"When I was a kid, we would come to this ballpark."
Placerville native, former Nevada baseball coach and Mariners field coordinator Jake McKinley says it's a "surreal moment" to be back in Sacramento as Seattle faces off with the A's.
@NAIABall Such a travesty that these two teams were in the same bracket! With 10 sites, how do two teams from the west end up in the same place? Especially when multiple other sites are similar travel for Hope.🤔
When I said the PNW and CCC were underrated by every metric, this is what I meant. @PEARatings and other predictive sites have had UBC as a top 10 team in the country all year, but RPI and BoChip / the selection committee put them as a 3 seed. The three true West teams in the 46-man field are 5-1, with the only loss being to another West team (LCSC over Hope today). Frustrating stuff.
@JermaineCurtis@Br0Dude We use the Blast which can actually give attack angle feedback while we give an external target at the back of the cage that is 12 degrees.
Also, set the machine at 12-15 degrees. All help towards the goal.
FINAL! Simpson stays alive behind a 13-5 victory against Florida National. Red Hawks score 10 runs across the final two innings to pull away in the 3-1 contest.
#therightwaytoplay
🏆 CAC TOURNAMENT
🚨 WALK-OFF WINNER
#4 Simpson (CA) defeats #5 Carolina 6-5
RedHawks score 5 runs in 8th and 9th inning and win it on walk-off 2B by Duke Aloy!
Aloy 3-3 2 2B 2 RBI
Cesar Ortega 2-5 HR RBI
SU will take on #1 Georgia Gwinnett tonight in the winners bracket at 7pm ET
Bruins will await their opponent tomorrow at 11am ET in an elimination game
🎥: @GGCAthletics
#NAIABall
@NWBBstats Par for the course. Teams from the west are always underrepresented, Midwest teams are always overrepresented.
In the last 30 years, 28 of the national champions are from the West or the South, but 1/2 the ranked teams every year are from Midwest.
The NAIA Ball Co-Pitcher Of The Week is Simpson (CA) Bo Valladao and Mayville State Sebastian Mizener
Both pitchers made headlines over the weekend throwing a no-hitter and perfect game with Valladao completing the feat against CalTech while Mizener threw the first perfect game for Mayville State since 2013 against Dakota State
Bo Valladao full line: 7 IP 0 H 0 ER 6 K 1 BB
Sebastian Mizener full line: 7 IP 0 H 0 ER 5 K 0 BB on 69 pitches
@SimpsonRedHawks@SU_Baseball@Comet_Athletics@msu_baseball #NAIABall