2020 SBCC Baseball News

Season
Ryan Guardino, who led the WSC North in batting (.415) and stolen bases (14), signed with Wofford College of South Carolina. (Photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
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  • May 20, 2020
Five Vaqueros land NCAA Div. 1 scholarships

Five SBCC baseball players have accepted scholarships to NCAA Div. 1 schools.

  • May 20, 2020
The Vaqueros set a school record with 393 strikeouts in 2019, which was Tim Haubursin's first year as pitching coach. Three pitchers had 90 or more strikeouts -- Jack Aldrich (90), Conner Roberts (95) and state Pitcher of the Year Ian Churchill (98).
  • Baseball
  • May 18, 2020
SBCC pitching coach Tim Haubursin dies of melanoma

The baseball community was stunned by the death of SBCC pitching coach Tim Haubursin. Haubursin, 58, died on Saturday after a short battle with melanoma.

  • May 18, 2020
Ryan Guardino went 2-5 with a double and his first homer, a solo shot in the eighth. Guardino has an 18-game hitting streak. (Photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
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  • March 09, 2020
Guardino hits first homer, extends hit streak to 18 games in 4-2 setback

Things can change in a hurry on the baseball diamond. Just ask the SBCC Vaqueros.

  • March 09, 2020
Matt Strother quieted the Ventura bats on Saturday, giving up just two runs on five hits in 7.0 innings with six strikeouts and two walks. He's fourth in the WSC North with a 2.84 ERA. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
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  • March 07, 2020
Froemke, Greene provide the power, Strother handles the pitching in 8-3 triumph

Two was the magic number on Saturday as SBCC scored two runs in four different innings thanks to a pair of two-run homers by Kyle Froemke and Jarred Greene in an 8-3 baseball win over Ventura at Pershing Park.

  • March 07, 2020
Brandon Lawrence belted a three-run homer in the ninth to cut the deficit to 6-3. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
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  • March 05, 2020
Vaqueros score five in ninth but come up one short at Ventura, 6-5

After trailing 6-0 through eight innings on Thursday, SBCC staged a ninth-inning rally but came up one run short in a 6-5 baseball loss at Ventura.

  • March 05, 2020
Mason Metcalfe held Ventura to two unearned runs on two hits over the last six innings. He lowered his ERA to 3.38. (Photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
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  • March 03, 2020
Big third inning, Metcalfe's relief pitching spark Vaqueros over Ventura, 6-3

SBCC scored five runs in the third inning on Tuesday and Mason Metcalfe provided strong relief for the last six innings of a 6-3 baseball win over Ventura at Pershing Park.

  • March 03, 2020
Alonzo Rubalcaba unleashes a two-out, pinch-hit grand slam in the sixth to give the Vaqueros a 7-4 lead. (Photo by Dave Loveton/SBCC Sports Information)
  • Baseball
  • February 29, 2020
Rubalcaba's pinch-hit slam ignites offense in 9-6 comeback win over Chaffey

Alonzo Rubalcaba didn't start Saturday's non-conference baseball game but he certainly had the finishing touch. SBCC erased a 4-1 deficit by scoring eight runs in its last four at-bats to beat Chaffey 9-6.

  • February 29, 2020
Blake Corsentino had his longest outing of the year, tossing 7.2 innings and holding Chaffey to one run on four hits with five strikeouts. He lowered his ERA to 2.56. (Photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
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  • February 28, 2020
Vaqueros can't get timely hits in 1-0 setback

SBCC got two runners on base in five separate innings on Friday, including the eighth and ninth, but couldn't find any timely hits in a 1-0 baseball loss to Chaffey at Pershing Park.

  • February 28, 2020
Kyle Froemke unloaded a grand slam in the seventh, stretching the lead to 12-6. He has been a beast on the road, hitting .453 with three of his four homers and 13 RBIs. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
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  • February 25, 2020
Froemke belts grand slam; Vaqueros get 18 free passes in 14-7 victory

Kyle Froemke went 2-4 on Tuesday and broke the non-conference game open by ripping a grand slam in the seventh to propel SBCC to a 14-7 win at Fullerton.

  • February 25, 2020
Ryan Guardino went 2-5, extending his hitting streak to 11 games. He's ninth in the state with a .462 batting average. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
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  • February 22, 2020
Davis' sacrifice fly in 9th lifts Vaqueros past Oxnard, 5-4

SBCC loaded the bases in the ninth on Saturday afternoon and Trevor Davis delivered a sacrifice fly to right to score Jacob Bravo and propel the Vaqueros to a 5-4 WSC North win at Oxnard.

  • February 22, 2020
Blake Corsentino tossed seven innings of one-run ball, lowering his ERA to 3.00. (Photo by Dave Loveton/SBCC Sports Information)
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  • February 20, 2020
Vaquero offense comes alive in 10-1 win over Oxnard

SBCC rapped out 12 hits on Thursday and Blake Corsentino pitched seven solid innings in a 10-1 rout of Oxnard at Pershing Park.

  • February 20, 2020
Ryan Guardino went 2-5 with two stolen bases. He's batting .714 (10-14) in his last three games with six stolen bases, two in each game. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
  • Baseball
  • February 18, 2020
Oxnard surprises Vaqueros in WSC opener, 3-1

Trevor Hammond and Jose Contreras combined on a five-hitter on Tuesday as Oxnard spoiled SBCC's WSC North baseball opener with a 3-1 win in Oxnard.

  • February 18, 2020
Jacob Bravo watches his third homer of the year sail onto Castillo Street, giving the Vaqueros a 1-0 lead in the first. (Photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
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  • February 15, 2020
Bravo, Greene, Strother pace SBCC's second straight shutout, 8-0

Jacob Bravo and Jarred Greene got things going with solo homers in the first inning on Saturday and Matthew Strother tossed seven solid relief innings as SBCC blanked Cerro Coso 8-0 for its second straight shutout.

  • February 15, 2020
Blake Corsentino had a no-hitter for 5 1/3 innings. He ended up allowing just one hit over six innings to even his record at 2-2. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
  • Baseball
  • February 13, 2020
Corsentino's pitching, Guardino's hitting fuel SBCC in 11-0 shutout

Blake Corsentino tossed a no-hitter for 5.1 innings on Thursday and Ryan Guardino went 4-4 with two RBIs as SBCC posted its first baseball shutout with an 11-0 victory at East Los Angeles.

  • February 13, 2020
Jacob Bravo went 3-6 on Sunday and got the offense going with a 2-run homer in the third. (Photo by Dave Loveton/SBCC Sports Information)
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  • February 09, 2020
Bravo, Rowe spark SBCC's big comeback win, 9-5

Chase Rowe delivered a two-out, two-run triple in the fifth inning on Sunday to snap a 5-5 tie and send SBCC to a 9-5 comeback win over San Diego City.

  • February 09, 2020
Brandon Lawrence, a freshman second baseman from Dunn School, made the play of the year when he leaped high to snag a line drive in the seventh, then dove to the 2nd-base bag to double up the runner. (File photo by Ken Sciallo/Sevilla Photography)
  • Baseball
  • February 08, 2020
San Diego City tops Vaqueros again, 4-1

SBCC's offense remained stagnant on Saturday and the Vaqueros committed five errors in a 4-1 loss to San Diego City at Pershing Park.

  • February 08, 2020