SAN FRANCISCO 2011 BASEBALL
Loyola Marymount @ USF Games 42, 43 & 44 Fri. April 29-Sun. May 1 Benedetti Diamond 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: 21-20 Home: 9-3 WCC: 7-2 Home: 4-2
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 (10-6) 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* W 5-4 (13) 22 FRI. SANTA CLARA* W 9-5 23 SAT. SANTA CLARA* W 15-4 26 TUE. SAN FRANCISCO STATE W 8-4 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 Riding Hot Streak
San Francisco in first place in league standings after three WCC series; Dons host third-place Loyola Marymount for a three-game series GAME NOTES THIS WEEK: San Francisco continues its homestand with a three-game series against Loyola Marymount from Friday, April 29 to Sunday, May 1. The first game of the series is set for a 3 p.m. start with Saturday and Sunday’s games beginning at 1 p.m. LOOKING AHEAD: USF is back on the road next week, traveling to San Diego for a three-game series against the Toreros from Friday, May 6 to Sunday, May 8. The first game of the series is set for a 3 p.m. start with Saturday and Sunday’s games beginning at 1 p.m. LOOKING BACK: The Dons won all four games they played last week, beginning with a three-game sweep against rival Santa Clara by scores of 5-4, 9-5 and 15-4. USF then beat San Francisco State 8-4 in a non-conference tilt. LIVE RADIO/STATS: Fans can visit http://sports.yahoo.com/top/collegebroadcast/teams/saf to listen to and to watch the Dons’ three-games series against Loyola Marymount. 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: Dons’ centerfielder Pete Lavin was named West Coast Conference Player of the Week for his performances during the week of April 18. Lavin hit .526 in four games last week. The senior totaled 10 hits, three doubles, six runs scored, an RBI, a walk and a stolen base from the leadoff spot. He turned in a .684 slugging percentage and .571 on base percentage. Lavin was flawless in the outfield, catching 10 balls without an error. He is in the midst of an eight-game hitting streak. It’s the second consecutive week that the Dons have earned Player of the Week honors after Travis Higgs captured the award last week. SWEEPSTAKES: USF swept its second consecutive West Coast Conference series after taking all three games against rival Santa Clara. It was the first time the Dons swept the Broncos since 2005. TWICE AS NICE: The Dons notched a single-game high of seven doubles in game three against Santa Clara on April 23. Pete Lavin, Stephen Yarrow and Mason Morioka each hit one two-base hit with Travis Higgs and Nik Balog doubling twice.
DONS’ PROBABLE LINEUP:
1. #20 Pete Lavin CF .351 BA, 32 R, 59 H, 14 2B, 4 3B, 17 RBI, 24 BB, 16 SB* 2. #5 Connor Bernatz RF .305 BA, 25 R, 46 H, 7 2B, 2 3B, 20 RBI, 17 BB, 6 SB* 3. #29 Jason Mahood 2B .237 BA, 26 R, 37 H, 6 2B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 10 BB, 6 SB* 4. #12 Stephen Yarrow 3B .255 BA, 20 R, 40 H, 12 2B, 3 HR, 28 RBI, 23 BB* 5. #22 Travis Higgs DH
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS:
FRIDAY: Sr. LHP Matt Lujan
.276 BA, 32 H, 12 2B, 1 3B, 4HR, 22 RBI, 8BB, 6 HBP*
6. #45 Nik Balog 1B .250 BA, 13 R, 38 H, 10 2B, 21 RBI, 10 BB, 1 SB* 7. #3 Tom Barry LF .244 BA, 11 R, 22 H, 3 2B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 10 BB* 8. #17 Mason Morioka C .255 BA, 7 R, 14 H, 1 3B, 4 RBI, 6 BB* 9. #2 Aritz Garcia SS .217 BA, 8 R, 10 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 4 RBI* *2011 Season Statistics
Jr. LHP Jason
vs.
Wheeler
SATURDAY: Soph. RHP
Kyle Zimmer
vs. Jr. RHP Alex
Gillingham
SUNDAY:
Sr. RHP Matt
Hiserman
vs.
TBA