Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Brentwood 2, Malibu 1 (Box Score)

MalibuABRHRBIBBKAVE
Biglow EH/CF300003.143
Kernodle 2B/SS301001.250
Williams C200001.167
Weinstock P301101.125
J. Conrad 1B300001.000
Dispenza CF201001.500
S. Conrad RF200000.000
Perrin SS/3B200000.167
Schoenbrun LF/1B200001.000
Bordier 3B200001.000
Vititoe EH/2B100001.000
Lamasney-a LF000010.000
Kesselman-b PR010000.000

a-replaced Vititoe in the bottom of the 4th
b-pinch ran for Lamasney in the top of the 7th

BATTING

ROE: J. Conrad, Kernodle
HBP: Williams
Team LOB: 5

BASERUNNING

SB: Kernodle (2), Weinstock (2)

DEFENSE

CS: Williams-Vititoe
Pickoff: Weinstock-J. Conrad-Vititoe
E: Bordier (fielding), Kernodle (fielding)

PITCHINGIPHRERBBKERA
Weintock, L (0-1)6.0522162.33

Pitches-strikes: Weinstock, 88-52
Groundouts-flyouts: Weinstock, 4-5
Balk: Weinstock

Monday, June 11, 2007

Schedule Update #2

It's official. As previously noted, four non-league games have been added to the American Legion schedule. Four teams from the San Gabriel Valley will be making the trip to Malibu to play on June 30 and July 14.

The schedule--available here--has been updated to reflect the additional games.

Meanwhile, Malibu takes on Brentwood tomorrow at UCLA and again on Friday at Malibu High. Both games start at 5:00 p.m. On Saturday, Malibu plays Palisades at UCLA at 10:00 a.m.

Friday, June 08, 2007

Malibu 7, Harvard-Westlake 0 (Game Summary)

Matt Cathcart, Nate Schoenbrun, and Keith Lamasney combined to shut out Harvard-Westlake on one hit as Malibu won its American Legion opener, 7-0, in a game played at UCLA's Jackie Robinson Stadium.

Malibu managed only three hits in the game, but capitalized on twelve walks and three errors by Harvard-Westlake to put up more than enough runs in support of the three pitchers. After Greg Kernodle, Sean Conrad, and Stephen Williams struck out in the bottom of the first, Jared Weinstock led off the second inning with a walk. Matt Bowman hit the first pitch into left field for a base hit. Jace Dispenza followed with a walk to load the bases. Jacob Perrin fouled out for the first out of the inning. With Tony Gwyn at the plate, Weinstock turned an attempted pickoff into a steal of home for Malibu’s first run of the game.

Malibu added two more runs in the fourth inning. Bowman drew a one-out walk and stole second base. Dispenza reached first and Bowman moved to third on a passed ball on a third strike. After Dispenza stole second on the first pitch to Perrin, Bowman scored and Perrin reached first safely on a throwing error by the Harvard-Westlake shortstop. Dispenza then scored to make the score 3-0 as Gwyn reached on a fielder’s choice.

Meanwhile, Cathcart, Schoenbrun, and Lamasney moved through the Harvard-Westlake lineup with ease. Cathcart allowed one runner—a hit batter in the top of the first—to reach over the course of the first three innings. Schoenbrun gave up a walk in the fifth inning and a leadoff single in the sixth while striking out four over the course of his three innings. Lamasney closed the game with a perfect seventh inning.

Malibu’s big inning offensively came in the bottom of the sixth with a four-run outburst. Williams led off with a walk and promptly stole both second and third. With Bowman at the plate after Weinstock struck out, Williams scored on a wild pitch. Bowman walked and, after moving to second on another wild pitch, scored when Dispenza’s base hit down the rightfield line skidded away from the outfielder leaving Dispenza on third base with one out. Perrin drove in Dispenza with a double down the leftfield line. Gwyn and Cathcart walked to load the bases and Perrin scored the final run of the game when Lamasney walked.

In part, Malibu compensated for light hitting with aggressive baserunning. The Sharks stole eight bases in eight attempts.

Next up for Malibu is a home game against Santa Monica at 2:00 p.m.

Malibu 7, Harvard-Westlake 0 (Box Score)

MalibuABRHRBIBBKAVE
Kernodle LF200011.000
S. Conrad RF300001.000
Williams C210011.000
Weinstock EH210011.000
Bowman 1B/RF1111101.000
Dispenza CF221111.500
Perrin 3B/SS311200.333
Gwyn SS/2B200110.000
Schoenbrun EH/P100010.000
Vititoe 2B200002.000
Hale-a 1B200001.000
Biglow-b SS/CF100010.000
Bordier-c 3B100000.000
Kesselman-d LF000010.000
Levine-e PH/C010001.000
Cathcart-f PH000001.000
Lamasney-e PH/P000101.000

a-added to the lineup in the top of the 4th
b-added to the lineup in the top of the 4th
c-added to the lineup in the top of the 4th
d-added to the lineup in the bottom of the 5th
e-batted for Bowman in the bottom of the 6th
f-batted for Schoenbrun in the bottom of the 6th
g-batted for Vititoe in teh bottom of the 6th

BATTING

2B: Perrin (1)
ROE: Perrin, Kernodle
Team LOB: 11

BASERUNNING

SB: Kernodle (1), Williams 2 (2), Weinstock (1), Bowman (1), Dispenza (1), Gwyn (1), Biglow (1)

PITCHINGIPHRERBBKERA
Cathcart3.0000010.00
Schoenbrun, W (1-0)3.0100140.00
Lamasney1.0000000.00

Pitches-strikes: Cathcart, 28-19; Schoenbrun, 41-25; Lamasney, 12-8
Groundouts-flyouts: Cathcart, 4-4; Schoenbrun, 3-2; Lamasney, 0-3
Balk: Schoenbrun

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

2007 MVPs

At the post-season banquet at Duke's on Wednesday night, Stephen Williams was named the most valuable player of the 2007 Malibu High varsity baseball team and Jesse Conrad was named JV MVP.

Williams led the team in batting average (.411), on-base percentage (.576), slugging percentage (.786), homeruns (5), and RBIs (18). His OPS (combined on-base percentage and slugging percentage) was tops in the Tri Valley League.

Tri Valley All-League Team

Senior Jared Weinstock and junior Stephen Williams were first-team Tri Valley All-League selections for 2007. Sophomore Sean Conrad earned second-team honors and senior Greg Kernodle was honorable mention.

Weinstock batted .344 with 2 homeruns and 15 RBIs. Williams had a .411 batting average with 5 homeruns and 18 RBIs. Conrad led the Sharks in hits (24) and doubles (7) and had a .304 batting average. Kernodle batted .254 with 5 doubles and 4 stolen bases.

Oak Park placed four players on the first team. St. Bonaventure and Oaks Christian had three first-team honorees each.

Junior Casey Serna of St. Bonaventure was named the Tri Valley League MVP.

Tri Valley League All-Academic Team

Nine members of the Malibu High baseball program were named to the 2007 Tri Valley League All-Academic Team. Congratulations to Dalton Abbott, Jesse Conrad, Jace Dispenza, Cody Freeman, Tony Gwyn, Andrew Kramer, Jacob Perrin, Jared Weinstock, and Stephen Williams for combining academic and athletic excellence.

The Sharks placed more players on the All-Academic Team than any other school in the league.