SAN FRANCISCO 2011 BASEBALL
Santa Clara @ USF San Francisco State @SF Game 38-40 Games 41 Thurs.-Sat., April 21-23 Tue., April 26 • 2 p.m. Benedetti Diamond Benedetti Diamond San Francisco, Calif. San Francisco, CA BASEBALL CONTACT: Stacy Hicklin, Asst. Director, Media Relations smhicklin@usfca.edu (415) 422-6161 (office); (415) 422-2929 (fax)
2011 BASEBALL SCHEDULE Record: 17-20 Home: 5-3 WCC: 4-2 Home: 1-2
Road: 8-13 Neutral: 4-4 Road: 3-0 Neural: 0-0
DATE DAY OPPONENT TIME FEBRUARY (2-5) 18 Fri. No.1 UCLA L 0-1 19 Sat. No.1 UCLA L 1-4 20 Sun. No.1 UCLA L 0-3 21 Mon. Cal State Bakersfield L 2-6 26 Sat. UC Davis L 2-4 27 SUN. UC DAVIS W 6-2 27 SUN. UC DAVIS W 8-4 MARCH (9-9) CARDINAL CLASSIC - BEAUMONT, TX 3 Thurs. Lamar W 3-1 (11) 4 Fri. New Mexico State W 12-1 5 Sat. New Mexico State L 6-7 5 Sat. Cal State Northridge L 2-3 (10) 8 TUE. SACRAMENTO STATE W 3-2 CAL BASEBALL CLASSIC - AT&T PARK 11 Fri. UC Santa Barbara W 3-2 12 Sat. Long Beach State L 4-5 13 Sun. Louisiana-Lafayette W 4-0 DANTE BENEDETTI CLASSIC - AT&T PARK 15 Tue. San Jose State W 10-0 16 Wed. No. 15 California W 7-6 (11) 19 Sat. No. 11 Arizona L 0-14 20 Sun. No. 11 Arizona L 0-7 21 Mon. No. 15 Arizona L 5-8 23 WED. OREGON L 1-6 25 Fri. Pacific W 11-3 26 Sat. PACIFIC W 4-2 27 SUN. PACIFIC L 0-3 29 TUE. No. 13 CALIFORNIA L 0-4 APRIL (6-6) 1 Fri. No. 9 Fresno State L 3-5 2 Sat. No. 9 Fresno State L 3-4 3 Sun. No. 9 Fresno State W 4-3 5 TUE. CAL POLY SLO W 4-0 8 FRI. SAINT MARY’S* L 9-4 9 SAT. SAINT MARY’S* W 1-0 10 SUN. SAINT MARY’S* L 6-5 12 Tues. San Jose State L 10-0 15 Fri. Portland* W 19-2 16 Sat. Portland* W 6-1 17 Sun. Portland* W 6-1 18 Mon. Oregon L 4-0 21 THUR. SANTA CLARA* 3:00 P.M. 22 FRI. SANTA CLARA* 3:00 P.M. 23 SAT. SANTA CLARA* 1:00 P.M. 26 TUE. SAN FRANCISCO STATE 2:00 P.M. 29 FRI. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT* 3:00 P.M. 30 SAT. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT* 1:00 P.M. MAY (0-0) 1 SUN. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT* 1:00 P.M. 6 Fri. San Diego* 3:00 p.m. 7 Sat. San Diego* 1:00 p.m. 8 Sun. San Diego* 1:00 p.m. 13 FRI. PEPPERDINE* 3:00 P.M. 14 SAT. PEPPERDINE* 1:00 P.M. 15 SUN. PEPPERDINE* 1:00 P.M. 17 Tue. Stanford 5:30 p.m. 24 TUE. CAL STATE BAKERSFIELD 3:00 P.M. 27 Fri. Gonzaga* 6:00 p.m. 28 Sat. Gonzaga* 1:00 p.m. 29 Sun. Gonzaga* 1:00 p.m. *West Coast Conference Game All times listed in Pacific Time (PT) ALL HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS AT BENEDETTI DIAMOND
USF Continues Homestand at Benedetti Diamond
San Francisco hosts rival Santa Clara for a three-game series Dons then host cross-town program San Francisco State for one game; GAME NOTES THIS WEEK: The Dons return home to play a three-game series against Bay Area rival and WCC foe Santa Clara. The first two games of the series take place at 3 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, April 21-22, with the third and final game set to begin at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 23. LOOKING AHEAD: San Francisco continues its homestand with a non-conference game against San Francisco State at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26. The Dons then host Loyola Marymount for a threegame series from April 29-May 1. LOOKING BACK: After taking a 10-0 loss at San Jose State, USF went on to win three straight at Portland. The Dons won by scores of 19-2, 6-1 and 6-1 to claim the series sweep. Before returning home, USF dropped a game to Oregon by a score of 4-0. LIVE RADIO/STATS: Fans can visit http://sports.yahoo.com/top/collegebroadcast/teams/saf to listen and watch the Dons’ next four games. Visit http://usfdons.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/schedule for the links for live stats for this week’s action. PLAYER OF THE WEEK: USF catcher Travis Higgs was named the West Coast Conference Player of the Week for his play during the week of April 11-17. Higgs was behind the plate for two of the three Dons’ wins at Portland and was a designated hitter in the third game. He hit .429 with a .929 slugging percentage and collected six hits in 14 at bats and totaled seven RBIs, two home runs, one double and four runs scored with only three strikeouts. He is the first Dons’ position player to earn the honor this season. Pitchers Matt Lujan and Matt Hiserman have both earn WCC Pitcher of the Week honors.
DONS’ PROBABLE LINEUP:
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS:
1. #20 Pete Lavin CF .338 BA, 26 R, 50 H, 11 2B, 4 3B, 16 RBI, 22 BB, 14 SB* 2. #5 Connor Bernatz RF .271 BA, 18 R, 36 H, 5 2B, 1 3B, 11 RBI, 15 BB, 5 SB* THURSDAY: 3. #29 Jason Mahood 2B .230 BA, 22 R, 32 H, 5 2B, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 6 BB, 5 SB* Sr. LHP Matt Lujan vs. 4. #12 Stephen Yarrow 3B .255 BA, 15 R, 35 H, 10 2B, 3 HR, 26 RBI, 22 BB* 5. #3 Tom Barry LF .256 BA, 10 R, 21 H, 3 2B, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 8 BB* FRIDAY: 6. #22 Travis Higgs C .248 BA, 25 H, 7 2B, 1 3B, 4HR, 16 RBI, 7BB, 5 HBP* Soph. RHP Kyle Zimmer vs. 7. #45 Nik Balog 1B .252 BA, 11 R, 34 H, 8 2B, 14 RBI, 7 BB, 1 SB* 8. #9 Ted LeMasters DH SATURDAY: .172 BA, 4 R, 11 H, 4 2B, 1HR, 5 RBI, 4 BB* 9. #2 Aritz Garcia SS .217 BA, 8 R, 10 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 4 RBI* Sr. RHP Matt
Hiserman
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Sr. RHP Cory
TBA
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*2011 Season Statistics
TUESDAY: TBA
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Hall