2022 COD Baseball News
COD Baseball short stop Dillon Baker (Tampa (FL) Carrollwood Day School) has signed a letter of intent with Miami of Ohio.
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Under the tutelage of second-year head coach Sam DiMatteo, the #8 seeded Roadrunners Baseball team ended the 2022 season claiming their 7th Conference championship and first title in 51 years, as well as the first Inland Empire Athletic Conference (IEAC) Coach of the Year award for a Desert head coach.
COD Baseball clawed their way out of the first round and now travel to the #1 seed in SoCal, the Saddleback Bobcats of Mission Viejo, for a series that begins on Friday at 2 p.m.
COD (28-15) needed to win two to advance and they did, getting timely hitting, big pokes and giant strike outs as the Roadrunners swept and sank the #9 seeded Long Beach City Vikings (29-14) 12-5 & 10-9.
COD Baseball has claimed the #8 seed and will host in the opening round of the SoCal Regional playoffs after winning their first Conference Title in 51 years.
COD (26-14) ended the regular season with Sophomore Night honoring 8 players and grabbing a win on the back half of a non-Conference home-at-home series against the East Los Angeles Huskies of Monterey Park (18-22), 3-1.
COD (25-13; 18-6) captured the season series over their Conference opponents, 3 games to 1, which is crucial in deciding a potential tiebreaker, as the Roadrunners knocked off the San Bernardino Valley Wolverines (19-18; 16-5), 3-0.
COD (23-12) finished off the season sweep and heads into their final IEAC series of the season only .5 game back of the first-place team, knocking off the Mt. San Jacinto Eagles (15-17-1; 6-11), 8-6.
COD (21-12) collected their seventh consecutive win, keeping pace in the IEAC Championship hunt by knocking off the Mt. San Jacinto Eagles (15-15-1; 6-9), 8-4.
COD Baseball freshman right handed pitcher Dominic LeBlanc (Yuba City River Valley) and sophomore second baseman Dalton Thomas (Wenatchee, WA) have signed letters of intent. Leblanc with Viterbo University and Thomas with Lindenwood University.
COD (17-12; 10-5) grabbed a walk-off win, when Dillon Baker clobbered a two out double to left, scoring two in the bottom of the ninth, as the Roadrunners swept the 3-game series over the Barstow Vikings (4-23; 2-11), 6-5.
COD (15-12; 8-5) demolished their 4-game losing streak by dominating on the mound and in the batter’s box as the Roadrunners sank the Barstow Vikings (4-21; 2-9), 20-0.
COD (13-8; 6-1) used a little “Luck of the Irish” on this St. Patrick’s Day, as the Roadrunners scored 3 runs in the 9th, then walked it off in the 12th, defeating the Cerro Coso Coyotes of Ridgecrest (11-12; 3-4), 7-6.
COD (10-8; 3-1) rebounded from a Conference loss earlier in the week in a big way, bringing 17 Roadrunners to the plate in the 11 run 2nd inning, as Desert grabbed their third IEAC win, knocking off the Victor Valley Rams of Victorville (4-10; 1-2), 28-10.
COD (9-7; 2-0) started a chipping away at an early hole, then some heroics at the plate and on the mound kept the Roadrunners undefeated in Conference play, as they knocked off the Chaffey Panthers of Rancho Cucamonga (6-11; 1-1), 9-6.
