam in the 4th.

Saturday, Game 1: 1-6 loss. Randall got chased after 3 innings and the Hornet bats were kept quiet.

Saturday, Game 2: 6-7 loss. A 9th inning Hornet rally forces extra innings, but the Hornets couldn’t pull off the win. Saul had a solid 5 inning performance but Haynes gave up 4 runs in his 2 innings of relief. Walstad and Smith both had 2 RBIs.

Sunday: 14-1 win. Adams pitched a gem with 1 earned run and 5 Ks in his complete game performance. Walstad, Smith, and Bacho each have a 2 run HR and Moretto added a 3 run HR late in the blow out win.

Hornets take a break from WAC play and have a split home and home 4 game series with San Francisco (20-22, 15-9 WCC) this weekend. USF is currently 3rd in the WCC.
 
The Hornets (31-19, 19-13 WAC) take 3 of 4 against San Francisco (21-25, 15-9 WCC) and in the process have secured their 9th consecutive (complete) season of 30 or more wins. Hornets are the only D1 program in CA with such a streak.

Friday: 2-1 win. Both Hornets runs were unearned. Doyle scored Torres in the top of the 8th for the lead as Randall, Rodriguez, and Zalasky combine for 1 earned run on 5 hits with 13 K’s and only 1 walk.

Saturday, Game 1: 7-6 win. Hornets rally from an early 5 run deficit. A Bacho 3 run HR in the 5th tied it and a bloop double by Doyle in the 6th gave the Hornets the lead. USF tied the game on a blown runners interference call that forced a bottom 7th where the pinch hitting Denholm walked it off with an RBI single down the 3rd base line.

Saturday, Game 2: 0-8 loss. One hit. That’s all we got. One god damn hit.

Sunday: 4-0 win. Saul has his best outing of his career and throws 8 inning of shutout ball with 6 K’s and only allowing 4 hits. Smith had a solo HR in the 3rd and a McPhillips double in the 8th added a couple of insurance runs.

Hornets wrap up the regular season at the John with a huge series starting this Thursday against UT Rio Grande Valley (28-21, 19-12 WAC). The Hornets can claim the 2 seed in the WAC Tournament if they can win 3 of 4. The 2 seed gets a day 1 bye in the WACT.

Elsewhere in the WAC, GCU and CBU (not eligible for the WACT) will battle it out for the regular season crown. Seattle and Utah Valley will battle for the remaining WACT seed in which UVU will need a sweep to secure it (not sure on tie-breakers).

https://twitter.com/SacStBaseball/status/1393793935751872520
 

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