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Wildcats roughed up by Warriors, drop 18-5 decision
Michael Murphy blasted his third home run of the year Saturday against Cal State Stanislaus.
3/20/2010 7:40:33 PM
TURLOCK – A lot has been made this season of the Chico State baseball team’s potent offense – entering game two of their four-game set with Cal State Stanislaus, the Wildcats had averaged just under 11 runs and more than 13 hits a contest, and had scored 10 or more runs in a game 11 times. But Saturday it would be the host Warriors who ruled the day offensively, pounding out 21 hits against four Chico State pitchers en route to an 18-5 victory over the Wildcats, evening the series at a win apiece.
Saturday’s loss dropped the Wildcats to 16-6 on the season and 12-6 in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). Cal State Stanislaus improved to 11-12 overall and 7-7 in conference play.
Kevin Seaver’s RBI double in the top of the first inning gave Chico State a 1-0 lead, but Stanislaus would quickly knot things up with a run in its half of the first. The Warriors knocked Wildcats starting pitcher Jordan Lindebaum out of the game in the second inning, sending 10 batters to the plate and scoring seven times in the frame. Michael Johnson got things started with a two-run homer, and following a sacrifice fly and RBI single by Andrew Graves to put Stanislaus up 5-1, Alex Zanini, Jr. delivered a bases-loaded triple off Chico State reliever Phillip Hymas to drive in three more and extend the Warriors’ lead to 8-1.
The Warriors continued to pile up the runs, scoring three times in the third inning, twice in the fourth on Johnson’s second round-tripper of the day, and twice in the fifth on a two-run single by Johnson to give Stanislaus a huge 15-1 lead. Chico State chipped away, scoring twice in the top of the sixth inning on a Michael Murphy solo homer and an RBI double by Travis Kruger, then adding two more in the seventh on run-scoring singles by Seaver and Tony Hernandez. But the Warriors put an end to any thought of a late-inning Wildcat comeback by scoring twice in the seventh and once in the eighth against reliever Brian Fowler, and Cal State Stanislaus cruised to the 18-5 victory.
Chico State collected 11 hits in the losing effort, with Murphy, Seaver and Jordan Larson notching two apiece. Johnson, who had just seven at-bats for Cal State Stanislaus before Saturday, finished his career day with a 5-for-6 stat line, including two homers, six RBI and four runs scored. Seven other players posted multi-hit games for the victorious Warriors.
BOX SCORE
The series shifts to Chico’s Nettleton Stadium Sunday, where the Wildcats and Warriors will square off in doubleheader action beginning at noon. Hear all the action with Mitch Cox calling the play-by-play on ESPN 101.7 and 1340 AM locally, or on the Internet via the Wildcat Athletics website.
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Wildcats of the Week
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Men's Track
As a decathlete, Brian Beeman is used to running all over the place. But he took it to a new level last week. After competing in the decathlon, high jump and javelin to help lead the Chico State men’s track & field team to the California Collegiate Athletic Association Championship March 6-8, he got on a bus and arrived back in Chico in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Then, he turned around to head back to Southern California for the Claremont Classic Decathlon and turned in an NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark and personal best score of 6,512 on Thursday and Friday.
That iron-man feet has earned him Wildcat of the Week honors.
Beeman finished sixth at the Burns Track and Field Complex while logging the 15th best score in the nation this year. He won the 1,500-meter run with a time of 4:31.75, placed third in the 400-meter dash (51.19 seconds) and tied for third in the high jump (6-feet-02.75).
Beeman and a number of his Wildcats teammates now await Wednesday morning’s NCAA Track and Field Championships selection show to found out if he’s earned a berth to the National Championships May 27-29 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Softball
Kacie McCarthy’s freshman season as a Wildcat has been filled with highlights, but the Shingletown native turned in her most memorable performances of the year last weekend in the NCAA West Sub-Regional at Sonoma State, posting three straight victories and helping Chico State advance to the West Super Regional in Hawaii. The Wildcats are just two wins away from reaching the Division II College World Series, thanks in large part to the pitching prowess of McCarthy, who is the latest recipient of Wildcat of the Week honors.
In Friday’s Sub-Regional opener, McCarthy took over for Chico State starter Jessica McDermott and tossed seven-and-a-third innings of relief, striking out a career-high 11 batters and earning the win as the Wildcats beat 15th ranked Grand Canyon University 5-4 in eight innings. In Saturday’s winner’s bracket game versus No. 14 Sonoma State, McCarthy twirled a one-hit shutout in Chico State’s 7-0 victory over the host Seawolves. Sunday McCarthy completed the postseason trifecta, going the distance for the 18th time this year and getting credit for the “W” as the ’Cats rallied back from three runs down to score four times in the bottom of the sixth inning and pull out a 4-3 victory over Dixie State to sweep through the Sub-Regional and advance to this weekend’s West Super Regional.
McCarthy, now 16-10 on the season, lowered her season ERA to 1.92 with the three weekend wins and is ranked third among California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) pitchers. She also is sixth in the conference in victories and innings pitched (164.1). She leads the Wildcats in wins, complete games, innings pitched and appearances (29).
Chico State takes on the No. 3 ranked Sea Warriors of Hawaii Pacific Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific time in the opener of the West Super Regional in Kaneohe, Hawaii. The winner of the best-of-three set will advance to the Division II College World Series May 27-31 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
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4.27.10 | Baseball
CHICO – The third annual Chico State Baseball Golf Tournament, benefiting the Wildcat baseball program, is scheduled for Saturday, July 17. The tournament, which has grown in popularity in each of is first two years, will again take place on the North Course of the legendary La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad.
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6.9.10 | Baseball
Luke Barker was in his mother’s belly the first time he took in a Chico State baseball game. Next season he’ll be in the cardinal and white. A fixture at Nettleton Stadium since he was “this big,” (insert old lady motioning low to the ground here) Barker, now 6-foot-3, signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball for the Wildcats Wednesday in a ceremony at Pleasant Valley High School. Barker, the son of Chico State Athletic Director Anita Barker and Chico State Head Athletic Trainer Scott Barker, chose Chico State over a number of other collegiate baseball programs in Northern California. Performances like he had as a senior at Pleasant Valley this season tend to get that kind of attention.
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6.9.10 | Baseball
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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Ping! The ball rockets off the barrel of the bat, severing the air on its route toward the gap in right-center field. Jackson Evans uncoils, drops the bat, and explodes out of the batters’ box. His quads work like pistons, motoring him around first base. He’s thinking three, and when he sees that the ball has bounced off the warning track, off the wall, and high into the air, he knows without hesitation he’s going for it. He hits the bag at second like a blur, takes a few more long strides, and then goes airborne before landing on his belly and sliding into the bag. Thwap! The ball hits the glove. The umpire raises his arms to his side and yells “Safe!” A few moments later, on a ball in the dirt, he does it all over again. But this time he only has to travel 90 feet, and when he slides home safely, the Chico State baseball team has a run on the board.
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5.25.10 | Baseball
Michael Gleason has often said that this season was the most fun he’s ever had playing baseball. He can now also remember it for the year he was an All-American thanks to his selection to the 2010 Daktronics All-America Team as a third-team selection. Gleason also joins Johnny Hay, Jackson Evans, Michael Murphy, and Adam Arakawa as an All-West Region honoree as the postseason awards have come pouring in over the past two weeks.
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5.14.10 | Baseball
COMPTON – Sometimes home isn’t so sweet. It’s certain that the Chico State baseball team won’t arrive back in Chico with a good taste in its mouth when the team bus pulls into the University Stadium parking lot on Saturday. The Wildcats were the first team eliminated from the NCAA Championship Tournament West Regional Friday when they lost to Hawaii Pacific 11-3 at the MLB Urban Youth Academy.
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5.13.10 | Baseball
COMPTON – The Chico State baseball team had won 10 NCAA Championship Tournament West Regional openers in a row. Now, for the first time since 1996, the Wildcats will be forced to attempt to make their way through the losers’ bracket following an 11-4 loss to Cal State Dominguez Hills Thursday night.
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