Bear Down Wildcats

Santa Clara went 7-6 at home against Stanford (0-1), Washington (1-2), BYU (1-2), Cal, and U. San Diego. On the road, they went 10-9 against
Stanford (1-0), WSU (1-2), Loyola Marymount (0-3), Portland (1-2), Pepperdine, and U. San Diego. To get in the NCAA Tournament, they went 4-0 to win the WCC Tournament in Las Vegas, beating Gonzaga, Portland, Saint Mary's, and Portland.

Batting Order:
LF L JonJon Berring Jr .326 1 HR 15 SB
2B R Dawson Brigman Sr .317 6 HR 12 SB
RF L Michael O'Hara Sr .323 3 HR 6 SB
1B R Efrain Manzo Jr .318 17 HR 2 SB
CF R Coleman Brigman Sr .303 12 HR 10 SB
DH R Eamonn Lance Sr .329 18 HR 0 SB
SS R Malcolm Williams So .280 3 HR 16 SB
3B S Thomas Ferroggiaro Fr .250 0 HR 3 SB
C R Ben Steck Jr .248 6 HR 1 SB

Bench:
C R Nick Bacura So .200 3 HR 0 SB
OF R Jordan Lewis Fr .333 0 HR 1 SB
C R Johnny Luetzow Fr .327 0 HR 2 SB

Pitching Rotation:
LHP Cole Kitchen Sr 4.25 78.1 IP 67/33 SO/BB
RHP Jared Feikes Sr 5.05 66.0 IP 52/22 SO/BB
RHP August Souza Sr 1.69 32.0 IP 29/10 SO/BB

Closer:
RHP Skylar Hales Jr 2.81 51.1 IP 64/14 SO/BB 4 SV

Bullpen:
RHP Blake Hammond So 2.35 46.0 IP 64/25 SO/BB
LHP Brandon Gomez So 3.50 54.0 IP 51/10 SO/BB
LHP Nick Sando Sr 6.65 47.1 IP 44/22 SO/BB
RHP Jeffrey Heinrich Jr 9.00 15.0 IP 11/7 SO/BB

Can’t imagine us playing any worse than we did last night. Hoping we come out with resolve and get the bats going

Two years in a row in a regional with heavy rain

5:00 start at the earliest.

Yesterday, we're throwing BP to TCU. Tonight, can't find the strike zone. Fire Lawn.

The pitching just leaks runs this season.

Can't consistently throw strikes. And now can't play D. Hard to win games when you need to score 10+ every game because you give up runs like they are going out of style. Must put a ton of pressure on our guys at the plate.

Still on espn+?

UC Irvine must be as pissed as we are.

At least the rain delay means we weren’t the first team bounced from the tourney.

The committee have us a second chance. And we poop the bed giving up over 20 runs in 2 days. Just horrid pitching. Proves we didn't deserve a bid. We didn't have the arms to win one game, let alone a national championship. Fire Lawn.

So I guess we chose the embarrassment option, showing we never deserved a bid.

Wish we could fire Hale as well, but I guess we'll have to settle for more terrible baseball with a new pitching coach next year.

I think Hale got the volleyball team a really good player for next year.

Dave Lawn retired today…

https://twitter.com/UADaveLawn/status/1 ... gr%5Etweet

wyo-cat wrote: ↑Mon Jun 05, 2023 7:52 am Dave Lawn retired today…

https://twitter.com/UADaveLawn/status/1 ... gr%5Etweet

Just before getting fired

The writing was on the wall for Lawn. Wish him nothing but the best in his days ahead, but it is time to get some new blood and a new pitching coach.

That's a good start. But, I look at our roster, and it looks like we'll be wiped out and almost starting over, unless there's a sudden unexpected influx from the transfer portal. In two years under Hale, we went 2-0 in terms of making the NCAAs, but obviously this year involved a lot of luck. His post-season record is 2-4, which includes a win over Cansius last year, and this year's loss to Santa Clara. The win of note was knocking Miami out on their home field, which was great. But we never got to celebrate much as we were then immediately knocked out ourselves. So we've just experienced the "peak", and now it looks like the beginning of a rebuilding cycle. I assume most of the better draft-eligible juniors are gone, along with top recruit RHP Blake Wolters. Maybe he can patch something together, and maybe Vance is a genius, but it doesn't look like we'll be at the same level as this year, which was a clear disappointment. Hale needs to really rev-up his recruiting into an intense year-round activity and (I think) focus on JCs and transfers. The days of "Jerry's Kids" coming in as freshmen, enduring 3 tough years as they grow up, and then having a good year when they're seniors is long gone. These days, everything is roster building year-to-year.

Official now

The new pitching coach, the righty Candiotti from Wichita, and the lefty Telfer from Pepperdine are strong moves. You always welcome more pitchers, but with likely 7 position players gone, like to see a few additions from the portal there, in addition to the incoming high school recruits.

Lots of positional losses. Likely the whole infield other than White and LF and CF. We should be able to sell playing time to proven portal guys but pitching is definitely job #1. We do have our end of the year starting rotation due to come back

LSU beats Wake Forest 2-0 in eleven to advance to the championship round. Will Jay Johnson get that championship ring this year?

Yes and I f-ing hate it. Go Gators

azcat49 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2023 9:07 pm Yes and I f-ing hate it. Go Gators

This completely. But damn do they have some good pitchers.

With JJ’s recruiting chops and LSU’s money, I am afraid this is going to be a regular thing for them

azcat49 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2023 9:50 am With JJ’s recruiting chops and LSU’s money, I am afraid this is going to be a regular thing for them

JJ can go f*** himself. He'll look good celebrating his national title sitting in a booster seat.

Today's game is amazing.

Congrats you sneaky little bitch.

I forgot what player tweeted Johnson was a snake when the announcement was made.

I hate that fucker

azgreg wrote: ↑Thu Jun 15, 2023 3:46 pm

Dude is no longer going to Arizona, instead he signed a FA contract with the DBacks.

Freaking Mac Bingham goes to LSU. JJ strikes again that POS

I hate that guy…

Luke Hill, probably asu's best player, looks to be heading to LSU,

LSU's buying up all the good players. From womens basketball to baseball. Crazy.