SAN FRANCISCO 2011 BASEBALL
Cal State Bakersfield @ USF Games 51 Tues. May 24 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: 28-22 Home: 15-3 Road: 9-15 Neutral: 4-4 WCC: 14-4 Home: 10-2 Road: 4-2 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 (12-6) 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* W 11-7 30 SAT. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT* W 5-4 (10) MAY (5-2) 1 SUN. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT* W 7-6 (13) 6 Fri. San Diego* W 4-3 7 Sat. San Diego* L 5-7 8 Sun. San Diego* L 8-12 13 FRI. PEPPERDINE* W 3-2 14 SAT. PEPPERDINE* W 7-2 15 SUN. PEPPERDINE* W 8-6 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 @ Gonzaga Game 52, 53, 54 May 27-29 Washington Trust Field Spokane, WA
USF To Play For WCC Championship At Gonzaga Dons host Cal State Bakersfield for final home game; San Francisco then travels to Gonzaga for three-game series GAME NOTES THIS WEEK: USF hosts Cal State Bakersfield in a non-conference game at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24th before traveling to Spokane, WA to play a three-game series at Gonzaga. Game one takes place at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 27, followed by 1 p.m. games on Saturday and Sunday, May 28-29. LOOKING BACK: The Dons claimed a three-game swept against Pepperdine; posting comeback wins in all three games by scores of 3-2, 7-2 and 8-6. USF’s game against Stanford on May 17th was cancelled and will not be re-scheduled. LIVE RADIO/STATS: Fans can visit http://sports.yahoo.com/top/collegebroadcast/teams/saf to listen to watch/listen to the Dons’ game against Cal State Bakersfield and to listen to the three-game series against Gonzaga. Visit http://usfdons.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/schedule for the links for live stats for this week’s action. CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND: San Francisco and Gonzaga enter the final weekend of West Coast Conference play in a tie for first-place with identical 14-4 records. The winner of the three-game series wins the WCC title and claims the league’s automatic bid for the NCAA Tournament. SWEEPSTAKES: USF totaled its fourth series sweep against Pepperdine and in the process claimed its sixth series win of the season after sweeping Loyola Marymount, Portland and Santa Clara in three games. The Dons also won two out of three against UC Davis and Pacific. FIELD(ING) OF DREAMS: USF leads the country with a .985 fielding percentage. The Dons have made just 29 errors in 50 games. The all-time record for best fielding percentage in a season is .985, which was set by West Virginia in 1971. Only two teams finished with fielding percentages of .980 or better in the past two seasons.
DONS’ PROBABLE LINEUP:
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS:
1. #20 Pete Lavin CF .359 BA, 38 R, 75 H, 16 2B, 4 3B, 26 RBI, 28 BB, 16 SB* 2. #5 Connor Bernatz RF TUESDAY: .294 BA, 31 R, 55 H, 11 2B, 2 3B, 23 RBI, 23 BB, 7 SB* 3. #12 Stephen Yarrow 3B .263 BA, 28 R, 50 H, 14 2B, 4 HR, 35 RBI, 33 BB* Soph. RHP Haden Hinkle vs Jr. RHP Spenser Messmore 4. #22 Travis Higgs DH .296 BA, 45 H, 16 2B, 4 HR, 26 RBI, 11 BB, 7 HBP*
5. #45 Nik Balog 1B .265 BA, 21 R, 50 H, 13 2B, 28 RBI, 14 BB, 1 SB* FRIDAY: 6. #29 Jason Mahood 2B .230 BA, 31 R, 44 H, 8 2B, 2 HR, 15 RBI, 15 BB, 7 SB* Soph. RHP Kyle Zimmer vs. Jr. LHP Ryan Carpenter 7. #9 Ted LeMasters LF .226 BA, 9 R, 19 H, 6 2B, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 9 BB* 9. #2 Aritz Garcia SS SATURDAY: .323 BA, 17 R, 30 H, 3 2B, 1 3B, 12 RBI, 4 BB* 8. #17 Mason Morioka C .267 BA, 8 R, 20 H, 4 2B, 6 RBI, 8 BB* Sr. RHP Matt Hiserman vs. Jr. LHP Tyler Olson *2011 Season Statistics
SUNDAY: TBA
vs.
Fr. LHP Marco
Gonzales