SAN FRANCISCO 2011 BASEBALL
USF @ AT&T Tournament UCSB • Long Beach St.• Louisiana-Lafayette March 11-13 • Games 13-15 San Francisco, Calif. • AT&T Park BASEBALL CONTACT: Stacy Hicklin, Asst. Director, Media Relations smhicklin@usfca.edu (415) 422-6161 (office); (415) 422-2929 (fax)
2011 BASEBALL SCHEDULE Record: 5-7 WCC: 0-0
Home: 3-0 Home: 0-0
Road: 1-5 Road: 0-0
Neutral: 1-2 Neural: 0-0
DATE DAY OPPONENT TIME FEBRUARY (2-5) 18 Fri. No.1 UCLA L 1-0 19 Sat. No.1 UCLA L 4-1 20 Sun. No.1 UCLA L 3-0 21 Mon. Cal State Bakersfield L 6-2 26 Sat. UC Davis L 4-2 27 SUN. UC DAVIS W 6-2 27 SUN. UC DAVIS W 8-4 MARCH (3-2) 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 7-6 5 Sat. Cal State Northridge L 3-2 (10) 8 TUE. SACRAMENTO STATE W 3-2 AT&T TOURNAMENT - AT&T PARK 11 Fri. UC Santa Barbara 3:00 p.m. 12 Sat. Long Beach State 3:00 p.m. 13 Sun. Louisiana-Lafayette 9:00 a.m. DANTE BENEDETTI CLASSIC - AT&T PARK 15 Tue. San Jose State 12:20 p.m. 16 Wed. California 2:30 p.m. 19 Sat. Arizona 6:00 p.m. 20 Sun. Arizona 5:00 p.m. 21 Mon. Arizona 11:00 a.m. 23 WED. OREGON 2:00 P.M. 25 Fri. Pacific 6:00 p.m. 26 Sat. PACIFIC 2:00 P.M. 27 SUN. PACIFIC 1:00 P.M. 29 TUE. CALIFORNIA 2:00 P.M. APRIL (0-0) 1 Fri. Fresno State 6:05 p.m. 2 Sat. Fresno State 6:05 p.m. 3 Sun. Fresno State 1:05 p.m. 5 TUE. CAL POLY SLO 3:00 P.M. 8 FRI. SAINT MARY’S* 3:00 P.M. 9 SAT. SAINT MARY’S* 1:00 P.M. 10 SUN. SAINT MARY’S* 1:00 P.M. 12 Tues. San Jose State 6:00 p.m. 15 Fri. Portland* 3:00 p.m. 16 Sat. Portland* 1:00 p.m. 17 Sun. Portland* 1:00 p.m. 18 Mon. Oregon 1:00 p.m. 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 To Call AT&T Park Home For the Weekend
Dons to play three games in the AT&T Tournament hosted by Cal San Francisco will face UCSB, Long Beach St. and Louisiana-Lafayette GAME NOTES THIS WEEK: USF will play three games in the AT&T Tournament, hosted by California at AT&T Park, with the Dons opening the tournament against UC Santa Barbara at 3 p.m. on Friday, March 11. San Francisco plays game two against Long Beach State at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 12 and closes the tournament at 9 a.m. on March 13 against Louisiana-Lafayette. LOOKING AHEAD: The Dons have a busy stretch coming up, during which time they will play five games in seven days. First up is the sixth annual Dante Benedetti Classic at AT&T Park at 12:20 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15 against San Jose State. The next day, USF travels to Cal for a 2:30 p.m. first pitch. Following the game against their Bay Area foe, the Dons travel to Arizona for a three-game series from March 19-21. LOOKING BACK: San Francisco went 2-2 at the Cardinal Classic, beating host Lamar 3-1 in 11 innings and New Mexico State 12-1. The Dons then lost two heartbreakers: 7-6 to New Mexico State and 3-2 to Cal State Northridge in 10 innings. After returning home, USF beat Sacramento State 3-2. LIVE RADIO/STATS: Fans can visit http://sports.yahoo.com/top/collegebroadcast/teams/saf to listen to this weekend’s games at the AT&T Tournament. Live stats can be watched on Gametracker at http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-basebl/sched/cal-m-basebl-sched.html TICKETS: Fans wishing to attend any of USF’s games at the AT&T Tournament can visit http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/sf/ballpark/events/index.jsp to purchase tickets in advance or can buy them the day of the game at the box office. WALK THIS WAY: The Dons lead the West Coast Conference in walks, having totaled 44 free passes this season. A total of 12 different players have drawn walks with Pete Lavin leading the way (10 and Connor Bernatz and Stephen Yarrow drawing nine and eight, respectively. CUTTING IT CLOSE: Six of the Dons’ 12 games this season have been decided by two or fewer runs. USF’s biggest loss this season came by only four runs.
DONS’ PROBABLE LINEUP:
1. #29 Jason Mahood 2B .140 BA, 2 R, 6 H, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SB* 2. #5 Connor Bernatz RF .171 BA, 8 R, 7 H, 3 RBI, 9 BB, 5 SB* 3. #20 Pete Lavin CF .422 BA, 9 R, 19 H, 3 RBI, 10 BB, 9 SB* 4. #12 Stephen Yarrow 3B .222 BA, 10 H, 4 2B, 8 RBI, 8 BB* 5. #28 Adam Clear SS .340 BA, 5 R, 16 H, 3 2B, 7 RBI, 2 BB* 6. #45 Nik Balog 1B .244 BA, 2 R, 10 H, 2 2B, 4 RBI, 3 BB* 7. #22 Travis Higgs C .185 BA, 4 R, 5 H, 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 RBI, 4 BB, 3 HBP* 8. #9 Ted LeMasters LF .125 BA, 1 R, 3 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB* 9. #3 Tom Barry DH .294 BA, 3 R, 10 H, 1 2B, 5 RBI, 1 BB*
*2011 Season Statistics
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS:
FRIDAY: Sr. LHP Matt
Lujan
vs.
Sr. RHP Jesse
Meaux
SATURDAY: So. RHP KyleZimmer vs.
Sr. RHP
Jr. RHP Branden
Pinder
SUNDAY: Matt Hiserman
vs.
Sr. LHP TJ
Geith