Baseball News -- 2016
Pirates announce six players set to play at four-year level for 2017-18
November 16, 2016
COSTA MESA -- Orange Coast College is proud to announce that six baseball players have signed letters of intent to play at the Division I level for 2017-18, according to head coach John Altobelli.
Altobelli savors Team USA global summer tour
October 07, 2016
COSTA MESA -- A lifetime dream was fulfilled by Orange Coast College head coach John Altobelli after joining the U.S. National Collegiate Team on a month-long tour through Taiwan, Japan and Cuba as an assistant coach for University of Oregon head coach George Horton.
Fall baseball schedule released for 2016
August 08, 2016
COSTA MESA -- Here is the 2016 fall baseball schedule.
Pirates find offense in 9-3 win over Santa Ana
April 28, 2016
COSTA MESA -- The on-again, off-again offense of the Orange Coast College baseball team was in full voltage on Thursday as the Pirates rolled to a 9-3 Orange Empire Conference win over visiting Santa Ana.
Pirates rally late to top Tigers, 6-3
April 23, 2016
RIVERSIDE -- The Orange Coast College baseball team kept its playoff hopes alive with a 6-3 Orange Empire Conference win over Riverside City College on Saturday at the Evans Sports Complex.
Pirates' struggles continue with 7-1 loss to Riverside
April 21, 2016
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College baseball team picked the wrong time for a losing streak as the Pirates dropped their fifth straight in a 7-1 Orange Empire Conference loss to Riverside on Thursday at Wendell Pickens Field.
Pirates leave Lasers all wet with 8-2 win
April 08, 2016
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College baseball team managed to get Friday's game in against the Irvine Valley College Lasers and the hard prep work on the field paid off as the Pirates cruised to an 8-2 win at Wendell Pickens Field.
Schedule change for next OCC home game
April 07, 2016
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College baseball team will host Irvine Valley College on Friday at 2 p.m., -- instead of Saturday at 12 p.m. -- in an effort to stay ahead of the rainy weather forecasts, according to head coach John Altobelli.
Pirates win third straight with 9-4 victory over Lasers
April 05, 2016
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College baseball team is starting to find different ways to win and on Tuesday at Wendell Pickens Field, the Pirates overcame some shaky pitching to push past visiting Irvine Valley, 9-4.
Navarro's late heroics lift Pirates to 4-3 comeback win over Hornets
April 02, 2016
COSTA MESA -- J.T. Navarro's bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth inning helped the Orange Coast College baseball team come all the way back from a 3-0 deficit to top the first-place Fullerton College Hornets, 4-3, on Saturday at Wendell Pickens Field.
Pirates find a way to tag a loss onto the Hornets
March 31, 2016
FULLERTON -- J.T. McLellan went 4-or-5 with a run scored and one RBI to lead the Orange Coast College baseball team to a 5-4 Orange Empire Conference road win against first-place Fullerton College on Thursday at Hornet Field.
Pirates rout Rustlers, 10-3
March 15, 2016
COSTA MESA -- The hits just kept on coming for the Orange Coast College baseball team as the Pirates evened their best-of-three series with rival Golden West following Tuesday's 10-3 Orange Empire Conference win at Wendell Pickens Field.
Pirates avoid sweep and top Chargers, 7-2
March 10, 2016
COSTA MESA -- The Orange Coast College baseball returned to the "win" column after a two-game absence and topped visiting Cypress, 7-2, on Thursday in an Orange Empire Conference matchup.
Pirates snap Cougars' unbeaten streak with 13-3 victory
February 25, 2016
COSTA MESA -- A pair of six-run innings did more than enough damage for the Orange Coast College baseball team as the Pirates rolled past previously-unbeaten College of the Canyons, 13-3, in a nonconference matchup on Thursday at Wendell Pickens Field.
Baseball finds road success in DH sweep over Desert
February 20, 2016
PALM DESERT -- The Orange Coast College baseball team can finally cross off "win a road game" off the "2016 to-do list" after the Pirates swept a doubleheader from host College of the Desert, 2-1 and 18-0, on Saturday.
Wagaman's walk-off HR wins it for the Pirates!
February 18, 2016
COSTA MESA -- Eric Wagaman made the most of his time at the plate, slugging a pinch-hit, game-winning, walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth to lead the Orange Coast College baseball team to an 8-7 win over visiting Palomar on Thursday at Wendell Pickens Field.
