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Marcus Hatley, who singled to lead off the inning, is congratulated after scoring what turned out to be the winning run in top of the 12th at Southwestern on March 8. Palomar scored four more runs in the inning and won 11-6. -- Photo by Hugh Gerhardt Palomar freshman Marcus Hatley signs with Chicago Cubs as pitcher (5/30/07)
The Cubs signed Hatley, a 6-foot-5, 195-pound right-hander who prepped at Mission Hills High School, as a pitcher. Hatley, a first-team All-Pacific Coast Conference selection, started 40 games for the Comets in right field and center field during the 2007 season, hitting .290 with 17 doubles, three home runs and 31 RBIs. He hit .304 in conference. Hatley also pitched two scoreless innings in relief, notching a save. Palomar coach Buck Taylor had planned to switch Hatley, who hit to a starting pitcher in 2008. "Marcus' signing opens up a lot of innings for some other pitcher for us," Taylor said. UPDATEDBIOS UPDATED AFTER FINAL GAME | UPDATED ALL-TIME HITTING | UPDATED ALL-TIME PITCHING All-time hitting, pitching
Sophomore right-handed pitcher Nick Vincent, who has accepted a scholarship to Long Beach State, moved to second on Palomar's all-time lists in career pitching wins (20) and strikeouts (195) during the 2007 season. (Photo by Hugh Gerhardt) Vincent, Imperiali, Willeford make Palomar baseball all-time lists (5/27/07) Nick Vincent moved to second on Palomar's all-time list for career pitching wins (20) and career strikeouts (195) during the 2007 baseball season. Vincent also is third on the career ERA list (2.11) and sixth in career winning percentage (.769). Vincent's 77 strikeouts place him seventh all-time on the Comets' single-season list. His 82 strikeouts in 2006 remain third-best. Ricky Imperiali set Palomar records for single-season sacrifice bunts (22), career sacrifice bunts (24) and single-season sacrifice bunts for conference games (14). Guy Willeford's 43 RBIs tie him for 11th on the all-time single-season list with former Major Leaguer Troy Afenir (1983) and Ron Kelley (1989). His 59 hits tie him for 18th on the single-season list. FINAL STATS | BIOS UPDATED AFTER FINAL GAME | UPDATED ALL-TIME HITTING | UPDATED ALL-TIME PITCHING Baseball Alumni Report
LEFT: Jeff Tezak slides into second base in Nebraska's 11-9 win at Kansas on Saturday. RIGHT: Dylan Parzyk (25) is mobbed by teammates after his home run gave Jayhawks a 1-0 lead over Huskers on Sunday. -- University of Kansas photos Tezak helps eliminate Kansas; Three ex-Comets star for Jayhawks (5/20/07) It was virtually a Palomar Alumni weekend Friday through Sunday in Lawrence, KS. Nebraska won two of three games from Kansas at Hoagland Ballpark to keep the defending Big 12 Tournament champion Jayhawks out of this year' conference tourney. Palomar transfer Jeff Tezak, the Husker's leading hitter (.345, 12 doubles, one triple, three home runs, 34 RBIs) and clean-up batter, went 3-for-3 with an RBI, two walks and two runs scored Saturday evening as Nebraska won 11-9 to eliminate the Jayhawks from post-season contention. On Friday, right-hander and former Comet Andres Esquibel recorded the pitching win with 3 1/3 innings of one-hit, shutout relief -- notching his seventh victory of the season -- as the Jayhawks won the first game of the series 10-5. On Sunday, Palomar alumnus Dylan Parzyk slugged a solo home run over the left-field wall in the fifth inning to give Kansas a 1-0 lead in a game Nebraska rallied to win 4-2. Palomar transfer Wally Marciel and Esquibel combined to throw a three-hitter for the Jayhawks in defeat. Marciel pitched 6 1/3 innings of three-hit ball, while Esquibel came on to throw 2 2/3 innings of no-hit relief. Parzyk, the only senior of the four ex-Comets playing in the series, batted .283 for Kansas during the 2007 season. Esquibel (7-3, 4.66 ERA) and Marciel (5-3, 3.94 ERA) combined for 12 of the Jayhawks' 28 wins. Nebraska (29-23, 14-13 for fourth place in the conference) moves on the the Big 12 Tournament beginning this week in Oklahoma City. Tezek and the Huskers face Texas A&M on Wednesday, Kansas State on Thursday and Texas on Saturday in pool play.
Oklahoma State moves on to play Baylor on Wednesday, Oklahoma on Friday and Missouri on Saturday in pool play as the Big 12 Tournament gets underway at Oklahoma City.
Ex-Palomar assistant coach Bruce Elliott is an assistant coach for UConn (30-25 overall).
Struck out 7.59 batters per nine innings in the conference and 6.34 batters per nine innings on the season as Jamestown went 30-16. He formerly pitched at the University of Kansas, where he compiled a 2.57 ERA in limited action in 2005. (Photo by Staci Bates, Jamestown College Publications Office) Erich Kemp, University of Utah -- Batting .303 as the Utes' starting first baseman. Kevin Wilson, Cal State San Bernardino -- Made an impressive Division II debut this season, going 3-2 with a 3.96 ERA and striking out 89 batters in 82 1/3 innings. Probably will be a one-year player for the Coyotes as he is expected to be selectedin the June draft.
Kenoli Fonseca, San Diego Christian -- Batted .389 with 22 RBIs as he made the All-Golden State Athletic Conference first team. Tyler Perkins, Danny Flannery, Steve Tripp, Brendan McNamara, San Diego Christian -- Perkins batted .386 with 19 RBIs and Flannery hit.283. Tripp hit .419 in limited action. McNamara, a transfer from the University of Kansas where he pitched in 2006, saw his season cut short when he took a line drive in the face while sitting in the dugout. Palomar Baseball Banquet Imperiali is awarded MVP award; Vincent, Willeford, Parks honored (5/18/07)
Imperiali also received the Outstanding Defensive Player award at the team's 2007 banquet at Alfresco's Italian Restaurant in Escondido. Sophomore Nick Vincent (Outstanding Pitcher), freshman first baseman Guy Willeford (Outstanding Offensive Player) and freshman catcher Ryle Parks (right, Jim Town Award) were other winners. CCCBCA Hall of Fame Former Palomar coach Vetter to be inducted into Hall on May 25 (5/17/07)
Vetter guided the Comets to eight Pacific Coast Conference championship, 14 Southern California Regional appearances, eight Super Regionals and to second in the State Championships in 2005. Vetter played on the college level at Cal Western (later USIU), where he was the Westerners' captain, starting center fielder and lead-off hitter and helped lead them to the NAIA World Series Championship his senior season in 1973, He began his coaching career as an assistant at Cal Western the following season and, in 1975, was named USIU's head coach. At age 24, he was the youngest collegiate head coach in the country at the time. He coached USIU for five seasons, compiling a 101-82-1 record and, in 1979 was NAIA District III (which now is District II) Coach of the Year. Vetter came to Palomar in 1981 as an assistant coach and was named head coach prior to the 1982 season. His first two Palomar teams featured catcher Troy Afenir, who went on to play in the Major Leagues for the Houston Astros, Oakland A's and Cincinnati Reds. His 2005 championship team, in his final season, became the first San Diego County team to reach the State Championship Game in 34 years. After the season, he handed the Comets' reigns to his Associate Head Coach, Buck Taylor As head coach at Palomar, Vetter sent 203 players on to the four-year college level. He also produced 45 players who signed professional contracts directly out of Palomar. Vetter -- who lives in Del Mar with his wife Sarah, son Robby and daughter Emily -- is in his 15th year as chairperson of Palomar's Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation .All-PCC Baseball
Nick Vincent (left) and Ricky Imperiali both were first-team selections. (Photos by Hugh Gerhardt) Five Comets are selected to 1st team in balloting by conference coaches (5/7//07)
Palomar 8, SD City 2 Vincent gets 20th career win and is 2nd on all-time list; Deering 4-4 (5/3//07)
Sophomore right-hander
Nick Vincent moved to
No. 2 on the all-time Palomar career win list on
Thursday as he pitched seven innings of four-hit,
one-run baseball, striking out nine
The Comets got a 4-for-4 performance from Tim Deering to spark a 13-hit offensive attack as they buried the Knights 8-2 at Myers Field. They concluded the regular season 25-18, 16-9 to finish third in the Pacific Coast Conference. Vincent (right), who has signed with Long Beach State -- ran his win-loss record to 20-6 for his Palomar career, which includes five wins in an injury red-shirt season in 2005. Mark Ringkamp, who later pitched for San Jose State and in the Texas Rangers organization, is the Palomar career leader with 23 wins in the 1888-1989 seasons. Vincent -- who has signed with Long Beach State -- ran his win-loss record to 20-6 for his Palomar career, which includes five wins in an injury red-shirt season in 2005. Mark Ringkamp, who later pitched for San Jose State and in the Texas Rangers organization, is the Palomar career leader with 23 wins in the 1888-1989 seasons. He finished 23-6 as a Comet. Adam Pickens went 3-for-4 against City College with a double, RBI and two runs scored. Andrew Hayashi was 2-for-4. Vincent bumped Jon Fleming (who later pitched at Cal Poly) to third on the all-time Palomar career victory list. Fleming won 19 games from 2001-2003. Steve Kovensky (1984-85) and Nathan Meza (1999-2000) are tied for fourth with 18 victories each. Kovensky later pitched in the College World Series for Florida State. Meza pitched in the Cleveland Indians organization. The Comets did not receive a postseason playoff berth, so their season is over. ----- ABOVE RIGHT: Nick Vincent delivers pitch as he moves to second on all-time Palomar career win list. (Photo by Hugh Gerhardt) Hatley, Fandel and Parks lead way in 9-3 win (5/1//07)
James Hoyt, a 6-foot-6 freshman right-hander
from Boise, ID, ran his pitching record to 2-0 on
Tuesday, throwing six innings of six- Hoyt (left) got plenty of help from his offense as the Comets ran their record to 24-18, 15-9 in the Pacific Coast Conference at Morley Field in San Diego. Palomar banged out 11 hits, led by freshman outfielder Marcus Hatley (right, 3-for-5, double, two runs scored), sophomore outfielder Joey Fandel (2-for-4, triple, two RBIs, two runs scored) and frewshman catcher Ryle Parks (2-for-2, double, sacrifice fly, two RBIs, two runs scored). The Comets will send sophomore right-hander Nick Vincent to the mound when they close out the regular season against the Knights on Thursday at 2 p.m. at Myers Field. Alumni Report Ex-Comet pitchers Esquibel, Goset get it done (4/29/07) Former Palomar pitchers Andrew Esquibel and Travis Goset remain hot on the NCAA Division I and NAIA levels, respectively.
Kansas, the defending Big 12
Tournament champion, won the series from the Sooners two
games to one.
The 6-foot-3 left-hander
pitched two-hit shutout ball over eight innings this
past Tuesday, notching the win in Jamestown's 7-0
victory over Minot State in the Jimmies' long-delayed
home opener at Jamestown, ND. Alumni news from a week ago ... NCAA DIVISION I Jeff Tezak, University of Nebraska -- Leads the Cornhuskers with a .358 batting average and also leads the club with a .528 slugging percentage. Has 13 doubles, a triple, three home runs and 29 RBIs, has walked 13 times and been hit by pitches 10 times. Tezak helped Nebraska to a 7-0 victory over No. 4-ranked Texas last Friday at Lincoln, NE, going 1-for-3 with a walk. The three-game weekend series against the Longhorns drew 21,698 fans. Dylan Parzyk, University of Kansas -- Batting .282 for the Jayhawks while splitting time at catcher. Had a key RBI single in a 4-2 win over Texas Tech last weekend. Cameron Penney, Centenary -- Batting .310 with six doubles, a triple and 24 RBIs. NAIA Kyle Thompson, University of Sioux Falls -- Recorded two saves last weekend with shutout relief innings, in wins over MOunt Mary and Nebraska Wesleyan. Also homered in the 5-4 victory over Mount Mary. GERMAN PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL Chris Sweeney, Saarlouis Hornets -- Sweeney, who spent one season at Oral Roberts after leaving Palomar and helped Chico State to second in the 2005 NCAA Division II World Series, is on fire at the beginning of the Bundesliga professional league season, winning Player of the Week honors in the league both of the season's first two weeks. Leads the league with an .867 batting average after six games, going 13-for-15 to begin the season with five home runs and 18 RBIs as the Hornets are 6-0. Also has pitched two complete games, one a two-hitter. Comets come up short, are 2 out with 2 left (4/28/07)
Palomar fell two games
behind Pacific Coast Conference baseball co-leaders San
Diego Mesa and Southwestern with two games to
Tim Deering went 2-for-2 for the Comets (23-18, 14-9) with two runs scored and a sacrifice bunt. Ronnie Loeffler (left), Palomar's seventh pitcher of the afternoon, came in to get the Comets out of the sixth inning by coaxing a double-play ground ball. He wound allowing only one base runner as he threw 3 2/3 innings of one-hit, scoreless ball. The Comets couldn't hold an early 7-6 lead. By the time James Borges (right) and Jeremy Waller stroked pinch-hit singles in the eighth inning, the horses were long out of the barn. Vincent beats PCC leaders 6-0, Comets one out (4/26/07) Sophomore right hander Nick Vincent (left) and two relievers combined to blank first-place San Diego Mesa 6-0 on the road Thursday.
Vincent threw 6 2/3 innings of five-hit, shutout ball to notch the pitching win. Jeff Ibarra recorded a strikeout to end the Mesa seventh and Kegan Sharp struck out two batters in two scoreless innings to close out the trio's seven-hit shutout against the Olympians. Freshman third baseman Mitch Blackburn (right) broke open a 2-0 game with a bases-loaded triple off the left-field fence to highlight the Comets' five-run sixth inning. Palomar took a 1-0 lead off Mesa starter and loser Bryan Paukovits in the third inning when Blackburn walked, Ryle Parks doubled to left with one out and Eric Rodriguez drove Blackburn in with a sacrifice fly to center. Parks' hit was his eighth in his last eight plate appearances. The streak ended when he grounded out in the fifth inning. Blackburn finished 2-for-3 with the triple, three RBIs and two runs scored. Palomar's pitchers have a 23-inning scoreless streak. The Comets will host Mesa on Saturday at noon as they try to run their win streak to five games. Parks (4-4, 3 RBIs), Seaver ignite 19-hit attack (4/24/07)
Freshman catcher
Ryle Parks (left)
continued his red-hot streak as Palomar clubbed Imperial
Valley 16-0 in a Pacific Coast
Parks went 4-for-4 with a double and three RBIs, is 8-for-9 for his last two games and is batting .555 (10-for-18) since breaking into the starting lineup on April 12. Kevin Seaver went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs and Eric Rodriguez, Guy Willeford, Marcus Hatley, Tim Deering and Jimmy Pierce added two hits apiece in the Comets' 19-hit attack. James Borges drove in three runs. Winner James McLaughlin (right) pitched two-hit ball over the first six innings, striking out four, to record his seventh victory in 10 decisions. He and relievers Drew Widmark, Jeff Ibarra, Nick Robertson and Ronnie Loeffler combined to throw a two-hitter for Palomar (22-17, 13-8 in conference).
Eric Rodriguez (9), who went 2-for-5 and drove in a run, gets congratulations from teammate Michael Cruz (14). No. 7 is Tim Deering. (Photos by Hugh Gerhardt) Freshmen Parks, Blackburn go 6-for-8 in victory (4/21/07) Freshmen Ryle Parks and Mitch Blackburn combined to go 6-for-8 and Palomar pushed across six runs in the top of the eighth inning to rout Imperial Valley 11-3 at IVC on Saturday.
Parks has batted .400 since breaking into the starting line-up on April 12, going 6-for-15 in that span and raising his average to .308 on the season . Blackburn was 3-for-8, doubled, scored two runs and drove in a run.
Pitchers James Hoyt, winner Andrew Jenkins (right), Cameron Aspaas, Danny Masenburge and Nick Robertson combined to throw a six-hitter at the Arabs. Jenkins pitched three innings of no-hit, shutout ball. Ricky Imperiali's state-leading 20th sacrifice bunt of the season drove in a run on a squeeze play in the six-run eighth inning. Palomar, currently in third place in the PCC and one game out of second, will host IVC on Tuesday at 2 p.m, The Comets then will play a home-and-home series with first-place San Diego Mesa on Thursday at Myers Field and Saturday at Mesa.
Nick Vincent struck out nine batters in six innings to pick up the pitching win against Grossmont on Thursday. (File photo by Hugh Gerhardt) Vincent and three relievers team to beat Griffins (4/19/07)
Winning pitcher
Nick Vincent struck out nine batters in six innings and
Palomar bounced back into the baseball win column
Vincent and relievers Jeff Ibarra, Drew Widmark and Kegan Sharp combined to strike out 12. Sharp (left) came on with two out and two on in the top of the ninth and struck out Joel Lollis to end the game and notch the save. Joey Fandel (right, 2-for-4, two RBIs), Kevin Seaver (2-for-3, RBI), and Adam Pickens (2 for-4) led the Comets (20-17, 11-8 in the Pacific Coast Conference) offensively. Palomar scored a run in the bottom of the first on Seaver's RBI single, added a run in the fourth on Mitch Blackburn's RBI double, then broke a 2-2 tie in the bottom of the sixth on Fandel's bases-loaded single through the left side of the infield that drove in two runs. Palomar bangs out 14 hits but loses on walk-off (4/17/07)
Ricky Imperiali (right, 3-for-4, double, 18th sacrifice bunt of the season, three RBIs and Guy Willeford (3-for-6, double, three RBIs) paced a 14-hit attack for the Comets (19-17, 10-8 in the Pacific Coast Conference). Joey Fandel was 2-for-6 with a double and three runs scored. Ryle Parks was 2-for-5 with an RBI. Comets fall a game out of second in conference (4/12/07)
Kevin Seaver (left) went 3-for-4 with two RBIs to pace a 10-hit attack for Palomar (19-16, 10-7). Seaver is 14-for-25 since coming off an early injury and is batting .423 for 40 at-bats with a .700 slugging percentage on the season. Eric Rodriguez went 2-for-3 and made an alert throw from center field in the fifth inning to catch Southwestern's Kiko Hermosillo off second base. Nick Vincent notched a strong pitching performance for the Comets and took a five-hitter into the ninth, when the Jaguars scored two runs.
Ricky Imperiali slides safely back into first base on second-inning pickoff attempt. Zane Chavez (below, watching ball clear the right-field fence) followed with a home run which scored Imperiali ahead of him. (Photos by Hugh Gerhardt) Panthers come to town 24-9, lose 9-8 to Comets (4/4/07)
Chaffey
College's baseball team rolled into town with as 24-9 win-loss
record Thursday, but left with its 10th loss as Palomar rallied
The Comets scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning and won the game on Guy Willeford's sacrifice fly to left that drove in Mitch Blackburn from third base. Michael Cruz (4-1) picked up the pitching victory in relief, while Cameron Aspaas came on in the ninth inning to notch his fourth save. Marcus Hatley, Eric Rodriguez and Ricky Imperiali led Palomar (19-14) with two hits apiece. Comets can't hold early 3-0 lead, fall into tie for 2nd
The Jaguars battled back to win the game 8-4. The Comets (19-15, 10-6) fell two games out of first place in the Pacific Coast Conference with nine games left and are now tied with the Jaguars for second. Palomar hosts Southwestern in a rematch on Thursday at 2 p.m. Rodriguez had a triple and an RBI for the Comets, who jumped out to a 3-0 lead they were unable to hold. Guy Willeford (2-for-4, RBI) and Kevin Seaver (2-for-5) had multiple-hit performances as Palomar wasted 11 hits.
Adam Pickens gets congratulated after three-run home run in first inning. (Photos by Hugh Gerhardt) Hoyt, Willeford, Palomar roll Mt. San Jacinto 8-3 (4/4/07)
Redshirt
freshman right-hander James Hoyt
(left) threw two-hit ball over the first five innings,
Marcus Hatley closed the game with
Their performances helped lift Palomar to an 8-3 victory over Mt. San Jacinto at Myers field in the Comet-Olympian Easter Series. Adam Pickens hit a three-run home run in the first inning and Willeford slugged a solo homer in the third, staking Hoyt (1-0) to a 4-0 lead, and the Comets never looked back en route to their 18th victory compared with 14 losses. Zane Chavez (3-for-4, RBI), Ricky Imperiali (3-for-5) and Andrew Hayashi (2-for-5, RBI) also had multiple-hit performances as Palomar banged out 15 hits. The 6-foot-6 Hoyt struck out three on the way to his first victory. Hatley threw 1 2/3 innings of no-hit, shutout ball to notch his first save. Palomar hosts Chaffey on Thursday at 2 p.m. as the Easter Series concludes. Baseball Alumni Report Adams pitches No. 14 Cowboys to Big 12 win (4/2/07)
Ex-Palomar pitcher Brandon Adams
(left) recorded the pitching win Sunday as No. 14-ranked Oklahoma State
completed a three-game series sweep of Baylor, beating the Bears
10-5 at
Adams threw four innings of two-hit ball in relief, striking out six. He lowered his ERA to 1.69 in three appearances for the Cowboys (22-6, 5-1 in the Big 12). Other NCAA Division I ... Jeff Tezak, Nebraska -- Tezak, who leads the 26th-ranked Huskers in hitting with a .403 average, continued his red-hot play over the weekend against No.13 Texas A&M at College Station, TX, going 6-for-12 in the series. Tezak -- who has six doubles, a triple, two home runs and 22 RBIs and also leads Nebraska with a .610 slugging percentage -- went 2-for-3 and drove in four runs Friday in the Huskers' 11-4 victory. He had an RBI triple in the third inning and a three-run double in the top of the ninth. He went 1-for-4 Saturday in a game Texas A&M won 8-5. On Sunday, Tezak was 3-for-5 in an 8-5 loss to the Aggies. ----- CLICK HERE to read feature on Tezak in the April 2 North County Times. ----- Erich Kemp, Utah -- Went 4-for-8 over the weekend as the Utes won one of three games in a series with UNLV at Salt Lake City, UT. Went 2-for-5 with an RBI on Friday in a 7-5 loss to 11 innings and was 2-for-3 with an RBI Saturday in a 5-4 loss. Reached base as a hit batter Sunday as Utah won 10-9. Cameron Penney, Centenary -- Helped lead the Gents to a series sweep of Indiana University-Purdue University Ft. Wayne at Shreveport, LA. Went 2-for-3, triple, was hit by a pitch, walked and scored four runs in a 13-7 victory on Friday. Drove in three runs Saturday in a 13-1 win. Drove in a run with a sacrifice fly Sunday as Centenary completed the series sweep 9-5. Penney is batting .312 with 15 RBIs. Kurt Wideman, UOP -- Went 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI but the Tigers dropped their Big West opener to Cal Poly 13-8 at Stockton. Dylan Parzyk, Kansas -- Was 1-for-3 and had an RBI on Sunday in a 10-9 loss at No.25-ranked Missouri. Another Palomar transfer, Wally Marciel, pitched three innings opf two-hit, shutout ball in relief. Keith Noe, Coastal Carolina -- Seeing limited duty in relief for the Chanticleers, who are ranked No.15 nationally and have won 15 games n a row. Coastal Carolina is 27-3 and 6-0 in the Big South Conference. NCAA Division II ... Tyler Wightman, Sonoma State -- Batting .367 with two home runs and 22 RBIs for the Seawolves, who are 29-5 and ranked No. 9 in the nation in Division II. Kevin Wilson, Cal State San Bernardino -- Threw two innings of no-hit, shutout relief, striking out two, as the Coyotes routed Cal State San Marcos 11-4. Vincent back in form in victory over City College
Vincent stopped the Knights on two runs over seven innings. From the fourth through seventh innings, the sophomore right-hander limited the Knights to one hit, faced the minimum 12 batters, struck out four and walked none. By the time Vincent left the game for Drew Widmark in the eighth inning and Cameron Aspaas in the ninth, Palomar led by the final 9-2 score. Ricky Imperiali and Guy Willeford (right) broke open a 5-2 game with back-to-back two-run singles in the bottom of the fifth. Willeford (3-for-4, three RBIs), Mitch Blackburn (2-for-4, double, RBI) and Adam Pickens (2-for-4) had multiple hits. the Comets advanced to 17-13 overall. Comets give up 7 unearned runs, defeated 10-6 (4/3/07) Golden West scored seven unearned runs, six in the top of the eighth inning, to beat Palomar 10-6 on Tuesday in the Comet-Olympian Easter Series at Myers Field. Guy Willeford went 2-for-5 for Palomar (17-14) with a double and two RBIs. Eric Rodriguez, Kevin Seaver and Tim Deering had two hits each. The Comets self-destructed with five errors. Palomar wins in 12th inning, regains tie for first (3/27/07)
Kevin Seaver went 3-for-5 for Palomar (16-12, 9-4) with a double and an RBI. Ricky Imperiali went 3-for-4 and reached base on a walk and as a hit batter. Eric Rodriguez went 3-for-6. James McLaughlin gave up two earned runs over the first six innings. Ryle Parks drove in the winning run in the 12th with a fielder's choice. Comets' six-run rally falls one run short in ninth (3/29/07)
Kevin Seaver, who third to left to drive in two runs and pull Palomar to within a run, was left stranded at third. Mitch Blackburn (left) went 3-for-4 for the Comets (16-13, 9-5) and drove in a run. Seaver went 2-for-5 with the triple and two RBIs. Zane Chavez was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Baseball Alumni Report Tezak gets 6 RBIs in sixth as Huskers top Mizzou (3/26/07)
Palomar transfer Jeff Tezak drove in six
runs in the sixth inning Sunday, leading 26th-ranked Nebraska to a
16-1 Big 12 victory over Missouri before a crowd of 5,003 at
Lincoln, NE. Tezak's grand-slam home run broke open a 4-1 game, and he followed later in the Huskers' 12-run inning by doubling to drive in two more runs. Tezak (No. 19, shown being congratulated after his grand-slam) is batting .382 with seven doubles, two home runs and 18 RBIs. He leads the Huskers with a .600 slugging percentage. He was named Big 12 Player of the Week on March 12 after going 7-for-11 as Nebraska took two of three games from Alamaba at Tuscaloosa, AL. Other NCAA Division I ... Kurt Wideman, UOP -- Slugged a three-run home run over the left-field fence in the second inning at UCLA on Sunday to give the Tigers a 3-0 lead over the Bruins. UOP opened up an 8-1 lead before finally losing 15-8. Wideman also had a single in UOP's 4-3 victory over the Bruins. Gordon Stevens, Connecticut -- Had a key single in UConn's 10-7 victory over St. John's on Sunday at Queens, NY, as the Huskies swept the Red Storm in a Big East series. Also had an RBI single to help lift UConn to a 4-3 win over the Red Storm. Helped key a 12-3 victory over New York Tech earlier in the week with an RBI single and sacrifice fly, the latter to break an early 1-1 tie. Cameron Penney, Centenary -- Batting .311 playing first base, second base and third base, starting 25 of 26 games to date. NCAA Division II ... Kevin Wilson, Cal State San Bernardino -- Beat UC San Diego 4-3 on Sunday in La Jolla, scattering six hits over the first six innings. Leads the Coyotes with a 2-1 record and a 2.33 ERA.
Palomar's Tim Deering is safe at second base in the first inning as ball sails off Mesa shortstop. (Photos by Hugh Gerhardt) Palomar falls right back out of tie for 1st as 7-game win streak ends (3/24/07)
Guy Willeford slugged a two-run home run over the right-field fence (right) in the bottom of the first inning, and Marcus Hatley went 2-for-4 for two of the few bright spots for the Comets. Hatley also gave Palomar its only lead of the day, 4-3, in the bottom of the sixth inning when he advanced all the way from first to third on a bunt-and-run play on Manny Hernandez' sacrifice -- then scored when the play forced a bad throw. Ricky Imperiali got down three successful sacrifice bunts for the Comets (15-11, 8-3). Palomar can move back into a tie for first place with Mesa 13 games into the 25-game conference season by beating the Olympians on Tuesday, March 27, at Mesa at 2 p.m. Comets win 7th in row, move into tie for first (3/22/07) Palomar turned back Imperial Valley 8-5 for its seventh straight baseball win on Thursday at Myers Field.
Joey Fandel went 3-for-5 with two RBIs to pace a 16-hit attack by the Comets, while Guy Willeford (left, 2-for-5, two RBIs) and Ryle Parks slugged home runs. Manny Hernandez went 2-for-3 with two RBIs. Tim Deering (2-for-4, RBI), Marcus Hatley (2-for-4) and Ricky Imperiali (2-for-5) also contributed multiple-hit performances for the Comets (15-11, 8-3). Michael Cruz pitched shutout ball over the first five innings to notch the pitching win and advance to 3-1 on the season. Drew Widmark worked three shutout innings in relief, surrendering a lone unearned run. Jeff Ibarra notched the save. McLaughlin, Rodriguez (5 RBIs) key 14-2 win (3/20/07)
Palomar
took over undisputed second place in the Pacific Coast Conference
baseball race Tuesday afternoon, winning 14-2 at Imperial Valley
while Southwestern, which was tied for second, The Comets trail first-place Mesa by one game and will host IVC on Thursday at 2 p.m. and the Olympians on Saturday at noon. San Diego State bound James McLaughlin (left) ran his win-loss record to 6-2, pitching four-hit ball and striking out four over the first five innings. Ronnie Loeffler, James Hoyt, Andrew Jenkins and Nick Robertson each threw an inning of scoreless relief as Palomar moved to 14-11 on the season, 7-3 in conference. Zane Chavez (3-for-4, RBI), Eric Rodriguez (right, 2-for-3, home run, five RBIs) and Kevin Seaver (2-for-3, home run, double, two RBIs} led the way as the Comets banged out 16 hits off three IVC pitchers. Guy Willeford, Marcus Hatley and Ricky Imperiali had two hits each. Comets top Grossmont with pitching, execution (3/15/07) Palomar's baseball team broke out new-look home uniforms for the first time since 1982 on Thursday, and the Comets were styling in more ways than one.
Cruz (who notched the pitching win to advance to 2-1) threw 6 1/3 innings of one-run, five-hit ball and was followed to the mound by Sharp (1 2/3 scoreless innings) and Aspaas, who notched this third save by pitching a scoreless ninth inning. With Palomar leading 2-1 with the bases loaded and one out in the top of the seventh, Sharp charged from the mound to field a suicide squeeze attempt by Grossmont's John Alia, and flipped the ball home to start a home-to-first double play. That got the Comets out of trouble and out of the inning. Palomar broke a 0-0 tie in the bottom of the sixth on a throwing error on Zane Chavez' sacrifice bunt that allowed Guy Willeford, who was board on a walk, to score all the way from first. After Tim Deering's sacifice bunt moved Chavez from second to third, Marcus Hatley followed with a sacrifice fly to deep center. Palomar's third and final run came in the bottom of the seventh on Mitch Blackburn's single, Eric Rodriguez' sacrifice bunt, Andrew Hayashi's single and Ricky Imperiali's suicide squeeze. The Comets got down four sacrifice bunts in the game. Besides Imperiali's squeeze, Chavez, Rodriguez and Deering also had sacrifice bunts. Palomar advanced to 13-11 overall, 6-3 in the conference. Baseball alumni report ... Ex-Comet Tezak named Big 12 Player of Week (3/13/07)
Nebraska third baseman and former
Palomar All-American Jeff Tezak was selected as Big 12 Player
of the Week after leading
Tezak (left, Huskers.com photo) went 7-for-11 with a home run, double and 1.182 slugging percentage against the Crimson Tide. On Saturday, Tezak went 5-for-5 with a game-tying homer in the seventh inning and a single for the game-winning RBI in the ninth as the Huskers 4-3 victory. The ex-Comet set a Sweell-Thomas Stadium record with the five hits. Then, on Sunday, Tezak was 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles and an RBI as Nebraska won 6-5. He had a pinch-hit single in the series opener on Friday. Other NCAA Division I ... Cameron Penney (Centenary) -- Had a single and stolen base Sunday as the Gents knocked off visiting Trinity 7-2 to sweep a three-game series. Penney went 2-for-4 with a double last Tuesday as Centenary fell to LSU 2-1 before a home crowd of 3,876. Gordon Stevens (Connecticut) -- Banged out five hits in three games in Jacksonville, Fla., over the weekend as UConn's starting center fielder. Went 2-for-5 Saturday in a 9-7 victory over North Florida, then came back to go 2-for-4 Sunday in a 2-1 loss to Ohio State. Brandon Adams (Oklahoma State) -- Returning from an injury, pitched two shutout innings in relief in his first appearance of the season as the Cowboys rocked Texas-Arlington 19-1 last Tuesday. Oklahoma State was rained out of a three-game series against Pepperdine over the weekend. Kurt Wideman (UOP) -- Slugged a game-winning home run last weekend, lifting the Pacific Tigers to a 3-1 upset victory over Baylor at Stockton, CA. The Tigers were swept in a three-game series this weekend by Washington. Andres Esquibel (Kansas) -- Pitched 2 1/3 relief innings, surrendering a single unearned run, in the Jayhawks' 8-7 loss at No. 10-ranked Arkansas on Friday night. NCAA DIVISION II ... Kevn Wilson (Cal State San Bernardino) -- Is second on the club with a 2.25 ERA over 12 innings after recovering from a pre-season fractured hand, helping the Coyotoes get off to a 15-8 start. He pitched a complete-game six-hitter on Saturday, giving up a single unearned run, but the Coyotes dropped a 2-1 decision to Cal Poly Pomona in the second game of a double-header. Jose Hernandez (Cal State San Bernardino) -- Has struck out six batters in 7 1/3 innings as a reliever. NAIA ... Travis Goset (Jamestown College) -- Turned in his second straight strong performance, holding Bethel (TN) to three hits in six innings on Tuesday in a pitching-duel loss to the Wildcats (who advanced to 13-3-1) in the Baseball Jamboree tournament at Sanford, FL. Goset has surrendered three hits in seven innings in one start and a relief appearance for the North Dakota team. The Jimmies, 17th-ranked nationally in the preseason, went 7-3 in Florida and are off to an 8-4 start. Kenoli Fonseca (San Diego Christian) -- Leads the Hawks with a .446 batting average with a double, two triples, two homers and 13 RBIs. Fonsecua also leads the club with a .569 slugging percentage. Tyler Perkins (San Diego Christian) -- Batting .419, putting him No. 2 on the club, with two doubles, a homer and 11 RBIs. Kyle Thompson (University of Sioux Falls) -- Batting .333 with two home runs through the Cougars' first four games.
(3/14/07) Palomar transfer Andres Esquibel continued to dominate for the University of Kansas baseball team Tuesday at Lawrence, KS, retiring the last 11 batters he faced in a four-inning performance to beat Penn State 17-5. Esquibel gave up one hit, striking out five and walking one, as he advanced to 3-0 on the season with a 1.16 ERA. Chavez, Hatley, Deering each gets 3 hits in win (3/13/07)
Trailing 3-2 after seven innings,
Palomar rallied for seven runs in the top of the eighth Tuesday and
went on to beat Grossmont 9-5 for its fourth straight Pacific Coast
Conference baseball win. Zane Chavez (left) went 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI and has gone 9-for-14 during the four-game win streak. Chavez is Chavez is 11-for-his last 16 at-bats. Marcus Hatley (right) went 3-for-5 with a double and RBI and Tim Deering was 3-for-5 with an RBI. Guy Willeford added two doubles and an RBI, while Ricky Imperiali had two singles and an RBI -- while making a series of spectacular plays at shortstop. James McLaughlin pitched the first 7 2/3 innings to advance to 5-2. Kegan Sharp finished the game with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief. Palomar is 12-11 overall, 5-3 in conference. Palomar moved to within one game of the conference lead when San Diego City knocked off San Diego Mesa 9-7. Palomar supports Vincent with 14 hits in victory (3/10/07)
The
Palomar baseball team completed a 3-win, 0-loss week in style at
Myers Field on Saturday, supporting pitcher
Nick Vincent
Vincent (left, file photo) -- who is 2-1 with a 1.98 ERA over 50 innings -- halted the Jaguars on six hits over eight innings. He struck out out eight and left the game with an 8-1 lead. Marcus Hatley (3-for-4, double, three RBIs), Mitch Blackburn (2-for-4, double, three RBIs), Zane Chavez (2-for-4) and Guy Willeford (2-for-5) paced the hitting attack. The victory capped a week that saw the Comets, who had been slumping at the plate and had experienced particular difficulty hitting in back of returning second-team all-state selection Vincent, score 26 runs on 41 hits in three games. The Comets (11-11 overall, 4-3 in conference) broke a 1-1 tie by scoring a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh inning. Hatley led off the inning by lining a single to left field and stealing second. Joey Fandel advanced Hatley to third with a ground ball to the right side, and Blackburn blooped a double to left to drive him in. Blackburn went to third when Eric Rodriguez boomed a double to left, and scored on Ricky Imperiali's suicide squeeze. Palomar then blew the game open by scoring five more runs on seven hits in the bottom of the eighth. Fandel and Blackburn each doubled in a pair of runs, and Imperiali drove in a run with a single. The win moves the Comets into a tie for second place with the Jaguars.
Marcus Hatley (26) is greeted by Palomar teammates after scoring 12th-inning run which turned out to be the game-winner. Comets scored five times in the inning, with Manny Hernandez' line single off the pitcher's leg scoring Hatley and Zane Chavez. (Photos by Hugh Gerhardt) Comets oust Jags from first place by scoring 5 times in top of the 12th (3/8/07)
Joey
Fandel stole home with the tying run in the eighth inning Thursday,
and visiting Palomar knocked Southwestern out of first place in the
Pacific Coast Conference in baseball by beating the
The Comets banged out 17 hits off six Southwestern pitchers, in stark contrast to the teams' conference opener Feb. 24 on the same field, when the Jaguars won 1-0 in 11 innings. Andrew Hayashi led the 17-hit attack by going 2-for-7 and driving in three runs. Manny Hernandez drove in two runs with a line drive off the pitcher's thigh to break a 5-5 tie with one out in the top of the 12th. And Cameron Aspaas (left) threw two-hit ball over the last three innings to pick up the pitching win. But it was all made possible by a gutsy call by head coach / third base coach Buck Taylor with the bases loaded and one out in the top of the eighth. When the Southwestern reliever didn't look to third and started to wind up, Taylor sent Fandel, who beat the pitch home on the front end |
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Brandon
Adams (left), Oklahoma State -- Came off an
injury to go 2-0 with a 1.00 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 14
1/3 innings as the Cowboys, ranked 18th in the USA
Today/ESPN Coaches’ Poll and 21st by both
Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball,
went 38-16 overall, 16-11 in conference to place third
in the Big 12's final regular-season standings..
Gordon
Stevens (right), Connecticut -- Went 2-for-2,
doubled and drove in two runs to lead the Huskies to a
7-6 victory over Notre Dame before 2,839 fans at South
Bend, IN, on Saturday, clinching a spot in the Big East
Conference Tournament. One week earlier, Stevens went
2-for-4, homered, contributed a game-winning, two-run
triple in the bottom of the eighth inning and drove in
four runs as the Huskies rallied to beat Marist 10-8.
Tyler Wightman
(left), Sonoma
State -- Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs
scored as the Seahawks eliminated UC San Diego from NCAA
Division II Regional play in Los Angeles by routing the
Tritons 10-3. Batted .365 on the year with 11 doubles, a
triple, four home runs and 49 RBIs as Sonoma set a
school victory record by going 50-12. Wightman was named to the All-CCAA second team.
Sonoma State, No.1 ranked in the nation in Div isionII
in the regular season, was eliminated from the regionals
by Cal State Los Angeles 4-1.
Travis
Goset (right), Jamestown College (ND) --
Compiled a 1.27 ERA and struck out 18 batters in 21 1/3
innings in the Dakota Athletic Conference in helping
lead the Jimmies to their seventh straight NAIA Region 3
appearance. 
Cameron
Penney (left), Centenary -- Hitting .296
with 30 RBIs in his first Division I season playing both
first base and second base. (Centenary College of
Louisiana photo)
Sophomore 
Five
Palomar College baseball players were selected to the
21-man All-Pacific Coast Conference first team Monday in
balloting by conference coaches.
and
walking one against San Diego City College.
Esquibel
(left) came on in relief of another ex-Palomar
pitcher, Wally
Marciel, on Sunday and threw 3 2/3 innings of one-hit,
shutout ball for the University of Kansas against No
27-ranked Oklahoma at Norman, OK. Esquibel notched the
victory, advancing to 6-3 on the season, as the Jayawks
won 9-4.
play
Saturday, losing to the Olympians 17-6 at Myers Field.
In
the process, Palomar (23-17, 14-8) moved to within one
game of the Pacific Coast Conference baseball lead with
three games remaining in the regular season.
Conference
baseball game at Myers Field on Monday.
Parks
(left), making his fourth straight start at
catcher, went 3-for-4 with a double, an RBI, two runs
scored and a sacrifice bunt as the Comets rallied from
an early 3-2 deficit to advance to 21-17 on the season,
12-8 in Pacific Coast Conference play. 
Thursday,
beating Grossmont 4-2 at Myers Field.
Visiting
Southwestern took over undisputed second place in the
Pacific Coast Conference by one game and knocked Palomar
into third with eight games to play on Thursday, scoring
twice in the top of the ninth to break a 2-2 tie and
hand the Comets a heart-breaking 4-2 loss.
to
win 9-8 to conclude the Comet-Olympian Easter Series at Myers
Field.
four
strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings and 
Stillwater, OK, to take over first place in the Big 12 race.
Palomar
scored six runs in the top of the ninth at San Diego's
Morley Field on Thursday but came up a run short in a
10-9 Pacific Coast Conference loss to San Diego City
College
After
winning seven straight games to move into a tie for first place in
Pacific Coast Conference baseball, Palomar came up flat Saturday,
was outscored 13-4 by visiting San Diego Mesa, and fell back into
second place.
The
victory moves the Comets into a tie for first place in the Pacific
Coast Conference race with San Diego Mesa, a 4-1 loser to
Southwestern -- and sets up an early showdown with the Olympians for
the undisputed conference lead Saturday at noon, also at Myers
Field.
fell
to San Diego Mesa 1-0.
The
Comets parlayed the eight-hit pitching of freshman right-handers
the
Huskers to a series victory over No. 12 Alabama at Tuscaloosa, AL.
to
the tune of 14 hits and pounding Southwestern again 8-3 in a Pacific
Coast Conference game.
Jaguars
11-6 in 12 innings.