Conner Rehage went 4-for-5 with three RBIs on Friday and DJ Gunderson shut down the No. 2-ranked team in Southern California over the last three innings as SBCC rallied for an 11-9 nonconference baseball win at Santa Ana."Conner had a monster day and DJ was outstanding, throwing 58 pitches for his first win," said coach Teddy Warrecker. "We came back to beat a great team that has the most wins in Southern Cal over the last three years."Rehage went 4-5 with a two-run homer and three RBIs … [Read more...]

Austin Alva outdueled Zach Edgington on Thursday and Irvine Valley pushed across a run in the bottom of the ninth to edge SBCC 2-1 in a nonconference baseball game at Irvine. The Vaqueros (5-4) failed to hit a homer for the first time this year and split the home-and-home series with the Lasers (6-5).Alva tossed a seven-hitter with seven strikeouts and one walk. Edgington went seven innings, giving up one run on five hits with six strikeouts and three walks. The Vaqueros took a 1-0 lead in the … [Read more...]

Tommy White had a career day on Tuesday at Pershing Park as he went 4-for-4 with a homer, two doubles and four RBIs in a 10-8 baseball victory over Irvine Valley."I was seeing the ball real well and trying to have quality at-bats," said White, a freshman outfielder from Scottsdale, Ariz.White staked the Vaqueros (5-3) to a 3-0 first-inning lead by drilling a three-run homer to left after Danny Cavaletto and Steven Keller opened with singles. White doubled in the third and scored on … [Read more...]

Joe McGrew tossed four-hit ball for eight innings on Friday, helping SBCC earn a nonconference baseball split with Solano at Pershing Park. The Falcons won the first game 6-5 while the Vaqueros took the nightcap 7-3.McGrew, a 6-4 sophomore left-hander from Santa Monica, allowed three runs (none earned) with five strikeouts and three walks to improve to 2-0. Bryce Smith pitched the ninth for the Vaqueros (4-3), who took two of three from Solano (3-6), which made the long trip from Fairfield … [Read more...]

After building a 7-2 lead through three innings on Thursday, SBCC held on to beat Solano 9-8 in a nonconference baseball game at Pershing Park.Kylin Turnbull, a freshman left-hander from Hillsboro, Ore., came on with with no outs in the ninth, his team ahead by one and a runner on first base. After throwing the ball away on a pickoff try, he gave up a bunt single, then retired the side 1-2-3 with two strikeouts."For Turnbull to maintain his composure after throwing the ball away, that … [Read more...]

Abe Ruiz and Conner Rehage combined for four of SBCC's five home runs in Saturday's home baseball debut as the Vaqueros overwhelmed Antelope Valley in a doubleheader sweep, 13-0 and 17-6.Ruiz, a sophomore transfer from Arizona State, went 6-for-10 on the day with a two-run homer in each game. Rehage hit two round-trippers in the nightcap, which was shortened to eight innings by darkness. The first baseman belted a two-run shot in the first inning to put the Vaqueros up 4-3 and added a solo … [Read more...]

SBCC belted four homers on Sunday but still dropped a season-opening baseball doubleheader to Saddleback in Mission Viejo. The Gauchos won by scores of 12-6 and 6-5.The Vaqueros gave up six runs in the fourth inning of the opener and fell behind 6-0. Connor Rehage hit a solo homer in the fifth and Steven Keller had a two-run blast in the ninth. Sam Johnston and Taylor Lyons each had two hits.Saddleback (2-1), ranked 13th in Southern Cal, erased a 5-4 SBCC lead in the nightcap with single … [Read more...]

Balance is crucial, not only in life, but on the diamond. This year's SBCC baseball squad has balance in the three key categories -- defense, offense and pitching."Our greatest strength this year is balance," said 10th-year coach Teddy Warrecker. "We have a chance to be very good defensively. I certainly expect us to hit for a lot more power than we did the last two seasons. And we have pitching experience and depth. It might be our best balance in all three areas since I've been here." The … [Read more...]

 SBCC narrowly missed qualifying for the Southern Cal Regional baseball playoffs on Sunday. After winning just one of their first 10 WSC North games, the Vaqueros (24-19, 11-14) captured 10 of their last 15.They finished 20th in Southern Cal, two spots shy of a playoff spot.“Going 1-9 in the first part of league was too much to overcome,” said coach Teddy Warrecker, whose finished on an 8-3 run. … [Read more...]

Cuesta foiled SBCC with another walk-off baseball victory on Friday as Chad Reynolds' bloop single with two outs in the ninth scored two and lifted the Cougars to a 6-5 win on a rainy day in San Luis Obispo.The WSC champions beat the Vaqueros in four of five meetings this year, including three walk-off wins. Santa Barbara (24-19, 11-14) had its four-game win streak snapped and will find out on Sunday whether eight wins in the last 11 games were good enough to qualify for one of 18 Southern … [Read more...]

Blake McFarland shut down Hancock's attack and raised the postseason hopes of SBCC on Thursday with a 4-3 baseball victory at Pershing Park. McFarland, a 6-6 right-hander, tossed a seven-hit complete game with a season-high 11 strikeouts."It's exactly what you want out of a third-year sophomore," said coach Teddy Warrecker. "He demanded the ball. He was over 140 pitches in the eighth and ninth innings and he came up huge in his last home start. … [Read more...]