2016 Rio Hondo Baseball News
Rio Hondo College's 12th consecutive postseason appearance came to an end after No. 3-seeded Golden West College swept the No. 14-seeded Roadrunners in a best-of-three Southern California Regional playoff series.
The Rio Hondo College Roadrunners have received the No. 14 seed and will travel to face the No. 3-seeded Golden West College Rustlers in a best-of-three opening-round series of the Southern California Regional Playoffs.
Rio Hondo College kept its hopes alive for a Foothill Conference championship thanks to a 5-2 win over College of the Desert on Tuesday at The Jungle.
Rio Hondo College extended its season-high winning streak to 10 games thanks to a 7-3 victory at Chaffey College on Thursday. The Roadrunners are just one game back of Chaffey in first place in the Foothill Conference standings with just four games left to play.
Rio Hondo College continued its impressive late-season run as the Roadrunners picked up their ninth straight win, a 13-4 Foothill Conference victory over first-place Chaffey College at The Jungle on Tuesday.
Rio Hondo College surged to its eighth straight win on Saturday after wrapping up a sweep of Cerro Coso College. The Roadrunners closed out the three-game Foothill Conference series sweep with an impressive 16-4 victory at Cerro Coso.
Rio Hondo College surged to its fifth straight win and closed out a three-game Foothill Conference series sweep of Barstow College with its 7-3 victory at The Jungle on Saturday.
Rio Hondo College won its fourth straight game after an eight-run, second-inning lifted the Roadrunners to a 16-5 Foothill Conference win at Barstow College on Thursday. The victory improved Rio Hondo to 15-11 overall and 10-4 in conference play.
Rio Hondo College sophomore Joe Wills tossed a three-hit shutout to help lead the Roadrunners to a 2-0 Foothill Conference win over visiting Barstow College on Tuesday at the Jungle.
Rio Hondo College closed out a Foothill Conference series with a narrow 3-2 win at San Bernardino Valley College on Saturday. The Roadrunners took the series, winning two out of three games, to improve to 13-11 overall and 8-4 in conference play.
Rio Hondo College erupted for five runs in the seventh inning to rally for a 6-1 Foothill Conference win over visiting Victor Valley College on Thursday. The Roadrunners have taken the first two games of the three-game FC series and look for the sweep on Saturday (Mar. 26) at VVC.
Rio Hondo College totaled a season-high 20 hits but had to rally late to pull out an 11-4 Foothill Conference win at Victor Valley College on Tuesday. The win improved the Roadrunners to 9-10 overall and 4-3 in conference play.
Joe Wills tossed six innings of shutout ball while Mauricio Guadarrama went 2 for 3 with 2 RBI to help lead Rio Hondo College to a 5-1 non-conference win over Los Angeles Pierce College on Wednesday at the University of La Verne's Ben Hines Field.
Rio Hondo College starting pitcher Joe Wills achieved one of the rarest feats in baseball on Thursday. Wills struck out three batters in the first inning, but had to keep pitching thanks to a pair of passed balls. He went on to strike out two more to give him five for the inning on his way to 16 Ks in a 10-3 Foothill Conference loss at Chaffey College.
Rio Hondo College bounced back from a narrow loss on Saturday with a 13-8 Foothill Conference victory over visiting Cerro Coso College on Tuesday. The come-from-behind win improved the Roadrunners to 7-8 overall and 3-1 in conference play.
Rio Hondo College had its four-game winning streak snapped after a narrow 2-1 Foothill Conference defeat at Barstow College on Saturday. The loss dropped the Roadrunners to 6-8 overall and 2-1 in conference play.