2015 SBCC Baseball News
Eighteen members of the 2015 Vaquero baseball team are moving on to play at four-year colleges or pro baseball. Ten will play in NCAA Div. 1, five in Div. 2 and two at NAIA schools. It's the highest number of transfers in school history.
Four SBCC baseball players have been chosen in the 2015 Major League Draft, led by sixth-round pick Tyler Gilbert.
Orange Coast broke open a 1-1 game with five runs in the sixth on Sunday and went on to beat SBCC 10-2 in Game 3 of the CCCAA Southern California Baseball Sectional at Pershing Park.
Orange Coast used strong pitching from left-hander Dominic Purpura and homers by Tommy Bell and Stefan Panayiotou to post a 5-2 baseball win over SBCC on Saturday that evened the best-of-3 Southern Cal Sectional series at 1-1.
Sean Barry pitched no-hit ball for seven innings on Friday and No. 3 SBCC scored three early runs to beat No. 10 Orange Coast 3-1 in Game 1 of the Southern Cal Sectional baseball series at Pershing Park.
SBCC has reached the Southern Cal Sectionals in baseball for the second straight year but this time, the Vaqueros will be home for the first time ever.
SBCC got off to a fast start on Mother’s Day at Pershing Park, then rode its formidable pitching and defense to a 4-0 shutout that clinched the Super Regional baseball series with Fullerton.
Justin Bruce came through for SBCC when the Vaqueros needed it the most.
Fullerton scored the go-ahead run in the 13th inning after an error, then held on to beat SBCC 2-1 on Friday in Game 1 of the Southern Cal Super Regional baseball series at Pershing Park.
Matt Henderson has been chosen as SBCC’s Male Student-Athlete of the Year for the 2014-15 season.
Justin Bruce turned in a masterful performance on Saturday, holding Rio Hondo to three hits in a 4-0 shutout that clinched the Southern Cal Regional baseball series for SBCC.
Sean Barry got off to a strong start and never let up on Friday as No. 3 SBCC opened the Southern Cal Regional baseball playoffs with a 5-0 win over Rio Hondo at Pershing Park.
James Hill was selected as co-Player of the Year on the All-WSC North baseball team and SBCC’s Jeff Walker earned co-Coach of the Year honors. They shared their awards with Oxnard pitcher Blake Redman and coach Jon Larson.
SBCC was seeded No. 3 for the Southern Cal Regional baseball playoffs and will host No. 14 Rio Hondo on Friday at 2 p.m. The best-of-3 series continues on Saturday at 11 a.m., followed by a third game if necessary.
Sean Barry threw seven strong innings on Friday afternoon and SBCC’s offense scored three runs on just six hits to claim a share of the WSC North baseball title with a 3-1 win at Hancock.
Lucas Jacobsen threw a four-hit shutout on Thursday and James Hill drove in three runs, leading SBCC to a 14-0 blowout of Hancock in the final regular-season baseball game at Pershing Park.
