2019 COD Baseball News
COD Baseball freshman short stop Ryan Rodriguez (Rancho Mirage H.S.) has signed a letter of intent with Southern Illinois University.
College of the Desert Baseball officially has a new head coach, as former Roadrunners assistant coach, Sam DiMatteo now helms the program.
COD Baseball players Izayah Alvarez and Ryan Rodriguez were named first team All-Pacific Coast Athletic Conference.
COD Baseball sophomore center fielder Izayah Alvarez (Palm Desert H.S.) has signed a letter of intent with the Point Loma Nazarene Sea Lions.
COD (5-34; 3-20) found themselves down early, but stormed back in a big way to take the lead, but six fielding errors eventually let the visitors back into the game, as the Roadrunners fell to the Mt. San Jacinto Eagles (18-16; 12-11), 16-9.
COD (5-32; 3-18) were so close to grabbing their first sweep of 2019, but a two run outburst by the visitors in the top of the seventh proved to be the difference, as the Imperial Valley Arabs (7-31; 4-20) took the game, 6-4.
COD (4-31; 2-17) received a gem of a pitching performance and a three-run outburst in the third held, as the Roadrunners crushed a 14-game losing streak with a four-hit shutout of the Imperial Valley Arabs (6-30; 3-19), 3-0.
COD (3-31; 1-17) scored twice in the bottom of the first, then the visitors scored four in the third and a run in the fifth, before the Roadrunners scored twice more in the fifth, falling to the San Bernardino Valley Wolverines (15-18; 9-9), 6-4.
COD (3-29; 1-15) surrendered big innings in the fifth and seventh, as the 4-5-6-7 batters went a combined 2 for 14 in the blustery afternoon sun, with the San Bernardino Valley Wolverines (13-18; 7-9), taking the contest 16-2.
COD (3-23; 1-10) looked to be on the right track early against the Palomar Comets of San Marcos (13-7-1; 5-3), but big innings in the third, fifth, sixth and eighth innings proved to be the difference for the visitors, as the Roadrunners fell, 16-1.
COD (3-21; 1-8) had the visitors on the ropes going into the top of the seventh, but the Roadrunners relief pitching and infield defense fell just short in the late innings as the Grossmont Griffins (10-9; 5-4) swept the series, 8-6.
COD (3-17; 1-4) pushed past a 10 game losing streak in a big way, as Izayah Alvarez snagged 6 RBI’s in a Conference win, taking down the San Diego City Knights (1-13; 1-4), 12-8.
COD (2-16; 0-3) opened up an early lead in the final game of the series versus the San Diego Mesa Olympians (8-6-1; 3-0) and then took a 7-6 lead going into the 7th, but a two-run home run in the top of the 11th proved to be the difference as the Roadrunners fell, 10-8.
COD (2-14; 0-1) began Pacific Coast Athletic Conference (PCAC) play by hosting the San Diego Mesa Olympians (6-6-1; 1-0), where the Roadrunners allowed 3 runs in the fifth and a run in the ninth, falling to Mesa, 4-0.
COD (2-7) finished its fastest game of the season in a little more than two hours, as the Roadrunners avenged an earlier loss by knocking off the Barstow Vikings (3-5), 3-1.
COD (1-4) snagged their first win of 2019, as the team wrapped up the evening on the back end of a day-night double header with a walk-off win over the Fullerton Hornets (2-2), 4-3.
