SAN FRANCISCO 2011 BASEBALL
Cal Poly @ USF Game 29 Tue., April 5 • 3 p.m. Benedetti Diamond San Francisco, Calif. BASEBALL CONTACT: Stacy Hicklin, Asst. Director, Media Relations smhicklin@usfca.edu (415) 422-6161 (office); (415) 422-2929 (fax)
2011 BASEBALL SCHEDULE Record: 12-16 Home: 3-1 WCC: 0-0 Home: 0-0
Road: 5-11 Neutral: 4-4 Road: 0-0 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 (1-2) 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 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
Saint Mary’s @ USF Games 30-32 Friday-Sunday, April 8-10 Benedetti Diamond San Francisco, Calif.
USF Reaches Halfway Point of 2011 Season
San Francisco hosts Cal Poly in non-conference tilt; Dons open West Coast Cconference season against Saint Mary’s GAME NOTES THIS WEEK: USF plays a non-conference game against Cal Poly at 3 p.m. on April 5 at Benedetti Diamond before opening the West Coast Conference season at home against Saint Mary’s. Game one against the Gaels is set for 3 p.m. on Friday, April 8 with 1 p.m. games on Saturday and Sunday, April 9-10. LOOKING AHEAD: USF plays four games on the road next week, beginning with a 6 p.m. game on Tuesday, April 12 against San Jose State at Municipal Stadium. The Dons then continue WCC play with a trip to Portland April 15-17. Game one of the series is set for 3 p.m. with the second and third starting at 1 p.m. Before returning home, USF will play a 1 p.m. game at Oregon on Monday, April 18. LOOKING BACK: The Dons played a tough schedule last week, losing 4-0 to No. 13 California and then dropping two games, 5-3 and 4-3, to No. 9 Fresno State before beating the Bulldogs 4-3 in the final game of the series. LIVE RADIO/STATS: Fans can visit http://sports.yahoo.com/top/collegebroadcast/teams/saf to listen to all four games this week. Visit http://usfdons.com/sports/m-basebl/2010-11/schedule for the links for live stats and/or game tracker for this week’s action. TOP DOG: USF right-handed pitcher Garrett Luippold’s appearance in the fourth inning of the Dons’ game against No. 13 California on March 29th made him USF’s all-time appearances leader. With 89 appearances to his resume, Luippold moved past Patrick McGuigan’s 88 appearances from 2003-06. The senior also took the mound in two games against No. 9 Fresno State to bring him to a total of 91 career appearances.
DONS’ PROBABLE LINEUP:
PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS:
1. #29 Jason Mahood 2B .233 BA, 15 R, 24 H, 4 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 5 BB, 4 SB* 2. #5 Connor Bernatz RF TUESDAY: .260 BA, 14 R, 26 H, 3 2B, 1 3B, 8 RBI, 12 BB, 5 SB* 3. #20 Pete Lavin CF .339 BA, 18 R, 37 H, 7 2B, 3 3B, 12 RBI, 20 BB, 14 SB* Fr. RHP Alex Balog vs. Soph. RHP Joey Wagman 4. #28 Adam Clear SS .361 BA, 10 R, 35 H, 7 2B, 13 RBI, 3 BB, 1 SB* 5. #12 Stephen Yarrow 3B .236 BA, 8 R, 235 H, 9 2B, 17 RBI, 17 BB* FRIDAY: 6. #3 Tom Barry LF .279 BA, 8 R, 17 H, 2 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 4 BB* Sr. LHP Matt Lujan vs. Jr. RHP Mark Anderson 7. #22 Travis Higgs C .208 BA,16 H, 6 2B, 1 3B, 2HR, 8 RBI, 7 BB, 4 HBP* 8. #45 Nik Balog 1B SUNDAY: .270 BA, 6 R, 24 H, 6 2B, 9 RBI, 7 BB* 9. #17 Mason Morioka DH .258 BA, 4R, 8 H, 2 2B, 1 RBI, 4 BB* Soph. RHP Kyle
Zimmervs.Soph.RHP Martin Agosta
*2011 Season Statistics
SUNDAY: Sr. RHP Matt
Hiserman vs.Jr. RHP Kyle Barraclough