COLLEGE BASEBALL : CAL LUTHERAN ROUTS CLAREMONT.Byline: Danny Schumacher Daily News Staff Writer After getting routed the day before and facing possible elimination Friday, Cal Lutheran pulled a reversal on Claremont during the second day of the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III
Division III (or DIII) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. West Regional playoffs at Moorpark College Moorpark College is a California-state funded community college located on a 134 acre (542,000 m²) property reclining on a hill in Moorpark, a town in Ventura County, California. . The Kingsmen, thanks to a pair of impressive pitching performances from right-handers Andrew Barber and Erik Kiszczak, swept Claremont 15-3 and 13-3 in Friday's doubleheader. Cal Lutheran (29-11) now leads the five-game series 2-1 and needs just one more victory to advance to the Division III World Series, which starts Thursday in Salem, Va. Today's game is scheduled for noon. Claremont (28-15) must win to force a second game today. The Stags can blame Barber and Kiszczak for their precarious position. Barber, a senior, turned in one of the best pitching performances in school history, striking out a career-high 15 batters. He finished two strikeouts short of tying Adam Hacker's school record from 1993, when he struck out 17 against Cal. More impressively, Barber shut down a Claremont squad that had pounded out 17 runs and 20 hits the day before. ``What a difference a day makes,'' Cal Lutheran coach Marty Slimak said. ``They had to come up big; Barber especially had to come up big. He had a great day.'' Although he wasn't as dominant, Kiszczak, a freshman, was equally impressive. He struck out six, rolled up a steady stream of grounders and allowed just one earned run earned run n. Baseball A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages. Noun 1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team . He also allowed just two baserunners to reach scoring position In the sport of baseball, a baserunner is said to be in scoring position when he is on second or third base. The distinction between being on first base and second or third base is that a runner on first can usually only score if the batter hits an extra base hit, while a runner on in the final five innings. Claremont pitchers didn't share that success. Cal Lutheran had just two extra base hits in the first game - a two-run homer by Frank Maldonado in the seventh and a double from Sean Smith Sean Smith may refer to one of the following:
Claremont starters Joe Whitlach and Matt Raine each gave up 10 earned runs in their outings. USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. 7, Washington 3: Randy Flores had a no-hitter as the Trojans (37-14-1) forced a third game of the Pac-10 championship series with a win over the Huskies (30-27). Washington won the first game on Thursday 6-2. |
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