Sunset Baseball League
Sparrows Newest Addition to SBL
Date:11/26/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The Woodland Hills Sparrows are the newest addition to the SBL. The head coach is Ryan Davis who currently is an assistant at Compton Community College. Prior to coaching at Compton Community, Davis was an assistant at Coppin State. The Sparrows will be led by ace Tyler Witt who attends Wake Forest. Coach Davis has given high praise to Witt stating he believes Witt will be the top arm in the Suns...
Andris Rizquez Named League MVP
Date:07/31/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
Andris Rizquez (Lewis & Clark) has been awarded the inaugural Sunset League MVP. Rizquez of the OC Surf was also elected as the All-Star Game MVP earlier in July. Rizquez finished the season with 25 runs scored (2nd most in the league), 23 RBI (2nd most), four home runs (2nd most) and a .333 BA, which was good for a top 10 finish. The Inland Valley Pirates' MVP of the season was Bren...
Surf Win Inaugural Championship
Date:07/31/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The OC Surf hoisted up the inaugural Sunset Baseball League championship after defeating the Inland Valley Pirates 10-5 at Blair Field Saturday night. The Surf actually fell behind in the top of the first after Jahshua Jones tripled off the base of the left field fence and came in to score later in the inning to make it a 1-0 ballgame. The Surf responded immediately with three runs in the bottom...
Surf Advance to Championship
Date:07/28/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The OC Surf swept the Signal Hill Oilers in the SBL Semifinals winning by a 3-2 final in Game 2 at Concordia University Wednesday afternoon. Phil Steering picked up where he left off in Game 1 by hitting a two-run shot over the right center wall. The Oilers stayed in the game with some key relief pitching that shut down the Surf. The Oilers had base loaded three time...
Pirates Head to Championship
Date:07/28/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
A topsy-turvy affair broke out in the second game of the best of three SBL semifinal series on Wednesday night at Cal Poly Pomona as the Pirates held on to win 10-9 and sweep the #1 seeded Solana Beach Cardinals. After falling behind 2-0 in the top of the first, Inland Valley answered with a run in the bottom of the frame on a Brennan McKenzie RBI single to make it a 2-1 ballgame. The Cardinals ...
Surf Take 1-0 Series Lead
Date:07/27/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The OC Surf took a 1-0 series lead with a 7-3 victory over the Signal Hill Oilers in Game 1 of the Sunset Semifinals at Long Beach City College on Tuesday evening. The Oilers actually got out to a quick 2-0 start behind a two-run homer from Reese Berberet in the first inning before the Surf tied it up at 2 apiece in the third. Anthony Sommers settled down for the Surf after the first i...
Pirates Sink the Cardinals
Date:07/26/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The Inland Valley Pirates took Game 1 of the SBL semifinals over the Solana Beach Cardinals 4-3 at Torrey Pines High School on Tuesday afternoon. After falling behind 2-0 on a Cole Klemke two-run homer, Inland Valley responded with two of their own in the fourth on three consecutive base hits. Alberto Vargas and Brennan McKenzie scored in the inning. Jonathan de Marte knocked in an RBI, but he wa...
SBL Players of the Week (7/18-7/24)
Date:07/25/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
David Odle (Santa Clara) has earned the SBL pitcher of the week honor. Odle hurled nine innings this past week for the OC Surf and only allowed one earned run. Odle was electric against the Pirates going seven innings, while only allowing three hits in a 2-1 pitcher's duel. He also tossed two innings against the Saints and struck out two, while allowing no runs. Odle has been a big reason why ...
SBL Semifinals
Date:07/25/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The #1 Solana Beach Cardinals will play the #4 Inland Valley Pirates in a best of three game series from Tuesday through Thursday. Games 1 and 3 (if necessary) will be held at Torrey Pines High School at 3 p.m., while Game 2 will be played Wednesday at Cal Poly Pomona at 6:00 p.m. In the other semifinal, the North champion Signal Hill Oilers take on the #3 OC Surf in a best of three series a...
Surf Clinch
Date:07/21/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The OC Surf became the second team to clinch a playoff spot in the Sunset Baseball League on Wednesday night after a doubleheader sweep of the Inland Valley Pirates. The Surf won Game 1 by a score of 15-0 thanks to two six-run innings. Bo Coolen was a cool customer belting in five RBI and also scoring twice in the game. Reigning SBL player of the week Phil Steering continued his tear rippi...
SBL Players of the Week (7/10-7/17)
Date:07/18/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
Junior-to-be Phil Steering (Hawaii Hilo) put up gaudy video game-esque numbers for the past week and earned the player of the week in the SBL. Last week, Steering went 13-for-20, which is an astounding .650 BA, and belted three home runs, cranked in six RBI and scored seven runs. Steering is a big reason why the OC Surf are right in the thick of the playoff hunt. The Surf's pus...
SBL Playoff Race Coming Down to Wire
Date:07/17/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The first regualr season of the SBL has enjoyed a lot of success and it will come to a thrilling culmination this week. Each and every team is still in the playoff race and hungry to establish their footprints on the inaugural SBL championship trophy. The Solana Beach Cardinals (13-8) lead the south division. SBL all-star Niko Holm (Palomar College) leads the team with a .433 BA. The Cardina...
Cards Overcome Surf
Date:07/14/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The Solana Beach Cardinals beat the OC Surf 7-4 at Torrey Pines on Wednesday. Jonathan Vizcaino started on the mound for the Cards and threw 6 innings of one-run ball. Down 7-1 in the top of the ninth, the Surf stormed back with a three-run bomb by Steering. However, the comeback train ended there. The Cardinals improve to 12-6 on the year to keep control of first place in the South division. Sola...
SBL Players of the Week
Date:07/11/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
Scott Savage of the South Bay Sliders has earned the pitcher of the week award after tossing 9.2 innings and striking out three, while allowing no runs. Savage's dominant performance came on Sunday afternoon against the OC Surf when he went 8.2 innings of shutout baseball. He also added another scoreless inning against the Inland Valley Pirates. Savage (The Master's College) has cruised al...
Sliders Sweep Surf
Date:07/11/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The South Bay Sliders are currently the hottest team in the Sunset Baseball League. Winners of their last three SBL games, they just defeated the OC Surf 6-3 and 1-0 in a double header Sunday afternoon at El Camino College. In the first game of that double header, the Sliders were powered by a dominant pitching performance by three Sliders: Walker Marks (Occidental) went 4.1 innings pit...
Cardinals Squeak Past Oilers
Date:07/10/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The Solana Beach Cardinals and the Signal Hill Oilers matched up again on Saturday in a battle of division leaders. After winning the night before, the Cards stayed hot, hanging on to an 8-7 victory to improve to 10-5. Solana Beach improves their winning streak to four games in a row. The Cardinals scored two runs in each of their first four innings at the plate. Cardinals shortstop and 2016 S...
Sliders Salvage a Split with Pirates
Date:07/10/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The South Bay Sliders defeated the Inland Valley Pirates Saturday night by a score of 4-2. The Sliders were fueled by a dominant pitching performance by Tanner Stevens (El Camino College) who went 4.2 innings only allowing one hit. An army of Sliders pitchers went on to preserve the 4-2 victory. The Sliders got out to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning off of Pirates starter, Breion...
Cardinals Continue Hot Play
Date:07/08/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The Solana Beach Cardinals continued to play good baseball on Friday defeating the Signal Hill Oilers 10-2 at Long Beach City College. The offense was powered by all members of the lineup, and the pitching was solid again. Alex Homick started on the bump for the Cards, throwing five innings of one-run ball. Homick was followed up by four innings of excellent relief from Herman Alv...
Pirates Beat Sliders
Date:07/08/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The Inland Valley Pirates (9-13-1, 7-6) defeated the South Bay Sliders 6-4 Friday night at El Camino College. The Pirates fell behind 3-0 at the end of two, but answered in the fourth with three to tie it up. Jonathan de Marte and Jahshua Jones had an RBI in the frame. The Pirates scored three more in the sixth to take a 6-3 lead. Jake Bryant ripped an RBI double to left field and Jones cranked ...
South Wins Inaugural All-Star Game
Date:07/07/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The South defeated the North in a high scoring 11-9 ballgame Wednesday night at Cal Poly Pomona. The star of the night was Andris Rizquez (Lewis & Clark), who went 4-for-4 with two doubles, four RBI, one run scored and one stolen base. The OC Surf outfielder was named the first ever SBL all-star MVP. The North jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the top of the first inning as six of the first...
SBL Mid-Season Review
Date:07/06/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
At the midway point through the season, the Sunset Baseball League is as competitive as any league across the nation. Only 1.5 games separates the three teams in the South. The Solana Beach Cardinals have a narrow 0.5 game lead in the division at 8-5. Kit Larson has been the ace of the staff, and one of the aces of the league. The NC State senior-to-be has a microscopic 1.12 ERA, while only...
All-Star Roster Announced
Date:06/30/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The inaugural SBL all-star rosters for the July, 6 game at Cal Poly Pomona have been determined. The first ever game will feature the north taking on the south. Representing the north will be the Arroyo Seco Saints, the Signal Hill Oilers and South Bay Sliders. The south team is made of the Inland Valley Pirates, OC Surf and Solana Beach Cardinals. The Cardinals, Saints and Surf will send the mo...
Players of the Week
Date:06/28/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
Connor Underwood of the South Bay Sliders has been selected the position player of the week in the SBL. Underwood, a sophomore catcher at El Camino College finished the week 6-for-12 with two doubles and one RBI. Kyle Wade of the Inland Valley Pirates earned the nod for the pitcher of the week. Wade, a sophomore at Iowa, pitched 8.1 innings and struck out five, while only allowing one run....
Surf Kings of OC
Date:06/26/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The Battle of Orange County was lopsided as the OC Surf swept the OC Riptide winning by a combined 15 runs in the three games played on Saturday and Sunday. The Surf won Game 1 on Saturday 5-3. John Balliet led the way with a 2-for-4 day and one RBI. Anthony Sommer pitched 5.1 strong innings allowing just two earned runs and striking out six. In Game 2, the Surf won 7-2. Ryan Daugherty not...
Saints Take Game 1 from Sliders
Date:06/26/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The Arroyo Seco Saints (4-5) made an excellent outing against the South Bay Sliders Saturday evening in a victory of 3-1. The winning pitcher was James Giambolvo who gave the Saints six strong innings allowing only one hit and four strikeouts. The losing pitcher was Walker Marks. Manager Togeas was satisfied with his team’s pitching. “James came out and set the tone real well an...
Cardinals Sweep Pirates
Date:06/26/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The Solana Beach Cardinals swept their double header against the Pirates at home on Saturday. Fresh off a walk-off loss to the Pirates on the previous night, the Cardinals bounced back with two huge wins. The first win of the day broke a three-game losing streak for Solana Beach. In game 1, Troy Lamparello of Palomar College threw 4 2/3 scoreless innings for the Cardinals, and was backed by ...
Pirates Walkoff for 2nd Straight Game
Date:06/25/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
On Friday, at Scolinos Field, The Inland Valley Pirates out-dueled the Solana Beach Cardinals for a hard-fought 3-2 victory. Clutch, late inning heroics helped to back a stellar pitching performance from starter, Kyle Wade. The Pirates jumped out to an early 1-0 lead as Alec Petrone came home on an RBI single by Jonathan de Marte. With runners on first and third, Alberto Vargas sc...
Pirates Walkoff Winners
Date:06/22/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
Late inning heroics lifted the Pirates to a 6-5 victory over the Orange County Surf on Tuesday afternoon at Scolinos Field. The Surf got out to an early lead with an unearned run in the very first inning. The Pirates scored the equalizer in the bottom of the fourth when Alec Petrone came home on an RBI groundout by Mario Micketti. However, the Surf immediately answered right back...
Players of the Week Announced
Date:06/20/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
The Sunset Baseball League is proud to announce the inaugural recipients of the Player of the Week awards. Each week from now until the end of the season, a hitter and pitcher will be acknowledged as the hitter and pitcher of the week. The first ever pitcher of the week is Kit Larson (Cardinals). Larson currently attends North Carolina State University and was lights out on the mound during the ...
Surf Sweep Doubleheader Against Saints
Date:06/19/2016 Source:Sunset Baseball League
Pasadena, CA ---- The Orange County Surf defeated the Arroyo Seco Saints 5-1 Saturday afternoon in the second game of a doubleheader after winning the first game 9-4 at Brookside Park. Saints starter Race Gardner faced Surf starter Matt Moriarty in a matchup that would decide the outcome of the two-game doubleheader. Gardner could not stem the momentum of the Surf from t...
