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THIS WEEK IN PACIFIC BASEBALL
CORBAN AT PACIFIC
Game No. 16/Home Game No. 4
Wed., Mar. 20, 6 p.m., Chuck Bafaro Stadium, Forest Grove
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Live Video:
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PACIFIC AT CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS (DOUBLEHEADER)
Games No. 17 & 18/Away Games No. 12 & 13
Sat., Mar. 23, 11 a.m., Bill Arce Field, Claremont, Calif.
PACIFIC AT CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS
Game No. 19/Away Game No. 14
Sun., Mar. 24, 1 p.m., Bill Arce Field, Claremont, Calif.
PACIFIC AT WHITTIER
Game No. 20/Away Game No. 15
Mon., Mar. 25, 2 p.m., Memorial Field, Whittier, Calif.
Live Stats:
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BOXERS BUILD WIN STREAK AS BRADLEY ENTERS 300 CLUB
The Pacific baseball team's three-game series at Lewis & Clark could not have come at a better time as the Boxers swept three games from the Pioneers and gave Head Coach
Greg Bradley his 300th career victory. Pacific will now test their four-game win streak with a string of non-conference contests. The Boxers host Corban on Wednesday before traveling south for a three-game series with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Saturday and Sunday and a single game next Monday against Whittier.
BOXER BYTES
• Pacific turned three Lewis & Clark errors into 11 runs in the second inning of Saturday's opener with Lewis & Clark as the Boxers gave
Rob Dittrick his first win of the year and Head Coach
Greg Bradley his 300th win with a 19-3 rout of the Pioneers.
• The Pioneers built a 2-1 lead in Saturday's nightcap before rain forced the game to be continued to Sunday. When it did,
Kyle Treadway did not allow another L&C runner past first base as the Boxers went on to the 7-2 win.
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Matt Delegato then threw his second straight complete game in Sunday's regularly scheduled game while
Walker Olis went 3 for 5 and had a three-run homer as the Boxers completed the series sweep with a 5-1 win. Delegato allow just one run while striking out eight.
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Walker Olis went 6 for 10 in the three-game series to lead the Boxers with two doubles, a home run and seven RBIs. He lifted his batting average to .494, ranking third in the NWC. He also ranks third in the league with a .536 on-base percentage and fifth with a .617 slugging percentage.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
CORBAN
The NAIA Warriors enter the week with a 15-9 record. The Warriors are coming off a weekend where they split four non-conference games with University of Antelope Valley of Lancaster, Calif. The two teams played in a rare tripleheader on Friday at Volcanoes Stadium. The Warriors lost the opener 5-2 in 10 innings, losing on a three-run 10th inning home run. Corban took the sandwich seven-inning game 4-3, scoring three of their four runs in the second on a two-run double by Kyle Kunkel and a RBI single by Jordan Johansen. Antelope Valley won the third game 8-3 as they scored seven runs over the first three innings. Corban came back to win the final game of the series on Saturday, 10-7, and did most of their damage in a seven-run first inning. Marc Gallegos leads the Corban offense, averaging .383 in 21 games with 36 hits, eight doubles, a triple and 15 RBIs. Derek Legg is hitting .338 with 27 hits, six doubles, three triples and 14 RBIs. Reliever Caleb Virtue leads the pitching staff with a 2.16 earned run average, allowing eight runs, six earned, in 25 innings. Among the regular starters, Jamie McCaffrey enters with a 4-2 record and a 3.41 ERA. Corban is 9-3 this season against NWC teams and beat Pacific 5-4 in 10 innings during the Northwest-Cascade Challenge on Feb. 23. Jeff McKay is in his third season as Corban head coach.
AGAINST BRADLEY: Pacific leads 13-9
LAST MEETING: Corban won 5-4 (10 innings) in McMnnville, Ore., on Feb. 23, 2013
CLAREMONT-MUDD-SCRIPPS
The Stags, Division III members of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC), enter the week with a 3-17 record. Claremont dropped two of three games to La Verne over the weekend in a three-game conference series. On Friday, the Stags snapped a eight-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over the Leopards thanks to a four-run eighth inning. William Knowles went 3 for 5 and had RBI singles in the first and fifth to lead the Stags. Claremont went on to drop both ends of Saturday's doubleheader, 8-2 and 8-7. The Stags saw a 2-1 lead in the opener dissolve when La Verne scored one in the fifth and six in the seventh inning. Scott Witte went 2 for 3 to lead Claremont. Both teams broke out the bats in the second game, but the Leopards secured the win with a four-run fourth inning and two runs in the sixth. Knowles led the way by going 3 for 4 with three runs, while Brett Watanabe went 2 for 3 and had five RBIs. Knowles leads the Claremont offense with a .362 batting average, including 14 hits and 14 RBIs. Witte is hitting .353 with 24 hits, four doubles and four home runs. Starter Andor Kesselman leads the pitching staff with a 4.57 earned run average and a 1-4 record in seven starts. He has allowed 27 runs, 22 earned, in 43.1 innings. As a team, Clarmeont is batting .314, owns a 5.98 earned run average and has a .433 opponent's batting average. Randy Town is in his 26th year as Claremont head coach.
AGAINST BRADLEY: Pacific leads 2-1
LAST MEETING: Pacific won 14-3 in Claremont, Calif., on Feb. 17, 2007
WHITTIER
Whitter, also a Division III SCIAC opponent, enters the week with a 9-12 record after losing three of four games over the weekend. The Poets opened their weekend on Thursday with an 11-9 loss to Kean. Whittier never led, but bounced back to challenge with a three-run eighth inning. Josh Genzuk led the Poets by going 3 for 5 with two runs. Whittier then opened a three-game conference series on Friday with an 11-5 loss to Redlands. The Bulldogs pounded out 16 hits against three Whittier pitchers. Julian Barzilli led the Poets by going 3 for 4 with two runs, two doubles and a RBI. Whittier then gave up a 15-1 seven-inning decision in the nightcap. Redlands allowed just four hits to the Poets while scoring in each inning to secure the win. Whittier will face Rutgers-Camden on Mar. 20 before facing the Boxers. Stephen Zavala leads the Whittier offense with a .397 average including 23 hits, 18 runs, seven doubles, two home runs and 16 RBIs. Starting pitcher Thomas Hemington leads the staff with a 3-2 record and 3.38 earned run average. In 32 innings, he has allowed 17 runs, 12 earned, on 24 hits with 23 strikeouts. As a team, Whittier is hitting .274, owns a 5.69 earned run average and owns a .305 opponent's batting average. Mike Rizzo is in his 16th season as Whittier head coach.
AGAINST BRADLEY: Pacific leads 2-0
LAST MEETING: Pacific won 7-1 in Chandler, Ariz., on Feb. 16, 2002
PACIFIC NEWS & NOTES
GREG BRADLEY GETS WIN NO. 300 AND THEN SOME: Pacific Head Coach
Greg Bradley reached a milestone on Saturday, becoming just the second coach in program history to amass 300 wins. The Boxers gave their skipper No. 300 in explosive style, beating Lewis & Clark in Saturday's opener 19-3. The winningest active coach in Northwest Conference baseball went on to earn wins No. 301 and 302 with the sweep of the games with the Pioneers on Sunday. Bradley is in his 18th season as Pacific head coach, taking over for the 1996 season. He began at Pacific in 1993 as an assistant coach under the winningest coach in program history, Pacific Hall of Famer Chuck Bafaro. In his tenure, Bradley has led the Boxers to 20-win seasons six times, topped by the 2012 NWC championship squad. In addition to his head coaching duties, Bradley also works as Pacific's athletic facilities manager.
WALKER WIELDING WILD BAT: Walker Olis (Fr., Burlington, Wash.) continues to put up impressive numbers at the plate for the Boxers and continues to lead the team as a freshman. Olis went 6 for 10 during the three-game Lewis & Clark series with two doubles, a home run, three runs and seven RBIs. Olis went 2 for 2 with two RBIs and two runs in the 19-3 rout on Saturday and had one hit in the rain-suspended game completed on Sunday. He then punctuated the series by going 3 for 5 in the 5-1 win on Sunday, which included four RBIs and his second home run of the season. Olis enters the week leading the Boxers and ranking third in the NWC with a .447 batting average. He also ranks third in the league with a .536 on-base percentage and fifth with a .617 slugging percentage, leading the Boxers in both categories. His two home runs also ties Olis for fourth in the NWC and also owns a 14-game hitting streak.
TWO COMPLETE GAMES IN A ROW: Starting pitcher
Matt Delegato (Sr., Hillsboro, Ore.) has emerged over the last couple of weeks as a player who can be dominant on the mound. Over the last two weekends, Delegato has pitched two complete games and has allowed one run on 15 hits and struck out 13 batters. Delegato helped Pacific complete the series sweep of Lewis & Clark on Sunday, allowing one run on eight hits and had a Pacific season-high eight strikeouts. Breaking into the starting rotation for the first time this season, Delegato now has a 2-1 record and a team-low 1.80 earned run average, which ranks sixth in the NWC. In 30 innings, he has allowed just seven runs, six earned, on 30 hits with 17 strikeouts.
ADD COMPLETE GAMES: With as impressive as
Matt Delegato's complete games have been,
Kyle Treadway's (So., Phoenix, Ore.) complete game in the Lewis & Clark series was just as impressive by the fact that it was stretched out over two days. Treadway went the distance in the rain suspended 7-2 win that started Saturday and ended Sunday. After allowing two runs in the first inning, he did not allow a runner past first base in the final eight. He allowed the two runs, one earned, on five hits with one walk and four strikeouts. It was the first win of the season for Treadway in five starts and lowered his earned run average to 3.34. The sophomore has allowed 18 runs, 11 earned, on 35 hits in 31.1 innings and has struck out 11.
COMING AROUND AFTER THE SLOW START: After a slow start that has been typical of each of his First Team All-NWC seasons,
Rob Dittrick (Sr., Mililani, Hawaii) appears to have worked his way back into dominant form. Dittrick earned his first win of the season in Saturday's opener at Lewis & Clark, In six innings of work, Dittrick allowed just one unearned run on five hits with four strikeouts. The win lowered Dittrick's earned run average to 2.53 and his opponent's batting average to .295. Dittrick has five starts this season, but has only earned decisions during his three NWC contests.
ANOTHER YOUNG BAT HITTING WELL: While his production has dropped off from his hot start,
Charlie Gaff (Fr., Stockton, Calif.) continues to be a critical part of the Boxers' offensive successes. Gaff went 5 for 12 in the three-game series with Lewis & Clark, which was topped by a pair of 2 for 4 performances in Saturday's opener and Sunday's nightcap. Gaff enters the week with a .277 batting average. He has started all but one game for the Boxers this season in center field.
SENIOR LEADERSHIP AT THE DISH: With the younger bats doing their part to keep Pacific in games,
Logan Moen (Sr., Brier, Wash.) has also been showing some pop at the plate. The senior infielder went 4 for 12 in the Lewis & Clark series, which included three RBIs. Saturday's opener was Moen's best effort as he went 2 for 3 with two runs and two RBIs in the Boxers' 19-3 rout. Moen has started 14 of the Boxers' 15 games, with the majority of his starts at either first or third base, He enters the week with a .286 batting average.
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME: Despite the two losses over the weekend, Chuck Bafaro Stadium continues to be kind to the Boxers. Pacific finished the weekend with as 26-9 record on their home field since 2010. Chuck Bafaro Stadium were indeed friendly confines for the Boxers in their 2012 championship season as they went 15-3 at home. It helped that Pacific played all of their March games at home, which included five games moved to Forest Grove due to unplayable field conditions. The home schedule will be much less fruitful for the Boxers in 2013 with just 13 games slated for Chuck Bafaro Stadium, of of which will come in conference series.
SELECT SCHEDULE OF WEB STREAMED GAMES ON TAP: For the first time, Pacific will provide a live video web stream 11 of the team's 13 home games. The video feed will provide a view of the field from the press box without audio commentary. Games could be added or removed from the schedule depending on weather cancellations or relocations. To view the live video webcasts, please visit goboxers.com/webcasts.
SEASON PREVIEW: The complete 2013 Pacific baseball season preview can be found at
bit.ly/WItPD6.
PACIFIC PICKED FIFTH IN PRESEASON POLL: Just as they were before their 2012, Pacific is picked to finish fifth according to a poll of the league's coaches conducted in January. Pacific received 40 of a possible 80 votes, landing one point behind George Fox and 11 points behind Linfield. Whitworth, to co-NWC champion that also won the NCAA Division III West Region, was chosen to repeat with a total of 68 points, including six first place votes, Pacific Lutheran was picked second with 59 points, including three first place votes. Puget Sound and Willamette tied for sixth with 25 points while Lewis & Clark and Whitman were picked to tie for eighth with 12 points apiece.
