Baseball

Baumgartner, Lopez Play to Weekly Adulations


UC San Diego’s Blake Baumgartner and Chico State’s Andrew Lopez have been selected as CCAA Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week for April 8-14, respectively.

Baumgartner, a redshirt sophomore for the Tritons, was No. 10 UC San Diego's top offensive performer during a 5-0 week. He paced the CCAA leaders in batting (.556), runs (six-tied), hits (10), RBI (seven) and total bases (14) as the Tritons swept Cal State San Bernardino after opening the rain-adjusted week with a victory at Stanislaus State. His first collegiate grand slam highlighted his performance, overturning a 1-0 deficit in Saturday's 8-5 victory against the Coyotes. Along with the solid effort from behind the plate, the Stevenson Ranch native handled all 40 defensive chances cleanly, from his station at first.

Lopez, starting pitcher for the Wildcats, logged seven shutout innings, scattering three hits, striking out six, and walking two in the Wildcats' 9-1 win in Sunday's series finale at Cal State Dominguez Hills. The senior from San Diego improved to 4-1 on the season and lowered his ERA to 1.60 with the win. Lopez retired the Toros in order in the second, fourth, fifth, and seventh and struck out five in his final three innings of work. Over his last six starts, Lopez is 4-0 with a 1.43 ERA.

UC San Diego takes on Cal State LA for a four-game home-and-home this weekend, and Chico State hosts Cal Poly Pomona as the two tussle for position in the CCAA standings.

Also nominated:
Player -
Jacob Allen, Cal State San Bernardino
Jack Harris, San Francisco State
Robert Lujan, Cal State East Bay
Austin Ott, Cal State San Marcos
Pitcher -
Austin Eisenhart, Cal Poly Pomona
Connor Fabing, Cal State Monterey Bay
Brian Martinez, Cal State East Bay,
Blake Timm, Cal State San Bernardino
Brandon Weed, UC San Diego
 
2019 CCAA Baseball Weekly Awards
Player of the Week Pitcher of the Week
Jan. 28-Feb. 3 Grant Buck, Cal State San Marcos Mike Lopez, Cal State San Marcos
Feb. 4-10 Gabe Chavez, Cal State San Bernardino Rylan Tinsley, Stanislaus State
Feb. 11-17 Austin Ott, Cal State San Marcos Chase Wheatcroft, Stanislaus State
Feb. 18-24 Brian Morley, Cal State Monterey Bay Tim Holdgrafer, Cal Poly Pomona
Feb. 25-March 3 Aaron Kim, UC San Diego Chase Wheatcroft, Stanislaus State
March 4-10 Brandon De La Guardia, Stanislaus State Grant Larson, Chico State
March 11-17 Shay Whitcomb, UC San Diego Kenton Carruthers, Chico State
March 18-24 Grant Buck, Cal State San Marcos Tyler Murphy, Stanislaus State
March 25-31 Brian Morley, Cal State Monterey Bay Ethan McRae, Cal State Monterey Bay
April 1-7 Gabe Chavez. Cal State San Bernardino Brian Martinez, Cal State East Bay
April 8-14 Blake Baumgartner, UC San Diego Andrew Lopez, Chico State