Baseball

February 21, 2012

Baseball Takes One of Four Vs. No. 23 Oregon State

By Brent Pella

Head Coach Andrew Checketts began his tenure as a Gaucho this past weekend when UCSB dropped three of four games in a three-day series against No. 23 Oregon State. The Gauchos were able to pull off a one-run victory in e...

February 17, 2012

Baseball Opens Season Versus Oregon State

By Brent Pella

Head Coach Andrew Checketts will begin his future with the UCSB baseball program this weekend by welcoming pieces of his past to Caesar Uyesaka Stadium. The Gauchos will face Oregon State in a three-game series over the ...

September 29, 2011

Baseball MVP Races Heat Up: Kemp vs. Braun For NL MVP

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Historically, Major League Baseball’s most valuable player award has been presented to a superb player whose team will play well into the postseason. This season however, things do not seem to be so clear-cut in the ra...

September 29, 2011

Baseball MVP Races Heat Up: AL MVP: A Four-Man Race

By Joshua Greenberg

As baseball season comes to a close, we as fans are presented with several questions. What is the playoff picture going to look like? Who is going to make it to the World Series? What the hell happened to the Red Sox? Th...

May 23, 2011

Gauchos Look to Improve With New Recruits

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

With 16 seniors currently on the roster, the UCSB baseball team will be reloading with a strong recruiting class of seven high school players that have a chance to play right away for a young Gaucho team.

May 15, 2011

UCSB Postseason Hopes Dashed After Home Loss

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

After an inspiring victory at UCLA this past Tuesday, things did not quite go as hoped this weekend for the UCSB baseball team as No. 17 UC Irvine swept the Gauchos in a three-game series.

May 12, 2011

Gauchos Defeat No. 13 UCLA on the Road

By David Russo

UCSB baseball was provided with a much-needed boost in morale after defeating the No. 13 UCLA Bruins 5-4 on the road Wednesday night.

May 10, 2011

Gauchos Gear Up for Showdown v. No. 19 UCLA

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

After six tough games on the road, the UCSB baseball team will conclude its seven-game road trip on Wednesday when it takes on No. 19 UCLA.

May 5, 2011

Gauchos To Take on Northridge in Three-Game Road Series

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Senior left-handed pitcher Nick Capito will get the call for the Gauchos on Saturday. Capito, who will be making his third start of the season, has a 4-2 record with a 3.20 ERA in 45 innings pitched.

May 1, 2011

’Chos Drop Two of Three to Riverside

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

The road has not been kind to the Gaucho baseball team this season. After an impressive 4-1 mark in its home stand last week, UCSB went 1-2 against Riverside in a three-game series over the weekend.

April 29, 2011

UCSB to Begin Seven-Game Roadtrip

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Following a 4-1 home stand, the UCSB baseball team will now pack up its bags for a seven-game road trip starting with a three-game series at Riverside today.

April 27, 2011

Green Advice for Green People: Good to Be Bad

By Joshua Greenberg

If you are in a fantasy baseball league that isn’t rotisserie style, you’re doing it wrong. That’s just a fact.

April 26, 2011

Gauchos Rally Late to Topple Matadors

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

With two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Ben Edelstein came up to the plate for his first at-bat of the game, with a runner on second and the score tied at four. The senior sent a three-and-one fastball up the middle t...

April 24, 2011

Baseball: Sunday Loss Ends Three-Game Win Streak

By Mark Bogard

Gaucho baseball split the final two games of its three-game conference series with Long Beach State this weekend, pushing the team’s record to 17-17 overall and 4-5 in the Big West.

April 19, 2011

Haddow’s Homer Drowns Waves in 15th

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

After four hours of play, UCSB was ready to go home. Senior right fielder Mark Haddow ended the Gauchos’ longest game in program history with his two-out walk-off home run over the center field wall to secure a 3-2 win...

April 18, 2011

Baseball: Gauchos Swept in Road Games Against No. 7 Fullerton

By Paul-Michael Ochoa

Despite leading the majority of the time this weekend, the UCSB baseball team was swept in a three-game series by No. 7 Fullerton, losing all three games by one run.