BASEBALL: Pas Poly throwing Rasmussen in semifinals ... Monrovia and Temple City have two huge obstacles standing in the way of a dream championship
Above:Rasmussen gets high-five's after scoring the only run in Friday's 1-0 quarterfinal win over Oxford Academy.
CIF-SS playoffs
Tuesday's Division VI semifinals
No. 1 Pasadena Poly (24-1) at No. 4 Beaumont (23-4)
No. 2 San Jacinto (22-6) at Bishop (17-4)
Notes: If Pasadena Poly advances to Saturday’s CIF-SS Division VI championship at UC Riverside and Rasmussen only has a few innings left to pitch, that’s just fine for Panthers coach Wayne Ellis.
Ellis knows senior Tim Feess (8-1, 1.14 ERA) is more than capable of starting in Saturday’s final, but the huge hurdle is getting there, even with Rasmussen starting in the semifinals against host Beaumont.
Rasmussen (12-0, 0.25 ERA) threw a no-hitter and struck out 13 in Friday’s 1-0 quarterfinal victory over Oxford Academy.
“Robbie’s probably going to throw,” Ellis said. “He felt fine on Saturday and we want to give ourselves the best chance of reaching the championship, and that’s with Robbie on the mound. If things work out and we can get Tim in there a little sooner, that’s fine. I have faith in both of them.”
Beaumont shutout its first two playoff opponents before hammering Desert Christian, 19-7, in Friday’s quarterfinals.
Beaumont could start Brent Bray (8-3, 2.20), who struckout 18 in the Cougars’ 16-0 opening-round win over Bell-Jeff. They could also start Larry Collins (7-0, 2.04) or Jeff Cashmer (6-1, 1.43), both of whom are having fine seasons.
Rasmussen’s single-season strikeout total reached 198 on Friday, which ranks 10th all-time in the CIF-SS history books. With two more strikeouts, he will become the first pitcher to reach 200 strikeouts in a season since Apple Valley Christian’s Craig VanHulzen struck out 216 in 1990.
Above: Monrovia celebrating last year's Div. V championship.
Tuesday's Div. V semifinals
No. 2 Monrovia (23-5) at Riverside Woodcrest Christian (25-4), 3:15 p.m.
Temple City (20-7) vs. No. 1 Bishop Amat (25-4-1), East LA College, 3:30 p.m.
Monrovia notes: Perhaps the signature moment during Monrovia’s march to the 2006 Div. V championship came in last year’s semifinals against Woodcrest Christian when McKiernan belted a walk-off homer in the eighth inning at home to defeat the Royals, 3-2.
But in 2005 it was this same Royals team that knocked Monrovia out of the playoffs in the second round, 3-2, which sets up a rubber match between the divisional rivals this afternoon.
“We’re expecting another monster game,” said Monrovia co-head coach Dave Moore. “It’s been a great game both times we’ve played them. They’ve got some of their key players back and so do we. It’s gonna be a dogfight, what else can you say.”
McKiernan (11-1), the reigning Div. V and Star-News player of the year, started and pitched 5 2/3 innings in Friday’s 6-1 quarterfinal victory over St. Paul.
With only ten innings allowed each pitcher per week, Moore said he will follow the same game plan he used in last year’s semifinals, which is to not start McKiernan, and let the game dictate when to bring him in.
Moore also isn’t announcing who he’s starting.
“It could be pitching by committee and then bring in Eddie, I don’t know,” Moore said. “I have other guys I have total confidence in, but again, you have to see how the game is going. We’ll go inning by inning and see where we’re at.”
The Royals beat Cantwell Sacred Heart 4-1 in Saturday’s quarterfinals and have won 14-straight.
Royals starter Kyle Matthews (11-2) pitched all seven innings in Saturday’s win, which means they will likely start undefeated Nicolas Maberry (8-0, 1.62 ERA), who started in their 5-4 second-round win over Hesperia.
Above: Will the Rams be celebrating in the semifinals?
Rams notes: When the CIF realignment was announced last year, Bishop Amat stuck out like a sore thumb, dropping all the way from Div. I to become the Div. V’s instant favorites.
The Lancers have been the top-ranked team since the season started, and with nonleague wins over Northview (6-2), Crescenta Valley (4-3) and a clean sweep of the Del Rey League (12-0), they’re still expected to march straight to the championship.
Lancers ace Maverick Olivares (10-0) pitched all seven innings in Friday’s 8-5 victory over Montclair Prep, so the Lancers will likely start another undefeated pitcher in Chris Eusebio (9-0, 1.82 ERA), who pitched a complete game in the Lancers’ 7-2 win over Murrieta Calvary Chapel.
But don’t expect the Rams to be intimidated, not after facing McKiernan three times this season, along with facing Pasadena Poly’s Rob Rasmussen back in March.
The Rams have won five straight, and will start Brian Dearth (7-3, 1.94 ERA), who hasn’t allowed an earned run in his last 14 innings. Dearth had 13 strikeouts in the Rams’ 3-1 victory over Gabrielino, and threw two scoreless innings in their 5-3 semifinal victory over Brentwood on Friday.
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he didn't start fees did
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Why would Rob only pitch one inning if he was the starter - was he hurt?
Fees gave up the bulk of runs and rob only pitched an inning and did great. Talt pitched the final innings and was really good.
Seems impossible that Rasmussen could give up 10 runs - what happened - did he miss the bus?
How did Rass pitch?
poly lost 10-3
Any word on Poly?
TC lost 4-1 to Amat. Any word on Monrovia?
Pasadena Poly has to travel down to the end of Palos Verdes to play with Chadwick in the Prep League (btw, getting to Chadwick's field is QUITE A TREK!!!! VERY windy and NARROW road; it will take you 45 minutes at least [on foot, heading east] from the nearest major bus stop on Hawthorne Bl/Rancho Palos Verdes Dr. North .....there are signs pointing you to which street to drive on but with every sign theres an UPHILL climb....what a exhausting experience!);
One more school to mention in relation to travel between schools: In the Alpha? League, L.A Baptist has to take the overland express up the 14 to Paraclete
My understanding is that Bishop wanted out of their league due to distance of schools in league (for example Santa Margarita in league had to travel too far distance for league games) They then got put in to La Salle's league to make 6 teams in that league. Since that league is in Div. V that's where Amat has to play in for the playoffs. I could be wrong though.
Thanks Max, It sounds like what I've heard but it seems to look better on paper than in Reality.
Schools like Bishop Amat can recruit the talent they need so enrollment isn't a factor for them and I'm pretty sure they haven't changed location so geography isn't either.
I have nothing against Bishop Amat they are a great Prep-Sports School.
I just feel there are a lot of Leagues between Div-I and Div-V. I don't think any school has ever went from Div-V up to Div-I have they? It's a big jump in either direction.
I agree with sgv. I don't get the knocking of great players like McT and Rasmussen and great accomplishments of school like Monrovia, TC and Poly. Just amazing to me. I guess it is the green monster in some people.
What is with you people? I am in no way affiliated with Temple City but come on, there is no point in bashing TC. Just because whatever school you support isn't in the semi finals doesn't give you justification for spewing your hate on this board. We should all be pulling for the local teams to bring their respective CIF titles to the WSGV.
i hope that bishop amat kicks the crap out of temple city. that team is so overrated it is ridiculous that they made it this far. congrats on squeeking by gabrielino. LETS GO LANCERS!
My understanding is that they use a variety of factors, including traditional-league strength, enrollment, geography. A committee nominates the different playoff groupings and the CIF-SS councils votes on the them. I believe they try to be what's fair for the entire league, not just one school.
Does anyone understand the parameters for defining what Division a School resides in? I thought I had a vague understanding but after this years Re-Alignment I am baffled. Amat plummets from Div-I to Div-V, and St. Bonaventure after losing the Div-V championship moves up to Div- IV. Are there set Values regarding what Division you play in, or is it done by Committee?