Monday, April 26, 2010
UC Irvine Series Recap
The Aggies had a week off from conference play after their series against the Long Beach State Dirtbags. The Aggies played 5 games, 2 at home in Dobbins and 3 during a weekend series when they made a trip down to Bakersfield to take on the Roadrunners of CSUB. The Ags came out of the week with a 2-3 record with a win against San Jose State and 1 in Bakersfield. This past weekend the Aggies had their 3rd conference series, this time against pre-season top 10 team UC Irvine. Coming into the weekend the Aggies stood at 16-16 overall and 2-4 in conference play and the visiting Anteaters came in at 21-13 and 5-4 in conference play. By the end of the weekend the Ags fell to 2-7 in conference play and the Anteaters improved to 8-4.
Friday-
Not a lot went right for the Aggies throughout the weekend, Sean Watson would fall into 1 of the few things that did. Watson struggled some by hitting three batters and balking 1 time but given the struggles the Aggies have had with their third starter since Anthony Kupbens' injury. Watson finished his day with 7 and 2/3 innings, allowing 11 hits, 7 runs, only 3 of which were earned but the reason they were unearned was Watson's fault.
Offensively there was pretty much nothing happening for the Aggies, in total they sent 28 batters to the plate throughout the game, for those of you keeping score at home that's one more than the minimum. Daniel Bibona and Kyle Hooper combined to 3 hit the Aggies through 9 innings in only 109 pitches. Bibona struck out 8 batters as he improved to 7-2 on the year.
The Anteaters were in full force offensively by scoring 8 runs on 13 hits. They were lead by Casey Stevenson who went 4 for 5, scoring 2 runs and driving in 3. Brian Hernandez also chipped in going 3 for 5 and drove in 3 runs as well.
Overall the game on Friday was not one the Aggies want to remember offensively and did not set a good tone for the rest of the weekend.
Saturday-
The Aggies hoped to get their offense on track after the sub-par showing on Friday but that was not in the cards on Saturday afternoon. The Aggies started off the game with a single by Daniel Cepin, driven hard in the hole between shortstop and third base. That single by Cepin accounted for the totality of the Aggies offense on Saturday. Christian Bergman pitched a masterful game for the Anteaters, facing the minimum amount of batters after Cepin was caught stealing later in the 1st inning. Bergman held the Aggies scoreless while moving through the rest of the game without allowing another base runner. He struck out 6 and only required 89 pitches to get through the 9 innings.
Unfortunately for the Aggies their Ace was not in the same form as Bergman. Dayne Quist took the mound Saturday after a decent outing in Bakersfield the week before but his numbers against the Anteaters were, to put it bluntly, bad. The southpaw finished the day going 5 plus innings, surrendering 11 hits while walking 2, he also doubled hit hit batter number by plunking two Anteaters on the day, one positive was that he did strike out 4 batters. Given how strong Bergman was pitching it didn't really matter how many runs the Aggies pitchers surrendered but the 13 that Quist and Scott Heinig ended up allowing added an extra string to the loss.
Sunday-
Heading into Sunday the series had already been decided both mathematically and emotionally but the Aggies still hoped to but forward a better offensive showing than they had the previous two games, while they were unable to come away with the win their were definitely positives to take away from the Sunday game. Those positives were mainly the offense showing up and Nathan Slaters performance in relief of Scott Lyman.
The offense came away Sunday with 11 hits, 6 of which were split between Scott Heylman, Eric Johnson, and Paul Politi. Those players also combined for 3 runs sored and 3 RBI. The Anteaters offense was still in full swing on Sunday, scoring 10 runs, 8 against Lyman. They were lead by Brian Hernandez, Jeff Cusick, and normally light hitting DJ Crumlich. Cusick was 2 for 4 with 1 run scored and 4 RBI, Hernandez went 1 for 3 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI, and Crumlich chipped in going 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored and 1 batted in.
A look forward-
It was clear the the Aggies were outmatched by the Anteaters this past weekend, but there are good things to take at least from Sundays game. They are still a young team and there will still be growing pains throughout the rest of the year. The Ags will be at home Tuesday taking on the Golden Bears of Berkeley before heading down to Northridge this weekend for a three game series against the Matadors of CSUN. The Aggies have a tough match up this weekend, while they currently have a 6-9 record while away from Dobbins and the Matadors have a 12-10 home record.
Friday-
Not a lot went right for the Aggies throughout the weekend, Sean Watson would fall into 1 of the few things that did. Watson struggled some by hitting three batters and balking 1 time but given the struggles the Aggies have had with their third starter since Anthony Kupbens' injury. Watson finished his day with 7 and 2/3 innings, allowing 11 hits, 7 runs, only 3 of which were earned but the reason they were unearned was Watson's fault.
Offensively there was pretty much nothing happening for the Aggies, in total they sent 28 batters to the plate throughout the game, for those of you keeping score at home that's one more than the minimum. Daniel Bibona and Kyle Hooper combined to 3 hit the Aggies through 9 innings in only 109 pitches. Bibona struck out 8 batters as he improved to 7-2 on the year.
The Anteaters were in full force offensively by scoring 8 runs on 13 hits. They were lead by Casey Stevenson who went 4 for 5, scoring 2 runs and driving in 3. Brian Hernandez also chipped in going 3 for 5 and drove in 3 runs as well.
Overall the game on Friday was not one the Aggies want to remember offensively and did not set a good tone for the rest of the weekend.
Saturday-
The Aggies hoped to get their offense on track after the sub-par showing on Friday but that was not in the cards on Saturday afternoon. The Aggies started off the game with a single by Daniel Cepin, driven hard in the hole between shortstop and third base. That single by Cepin accounted for the totality of the Aggies offense on Saturday. Christian Bergman pitched a masterful game for the Anteaters, facing the minimum amount of batters after Cepin was caught stealing later in the 1st inning. Bergman held the Aggies scoreless while moving through the rest of the game without allowing another base runner. He struck out 6 and only required 89 pitches to get through the 9 innings.
Unfortunately for the Aggies their Ace was not in the same form as Bergman. Dayne Quist took the mound Saturday after a decent outing in Bakersfield the week before but his numbers against the Anteaters were, to put it bluntly, bad. The southpaw finished the day going 5 plus innings, surrendering 11 hits while walking 2, he also doubled hit hit batter number by plunking two Anteaters on the day, one positive was that he did strike out 4 batters. Given how strong Bergman was pitching it didn't really matter how many runs the Aggies pitchers surrendered but the 13 that Quist and Scott Heinig ended up allowing added an extra string to the loss.
Sunday-
Heading into Sunday the series had already been decided both mathematically and emotionally but the Aggies still hoped to but forward a better offensive showing than they had the previous two games, while they were unable to come away with the win their were definitely positives to take away from the Sunday game. Those positives were mainly the offense showing up and Nathan Slaters performance in relief of Scott Lyman.
The offense came away Sunday with 11 hits, 6 of which were split between Scott Heylman, Eric Johnson, and Paul Politi. Those players also combined for 3 runs sored and 3 RBI. The Anteaters offense was still in full swing on Sunday, scoring 10 runs, 8 against Lyman. They were lead by Brian Hernandez, Jeff Cusick, and normally light hitting DJ Crumlich. Cusick was 2 for 4 with 1 run scored and 4 RBI, Hernandez went 1 for 3 with 2 runs scored and 2 RBI, and Crumlich chipped in going 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored and 1 batted in.
A look forward-
It was clear the the Aggies were outmatched by the Anteaters this past weekend, but there are good things to take at least from Sundays game. They are still a young team and there will still be growing pains throughout the rest of the year. The Ags will be at home Tuesday taking on the Golden Bears of Berkeley before heading down to Northridge this weekend for a three game series against the Matadors of CSUN. The Aggies have a tough match up this weekend, while they currently have a 6-9 record while away from Dobbins and the Matadors have a 12-10 home record.
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