2013 LBCC Baseball News

Season
Baseball: Hale, Navar, Patchen top Long Beach all-conference honors
Baseball: Hale, Navar, Patchen top Long Beach all-conference honors

Long Beach City College freshmen starting pitchers Sean Hale, and Edgar Navar, and sophomore third baseman Ray Patchen recently were named first-team All-South Coast Conference at last week’s postseason SCC coaches meeting. The three head a list of six Vikings to earn All-SCC honors.

Baseball: Vikings get offensive in 13-1 season-ending sweep of Pasadena
Baseball: Vikings get offensive in 13-1 season-ending sweep of Pasadena

Sophomores Phil Visico (pictured) and Jimmy Gosano both had three hits and drove in three runs to help lead the Long Beach City College baseball team to a 13-1 South Coast Conference win over visiting Pasadena City College on Friday at Joe Hicks Memorial Field.

Baseball: Long Beach snaps losing streak with 7-4 win over Pasadena
Baseball: Long Beach snaps losing streak with 7-4 win over Pasadena

Long Beach City College freshman Sean Hale won his SCC-leading eighth game of the season as the Vikings snapped a three-game losing with a 7-4 South Coast Conference win over visiting Pasadena City College on Tuesday at Joe Hicks Memorial Field.

Baseball: Long Beach cruises to 7-0 SCC win over Cerritos
Baseball: Long Beach cruises to 7-0 SCC win over Cerritos

Freshman starting pitcher Nick Wood (pictured) allowed just two hits over seven innings and the Long Beach City College offense banged out 11 hits on its way to a 7-0 South Coast Conference win over visiting Cerritos College on Thursday at LBCC’s Joe Hicks Memorial Field.

Baseball: Visico, Hale lead Long Beach to 8-2 win over East Los Angeles
Baseball: Visico, Hale lead Long Beach to 8-2 win over East Los Angeles

Sophomore Phil Visico went 2 for 2 with 5 RBI while freshman Sean Hale (pictured) allowed two runs and two hits over seven innings to lead Long Beach City College to an 8-2 South Coast Conference win over visiting East Los Angeles College on Tuesday.

Baseball: Gosano walk-off double caps two-run ninth-inning comeback win
Baseball: Gosano walk-off double caps two-run ninth-inning comeback win

Sophomore first baseman Jimmy Gosano delivered a walk-off double with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift Long Beach City College to a 4-3 come-from-behind win over visiting Oxnard College on Saturday.

Baseball: Vikings drop 4-1 non-conference game to Golden West
Baseball: Vikings drop 4-1 non-conference game to Golden West

Long Beach City College totaled seven hits, but couldn’t get its offense rolling as the Vikings fell 4-1 to visiting Golden West College on Thursday. Nolan Flashman (pictured) drove in LBCC's ninth-inning run.

Baseball: Late-game rally falls short, Vikings fall to Orange Coast in 10 innings
Baseball: Late-game rally falls short, Vikings fall to Orange Coast in 10 innings

The Long Beach City College baseball team made a late-game comeback but couldn’t complete the upset win as the Vikings lost 5-3 in 10 innings to visiting Orange Coast College on Thursday at Joe Hicks Memorial Field.

Baseball: Navar, Valle come up big in 2-0 win over Irvine Valley in home opener
Baseball: Navar, Valle come up big in 2-0 win over Irvine Valley in home opener

The Long Beach City College baseball team bounced back from a narrow 2-1 loss on Friday to defeat visiting Irvine Valley College 2-0 on Saturday in the Vikings’ home opener at Joe Hicks Memorial Field. Sophomore Edgar Navar (pictured) tossed seven scoreless innings for the win.

Baseball: Vikings edged 2-1 in season opener at Irvine Valley
Baseball: Vikings edged 2-1 in season opener at Irvine Valley

The Long Beach City College baseball team opened the 2013 season with a narrow 2-1 loss at Irvine Valley College on Friday. Sophomore David Aispuro (pictured) tossed four shutout innings in the start for the Vikings.