San Luis Obispo, Calif. – The Orange County Riptide’s pitching staff dominated in Tuesday’s 3-2 victory over the San Luis Obispo Blues. Before Riptide starter Charez Butcher (Tennessee) threw his first pitch of the night, the Riptide offense had already given him an early 1-0 lead. After reaching on a lead-off walk, Davis Diaz (Vanderbilt) …
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Irvine, Calif. – The Riptide (16-13) have gone 3-2 over their last five games following a 5-2 loss to the Conejo Oaks on Sunday evening. It was the third meeting between the teams this summer and Orange County is now 2-1 against the Oaks after July 6 and 16 victories and Sunday’s loss. Emilio Rosas …
San Luis Obispo, Calif. – The Orange County Riptide lost their fourth matchup against the San Luis Obispo Blues 8-4 Saturday evening at Sinsheimer Park. The Riptide struggled to hold on to their three run lead as the Blue’s offense continued to produce at the plate. The blues scored at least one run in four …
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Irvine, Calif. – In Friday’s matchup against the MLB Academy Barons, the OC Riptide came close to finishing the comeback, but fell just short with a final score of 14-12 in favor of the Barons. Riptide starting pitcher Mikal Ashley (Johnson County College) struggled early on and the Riptide fell behind 4-0 after the second …
The Riptide Rally, but Fall to Barons Friday Night Read More »
After going 6-4 in the first 10 ballgames of the 2021 summer California Collegiate League (CCL) season, the Orange County Riptide once again went 6-4 in their last 10 from June 24 to July 6. The team’s record now stands at 12-8 with the CCL All-Star Game coming up on July 14th. Over this recent …
Pasadena, Calif. – The Orange County Riptide’s season record stands at 8-6 after a tough 4-3 loss at the hand of the Arroyo Seco Saints that saw both team’s pitching staffs and offenses battle and come up clutch all game. The Riptide now have an 0-2 record against the Saints in 2021 after Arroyo Seco logged 10 …
Late Offense Downs Riptide 4-3 After Back and Forth Battle Read More »
Irvine, CA – The Orange County Riptide rallied in the eighth inning with a two-run homer to give them a 5-4 lead over the Ventura Pirates Friday night. The Pirates jumped ahead early in the first inning by driving in two of their runs from three base hits. Starting pitcher Cade Connolly (Santa Clara University) …
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Fairbanks, AK – Following Sunday’s 13-3 thrashing of the San Diego Waves the Orange County Riptide, whose offense averages ten runs per game, defeated Bercovich Collegiate by mercy rule 12-1 on Monday night in five innings. It wasn’t much of a contest for the whole night with the Riptide scoring in all five innings of …
Fairbanks, AK – The Orange County Riptide came out of the gate hot in the second game of a three game series with the Alasaka Goldpanners but were unable to keep the lead and eventually lost 12-10 on Friday. The Riptide scored four runs in the top of the first courtesy of a grand slam …
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Fairbanks, AK – Following Tuesday’s 13-0 opening night shutout of the San Diego Waves, the Orange County Riptide fell to the Alaska Goldpanners 3-1 in their home opener at Growden Park. The Goldpanners utilized an 8th inning rally to score all three of their runs and dropped the Riptide to 1-1 in the early going …
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