CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE MATADORS NOTEBOOK : CRABTREE BREAKS PATTERN WITH UNUSUAL SERIES START.For the first time since the season opener on Jan. 26, Cal State Northridge senior right-hander Robert Crabtree started the first game of a series on Friday night. Usually the second-game pitcher, Crabtree started the first game of the Matadors' NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Play-in Series at Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. in place of Erasmo Ramirez Erasmo RamÃrez (born April 29, 1976 in Santa Ana, California) is a left-handed relief pitcher in the Florida Marlins organization of Major League Baseball. His nickname is "The Eraser". . Pitching coach Dan Cowgill said Ramirez suffered a ``slightly sprained'' ankle shagging Shagging may refer to:
``He could go tonight,'' Cowgill said of Ramirez. ``He is 100 percent. He's just getting another day of rest.'' Not that the pitching order has meant much this season. ``We've been saying all year that they're interchangeable,'' Cowgill said. ``We have that luxury.'' Crabtree entered Friday with a 13-6 record. The left-handed Ramirez, who will start today at 1 p.m. against right-handed Jeff Perry, is 12-1. Surprise guest: Seated behind home plate Friday night was none other than Cal State Northridge president Dr. Blenda Wilson. ``I wanted to see some baseball,'' said Wilson, who was sat with her husband, Louis Fair, and Northridge athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic Paul Bubb. Wilson said she came up just for Friday's game. |
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