High School Stat Leaders FINAL for 2013 Season

5/20/13

Division 1: Sacramento City College
Game 5 (Loser's Bracket): 
Franklin 12, Davis 3

Game story in D1 Playoffs. 

College News

Sac State Seeded Fifth in WAC Tournament

Sacramento State dropped a 3-game series to UT-Arlington over the weekend to finish the year 33-23 and 14-13 in the Western Athletic Conference. Consequently, Reggie Christiansen’s squad secured the fifth seed in the WAC tournament held this week May 22-26 at Grand Pairie, Texas.  

The eight teams will compete in pool play with the winner earning an automatic berth in the NCAA 64-team playoff tournament. 

The Hornets, slotted in Pool A, open the tournament Wednesday at 9 a.m. against #5 seed UT-San Antonio, which took the season series 1-2. 

On Thursday at 5 p.m. Sac State takes on #1 seed CSU Bakersfield, which took 2-of-3 in March. And following an off day the Hornets will meet San Jose State on Saturday at 9 a.m (All games are PDT).

Leading the Hornets in hitting this was redshirt freshman Chris Lewis with a .351 batting average. Lewis also led all Hornets hitters in runs batted in (T-1^st with 46), on-base percentage (.396) and slugging (.488). 

Freshman Nathan Lukes (Antelope) was second in batting with a .320 average. He also led the team in runs with 39. Andrew Ayres, last year’s most valuable player in the WAC, finished the season with a .289 average and tied Lewis for the team-lead in RBI with 46.

Rhys Hoskins (Jesuit), a consensus Freshman All-American in 2012, finished third in hitting with a .297 average and team-leading .991 fielding percentage at his first-base position. Senior Justin Higley (Jesuit) led the team with 10 home runs.

In the pitching department, starter Brennan Leitao tied reliever Brandon Creel (Rosemont High) for the team-leading 8-3 record. Pitching 93.2 innings, Leiteo had the team’s second best earned run average at 2.79.

Freshman closer Sutter McLoughlin (Rio Americano) led the staff with a 2.36 ERA and posted a school-record 17 saves for the season, obliterating the previous record of 11 for one season.

Last year, the Hornets finished one game away from taking the WAC tournament, losing a extra-inning game to Fresno State, which now plays in the Mountain West Conference.

As a team, Sac State is currently 9^th in the country with a .979 fielding percentage.

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Old friend Cuno Barragan (Sacramento High 1950) is recovering from an operation on his leg.

Cuno, a former Chicago Cub, broke his ankle in the last game of spring training just after winning the backstop job in 1961. One of those failed slide attempts that has ruined many careers. Cuno recovered, however, and played for the Cubs from 1961-1963.

To read about Barragan's fascinating journey in baseball, go to our Spotlight section.

5/18/13

Division 1: Sacramento City College
Pleasant Grove 6, Davis 3
Elk Grove 9, Franklin 6 

 For the game stories and photos, go to the D1 Playoffs Page.

For decades, Sacramento has been a hotbed of tremendous baseball talent. A few of the locals performing in the Major Leagues at present from the greater Sacramento area* include J.P. Howell, Dustin Pedroia, Derrek Lee, Manny Parra and many more.

Among the hundreds of former professional players who have hailed from around here (and this is not an exhaustive list) include: Dusty Baker, Larry Bowa, Ken and Bob Forsch, Stan Hack, Woody Held, David Hernandez, Derrek Lee, Joe Marty, Butch Metzger, Steve Sax, Greg Vaughn, Fernando Vina and many others.

Numerous MLB managers have come out of Sacramento, including:
Dusty Baker (SF Giants, Chicago Cubs and now Cincinnati Reds)
Larry Bowa (San Diego Padres and Philadelphia Phillies)
Jerry Manuel (Chicago White Sox and New York Mets)
Buck Martinez (Toronto Blue Jays)
Johnny McNamara (6 teams)

Many top-name big league players barnstormed through Sacramento from the teens through the early '60s. Among the barnstormers, none were bigger than Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, who performed as the Bustin' Babes and Larrupin Lous here in Sacramento in 1927 (you can read more about that tour at ThePitchBook.com).

After runnin' the bases here, if you would like to submit material that you believe should be included at BaseballSacramento.com, please send an email to
RAC (at) baseballsacramento (dot) com.

Also be sure to check out the All-Time Top 50 Players from Sacramento in the History section.

Enjoy!

Editor
Rick Cabral

* The "greater Sacramento baseball area" extends west to Woodland, north to Yuba City, east to Grass Valley and south to the San Joaquin County line.