De Anza Baseball Archives

De Anza baseball team’s final home game ends in loss against Hartnell College

Yumeno Matsuo | May 11, 2023

The De Anza Mountain Lions lost 12-2 against Hartnell College in their 39th game of the season on April 27. In the top of the first inning, Hartnell College scored 1-0, but the player Tae Kim of the...

Early season loss for De Anza’s baseball team against Solano College

Reva Shah, Freelance Reporter | February 23, 2023

De Anza College baseball lost 9-6 against Solano College in the ninth game of its season on Feb. 16. The Mountain Lions started with several hits, but the Solano Bulldogs quickly overtook them by the...

De Anza Suffers close loss against Monterey Peninsula

Anthony Lucido, Staff Reporter | March 16, 2020

The De Anza College baseball team suffered a close 3-2 loss against Monterey Peninsula College on March 12. Despite the final score, Kody Decker, 21, criminal law major was quite happy with the way...

Men’s baseball team flops

Lauren Locquiao, Staff Reporter | March 5, 2020

De Anza Dons give up 10 runs in last two innings With a score of 14-1, De Anza lost against Mission College on March 3 but it was the latter half of the game that was the deal breaker. The Dons held...

De Anza baseball team falls to Sierra College by way of blowout

Kassandra Zeledon, Staff Reporter | February 10, 2020

The De Anza baseball team suffered another blowout loss to Sierra Community College on Feb. 4. A scoreline of 21-2 marks yet another huge loss for the dons having been recently defeated by Santa Rosa...

De Anza baseball team’s season opener ends in a loss

Aliya Nupbay, Staff Reporter | January 29, 2020

The De Anza College baseball team opened the season at home with a blowout loss of 13-1 against Cerro Coso Community College on Jan. 24. Despite the loss and limited practice time as a team, head coach...

Players, new coach amped up for baseball season

Thomas Anthony, Staff Reporter | January 28, 2020

With a new head coach and the season freshly under way, the De Anza men’s baseball team hopes their busy offseason and improving team chemistry will lead them to a successful spring. Getting the team...

New De Anza College baseball coach inspired to lead college sports

Saman Mashayekhi, Staff Reporter | October 28, 2019

Why do you want to coach at De Anza? “Because they’re the Dons,” said Don Watkins jokingly. Don Watkins, De Anza College’s new head baseball coach, said his father inspired him to begin participating...

Opinion: Dishonest administration endangers baseball players

Matt Risko, Staff Reporter | April 23, 2018

De Anza College’s administration clearly demonstrated that student safety is not its top priority by placing Erich Raich, head coach of our baseball team, on administrative leave for trying to keep his team safe by fixing their mistake. When the team walked onto the field on February 24 for a game against Folsom Lake, they found that Robert Bothman’s construction company used clay for ceramic pots in the pitcher’s mound. This clay does not stay firm and sinks like mud, creating a serious injury risk.

2018 Baseball Season Preview: Young Dons look to build on past success

Ethan Maneja, Staff Reporter | January 27, 2018

De Anza’s 2018 baseball team anticipates a strong upcoming spring season, as they look to build on last year’s overall record of 22-17 and 12-8 record in conference games. 2018’s team composition...