2017 Baseball News

End of the Year Awards for CMS
End of the Year Awards for CMS

June 01, 2017

During the 2016-17 academic year, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps athletic department won 14 hard-fought regular season championships in the Southern Californian Intercollegiate and its athletes were honored with many outstanding awards.

Unprecedented fourth place ranking in Learfield Directors’ Cup
Unprecedented fourth place ranking in Learfield Directors’ Cup

June 01, 2017

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps ended the 2016-17 academic year with the program-high mark of fourth in the NCAA Division III Learfield Directors’ Cup.

Evan Opperman earns All-SCIAC honors
Evan Opperman earns All-SCIAC honors

May 11, 2017

Senior Evan Opperman (CMC) of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps baseball team was named All-SCIAC Second Team in 2017 after a breakout season.

Photo by Mitch Allan
Kingsmen take two back from Stags in doubleheader

April 29, 2017

After a thrilling 5-4 victory over No. 16 Cal Lutheran on Friday, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps baseball team tried to play spoiler in Saturday’s road doubleheader against the Kingsmen, but ended up falling in both games 5-0 and 5-2, respectively.

Chase Eller - Photo by Mitch Allan
Eller’s walk-off caps senior day comeback

April 28, 2017

The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps baseball team could not have asked for a better ending to its final home game of the regular season. Junior Chase Eller (CMC) smacked a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning to put the Stags (15-19, 9-12) past Cal Lutheran 5-4.

Evan Opperman (Photo by Mitchell Allan)
Stags score 30 in split with Poets

April 22, 2017

The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps baseball team scored 30 runs in Saturday’s double header split with Whittier College. In the slugfest marathon that was the first game of the day, the Poets prevailed with the 14-11 victory over the Stags. CMS threw senior Sam Baughman (CMC) in the final game of the series for the Stags to earn the 19-3 victory.

Evan Opperman - Photo by Mitch Allan
Opperman crushes two to take series opener over Whittier

April 21, 2017

Senior Evan Opperman (CMC) brought the hammer on Friday afternoon, clubbing two homeruns on the road to help the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps baseball team to a 5-4 victory over Whittier College.

Ryan Motter - Photo by Mitch Allan
Motter’s game-winning RBI earns CMS one win in series

April 15, 2017

The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps baseball team had a bittersweet series this past weekend against Chapman University as the Stags (13-18, 7-11) took the opener in thrilling fashion before dropping both doubleheaders on the road to the Panthers (21-10, 12-6).

Nick DeGallier (CMC) - Photo by Mitch Allan
Stags lose to Sagehens in hard-fought weekend series

April 08, 2017

The Sixth Street Rivalry had plenty of excitement and eye-opening plays throughout the series from both sides, but the series did not go in the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps baseball team's favor as Pomona-Pitzer swept all three games: 9-8, 8-3, 7-5.

Photo by Mitch Allan
Stags score 12 in final two innings to take down Bulldogs

April 01, 2017

Despite the rough start to the weekend series against the University of Redlands, dropping the first two games 12-0 and 4-1, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps baseball team managed to string an incredible 12-run comeback in the final game of the series against the Bulldogs to win 18-15.

CMS Celebrates Division III Week
CMS Celebrates Division III Week

March 31, 2017

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps is joining NCAA Division III programs nationwide to celebrate the impact of athletics and student-athletes on college campuses. From April 3-9, CMS will be sharing videos that document just a few of the hundreds of stories about why our student-athletes play DIII.

Photo by Mitch Allan
Stags drop final non-conference game of season

March 26, 2017

Sunday’s game against Williams College did not go in the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps baseball team’s favor as the Ephs (3-2, 0-0) managed to edge out the Stags (11-11, 5-4) with a 5-2 victory.

Stags unable to tame Tigers in weekend series
Stags unable to tame Tigers in weekend series

March 25, 2017

The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps baseball team (11-10, 5-4) lost two games out of three in its series against Occidental College (16-8, 9-3), dropping the road game on Friday before splitting the doubleheader at home on Saturday.

Stags unleash hitting clinic against Raptors
Stags unleash hitting clinic against Raptors

March 20, 2017

The offense maintained its momentum for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps baseball team (10-8, 4-2) on Monday as the Stags posted up 19 runs in their second consecutive game.

19-run offensive onslaught puts Stags past Wesleyan
19-run offensive onslaught puts Stags past Wesleyan

March 19, 2017

The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps baseball team broke out for 19 runs in the single game against Wesleyan University on Sunday afternoon.