Baseball

May 11, 2012

UCSB Faces Top-Ranked Fullerton

By Brent Pella

An extra motivation will be added for the UCSB baseball team during this weekend’s series against Cal State Fullerton. Not only will the Gauchos play in the final conference home games of the season, which doubles as a...

May 8, 2012

Fantasy League Gone Wrong

By Joshua Greenberg

What do you do when everything goes wrong? Where do you turn when the players you drafted for their production are not producing and that one random player who you didn’t expect to produce much at all stops being so su...

May 4, 2012

UCSB Travels South to Face UC Irvine

By Brent Pella

Tied for the No. 3 spot in the Big West, the UCSB baseball team faces No. 5 UC Irvine this weekend in one of the last three league series of the season. The Gauchos are currently tied with Cal Poly at 9-6 in the Big West...

April 24, 2012

UCSB Sweeps UOP, Falls to St. Mary’s 2-1

By Brent Pella

After a three-game sweep against Pacific over the weekend, the UCSB baseball team was handed its first loss in five games against St. Mary’s on the road last night. The 2-1 loss came after the Gauchos took the UOP seri...

April 20, 2012

UCSB Travels North to Face Tigers

By Brent Pella

After charging through the Trojans 5-4 on the road Wednesdsay, the UCSB baseball team now travels north for a three-game series against University of the Pacific. Pacific is currently ranked last place at No. 8 overall i...

April 18, 2012

Gauchos Travel to USC for Evening Game

By Brent Pella

After a disappointing series at Long Beach State over the weekend, the UCSB baseball team will once again travel south in the hopes of snapping a three-game losing streak this evening against USC. The Gauchos are current...

April 16, 2012

Gauchos Drop Three Games at Long Beach

By Brent Pella

The UCSB baseball team finished the weekend on the wrong side of a three-game sweep against Long Beach State. The Gauchos fell in all three games over the course of the weekend by scores of 6-3, 5-4 and 4-3, all of which...

April 10, 2012

Gauchos Host Cal Poly At Home Today

By Brent Pella

Green meets blue today at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium, when the Cal Poly baseball team visits UCSB for a solo game, nonconference series. It will be the first of two series meetings between the two teams this year, but will n...

April 6, 2012

Gauchos Tame Matadors in Series Opener

By Brent Pella

A windy day provided UCSB’s bats with some added power during an 11-1 rout of Cal State Northridge yesterday at Caesar Uyesaka stadium. It was the first of a three-game series between UCSB and CSUN that will continue t...

April 4, 2012

Gauchos Fall to CSU Bakersfield 8-2

By Brent Pella

A long-awaited rematch quickly turned into a disappointing loss yesterday at Caesar Uyesaka stadium. The UCSB baseball team fell 8-2 to visiting Cal State Bakersfield, giving the Roadrunners their second road victory of ...

April 4, 2012

MLB Season Preview

By Tanner Gore

With opening day just around the corner, aftertastes from last season are rekindled. For some clubs, it is a bitter, uncomfortable feeling, like in Boston and Atlanta. But for those in Detroit and Anaheim, the hopes of d...

April 3, 2012

Gauchos Face CSUB in Rematch

By Brent Pella

UCSB baseball returns from Spring Break with a 14-12 overall record and a 2-1 start in Big West Conference play. On Sunday, the Gauchos beat UC Riverside in the final game of a three-game series. UCSB took the home serie...

March 6, 2012

Gauchos Face CSUB in Solo Game Series

By Brent Pella

UCSB’s disappointing 1-2 showing against Loyola Marymount University this past weekend will transition into a solo-game series against visiting Cal State Bakersfield today at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. The Gauchos beat LM...

March 2, 2012

UCSB Welcomes Loyola For Weekend Three-Game Series

By Brent Pella

The UCSB baseball team has the opportunity to increase its four-game win streak to seven this weekend when Loyola Marymount comes to town for a three-game series at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. The Gauchos are returning from ...

February 28, 2012

Gauchos Travel to Fresno State Tonight

By Brent Pella

After a 3-0 sweep at San Jose State this past weekend, the UCSB baseball team finishes its road trip with a game against Fresno State this evening. The Gauchos outscored San Jose State 11-5 on the road and look forward t...

February 24, 2012

Gauchos Travel North to Take on San Jose State

By Brent Pella

The UCSB baseball team will pack up the pine tar for a three-game road series against San Jose State this weekend. After dropping three of four games in a seven-error showing against No. 23 Oregon State last weekend, the...