FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -­ Pairings were announced today for the 2008 Phillips 66 Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship, which will be held May 20-24 at Lupton Stadium on the campus of TCU in Fort Worth, Texas. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: BYU, Mountain West, New Mexico, San Diego State, TCU, Utah

Aggies Take No. 9 UC Irvine In Series Opener
DAVIS, Calif. - Right-handed pitcher Eddie Gamboa did not allow an earned run and struck out a game-high four batters, and senior first baseman Evan Hudson drove home the eventual game-winning run with a two-run single in the eighth inning to lift UC Davis to a 3-1 victory over No. 9 UC Irvine in the series-opening Big West Conference baseball game at Dobbins Stadium Friday afternoon.

With the temperature soaring to over 100 degrees, UC Davis broke a 1-1 tie off Hudson’s RBI’s to improve to 32-19 overall and 11-8 in conference play. The Anteaters drop to 34-15 and 10-9 against conference opponents.

“We knew we’d be in for a fight with (Scott) Gorgen in there,” said Aggie head coach Rex Peters. “You just hope the game is close late and you can get him out of there, and we did that today. Eddie (Gamboa) matched him pitch for pitch. This is a huge win. It helps us tremendously.”

Gamboa pitched 7.1 innings and did not allow an earned run while scattering seven hits and striking out four batters in the no decision. The only UC Irvine run came off a fielding error on the Aggie shortstop in the third inning.

Gorgen, one of the top pitchers in the Big West this season, gave up only one run off three hits through the first 6.2 innings before giving way to the bullpen. The single run was a sacrifice fly from Kyle Mihaylo in the sixth inning.

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Tags: Big West, Big West Recap, Cal State Fullerton, Cal-State Northridge, Long Beach State, Mountain West, San Diego State, UC-Davis, UC-Irvine, UC-Riverside, UC-Santa Barbara

#11 UCI 5 @ New Mexico 3
BYU 22 @ Air Force 0
UNLV 2 @ Utah 10
TCU 1 @ San Diego St. 4

BYU 22 @ Air Force 0
Wortham Twirls Five-Hit Shutout
USAFA, Colo. (April 25, 2008)–Jake Wortham twirled a five-hit shutout Friday, going the distance in BYU’s 22-0 victory with howling winds at the Air Force Academy.

Wortham evened his record at 3-3, retiring 14 straight before surrendering a double in the ninth inning as the Cougars snapped a five-game losing streak. The junior southpaw from Allen, Texas also recorded nine strikeouts, no walks and retired the side in order in the third, fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth innings.

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Tags: Air Force, BYU, Mountain West, Mountain West Recap, New Mexico, San Diego State, TCU, UC-Irvine, UNLV, Utah

San Diego St. 16 @ UNLV 20

Utah 8 @ New Mexico 15

Air Force 13 @ N. Colorado 12

Runs Easy To Come By For Rebels
LAS VEGAS - UNLV baseball torched San Diego State pitching for 19 hits in a 20-16 win on Sunday at Earl E. Wilson Stadium, giving the Rebels a Mountain West Conference series victory.

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Tags: Air Force, Mountain West, New Mexico, Northern Colorado, San Diego State, UNLV, Utah

FROM NCBWA RELEASE
DALLAS - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA)­ released the Pro-Line Athletic National Player of the Week awards for the period ending April 13, today. Missouri senior outfielder Jacob Priday was named National Hitter of the Week, while San Diego State’s sophomore right-handed pitcher Stephen Strasburg was named National Pitcher of the Week. The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference each week and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big 12, Missouri, Mountain West, National Player of the Week, NCBWA, San Diego State

The College Baseball Blog and StatStud.com have teamed up this season to bring a weekly award for the top players in the last week. We will select one pitcher and hitter every week throughout the regular season. This week Stephen Strasburg of San Diego State is our selection for Pitcher of the Week while Jacob Priday of Missouri grabs the Player of the Week award. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Big 12, CBB Players of the Week, Missouri, Mountain West, San Diego State

CBB News Sources

SAN DIEGO - Pat Colwell’s two-out single in the bottom of the 11th inning drove home the winning run as San Diego State defeated New Mexico, 3-2, Sunday afternoon at Tony Gwynn Stadium. Colwell’s heroics made a winner of junior right-hander James McLaughlin (3-0), who had just come on in the top of the inning in relief of senior starter Shane Kaufman, who had pitched brilliantly over the first 10 frames. The hit was the fifth of the day for Colwell whose safeties included a double and four singles plus a sac bunt, run scored and the all-important RBI to end the contest.

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Tags: Mountain West, New Mexico, San Diego State

@ San Francisco 5 – Cal 1

Hawaii 5 - @ Stanford 2

@ USC 7 – UC Riverside 5

@ UCLA 6 – San Diego State 2

@ Washington 17 - Portland 6

Media Releases

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Tags: Big West, Cal, Hawaii, Mountain West, Pac 10, San Diego State, San Francisco, Stanford, UC-Riverside, UCLA, USC, WAC, West Coast Conference

We continue to bring you links to SID previews for the 2008 season. We have linked to a bunch of them below.

Southern Mississippi Preview
Stephen F. Austin: Outfield Preview
Michigan State Preview: Infield and Outfield
Missouri Season Preview: Part 3 Infielders and Catchers
TCU Season Preview: Part 1
Purdue Baseball Preview: Part 3
San Diego State Season Preview
Harvard Season Preview

Tags: 2008 Season Preview, Big 12, Big Ten, Conference USA, Harvard, Ivy League, Michigan State, Missouri, Mountain West, Purdue, San Diego State, Southern Miss, Southland Conference, Stephen F. Austin, TCU

Eric Sorensen continues his season previews today for February 18th checking in on six conferences over the last two days. He checked in on the MEAC, MAC, Mountain West,  Missouri Valley, Ohio Valley, and the Northeast conferences. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Akron, Austin Peay, Bethune Cookman, Bradley, BYU, Central Connecticut, Central Michigan, Creighton, CSTV, Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Michigan, Jacksonville State, Kent State, MAC, MEAC, Miami (OH), Missouri Valley, Mountain West, New Mexico, Norfolk State, North Carolina A&T, Northeast Conference, Northern Illinois, Ohio Valley Conference, Quinnipiac, Samford, San Diego State, Southern Illinois, TCU, Tennessee Tech, Wagner, Wichita State

FROM CONFERENCE RELEASE
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The TCU Horned Frogs have been selected to win their third straight regular season Mountain West Conference baseball championship in 2008. In a vote of the seven MWC head coaches and a select media panel, the Horned Frogs received six of a possible nine first-place votes and 60 points, while BYU (three first-place votes) received 52 points to finish second in the poll. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Preseason Poll, 2008 Season Preview, Air Force, BYU, Mountain West, New Mexico, San Diego State, TCU, UNLV, Utah

Patrick Ebert of PG Crosschecker checks in with his early signing period standout classes. You can read his full review here. In alphabetical order (with three of each class’ top names), Ebert notes:

• Arkansas, led by Austin Wright, Bobby Bundy and Tyler Sample.
• Florida, with Ryan Weber, Nick Maronde and Jerico Weitzel.
• Georgia, featuring Brett DeVall, Michael Palazzone and Xavier Avery.
• Kentucky, boasting Alex Meyer, Andy Burns and Daniel Webb.
• San Diego State, lining up Isaac Galloway, Ryan O’Sullivan and Matt Lollis.
• UCLA, landing Gerrit Cole, Clark Murphy and Chris Amezquia.
• Vanderbilt, snaring Sonny Gray, Jack Armstrong and Jason Esposito.

Tags: Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, San Diego State, SEC, UCLA, Vanderbilt

The Cal Bears released their 2008 schedule recently which is highlighted by taking part in a tournament in San Diego where they will take on USD, Fresno State, SDSU, and Missouri. They will play a full Pac-10 schedule with UCLA, Arizona, Washington, and Oregon State visiting Berkley while Washington State, USC, Arizona State, and Stanford will welcome the Bears to their stadiums. The full schedule is available here.

Tags: Cal, Pac 10, San Diego State, University of San Diego, West Coast Conference

The AP has written an article about the San Diego State Aztecs and how Tony Gwynn has basically failed to turn around the program in his first four seasons. The pressure is starting to build on Gwynn to bring the Aztecs to their first NCAA Tournament in sixteen seasons. The College Baseball staff heard from a source that Gwynn is having problems teaching his student-athletes.

AP Article
North County Times

San Diego State opens the season on Friday by visiting Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo California.

San Diego Game Notes
Cal-Poly Game Notes

Tags: Cal-Poly, San Diego State, Tony Gwynn

The San Diego State Aztecs announced plans to host a doubleheader at Petco Park which is the home of the San Diego Padres. They will face the Michigan Wolverines in the nightcap while the San Diego Toreros will face Oklahoma in the early game. This will take place on Saturday, March 10th which is the middle day of the Round-Robin format tournament. The full article about the event is available here.

Tags: Michigan, Oklahoma, San Diego State, Tony Gwynn, University of San Diego, West Coast Conference