BASEBALL: FULLERTON STRIKES EARLY, FLATTENS PEPPERDINE FULLERTON 14, PEPPERDINE 7.Byline: Chris Cocoles Staff Writer FULLERTON - Pepperdine baseball coach Frank Sanchez demands steady improvement between January and May. Watching his players take batting practice at Cal State Fullerton Tuesday, Sanchez deemed the 14th-ranked Waves better now than on Jan. 30. That's when Pepperdine beat the same Titans in the season opener. But on May 1, the Waves' growth spurt growth spurt Pediatrics A period of rapid growth in middle adolescence; ♀ ↑ ±8 cm/yr ±age 12; ♂ ↑ ±10 cm/yr ± age 14; GS is orderly, affecting acral parts–ie, hands and feet grow before proximal regions, was stumped in a 14-7 loss to the Titans at Goodwin Field Goodwin Field is a stadium in Fullerton, California. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Cal State Fullerton Titans of the NCAA's Big West Conference and Orange County Flyers minor league baseball teams. It holds 3,500 people. . The sixth-ranked Titans (34-11) quickly flattened the Waves (32-15), who'd won 14 of 18. In the first three innings, Pepperdine pitchers Greg Ramirez (3-3), Eric Valenzuela and Nicholas Dolle allowed a combined five walks, two hit batters, seven hits and 10 runs. Three were unearned via errors. The numbers made Waves first baseman Jared Pitney's second and fourth-inning solo homers inconsequential. The Waves were buried in a 13-3 ditch by the fifth. Pepperdine's consistent play crested in April. A 12-game win streak solidified West Coast Conference championship and postseason hopes. When Sanchez moved from USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. assistant to Pepperdine head coach five years ago, he packed up the philosophy preached by his old boss. ``One of the many things I learned from (Trojans coach Mike Gillespie There are 3 sports coaches with the name Mike Gillespie:
``It's a long season. And what I've learned is that players never stay the same. They either get better or worse.'' Few of the Waves' marquee performers regressed. Pitchers Noah Lowry Noah Ryan Lowry (born October 10 1980 in Ventura, California) is a left-handed starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. With only average velocity on his fastball, Lowry was not widely regarded as a top prospect, and did not make Baseball and Dan Haren Daniel John ("Dan") Haren (born September 17, 1980 in Monterey Park, California) is a baseball pitcher who currently plays for the Oakland Athletics. High School and College Career Dan Haren graduated from Bishop Amat High School in La Puente, CA in 1998. , shortstop Tony Garcia and center fielder Woody Cliffords remain steady. A 12-4 April included contributions by the less-publicized Chris Kelly, Dane Ball, Simon Ferrer, Jacob Barrack BARRACK. By this term, as used in Pennsylvania, is understood an erection of upright posts supporting a sliding roof, usually of thatch. 5 Whart. R. 429. and Kevin Beavers. ``A lot of guys have really come on strong. ... When you're dealing with kids, anything can happen,'' said Sanchez, speaking prophetically for what the Waves endured. --Notes: Pepperdine second baseman Danny Garcia, batting a team-high .378, sat out after violating team rules. ... The Waves have surpassed the 30-win plateau 24 consecutive years. ``When I'm retired and sitting at home by the stove, I can say 'I was a part of that,' '' Sanchez said. The Waves are 32nd in the latest Ratings Percentage Index Commonly known as RPI, the Ratings Percentage Index is one of the rating systems whereby NCAA basketball teams are ranked. This system has been in use since 1981 to aid in selecting and seeding of the teams appearing in the 65-team men's playoffs (see also, March Madness). calculations. Fullerton ranks second. |
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