2019 COD Baseball News

Season

COD Baseball: Rodriguez signs letter with Southern Illinois

September 17, 2020

COD Baseball freshman short stop Ryan Rodriguez (Rancho Mirage H.S.) has signed a letter of intent with Southern Illinois University.

COD Baseball welcomes DiMatteo as new head coach

August 21, 2019

College of the Desert Baseball officially has a new head coach, as former Roadrunners assistant coach, Sam DiMatteo now helms the program.

2019 Season in Review – COD Baseball

May 15, 2019

COD Baseball players Izayah Alvarez and Ryan Rodriguez were named first team All-Pacific Coast Athletic Conference.

COD Baseball: Alvarez signs letter with PLNU

May 15, 2019

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 Baseball falls short in Sophomore Day slugfest with the Eagles, 16-9

April 25, 2019

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 Baseball falls short of sweeping Arabs, 6-4

April 19, 2019

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 Baseball rolls a 4-hit shutout of the Arabs, shatters 14-game losing streak, 3-0

April 16, 2019

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 Baseball puts two across early, falls late to Wolverines, 6-4

April 13, 2019

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 Baseball has trouble corralling the Wolverines, 16-2

April 09, 2019

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 Baseball struggles to catch the Comets, 16-1

March 21, 2019

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 Baseball falls in heartbreaking loss to the Griffins, 8-6

March 15, 2019

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 Baseball shakes off 10 game skid, knocks out the Knights, 12-8

March 07, 2019

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 Baseball falls in 11th to the Olympians, 10-8

March 02, 2019

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.