2018 SBCC Baseball News
Jake Holton, an infielder/relief pitcher for SBCC, has accepted a scholarship to play for Creighton University in Omaha, Neb. David Appleby, a relief pitcher on the baseball team the last two years, will be attending the University of Michigan.
Mt. San Antonio erupted for eight runs on seven hits in the eighth inning on Saturday and went on to beat SBCC 15-10 in a Southern Cal Regional baseball slugfest at Mazmanian Field in Walnut.
Michael Sandoval went 3-4 with three RBIs on Friday and Mt. San Antonio rode a fast start to a 7-3 baseball win over visiting SBCC in the Southern Cal Regional playoffs.
SBCC landed eight players on the All-WSC North baseball team, including five first-teamers.
SBCC was seeded 13th for the 18-team Southern Cal Regional baseball playoffs.
SBCC fell behind 4-0 in the first two innings on Thursday, then stormed back to beat Ventura 7-5 and earn a trip to the CCCAA baseball playoffs.
Dayton Provost had a career day on Tuesday, going 5-5 with a triple, a homer and six RBIs as Ventura downed SBCC 9-7 in a key WSC North baseball game at Pirate Park.
John Jensen went 3-5 with a solo homer on Monday and Brett Vansant pitched a complete game as SBCC routed Oxnard 10-3 to stay in the race for the WSC North baseball title.
John Cashman threw a complete game on Saturday and James Terrazas went 3-4 with three RBIs as Moorpark beat SBCC 7-2 in a crucial WSC North baseball game at Moorpark.
Grant Nechak pitched 7 2/3 shutout innings on a windy Thursday at Pershing Park and Moorpark scored all the runs of the day in the second inning of a 3-0 baseball win over SBCC.
William Blackburn pitched seven strong innings and John Jensen went 3-5 with four RBIs on Saturday to power SBCC to an 11-2 baseball win over visiting Oxnard.
Nicholas Prainito went 4-6 with three RBIs on Friday and SBCC racked up 21 hits in a 15-13 baseball win at Ventura.
Cuesta loaded the bases on three singles in the seventh, then scored on a bases-loaded walk to beat SBCC 7-6 in a WSC North baseball game in San Luis Obispo.
SBCC’s Jake Holton is getting used to wearing the hero’s cape. For the second time in four days, the sophomore from Los Gatos belted a go-ahead three-run homer in the eighth and then pitched the ninth for a record-setting save in an 11-9 baseball win over Cuesta.
Jake Holton was chosen as the Athlete of the Week on Monday during the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table press luncheon at Harry’s Plaza Café. The Athlete of the Week is given to the best player in all sports from the local high schools, UCSB, Westmont and SBCC.
Jake Holton drove in both runs and pitched the ninth for his eighth save on Saturday as SBCC held off Hancock 2-1 in a WSC North baseball game in Santa Maria.
