2021 Baseball Game Notes

Home , Andrew Thurman, Dylan Carlson (baseball), Honda Center, Mike Foltynewicz

2021 BASEBALL GAME NOTES

@UCIbsb // ucirvinesports.com CONTACT: Alex Roberts-Croteau // (949) 410-3346 // [email protected]

#24 UC IRVINE ANTEATERS (24-12, 16-4) VS LONG BEACH STATE DIRTBAGS (12-11, 10-10) 2021 SCHEDULE & RESULTS APRIL 30 - MAY 2, 2021 // CICERONE FIELD AT ANTEATER BALLPARK - IRVINE, CALIF. Friday, April 30 3:00 PM Live Stream: ESPN3 Radio: KUCI 88.9 FM Record: 24-12 Home: 13-2 Saturday, May 1 Game 1 at 12:00 PM & Game 2 - 40 minutes following Live Stream: ESPN3 Radio: KUCI 88.9 FM Big West: 16-4 Away: 11-10 Sunday, May 2 1:00 PM Live Stream: ESPN3 Radio: KUCI 88.9 FM Day Date Opponent Time/Result Sat. Feb. 20 Washington > W, 5-4 Probable Pitching Matchups Sun. Feb. 21 Washington > W, 5-4 1 Jr. RHP Trenton Denholm (3-1, 3.59) FRIDAY 32 Jr. RHP Johnathan Lavallee (4-1, 1.86) Mon. Feb. 22 Washington > W, 3-1 > Originally scheduled to host Fresno State, Feb. 19-21 13 Fr. LHP Nick Pinto (4-2, 3.46) SATURDAY GAME 1 8 So. LHP Alfredo Ruiz (1-0, 4.91) Fri. Feb. 26 at UCLA L, 3-4 9 RS-So. RHP Michael Frias (5-0, 3.09) SATURDAY GAME 2 37 Fr. RHP Luis Ramirez (2-3, 4.46) Sat. Feb. 27 UCLA W, 7-3 55 Jr. RHP Peter Van Loon (2-2, 5.40) SUNDAY 30 So. RHP Jack Noble (2-2, 3.24) Sun. Feb. 28 at UCLA L, 0-4

Sat. Mar. 6 at UC Riverside L, 5-6 Series History Sun. Mar. 7 at UC Riverside L, 8-10 at UC Riverside # W, 14-12 All-Time: UCI leads, 72-60-1 Current Streak: W4 (W3 at home) Notable: UC Irvine has its most games # Postponed and rescheduled from March 5 First Meeting: Mar. 24, 1970 (L, 3-12) At UC Irvine: 37-28-1 played (133), wins (72), and home wins (37) Fri. Mar. 12 at Stanford L, 1-4 vs. LBSU than any other school Last Series: Apr. 5-7, 2019 at UCI (WWW) Since 2002: 30-27 Sat. Mar. 13 at Stanford + L, 1-6 at Stanford + W, 5-1 Sun. Mar. 14 at Stanford L, 6-8 LEADING OFF Fri. Mar. 19 * at UC Davis W, 10-1 + UC Irvine baseball took part in a wildly competitive and entertaining serieswinning two of three at home against Oregon Sat. Mar. 20 * at UC Davis + W, 8-0 State. The ‘Eaters led late Friday before the Beavers hit a go-ahead home run in the ninth inning. UCI battled to tie in the bottom * at UC Davis + W, 6-2 Sun. Mar. 21 * at UC Davis W (11), 5-4 of the ninth against a top-tier closer, but the Beavers came out on top in 11 innings, -7 5. Saturday was more of the same starting Fri. Mar. 26 * Hawai’i W, 4-0 with a six-run first inning and UCI leading -9 4 after three innings. OSU battled again to tie it in the eighth, but UCI had the answer Sat. Mar. 27 * Hawai’i + W, 12-5 as Dillon Tatum hit his second home run of the day, a walk-off, to even the series, 11-9. Sunday saw Oregon State jump out to the * Hawai’i + W, 4-3 5-0 lead that UCI quickly erased in the fourth inning. A tie game continued until the 12th inning as subThomas McCaffreyplayed Sun. Mar. 28 * Hawai’i W (7), 20-10 hero singling home the game-winner to drop the national power, -7 6, and win a pivotal non-conference series. Fri. Apr. 2 * at CSUN @ L (12), 7-8 + The Anteater walkoff victories in consecutive games mark the third time in program history that has happened. The ‘Eaters Sat. Apr. 3 * at CSUN W (7), 17-3 walked off against UC Santa Barbara April 8-9 in 1998 and then again at the College World Series in 2007 defeating Cal State Fuller- Sun. Apr. 4 * at CSUN + L (10), 6-9 ton and Arizona State on consecutive days. The ‘Eaters in program history have recorded 84 walkoff victories with 15 now against * at CSUN + W (7), 20-3 Pac-12 schools. Dillon Tatum’s walkoff home run on Saturday was the first since Andrew Martinez did in 2015 and eighth walkoff Fri. Apr. 9 * UC San Diego W, 4-0 Sat. Apr. 10 * UC San Diego + W (7), 11-1 home run in team history. * UC San Diego + W, 9-3 + The series against Oregon State was as evenly-matched as could be with UCI outscoring the Beavers, 23-22, and each game Sun. Apr. 11 * UC San Diego L, 2-5 decided in the final at-bat and two extra-inning contests. Both teams held a lead in each matchup as well. UCI now has nine come- Fri. Apr. 16 * at Cal Poly W, 11-6 from-behind wins in 2021 of their 24 victories including six at home and five in Big West games. Sat. Apr. 17 * at Cal Poly + L, 3-4 * at Cal Poly + W, 4-1 + The Anteater offense was tough against an Oregon State pitching staff that entered the weekend with the nation’s third-best Sun. Apr. 18 * at Cal Poly W (7), 17-1 ERA posting a 5.81 ERA against them. The team hit just .265, but took advantage of big innings the entire lineup led by Jake Palmer Fri. Apr. 23 Oregon State L (11), 5-7 who came into the weekend with two RBIs driving six home including his second career triple. Nathan Church led the squad most Sat. Apr. 24 Oregon State W, 11-9 everywhere else with six hits, two of the three doubles, his NCAA-leading seventh triple, and even an outfield assist. Palmer also Sun. Apr. 25 Oregon State W (12), 7-6 Fri. Apr. 30 * Long Beach State 3:00 PM leads the way with a 12-game hitting streak whileTaishi Nakawake started multiple rallies and scored a team-high five runs boosting his hitting streak at home to 16 games. Dillon Tatum pounded his second 2-HR game of the year as he continues to lead Sat. May 1 * Long Beach State + 12:00 PM the Big West in homers. Thomas McCaffreykept the catching position strong coming off the bench for his lone -at bat with a walk- * Long Beach State + TBA off single in the 12th inning Sunday, and he has now reached base in all 12 games he’s recorded an at-bat in in his career. Mike Sun. May 2 * Long Beach State 1:00 PM Fri. May 7 * at UC Santa Barbara 5:00 PM Peabody added a crucial home run parking a ball of OSU’s Bryant Salgado who had shutout opponents in 14 appearances. Sat. May 8 * at UC Santa Barbara + 3:00 PM + Anteater pitching had bright spots starting with Trenton Denholm who continues to shine at home allowing a run in seven * at UC Santa Barbara + ! 7:00 PM innings Friday now with a 1.04 ERA in his last 13 home starts. The bullpen showed up in a big way dropping it’s season ERA to 3.68. Sun. May 9 * at UC Santa Barbara 1:00 PM Jacob King tossed three shutout innings Sunday coming back from a blown save Friday. Gordon Ingebritson was featured in two Fri. May 15 * UC Riverside 3:00 PM Sat. May 16 * UC Riverside + 12:00 PM decision ending with a win Sunday retiring all six hitters on 20 pitches. Josh Ibarra left early with an injury, but was pivotal in three * UC Riverside + TBD effective innings Sunday to keep the game close. Other great bullpen work saw scoreless outings from Troy Wentworth, Michael Sun. May 17 * UC Riverside 1:00 PM Stanford, and Peter Van Loon who made his first career relief outing allowing two unearned runs. Andre Antone was flawless in Fri. May 21 * at Bakersfield 3:00 PM two outings including getting the final out Saturday for his first career win entering in a ninth-inning tie with the bases loaded and Sat. May 22 * at Bakersfield + 12:00 PM striking out Beaver offensive weapon Ryan Ober. * at Bakersfield + 3:00 PM Sun. May 23 * at Bakersfield 1:00 PM + Nationally,the ‘Eaters dropped seven sacrifice bunts over the weekend to take the national lead with 40 this season. Connor Fri. May 28 * Cal State Fullerton 3:00 PM McGuire alone had three sacrifice bunts giving him eight this year, 10th in the nation. The team has attempted 56 bunts this Sat. May 29 * Cal State Fullerton + 12:00 PM season missing just six times while putting down the 40 sacrifices along with 10 bunt singles. Woody Hadeen and Taishi Nakawake * Cal State Fullerton + TBD have three bunt singles each with one from McGuire, Church, Peabody, and Jake Cosgrove. Sun. May 30 * Cal State Fullerton 1:00 PM

June 4-7 NCAA Regional Around The Horn June 11-14 NCAA Super Regional June 19-30 College World Series

Home games in italics * - Big West game + - denotes doubleheader - Game 2 will begin 40 minutes following the conclusion of Game 1 @ - Game was suspended due to darkness and resumed the next day 34 56 6 7-6 ! - Game to be televised on ESPNU Head Coach Ben Orloff UCI has attempted56 bunts Castro, Damla, Peabody, The Anteaters went 7-6 turned 34 last week; he’s the leading the nation with 40 Riddle, Vergara, and van den against Pac-12 schools this 10th-youngest head coach in sacrifices, singling 10 times, Helder mark the 6 graduates season. Coach Orloff is now Division I baseball and failing just 6 times over the Winter Quarter 16-11 in his career vs. Pac-12 2021 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes

+ The ’Eaters are nationally ranked high in other categories including third in both hit by pitch (80) and UC IRVINE QUICK FACTS triples (17). Elsewhere, UCI is top 50 in fielding percentage (13th), on-base percentage (20th), runs per game (25th), batting average (29th), hits (34th), walks allowed per nine innings (40th), ERA (44th), and University Information shutouts (44th). Within the Big West Conference, UCI commands many of those categories as well leading School: ...... UC Irvine all schools in batting (.294), fielding (.979(, hit by pitch (80), on-base percentage (.398), sacrifice bunts City | Zip: ...... Irvine, Calif. | 92697-4500 (40), runs per game (7.4), and triples (17). The ‘Eaters rank second in stats like doubles (66), hits (361), Founded: ...... 1962 (opened 1965) home runs (25), runs (266), slugging percentage (.437), and WHIP (1.34). Enrollment: ...... 36,742 + Church leads the national charge for ‘Eaters in the rankings continuing to sit atop the nation in triples Colors: ...... Blue & Gold while also excelling in doubles (18th), hits (23rd), runs per game (36th), hits per game (39th), and total Nickname: ...... Anteaters bases (42nd). Dillon Tatum rose to 21st in the nation in home runs. Mike Peabody has been hit by pitch 14 times ranking 13th nationally, and ranks 65th in on-base percentage and 93rd in runs per game. Jacob Affiliation: ...... NCAA Division I Castro stands 38th nationally in on-base percentage and 65th in batting. On the pitching side,Michael Conference: ...... Big West Frias still sits 65th in wins and WHIP, and two relievers rank 24th (Jacob King) and 64th (Gordon Chancellor: ...... Howard Gillman, Ph.D. (Stanford - 1974) Ingebritson) in games pitched this season. Athletic Director: ...... Paula Smith + Anteater career records are nearing for some student-athletes. Trenton Denholm will make his 44th Faculty Athletic Representative: ...... Shauhin Talesh start sitting solely in 11th all-time. He’s among the Anteater top 20 with 18 career wins and 212 Athletics Phone: ...... (949) 824-6931 strikeouts. Adrian Damla now has 185 career games played jumping a pair of players last weekend now 18th all-time. He is the active leader in games along with hits (147), doubles (26), and RBIs (87).Mike Peabody was plunked for the 38th time in his career. He’s nearing the top of the list occupied by his Baseball Staff head coach Ben Orloff at 43 where he is 1 of 3 Anteaters with 40 HBP all-time.Dillon Tatum’s became the Head Coach: ...... Ben Orloff sixth Anteater with a 10-HR season over the weekend. He’s approaching rarified air sitting three behind Seasons: ...... Third as Head Coach, Eighth at UC Irvine Brandon Lewis and Cody Cipriano each with 14 in a season for the most in a UCI season. Dylan Riddle’s Alma Mater: ...... UC Irvine, 2009 next appearance will make him the 15th Anteater with 70 career games pitched. Record: ...... 69-36 + UCI finished non-conference against Oregon state finishing with an 8-8 record, 7-6 against Pac-12 Big West Record:...... 33-11 programs. Under coach Orloff, UCI is 16-11 against the Pac-12, and have a 97-80 record against the con- Email: ...... [email protected] ference since the program returned in 2002. Assistant Coach: ...... J.T. Bloodworth (3rd Season) THIS WEEKEND Assistant Coach: ...... Daniel Bibona (9th Season) The Anteaters and Beavers play a three-game series, just the fourth for UCI and first since early March. Volunteer Assistant: ...... Mitch Holland (2nd Season) Oregon State makes its first trip to UCI ever, and first to a Big West school since 2021. Director of Operations: ...... Bryce Stowell The programs have met just five times, one in the regular season coming in 1972, a UCI neutral-site win. Baseball Office: ...... Newkirk Pavilion UCI lost to OSU in a College World Series game in 2007, and most-recently won two of three at Corvallis as Office Phone: ...... (949) 824-9521 part of the 2014 NCAA Regional. The Beavers come in ranked in some polls - 21st by the NCBWA and 22nd according to Baseball America Team Facts and Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. UCI has 84 wins over ranked opponents in its history spanning 191 2020 Record ...... 8-7 games. UCI is 37-34 against ranked programs at home, and 23-30-1 against ranked Pac-12 teams. 2020 Big West Record | Finish ...... 0-0 | -- PROGRAMMING NOTES Position Starters Returning | Lost ...... 8 | 1 Spectators returned to Anteater Ballpark for the first time in 13 months against UCSD. Full details on Starting Pitchers Returning | Lost ...... 3 | 0 who can attend and protocols they must follow can be found on ucirvinesports.com. Limited tickets will Letterwinners Returning | Lost ...... 25 | 4 be available to season ticket holders and UC Irvine player-guests only. Newcomers ...... 12 Live streams of all home games are available this season with ESPN3 broadcasts that started last weekend. Mark Roberts is on the play-by-play simulcast all year on the live stream and KUCI 88.9 FM radio Baseball History broadcasts. Live tweet updates and live stats will also continue to keep fans tuned in to all Anteater games to give the experience of being at the game all season. First Season: ...... 1970 (Division I in 1978) Anteater baseball seasons: ...... 43rd season (35 as D1) Big West announced ESPNU to broadcast UC Irvine’s Saturday matchup at UC Santa Barbara on May 8. It will be only for Game 2 of the doubleheader moving that start time to 7:00 p.m. Game One will now be at All-Time Record: ...... 1,307-1,000-19 3:00 p.m. with Friday at 5:00 p.m. and Sunday at 1:00 p.m. NCAA Tournament Appearances: ...... 13 (DI - 8, DII - 5) The 2021 season represents one significant anniversary as it marks the 20th season of Anteater Ball- Division I College World Series: ...... 2 (2007, 2014) park. January 25, 2001 was the date of the groundbreaking of the new ballpark and the return of the Big West Conference Titles: ...... 1 (2009) program. While the 20th anniversary of that date passed last month, the 2021 season marks the 20th Division II National Championships:...... 2 (1973, 1974) season UCI baseball. Since its erection in 2002, the ‘Eaters hold a record of 363-186. The team won its first NCAA Division I Super Regionals: ...... 2007 | 2008 | 2011 | 2014 11 games at home this year before Sunday’s loss marking the fourth time in Anteater Ballpark the squad NCAA Division I Regionals: ...... 2004 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 has begun the year 11-1 or better, and the second best start at home behind the 2011 squad’s 16-0 start...... 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2014 Thoughts from Head Coach Ben Orloff Ben Postgame Friday, April 23 - "Had to have been a fun game to watch, there was a lot of excitement Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark from start to finish. It's a tough one to lose. I think we did enough things to win and certainly did enough Opened: ...... January 25, 2002 things to lose, and this game is a good example of all of the details that determine who wins and loses. We Seating Capacity: ...... 3,408 (908 seats, 2,500 Anthill) came up short in a couple of those and that's the difference in the game." Dimensions (LF-LC-CF-RC-RF): ...... 335-380-408-380-335 "I'd like to see a little more belief in our dugout when we have the lead late. You give up one in the 7th, Fence: ...... 12 feet high one in the 8th, two in the 9th, it's hard to win like that. But the ability to continue to compete, deal with Surface: ...... GN-1 Bermuda grass Groundscrew: ...... Jordan Schrader, James Yogi 2021 Big West Standings Scoreboard Watch School Big West GB Overall Streak Preseason Poll Last Week UC Irvine 16-4 - 24-12 W2 3rd CSUB at UC San Diego Bakersfield wins 3 of 4 Media Relations UC Santa Barbara 17-7 2 26-12 W1 1st Cal State Fullerton at CSUN Series split, 2-2 Associate AD / Director: ...... Stacey King Bakersfield 11-5 3 14-9 W1 11th UC Riverside at Cal Poly Series split, 2-2 Office Phone: ...... (949) 824-7350 Cal State Fullerton 10-6 4 17-18 W1 5th UC Davis at Hawai’i Hawai’i sweeps series Asst. Director / Baseball Contact: ...... Alex Roberts-Croteau Hawai’i 12-12 6 20-14 W4 7th UCSB at LBSU Series split, 2-2 New Mexico at UW UW wins 2 of 3 Office Phone: ...... (949) 824-5814 Long Beach State 10-10 6 12-11 L1 2nd UCLA at Oregon Oregon wins 2 of 3 Cal Poly 9-11 7 19-17 L2 4th Radio: ...... KUCI 88.9 FM & kuci.org Stanford Series vs. UW canceled Play-by-play broadcaster: ...... Mark Roberts UC Riverside 10-14 8 12-19 W2 10th Upcoming Series CSUN 9-15 9 9-15 W1 6th CSUN at CSUB Hawai’i at CSF CP at UCSB Website: ...... ucirvinesports.com UC San Diego 7-13 9 10-22 L1 9th UCSD at UC Riverside SJSU at UC Davis UC Davis 5-19 13 10-28 L2 8th ORST at UCLA STAN at USC CAL at UW

2021 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes

what happened and keep playing, I think that's what we've done and you know that was devastating BEN when Melton put the ball over the fence. To come back and tie it up and have a chance to beat the all- time saves leader in the history of Oregon State." "It's hard to remember the good things after a loss. I thought the play that Armstrong makes in the ORLOFF ninth, it was an unbelievable play and that's the one that sticks out to me the most." HEAD COACH, THIRD SEASON Ben Postgame Saturday, April 24 - "Exciting game, hard to piece together right now after the exciting BASEBALL TIMELINE finish. Jump out to the early lead, I thought our at-bats were good and chased a really good starting 2006-09 UC Irvine Shortstop pitcher in the first inning. Going up early and then more self-inflicted wounds to let them chip away." 241 games, .320, 281 hits, 178 runs, 62 SB, 86 sac "What this team has done well even yesterday is playing nine innings offensively. Evidence in that last 2007 Set NCAA record for sac bunts (34) in a season inning when Spillane gets a two-out hit and Tatum hits the ball over the fence and is the big hero. 2008 19th Round pick in MLB Draft (Rockies) Antone come into the game—two outs, bases loaded, Ober killed us yesterday, and makes a big pitch 2009 Brooks Wallace Award Winner All-American to give us a chance in the ninth." Big West Field Player of the Year "There’s a lot of heroes, it’s a really good win for us, and as exciting as it is, we need to turn the page 9th Round pick in MLB Draft (Astros) tomorrow in a game that will be even more important." 2009-13 Astros org. (Greeneville, Tri-City, Lexington, Lancaster, Corpus Christi) 2013 Team Israel World Baseball Classic Ben Postgame Sunday, April 25 - "That was exciting. Coming into the weekend for me, it felt like a 2013-18 UC Irvine Assistant Coach / Associate Head Coach Super Regional atmosphere. Oregon State coming in here playing as good as they are, what their pitch- 2019- UC Irvine Head Coach ing staff is, this had a Super Regional feel to me and three exciting games." "Today, for us to go in that hole early, our bullpen comes in and goes 9.2 IP and gives up one run, Orloff joined the Anteater coaching staff in 2013 as an assistant under legendary skip- McCaffrey comes off the bench and gets the big hit . There were a ton of heroes today, but I think it per Mike Gillespie bringing a wealth of experience on offense and as an infielder. Orloff speaks to the depth of our team, the belief of our team that we’re never out of it, we’re going to play also served as the third base coach in addition to his efforts on the recruiting trail. He however long it takes, and we love it. This was a really good weekend for the Anteaters." later earned the role of associate head coach before becoming the head coach of the Anteaters ahead of the 2019 season, and was the sixth youngest coach in the nation On the 2020 cancelation- “I can remember the day the announcement came out and having to ad- when he took over in addition to the only head coach on the West under the age of 35. dress the team. We were getting conflicting reports that week, but when it finally came out that the Spearheading the Anteater recruiting efforts, Orloff played at UCI from 2006-09 and season got canceled and you have to tell the team, you see the hurt in guys’ faces who may have became the program’s first Big West Player of the Year. Orloff won the 2009 Brooks played their last game at Irvine or last game ever.” Wallace Award as the nation’s top shortstop, and was the first Anteater player to win On the UCI 2021 roster - “You just know over the course of the season, somebody is going to be una- an American Baseball Coaches Association Gold Glove award. A three-time All- vailable or a group will need to be shut down, it’s just inevitable. We will need lots of players with all American, Orloff also was named to two NCAA Tournament teams and made four the challenges, and we have a smaller roster in the Big West with 38. This year is also unique in the postseason appearances. sense that there’s so many guys that normally would not be here either from the draft or graduation.” Recognized for his defensive talents, Orloff also evolved into a potent offensive threat, ending his collegiate career with a lifetime .320 batting average. Orloff is UCI’s all-time On games without spectators in 2021 - “For the fans, I hope they continue to follow us. We’re really hit leader with 281 and owns the top mark in runs scored with 178. He leads all Anteat- excited about the schedule that we have. No midweeks, we still have 10 Pac-12 games, all the sacrifice ers with 241 games played and 877 at-bats. With 62 stolen bases, he is second in the that the kids have made to get to this point, we’re looking forward to being one of those teams with UCI career annals and also dots the single-season records in multiple categories. Orloff players that are going to be a lot better from February to April.” led the nation two consecutive years in sacrifice hits and holds the NCAA single-season On the 2021 Schedule - “We came out with a 56-game schedule, which, in a pandemic, has taken a lot mark of 34 set in 2007 and in a career with 86 before being drafted in the ninth round of work and rework. We’re not leaving the state and not getting on an airplane. Our league deciding to by the Houston Astros and climbing as high as Double-A Corpus Christi. do four-game weekends is something I wanted a lot. Throughout this, I’ve wanted to play the most games and the most innings, and that’s what we got. 56 games has a big significance because it could DANIEL BIBONA get canceled like we’ve seen with other sports. I think that’s important for me, for our kids, and for the ASSISTANT COACH, NINTH SEASON team. The quality of opponents is still really good. Especially during the pandemic, I’m really proud of the schedule that we have. We’re looking forward to a lot of baseball. We’re excited for the challenge, Bibona played from 2007-10 and was the first Anteater to be named Big West Pitcher of and we all want and love to play. I don’t think we can have enough games or innings. Let’s play.” the Year back-to-back seasons. The southpaw collected five All-America honors and also On practicing in the fall and prior to the season- “In the fall, we had 18 days with small groups. We was a two-time all-conference first-team selection. Bibona helped the Anteaters to four played no inter-squad games, just eight 4-to-5 person pods. It was very skill-based, not much team NCAA Tournament berths and was voted to two NCAA Regional All-Tournament teams. stuff. In January, we were in small groups until we pulled the tarp off the field on January 28. That was He was named a USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award semifinalist and holds the career the first time the whole team has been on the same field together, before that we had to try and get record in strikeouts. Bibona also won the prestigious Lowe's Senior CLASS Award for displaying excellence in four areas; community service, the classroom, character and creative. Since the 30th, we’ve been as a team having normal-ish practices. We’ve played eight inter- competition. Bibona, who received a degree in sociology, was then drafted in the eighth squads, and they have been telling for the stuff we haven’t practiced and game-type stuff that comes round by the St. Louis Cardinals and pitched for the Quad City River Bandits. up. We still have a lot of ground to cover before opening day, and once we get playing, keep learning and trying to get better.” On leadership roles - “It’s been really hard these past months because we’ve only been a team for two J.T. BLOODWORTH weeks, but you see some of the older players really trying to help some of the new guys get stuff. Posi- ASSISTANT COACH, THIRD SEASON tion players like Palmer and Peabody are trying to help the new guys get it, and Denholm on the pitching side. It’s been much needed because of how little we’ve been on the field. In a year like this, the J.T. Bloodworth joined the Anteater coaching staff for the 2019 baseball season as an assistant coach. He spent six seasons at UC San Diego as an assistant coach and re- smart teams that know what they’re supposed to do and can handle the situations even with a lack of cruiting coordinator rising up after joining the staff as a volunteer in September of 2012. practice time, those are the teams that do well. The teams that get better once the season starts, you’ll In addition to overseeing the recruiting operations, Bloodworth was the hitting instruc- look up in April and they’ll have a better record than the other guys.” tor, worked with the infielders, and also coached third base. On the rotation- “The first weekend will be how we planned to finish last year – Denholm-Van Loon- Pinto. They’ve been the best guys, especially Van Loon has taken the biggest jump forward. He’s a lot more physical, his stuff has ticked up a bit. He had an arm injury that ended his sophomore year at MITCH HOLLAND junior college so he’s just kind of continued to distance himself from that. He’s been really good, and VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH, SECOND SEASON probably on the whole team has taken the biggest improvement from last year.” On bullpen depth - “It Takes All Of Us - I joke with our guys about that NFL slogan, but we’re going to need that depth once we get to four-game weekends. The guys at the end of the game will be the same in John Vergara and Josh Ibarra. One of the guys that’s emerged that will pitch a lot is Jacob King. He’s BRYCE STOWELL developed a slider that’s made him a lot better and will be one of the best guys out of the bullpen and DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, FOURTH SEASON pitch a lot. Gordon Ingebritson is in the mix, Troy Wentworth is improved, Michael Frias has looked good the last few weeks after missing the fall. Andre Antone is now a pitcher-only. He went through Tommy John in high school right when he was starting to get good, but still never got to focus on pitching being a two-way guy. Now, that’s all he’s focusing on, and he’s thrown the ball decent. In terms of pitching, what’s different about the schedule is no Tuesday games so I think the lack of opportunity MIKE METCALFE that some guys might get in the first three weeks of the season will be there.” ATHLETIC TRAINER, THIRD SEASON

2021 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes 2021 UC IRVINE BASEBALL ROSTER No. Name Position B/T Ht. Wt. Class Exp. Hometown Previous College(s) High School 1 Trenton Denholm RHP R/R 5-11 180 Jr. 3V El Dorado Hills Oak Ridge HS 2 Connor McGuire INF R/R 5-11 190 Fr. 1V Irvine Beckman HS 4 Jake Cosgrove INF R/R 5-8 170 RS-So. 2V Brentwood Seattle University Heritage HS 5 Sam Ireland INF R/R 6-0 165 So. 2V Mission Viejo Tesoro HS 7 Justin Torres INF L/R 5-11 185 Jr. TR San Bruno College of San Mateo St. Francis HS 8 Woody Hadeen INF S/R 6-3 165 Fr. HS Temecula Temecula Valley HS 9 Michael Frias RHP R/R 5-11 185 RS-So. 3V Irvine Servite HS 10 Josh Sheck INF S/R 6-4 205 RS-Fr. 1V Torrance Irvine Valley College Torrance HS 11 Josh Ibarra RHP R/R 6-1 205 Jr. 1V Chino Golden West College / Concordia Don Lugo HS 12 Caden Kendle OF R/R 5-11 190 Fr. HS Huntington Beach Marina HS 13 Nick Pinto LHP L/L 6-0 175 Fr. 1V Coto de Caza Tesoro HS 14 Shaun Montoya OF L/R 5-11 170 Fr. HS Rancho Cucamonga Damien HS 16 Troy Wentworth LHP R/L 6-4 220 So. 1V Livermore San Joaquin Delta College Granada HS 18 Dillon Tatum C R/R 6-0 190 Jr. TR Stockton San Joaquin Delta College St. Mary’s HS 20 Michael Stanford RHP R/R 6-1 170 Jr. TR Fort Worth, Tex. Weatherford JC Colleyville HS 21 Mike Peabody OF L/R 6-4 200 Jr. 3V Tustin Mater Dei HS 22 Cameron Wheeler RHP R/R 6-0 185 Fr. RS Chino Hills Mater Dei HS 23 Braden Murphy INF S/R 6-0 180 Fr. RS Cypress Cypress HS 24 Jacob Castro C L/R 6-0 200 Jr. 3V Oxnard Rio Mesa HS 25 Nathan Church OF L/L 5-11 180 RS-Fr. 2V Lake Forest El Toro HS 26 Casey Slattery INF / OF L/R 6-4 240 RS-So. TR Los Angeles Glendale CC Harvard-Westlake HS 27 Jacob King RHP R/R 6-4 215 Fr. 1V Galt Buchanan HS 28 Jake Palmer OF L/L 5-10 185 Jr. 3V El Segundo El Segundo HS 30 Andre Antone RHP R/R 6-5 225 RS-So. 3V Laguna Niguel Capistrano Valley Christian HS 31 Thomas McCaffrey UT R/R 5-11 190 Fr. HS Santa Monica Harvard-Westlake HS 33 Luke Spillane OF R/R 6-0 186 Fr. 1V Mission Viejo Mission Viejo HS 34 Abraham Garcia-Pacheco C R/R 6-0 185 Fr. HS Highland Rancho Cucamonga HS 35 Tanner Brooks RHP R/R 6-2 180 Jr. TR Houston, Tex. McLennan CC Kingwood HS 36 Adrian Damla INF L/L 6-0 200 Sr. 4V La Crescenta Crescenta Valley HS 37 Taishi Nakawake INF R/R 5-10 175 Jr. 1V Torrance El Camino College Torrance HS 38 Cole van den Helder RHP R/R 6-2 195 Jr. 1V San Diego Orange Coast College / Oregon Point Loma HS 39 Gordon Ingebritson RHP R/R 6-0 175 Jr. 1V Sun Valley Pasadena CC / Coastal Carolina Village Christian HS 40 John Vergara LHP R/L 6-0 190 Sr. 2V Los Angeles Glendale CC Marshall HS 41 Roger Thomas LHP L/L 6-2 180 Fr. HS Mission Viejo Santa Margarita HS 44 Dylan Riddle LHP L/L 5-11 195 RS-Sr. 5V San Clemente San Clemente HS 55 Peter Van Loon RHP R/R 6-5 210 Jr. 1V San Ramon Ohlone College California HS

Head Coach: 6 Ben Orloff (3rd season, 8th with program, UC Irvine, 2009) Assistant Coach: 3 Daniel Bibona (9th season, UC Irvine, 2010) Assistant Coach: 17 J.T. Bloodworth (3rd season, Dallas Baptist, 2009) Volunteer Assistant Coach: 15 Mitch Holland (2nd season, UC Irvine, 2016) Director of Operations: Bryce Stowell (5th season, UC Irvine, 2014) Athletic Trainer: Mike Metcalfe (3rd season, Gustavus Adolphus, 2004; MAT CS Fullerton, 2017) Student Managers: Luis Islas, Zeke Bellino, Stephen Greunke

BY CLASS BY LOCATION BY POSITION BY SKILL / STANCE BY HEIGHT Seniors 3 Orange County 12 Pitchers 16 LH Pitchers 5 6-5 Van Loon, Antone Juniors 12 Los Angeles County 8 Catchers 4 RH Pitchers 11 6-4 5 players Sophomores 7 Ventura County 1 Infielders 10 LH Position Players 3 6-3 Hadeen Freshmen 14 Riverside County 1 Outfielders 7 RH Position Players 19 6-2 Brooks, vdH, Thomas 4-Year Transfers 1 San Bernardino County 4 INF / OF 1 LH Hitters 8 6-1 Ibarra, Stanford JC Transfers 13 San Diego County 1 Utility 1 RH Hitters 11 6-0 11 players First-Years 11 Northern California 7 Switch Hitters 3 5-11 9 players Texas 2 5-10 Palmer, Nakawake 5-8 Cosgrove

1 Trenton Denholm DENN-home 31 Thomas McCaffrey mick-CAFF-ree 6 HC Ben Orloff OR-loff 2 Connor McGuire mick-GWY-urr 33 Luke Spillane spuh-LANE 3 AC Daniel Bibona buh-BO-nuh 8 Woody Hadeen hay-DEEN 34 Abraham “Bam” Garcia-Pacheco puh-CHECK-oh Ops Bryce Stowell STOLE 9 Michael Frias FREE-uss 36 Adrian Damla DOM-luh 11 Josh Ibarra ee-BAR-uh 37 Taishi Nakawake TIE-shee nah-kuh-WAH-kay Correct Incorrect 12 Caden Kendle KAY-din KEN-dull 39 Gordon Ingebritson INN-guh-brit-sin UC Irvine / UCI Cal-Irvine / U of Cal / U of Irvine 23 Braden Murphy BRAY-dinn 40 John Vergara vurr-GARR-uh Irvine Irving 30 Andre Antone ON-dray ANN-tone Anteaters / ‘Eaters Ant Eaters

2021 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes

Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Volunteer Ben Orloff J.T. Bloodworth Daniel Bibona Assistant Coach Mitch Holland 8th season at UCI 3rd season 9th season 3rd as head coach 2nd season Coaches hitters and Pitching Coach Specializes in re- fielders Makes all mound Coaches hitters and cruiting, hitters, and Recruiting Coordinator visits first basemen infielders 3rd Base Coach 1st Base Coach

2021 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes

UC Irvine Anteaters Long Beach State Dirtbags Record 24-12 Record: 12-11 Big West: 16-4 Big West: 10-10 Home: 13-2 Road: 6-5

Runs/game: 7.4 Runs/game: 5.8 ERA: 3.99 ERA: 4.51 Fielding: 27 errors Fielding: 20 errors

Meetings 134-136 all-time vs. LBSU UCI is 7-3-4 in 4-game series since ‘02 Established: 1949 Notable Dirtbag alums UC Irvine leads series, 72-60-1 2 sweeps | 3 splits | 5 (3-1) | 4 (1-3) Enrollment: 39,359 Jered Weaver Troy Tulowitzki UCI is 37-28-1 in home games UC Irvine & doubleheaders since ‘02 Baseball since: 1954 Evan Longoria Jason Giambi Last series: April 5-7, 2019 31: 11 sweeps, 17 splits, 3 swept College World Series trips: 4 Jeff McNeil Marco Estrada at UCI: W, 9-4 | W, 4-1 | W, 4-0 Game 1: 16-15 | Game 2: 23-8 Big West titles: 9 Stephen Spielberg Steve Martin

Pinch-Hitters Long Beach State is 12-11 with an even 10-10 Big West record after getting their season started in the middle of March. LBSU started losing three of four at Hawai’i, have won a series at UC San 36 LH Damla 33 Spillane 21 Peabody Diego, and have stayed level with home splits vs. CSUN, Cal Poly, and UC Santa Barbara playing 12 Kendle 33 Spillane 7 LH Torres each opponent the week before the went up against the Anteaters. 28 Palmer 25 Church 12 RH Kendle 31 RH McCaffrey The 2020 Dirtbags were rolling to a 10-5 start and ranked playing almost exclusively at home 37 Nakawake 4 RH Cosgrove taking down Xavier, Cal, and ranked programs Wake Forest and Mississippi State in series. Head 8 Hadeen 5 RH Ireland Coach Eric Valenzuela took over in 2020 and will make his first appearance in this series. 2 McGuire 10 SH Sheck The Black and Blue Rivalry Series, which spans every sport between UCI and LBSU, is the 2 McGuire 34 RH Garcia-Pacheco ‘Eaters’ most played series in program history having squared off 133 times and in every season 4 Cosgrove 8 Hadeen since 1970 before the shortened 2020 season. UCI holds a 72-60-1 lead overall with a 37-28-1

Bloodworth Out of the Pen 5 Ireland home mark including a sweep of the Dirtbags at Anteater Ballpark back in 2019. 7 Torres 27 RH King 4 Cosgrove 39 RH Ingebritson The LBSU hitters have a .271 mark entering the weekend averaging 5.8 runs a game while their DH

35 RH Brooks 23 home runs in 23 games is among the conference’s best. Connor Kokx paces the offense with 28 Palmer 25 Church 11 RH Ibarra team bests of a .369 average, 19 runs, eight steals, and has reached base 26 times by walk or 24 Castro 12 Kendle 44 LH Riddle HBP. He also has four of the HRs along with Jonathon Long and Calvin Estrada with all three 7 Torres 5 Ireland 30 RH Antone producing 14 RBIs. Chase Luttrell is also a factor with a .306 average adding three HRs, 12 RBIs, 24 Castro and 17 runs scored with a deep roster seeing 15 players starting as many as five games. 36 Damla 20 RH Stanford 10 Sheck 18 Tatum 16 LH Wentworth Pitching is formidable with a 4.51 ERA behind the four at the front end of Johnathan Lavallee, 31 McCaffrey 38 RH van den Helder Alfredo Ruiz, Luis Ramirez, and Jack Noble who each have around 2.5 strikeouts to every walk. Lavallee comes in strongest at 4-1 with a 1.86 ERA while his bullpen compliments the staff well 24 Castro Holland 22 RH Wheeler led by closer Devereaux Harrison (1-1, 1.93, 8 saves), Ethan Clough, and Matt Fields

1 So. RHP Trenton Denholm DNP vs. LBSU 2018 | 2019 vs. LBSU: CG SHO, 3 H, BB, 6 K 1 So. Brennan Rozell Business major - 3-for-15, 2 BB vs. UCSB 2 Fr. INF Connor McGuire 8 sac bunts (10th in NCAA) - 3 vs. OSU (0 H in series) 3 Jr. Chris Jimenez 1-for-11, R in 4 games vs. UCI | 2018: 56 gms; 2020: injured 4 RS-So. INF Jake Cosgrove 49 games at Seattle U as freshman- business econ. Maj. 4 Fr. Tommy Castillo HS: .407 as Sr., .279, 11 RBI as Jr. - played HS football 5 So. INF Sam Ireland HR at Stanford - dad & brother golfed in college 5 So. Chase Luttrell Started season with 10-gm hit streak - 2 4-hit games 7 Jr. INF Justin Torres 4th on team with 7 multi-hit games - 6 multi-RBI games 6 So. Tanner Carlson 1 hit in 6 straight games - brother is STL OF Dylan Carlson 8 Fr. INF Woody Hadeen Batting RH:- 5 for-8 | Batting LH:- 8 for-30 | 3 bunt 1B 7 Fr. Sebastian Murillo Starts came 3/21 at UH, 4/10 vs. CP - last game Apr. 18 9 RS-So. RHP Michael Frias Past IP streaks: 11.2 no-hit, 15.1 scoreless, 20.2 w/o BB 8 So. Alfredo Ruiz Last 10 starts: 4-1, 50.2 IP, 39 H, 19 ER, 20 BB, 54 K (4 QS) 10 RS-Fr. INF Josh Sheck H in first 7 starts at UCI in 2020 - GW PH single vs. UW 9 Jr. Jesse Lopez All-State, all-conference at Cypress - 8-gm hit strk snapped 11 Jr. RHP Josh Ibarra 2 Sv vs. UW (2 IP Sun., 1 IP Mon.) - 30th rd pick by LAD 10 Jr. Santino Rivera vs. UCI: 2018: 3 G, 2-for-9, 2B, R |2019 - 0-for-2 in 1 game 12 Fr. OF Caden Kendle Scored in each pinch-running attempt at Cal Poly 11 RS-Jr. Matt Fields Save at CP, W vs. UCSB | 3-0, 4.68, 32.2 IP, 28 K prior to ‘21 13 Fr. LHP Nick Pinto Pitcher of the Week vs. UCD - 7 GIDP (Team: 18 total) 12 Sr. Calvin Estrada 2019 vs. UCI: 2-11, HR, 2 RBI, R | competed for El Salvador 13 Sr. Aidan Malm 1-for-8, 2B vs. UCI in 2019 (4 G, 2 GS) - 13 HR, 70 RBI at JC 14 Fr. OF Shaun Montoya .419, 9 R in 2020 - 3 years of football (WR, safety) 14 RS-So. Toren Craig Hits in 4 of 6 Big West starts - 4-for-7, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R at PAC 16 So. LHP Troy Wentworth 3 relief appearances in 2021: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, BB, 3 K 16 So. Luke Chung COC: .380, 25 RBI in 37 gms | GWC: .283, 21 RBI in 22 gms 18 Jr. C Dillon Tatum Big West HR leader - 6 HR last 7 games (two 2-HR gms) 17 RS-Fr. Charlie Loust 4 multi-hit games in 8 starts - injured for 2019 season 20 Jr. RHP Michael Stanford Won first home outing 4/10 - dad played at Baylor 19 Fr. Sean McLeod Communications major- unbeaten in 2020 HS season 21 Jr. OF Mike Peabody Career .301 hitter- game-tying HR Sun. - 16 career SB 22 RS-Sr. Cole Joy 1 game as def. sub vs. UCI | 2021 start 4/18: 2-for-3, RBI 22 Fr. RHP Cameron Wheeler UCI debut at STAN (stranded 3) - 2 IP, ER, K in Big West 23 RS-Fr. Basilio Pacheco 30th rd MIL 2018 | Fri.: 2.2 IP, H, 4 K - Sun.: 1.2 IP, 3 R, 4 BB 23 Fr. INF Braden Murphy #1 HS team in 2019 - dad pitched at Chapman 24 Fr. Jonathon Long Played first 19 games, 18 starts - 7 multi-hit, 4 multi-RBI 24 Jr. C Jacob Castro RISP: 13-27 | 2 outs: 19-38 | Runners on base: 17-42 25 RS-Fr. Isaac Ramirez 2 H, 2 R, 2B vs. Cal Poly - 0-for-3 as sub vs. CSUN, UCSB 25 RS-Fr. OF Nathan Church Snapped 19-gm hit streak & 18-gm run streak 4/17 26 So. Marques Johnson 64 K in 55.1 IP at RCC - played football as HS senior 26 RS-So. INF/OF Casey Slattery 38th round pick by NYM in 2019 - 18 RBI in 2020 at JC 27 Jr. Thomas Greely JC teammate of Tatum, Wentworth - 2-for-10, RBI on road 27 Fr. UT Jacob King Career high 3 IP (0 R) on Sunday - 24th in NCAA in games 28 Fr. Connor Burns 1 H in each series except UCSB - HR, 3 RBI at Pacific 28 Jr. OF Jake Palmer 12-gm hit streak - 6 RBI vs. OSU (2 in prev. 14 games) 29 So. Ethan Clough 2 ER vs. CSUN | 2 HR, 4 ER at PAC | 3 IP, 3-R HR Sunday 30 RS-So. RHP Andre Antone 7.0 SHO IP streak - first W Sat. (entered 9th, 2 out, 3 on) 30 So. Jack Noble 9 games at Oregon in 2019 - 2-1, 2.81 at OCC in 2020 31 Fr. C Thomas McCaffrey Reached in all 12 games with at-bat - walkoff single Sun. 31 Fr. Devereaux Harrison 1 IP+ in each outing - save in each series (2 vs. UCSD, UCSB) 33 Fr. OF Luke Spillane Has 2-HR gm, 2 2-SB gms, 4-run gm, 2 6-RBI gms in 2021 32 Jr. Johnathan Lavallee In 4 starts: 4-0, 23.1 IP, 12 H, 6 ER, 7 BB, 25 K, AVG. 95 pit. 34 Fr. C Abraham Garcia-Pacheco Father played at UC Davis, brother plays at Concordia 34 Grad. Jack Simpson At Bucknell: 50 G, 22 GS, 5-17, 6.59, 2 Sv, 165.1 IP, 129 K 35 Jr. RHP Tanner Brooks Born in Oklahoma - middle of 6 kids - JC Acad. TeamOTY 35 Fr. Alex Pimentel All 4 games at Hawai’i in 2021 - .263, 2 RBI, 7 R in 2020 36 Sr. INF Adrian Damla Led conference with 27 RBIs in Big West play in 2019 36 So. Connor Kokx 13-game hit streak - no hits 3/27 & 4/2 - 2 HR vs. UCSB 37 Jr. INF Taishi Nakawake Brooks Wallace Watch List - 16-game home hit streak 37 Fr. Luis Ramirez Quality starts vs. UH, CSUN, UCSD - 2020 wins vs. WF, MSST 38 Jr. RHP Cole van den Helder Graduated with psychology degree - redshirt at Oregon 39 So. Trevor Sutt 3-1, 1.55, 9 Sv, 40.1 IP, 6 BB, 29 K as freshman at LBCC 39 Jr. RHP Gordon Ingebritson 3 games vs. OSU (Fri: L, Sat: 0 IP, Sun: 2 IP, 0 R, W) 40 Sr. Riki DeSa 0-for-1 as PH vs. UCI in 2019 - grandfather pitched in Japan 40 Sr. LHP John Vergara Graduated with sociology degree - last pitched 2/27 41 Fr. Jake Rons 2+ ER in 4 of 5 appearances - 4 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, BB, 0 K at CP 41 Fr. LHP Roger Thomas 2-0, 0.28, 36 K in HS - aspirations: MLB or law school 42 Fr. Luke Higgins Mom attended LBSU - brother plays at Univ. of St. Thomas 44 RS-Sr. LHP Dylan Riddle Poli Sci & Soc. degrees - 15th all-time with 69 career gms 44 Jr. Javier Rosales 2019 OCC: .243, HR, 9 RBI - 3-for-6, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 4 R on 4/18 55 Jr. RHP Peter Van Loon 2 UER Sat. in 1st relief appearance | oldest of 6 children 46 Fr. Jake Blawn 2 uncles played for NYM, LAD | grandparents: season tix HC 6 Ben Orloff 8th season with program, 3rd as head coach 47 Fr. Noah Carbajal Biology major - 2 IP, 2 ER at UH | 1.1 IP, ER at UCSD 52 Fr. Juaron Watts-Brown Parents played at William Penn Univ. - sister: WBB at AZ W. AC 17 J.T. Bloodworth 3rd Base coach, works with hitters, recruiting coordinator 55 So. Jonathan Carlos Friday relief vs. UCI in 2019: 1 IP, 4 H, 5 R (4 ER), BB, K AC 3 Daniel Bibona Pitching coach - 9th season, makes all mound visits 51 HC Eric Valenzuela Pit. at ASU (1998), Pepp | Asst: USD (6), SDSU (4), SMC (5) Vol 15 Mitch Holland 1st Base coach; .312, 7 HR, 67 RBI, 107 games for UCI Dad was Olympic boxing coach | sister: softball at USD Ops Bryce Stowell UCI pitcher 2007-08, played in minors with CLE, TB for 7 years AHC Bryan Peters Played at USF | Coach: USF, Nova SE, Stet., HPU, Pitt, SMC ATC Mike Metcalfe 3rd season - worked for Angels org., G-League, & indy ball AC Daniel Costanza Played at York College (NE - NAIA) - coach at SMC, CSUEB VAC Ryan Day Pitched for NAIA champ Concordia - coached there for 6 yrs 2021 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes

FRIDAY PROBABLE SATURDAY GAME 1 PROBABLE SUNDAY PROBABLE 1 Trenton Denholm 13 Nick Pinto 55 Peter Van Loon El Dorado Hills, Calif. Coto de Caza, Calif. San Ramon, Calif. Oak Ridge HS Tesoro HS Ohlone College Jr. | 5-11 | 180 | R/R Fr. | 6-0 | 175 | L/L California HS Education Science Major undeclared Jr. | 6-5 | 210 | R/R Sociology 2020 & 2021 Golden Spikes Pre- Big West Pitcher of the Week March season Watch List - 2019 Consen- 22, 2021 - league co-MVP, league Two-time all-conference at sus All-American & Big West champion, All-CIF for baseball as a Ohlone College - Academic All- Pitcher of the Year - 2020 & 2021 Preseason All-American junior - two-time all-league and all- American - 13-3, 2.19 ERA, 33 BB, 133 K, in 119 innings in county - played in 2019 OC All-Star Game - Lions Heart Presi- - 2019 national leader in WHIP (0.81)- finished 4th na- 2 years of JC ball - Parents, Peter and Maria, attended Cal dential Volunteer Award 2014 & 2015 - parents are Mike and State East Bay and UNLV, respectively- oldest of six tionally in CG and 10th in ERA- 5-time Big West Pitcher Tracy, sister Ava - born in Knoxville, Tenn. of the Week - Drafted in the 26th round of the 2017 MLB children (Andrew, Sarah, Josh, Joseph, Timmy) - worked as a baseball umpire - fan of Matt Chapman and Bay Area Draft by the Boston Red Sox- Perfect Game All-American Starting History - Two-time league MVP- Three-time league champion- 2020 IP H ER BB K professional sports teams - also enjoys playing basket- First Team All-State - Brother, Logan, caught at UC Davis - 2/18 at San Diego L 3.1 6 5 3 4 ball, dogs, mom’s pot roast, the color green, and his Related to former MLB catcher Rod Barajas 2/25 vs. SDSU L 4.0 6 2 1 3 favorite movie, Saving Private Ryan 3/3 at USC W 6.0 2 0 0 7 Starting History Totals 1-2 13.1 14 7 4 14 Starting History at UC Irvine 2018 IP H ER BB K 2021 IP H ER BB K 2020 IP H ER BB K 2/18 vs. NEV Loss 4.0 6 5 1 4 2/22 vs. Wash. ND 5.0 4 0 3 5 2/15 at FS ND 5.1 4 4 2 7 2/25 vs. GON ND 4.0 4 1 1 3 2/28 at UCLA L 5.2 1 1 3 4 2/22 vs. Rice ND 4.1 0 1 4 7 3/4 at TCU Win 7.0 4 0 1 5 3/7 at UCR ND 1.2 6 7 2 2 2/29 at Wash. W 7.0 5 0 1 5 3/11 at POR ND 4.0 4 3 5 3 3/13 at Stanford ND 6.0 3 1 2 5 3/7 vs. Sac State W 6.0 4 2 2 4 3/18 vs. UVU Loss 6.0 7 4 3 6 3/20 at UC Davis W 8.0 2 0 1 7 Totals 2-0 22.2 13 7 9 23 3/27 vs. Hawai’i W 7.0 6 4 1 8 3/25 at SIU Loss 3.0 8 2 2 3 2021 IP H ER BB K 4/3 at CSUN W 5.0 5 2 2 4 3/31 vs. UH Loss 2.0 7 6 2 3 2/21 vs. Wash. W 6.0 3 0 2 8 4/10 vs. UCSD W 5.1 4 1 1 3 4/10 at SDSU Win 4.0 3 0 0 2 2/27 vs. UCLA ND 4.2 3 2 6 6 4/17 at Cal Poly L 8.2 5 1 3 3 3/7 at UCR L 2.0 7 5 0 3 4/15 vs. UCSB Win 7.0 1 1 1 4 4/24 ND 2.1 6 4 1 1 3/21 at UC Davis ND 4.2 7 4 1 7 4/22 at CSUN Win 5.0 5 1 3 2 Totals 4-2 54.2 34 17 18 41 3/28 vs. Hawai’i ND 4.1 5 6 3 7 4/29 vs. CSF ND 5.1 5 3 2 4 Career 5-4 68.0 48 24 22 56 5/6 vs. ORE Loss 5.0 5 4 1 2 4/4 at CSUN ND 5.2 9 3 1 7 5/12 at CP Loss 7.0 10 3 2 2 4/11 vs. UCSD L 4.1 6 3 2 3 5/19 vs. UCR Loss 5.0 5 3 0 1 SATURDAY GAME 2 PROBABLE 4/18 at Cal Poly W 4.0 3 0 1 1 4/24 vs. OSU Relief 2.2 2 0 0 2 2019 IP H ER BB K 9 Michael Frias 2/17 vs. UW ND 4.0 5 2 0 7 Totals 2-2 38.1 45 23 16 44 2/24 at Rice W 5.0 0 0 3 2 Irvine, Calif. Career 4-2 61.0 58 30 25 67 3/1 at MO St. Relief 2.1 0 0 0 5 Servite HS 3/10 vs. SJU W 8.0 1 0 1 5 RS-So. | 5-11 | 185 | R/R Starting History at Ohlone 3/17 at UVU W 4.0 3 2 3 5 Sociology 2018 IP H ER BB K 3/24 vs. WSU W 6.2 7 4 0 10 1/30 Yuba ND 2.2 1 0 2 3 3/31 at Hawai’i W 8.0 3 0 2 7 Big West Pitcher of the Week April 2/6 Contra Costa Win 5.0 5 1 0 6 4/7 vs. LBSU W 9.0 3 0 1 6 19 - team leader entering the week- 2/15 WH Coalinga Win 6.0 7 2 0 10 4/14 at UCSB L 6.0 5 3 2 7 end with five wins and 53 strikeouts 2/24 Mendocino ND 5.2 4 1 0 5 4/20 vs. CSUN W 6.2 4 0 2 3 - had streaks of 11.2 no-hit IP and 3/3 De Anza Loss 3.0 6 4 2 4 4/28 at CSF L 7.0 7 4 2 3 15.1 shutout IP - two-time Pitcher of the Year at Servite HS - 3/17 Gavilan ND 5.2 4 1 2 6 started in All-County All-Star Game - All-Region & All-League 5/4 at Iowa L 8.0 6 1 0 8 3/24 Hartnell Win 5.0 4 0 0 5 in HS - played one season of HS basketball - won World Series 3/31 San Francisco ND 5.0 6 1 2 7 5/11 vs. CP W 8.0 4 0 2 10 at PONY level - spikeball club member 5/18 vs. UCD W 9.0 5 2 0 9 4/7 Cabrillo Win 6.0 5 1 1 5 5/24 at UCR L 8.0 8 2 2 6 Pitching History 4/14 Canada ND 2.2 4 1 1 1 2020 IP H ER BB K 2021 IP H ER BB K 4/20 Skyline Win 5.1 3 0 1 3 2/14 at FS L 5.2 3 3 2 6 2/20 vs. WASH Relief 5.0 4 3 2 7 4/27 Mont. Penin. Win 5.0 4 0 2 3 2/21 vs. Rice W 7.0 0 0 1 6 2/27 vs. UCLA Relief W 2.2 0 0 2 5 2019 IP H ER BB K 2/28 at Wash. L 5.0 5 3 4 8 3/6 at UCR Relief 2.2 0 0 0 2 1/28 Diablo Valley Loss 3.0 5 6 3 4 3/6 vs. Sac State W 6.0 4 0 3 5 3/13 at Stanford Start W 5.0 0 0 1 4 2/5 Contra Costa Win 7.0 2 0 0 14 2021 IP H ER BB K 3/20 at UC Davis Start W 6.0 4 1 0 9 2/16 Chabot Loss 3.2 5 5 1 5 2/20 vs. Wash. ND 1+ 1 1 2 2 3/27 vs. Hawai’i Start 6.0 7 1 0 9 2/23 Mendocino Win 5.0 2 0 0 6 2/26 at UCLA ND 3+ 2 1 4 3 4/4 at CSUN Start 5.0 8 2 0 6 2/28 San Mateo Win 7.2 3 0 2 10 3/6 at UCR ND 5.1 9 1 0 8 4/10 vs. UCSD Start 4.0 3 3 3 2 3/7 Amer. River Win 7.0 2 0 3 8 3/12 at Stanford L 5.1 9 4 1 3 4/17 at Cal Poly Start W 8.0 2 1 2 9 3/14 Gavilan Win 5.0 0 0 2 3 3/19 at UC Davis W 6.0 3 1 3 6 4/25 vs. OSU Start 2.1 7 5 2 2 3/19 Hartnell ND 5.1 6 0 2 5 3/26 vs. Hawai’i W 7.0 6 0 0 3 Totals 5-0 46.2 35 16 12 55 3/26 West Valley Win 7.0 1 0 0 8 4/2 at CSUN ND 3.0 5 5 5 4 2020 Start vs. Sac State 1.1 3 1 1 0 4/1 Cabrillo ND 4.2 5 3 2 6 4/9 vs. UCSD W 7.0 4 0 1 9 2019 Start at USD 2.1 3 4 1 2 Career GS W-L ERA IP H ER BB K 4/16 at Cal Poly ND 3.0 6 5 2 3 2018 12 6-1 1.89 57.0 53 12 13 58 4/23 vs. OSU ND 7.0 4 1 2 5 2019 1-1 28.1 32 19 10 32 2019 10 6-2 2.28 55.1 31 14 15 69 2020 0-1 6.2 3 1 2 5 Career 22 12-3 2.08 112.1 84 26 28 127 Career GS W-L ERA IP H ER BB K 2021 5-0 46.2 35 16 12 55 UC Irvine 43 18-15 3.63 245.1 208 84 75 212 Career 6-2 3.97 71 36 24 92 HS 23 16-5 1.08 125.3 80 15 34 162

Pitching W-L ERA IP H R ER BB K Starters 36 starts 13-6 4.11 175.1 168 92 80 64 172 Bullpen 104 appearances 11-6 3.68 142.0 144 67 58 55 141

2021 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes

Getting to know Anteater Ballpark Nearby Landmarks On Campus In Southern California

John Wayne Airport (3 miles North) Aldrich Park Newport Beach Pier (8.4 miles Southwest) Concordia University (3 miles East) Science Library Orange County Great Park (8.8 miles East) Strawberry Farms Golf Club (3.6 miles East) Langson Library City of Huntington Beach (12 miles West) Fashion Island (4 miles South) Engineering Tower Honda Center & Angel Stadium (15 miles North) Back Bay (4.6 miles Southwest) Paul Merage School of Business Disneyland (16.5 miles North) Irvine Valley College (4.6 miles East) Beckman Laser Institute Cal State Fullerton (20.5 miles North) OC Fairgrounds (5 miles West) Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Long Beach State (22.1 miles Northwest) Orange Coast College & Vanguard (5 mi. West) Irvine Barclay Theatre Catalina Island (39 miles Southwest) Balboa Island (5.6 miles Southwest) Ring Road UC Riverside (44 miles Northeast) Segerstrom Center for the Arts (6 miles NW) Anthill Pub & Grille Dodger Stadium (45 miles Northwest) Blizzard Entertainment (6 miles East) Thermal Energy Storage Tank (Water Tower) Santa Monica Pier (54.5 miles Northwest) Irvine Spectrum (7.4 miles East) Crawford Field & Crawford Court CSUN (70 miles Northwest) Crystal Cove State Park (9.1 miles Southeast) (Training Camp for the L.A. Rams) City of San Diego (83.7 miles Southeast) Getting to know UC Irvine

#1 Best College (1st public university to do so)—Money Magazine Samueli School of Engineering ranked 39th among engineering schools Top 10 Coolest School for 11th consecutive year—Sierra Magazine Merage School of Business ranked 38th by U.S. News & World Report #8 Best Public University in U.S. - U.S. News & World Report #1 college for beach lovers—Money Magazine 3 Nobel Prizes - 2 in chemistry, 1 in physics No. 3 Best Value College, No. 1 among public universities - Forbes #1 University doing the most of the American dream—NY Times First University in nation to convert to all-electric fleet of buses Top Hospital in CA, among nation’s best - U.S. News & World Report 7th in the nation for awarding bachelor’s degrees to minority students 1 of 65 universities in U.S. and Canada elected to membership in the 17 consec. years UCI Med Center among nation’s best hospitals—USNWR prestigious Association of American Universities 29 graduate programs ranked among the top 50 nationally according to 18th overall, 4th in education as America’s Best Employer for Diversity in U.S. News & World Report including 1st in literary criticism, 2020 recognized by Forbes 3rd in criminology, law, & society, 10th in organic chemistry Notable UC Irvine alums Notable Anteaters in Sports

David Baker—President and executive director, NFL Hall of Fame Scott Brooks—Head Coach, Washington Wizards & OKC Thunder Joe Lacob—Owner, Golden State Warriors Greg Louganis—Olympic gold medal-winning diver Roy Fielding—Computer scientist and HTTP co-author Steve Scott—Track & Field athlete David Benioff—Co-Creator and Showrunner, Game of Thrones Darren Fells (MBB)—NFL Tight End (Houston Texans) McG—Film Director, Charlie’s Angels Full Throttle, We Are Marshall Brady Anderson—MLB All-Star (Baltimore Orioles & Boston Red Sox) Jon Lovitz—Saturday Night Live, The Critic, Rat Race Brad Evans—MLS 2-Time Champion (Seattle, Columbus, USMNT) Alice Sebold—Author, The Lovely Bones John Chin—PGA Tour golfer Aubrey O’Day—Singer/Actress, Making The Band, Danity Kane Tyler Hoechlin (BASE)—Actor, Teen Wolf, Road to Perdition, Supergirl Teal Wicks—Actress, NCIS: New Orleans, Elementary, The Good Wife Aras Baskauskas (MBB)—Survivor: Panama—Exile Island Nazanin Boniadi—Actress, Homeland, Scandal, How I Met Your Mother Selanee Henderson (WGOLF)—Golf Channel’s Big Break runner-up Kiara Belen (WBB)—America’s Next Top Model cycle 19 runner-up

The Automated ScoreBook Individual Season/Career Summary for UC Irvine (as of Apr 25, 2021) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 24-12 Home: 13-2 Away: 11-10 Big West: 16-4

SEASON CAREER Player Avg G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB Hb SO Sb-Att Avg G-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB Hb SO Sb-Att 24 Castro, Jacob .3 8 0 27-24 79 17 30 6 1 0 19 10 8 14 0-0 .2 8 7 95-65 244 31 70 18 2 1 45 27 14 50 0-1 25 Church, Nathan .3 4 8 36-36 155 40 54 14 7 2 32 15 4 24 7-12 .3 4 3 42-41 178 46 61 14 7 3 37 17 4 26 8-14 21 Peabody, Mike .3 4 5 29-29 110 30 38 8 1 5 28 15 14 32 6-10 .3 0 1 120-93 365 79 110 24 4 8 68 47 38 88 16-24 33 Spillane, Luke .3 1 3 33-31 131 28 41 4 0 4 29 11 9 24 9-11 .2 8 6 42-40 161 32 46 4 0 4 33 12 11 35 10-12 18 Tatum, Dillon .3 0 7 23-21 75 21 23 3 1 11 25 14 4 20 0-0 .3 0 7 23-21 75 21 23 3 1 11 25 14 4 20 0-0 37 Nakawake, Taishi .2 8 6 36-36 119 23 34 6 0 0 21 15 7 27 3-4 .2 6 3 51-49 160 27 42 7 0 0 24 17 7 37 4-5 2 McGuire, Connor .2 7 8 33-31 97 23 27 4 2 1 24 12 4 23 0-0 .2 7 4 46-38 124 28 34 6 2 1 27 15 5 35 0-0 36 Damla, Adrian .2 5 6 35-29 125 20 32 4 1 0 16 6 6 25 1-1 .2 6 7185-139 550 81 147 26 2 3 87 69 22 123 5-8 7 Torres, Justin .2 4 7 26-22 81 12 20 5 1 1 16 11 4 19 2-3 .2 4 7 26-22 81 12 20 5 1 1 16 11 4 19 2-3 ------8 Hadeen, Woody .3 4 2 28-6 38 11 13 0 0 0 7 5 4 9 3-3 .3 4 2 28-6 38 11 13 0 0 0 7 5 4 9 3-3 4 Cosgrove, Jake .2 9 4 20-19 51 15 15 6 0 0 6 11 7 10 1-2 .2 5 4 32-25 71 17 18 6 0 0 7 14 9 17 1-2 31 McCaffrey, Thomas .2 8 6 13-10 35 5 10 2 1 0 11 4 2 5 1-2 .2 8 6 13-10 35 5 10 2 1 0 11 4 2 5 1-2 28 Palmer, Jake .2 5 8 17-16 62 11 16 2 2 0 8 8 4 9 2-3 .3 0 5126-118 413 104 126 18 2 1 55 79 25 77 11-16 5 Ireland, Sam .1 5 4 9-3 13 4 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 7 0-0 .2 1 5 55-42 130 22 28 6 0 1 15 13 10 38 2-3 10 Sheck, Josh .1 3 3 9-3 15 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 1 7 0-0 .2 5 6 18-11 43 3 11 1 0 0 4 6 1 14 0-2 12 Kendle, Caden .1 2 0 19-5 25 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 0-0 .1 2 0 19-5 25 4 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 0-0 32 Kasper, Riley .0 9 1 4-3 11 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0-1 .2 1 1 10-9 38 5 8 2 0 1 6 1 2 9 0-1 34 Garcia-Pacheco, A. .0 0 0 3-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 .0 0 0 3-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Totals .2 9 4 36-36 1226 266 361 66 17 25 246 141 80 262 35-52 Opponents .2 5 3 36-36 1206 158 305 54 5 18 146 120 43 307 26-33

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg) SEASON CAREER Player ERA W-L Ap GS CG Sho Sv IP H R ER BB SO ERA W-L Ap GS CG Sho Sv IP H R ER BB SO 9 Frias, Michael 3 .0 9 5-0 10 7 0 0 0 46.2 35 16 16 12 55 3 .9 7 6-2 28 9 0 0 0 81.2 70 38 36 24 92 13 Pinto, Nick 3 .4 6 4-2 10 10 0 0 0 54.2 42 25 21 19 42 3 .7 6 5-4 14 13 0 0 0 69.1 58 33 29 25 58 1 Denholm, Trenton 3 .5 9 3-1 10 10 0 0 0 47.2 49 24 19 20 46 3 .0 8 18-15 44 43 4 1 0 245.1 205 100 84 75 212 55 Van Loon, Peter 5 .4 0 2-2 9 8 0 0 0 38.1 45 28 23 16 44 4 .4 3 4-2 13 12 0 0 0 61.0 58 35 30 25 67 ------30 Antone, Andre 0 .8 7 1-0 8 0 0 0 0 10.1 6 1 1 6 10 1 .6 9 1-0 9 0 0 0 0 10.2 8 2 2 6 10 20 Stanford, Michael 2 .0 0 1-0 7 0 0 0 0 9.0 8 3 2 9 6 2 .0 0 1-0 7 0 0 0 0 9.0 8 3 2 9 6 35 Brooks, Tanner 2 .2 0 2-1 11 0 0 0 0 16.1 10 4 4 9 14 2 .2 0 2-1 11 0 0 0 0 16.1 10 4 4 9 14 27 King, Jacob 2 .7 0 2-1 19 0 0 0 3 26.2 28 10 8 9 31 3 .3 8 2-1 23 0 0 0 3 29.1 32 13 11 12 35 22 Wheeler, Cameron 3 .8 6 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 1 3 .8 6 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 2.1 2 1 1 0 1 39 Ingebritson, Gordon 4 .9 8 2-1 17 0 0 0 1 21.2 25 13 12 4 20 5 .2 8 3-1 24 0 0 0 1 30.2 35 20 18 8 29 40 Vergara, John 5 .0 6 1-0 4 0 0 0 0 5.1 4 3 3 1 7 3 .6 0 2-1 32 2 0 0 3 40.0 35 17 16 13 48 16 Wentworth, Troy 5 .4 0 0-1 4 1 0 0 0 6.2 6 4 4 2 4 9 .2 6 0-1 9 1 0 0 0 11.2 16 12 12 7 10 44 Riddle, Dylan 6 .1 7 0-1 12 0 0 0 0 11.2 16 8 8 3 9 4 .4 4 0-2 69 2 0 0 0 71.0 73 40 35 27 59 11 Ibarra, Josh 6 .9 1 1-2 12 0 0 0 2 14.1 19 12 11 7 15 4 .5 5 2-2 19 0 0 0 3 27.2 28 17 14 14 31 38 van den Helder, Col 7 .9 4 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 5.2 10 6 5 3 3 5 .0 0 1-1 7 3 0 0 0 18.0 27 18 10 5 15 Totals 3 .8 9 24-12 36 36 0 3 6 317.1 305 158 137 120 307 Opponents 6 .5 9 12-24 36 36 1 1 5 314.1 361 266 230 141 262 2021 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes

2 CONNOR MCGUIRE | 5-11/190—Fr.—INF—Irvine—Beckman HS—Undeclared 4-RBI games 4/3 & 4/4 at CSUN - 1st career HR at CSUN 4/4 - career high 4 hits 3/28 vs. UH - game-tying RBI triple, game-winning run in 2021 season opener vs. Washington - Dean’s List Spring 2020 - CIF runner-up, two-time league champion in HS - dad, Ryan, UCLA Hall of Famer and AA baseball player - mom, Kristy, All-American swimmer at UCLA

4 JAKE COSGROVE | 5-8/170—RS-So.—INF—Brentwood—Seattle University—Heritage HS—Business Economics Redshirted in 2019 - Big West Spring All-Academic - .243, 2 HR, 17 RBI this summer in Kenosha - played 49 games as a freshman at Seattle U- highs of 3 hits and 5 RBI vs. CSUB - two-time HS league champion - member of Team USA under-15 40-man roster - hit .459 as HS senior - grandfather, Bob, was a golden gloves boxer

5 SAM IRELAND | 6-0/165—So.—INF—Mission Viejo—Tesoro HS—Sociology First career HR at Stanford - 5-game hit streak in 2020 - all games in 2019 as 2B, played RF at UCD 2021 - played summer ball for Cowlitz Black Bears - 2017 World Series All-Tournament team in HS - dad, Jim, golfed at Furman - brother, Jack, golfs at UCLA - superstitions include always wearing two different socks and takes two showers everyday

7 JUSTIN TORRES | 5-11/180—Jr.—INF—San Bruno—College of San Mateo—St. Francis HS—Political Science Made UCI debut Feb. 20 as a pinch-hitter- first start vs. UCLA 2/27 went -2 for-4, 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R - first career HR March 6 at CU Riverside - played two seasons at College of San Mateo - .260, 40 hits, 4 3B, 6 HR in 43 games as a freshman - played baseball and football at St. Francis HS - parents are Steve and Carye - older sister is Camryn and younger sister is Mia 8 WOODY HADEEN | 6-2/170—Fr.—INF—Temecula—Temecula Valley HS—Undeclared Made collegiate debut as defensive replacement on Feb. 20 - first career hit, RBI, and SB came in Feb. 22 vs. Washington - first 2-hit game at Cal Poly - laid down 3 bunt singles - Full name is Ryan Michael Hadeen (hay-DEEN) - played baseball and basketball at Temecula Valley HS - parents are Scott and Amy

10 JOSH SHECK | 6-4/205—RS-Fr.—INF—Torrance—Irvine Valley College—Torrance HS—Business Economics Walkoff single in 2021 season opener vs. Washington- debuted as a pinch-hitter walking twice at USD in 2020- seven-game hit streak in 2020 - two hits, 3 RBI in win at Washington (2/29) - Redshirted in 2019 at Irvine Valley College - helped HS finish undefeated with game-winning Grand Slam

12 CADEN KENDLE | 5-11/185—Fr.—OF—Huntington Beach—Marina HS—Undeclared Turned 19 on March 13 at Stanford - got first career hit, run, RBI on March 14 at Stanford- made collegiate debut as pinch-hitter on Feb. 20 vs. Washington - played four years of baseball and one year of football at Marina HS - parents are Geoff, attended Chapman University, and Kristy, attended Long Beach State - younger sister is Kaylee

14 SHAUN MONTOYA | 5-11/168—Fr.—OF—Rancho Cucamonga—Damien HS—Undeclared Played one season at Damien HS hitting .419 with a 2B, 3B, HR, 3 RBI, and nine runs in shortened 2020 season - played three years of football as free safety and wide receiver - 109 all- purpose yards and five tackles in five games as a junior- full name is Shaun Ryvin Montoya - parents are Daniel and Shea, who played soccer at Cal State Fullerton - three younger siblings are Danielle, All-Star cheerleader, Ava, and Jacob, who each play soccer for Ontario Fury - plans to major in business management- hobbies include hunting, fishing, cliff jumping, and surfing

18 DILLON TATUM | 6-0/190—Jr.—C—Stockton—San Joaquin Delta College—St. Mary’s—Sociology 2-HR games 4/17 & 4/24 - walkoff HR vs. OSU - 3-game HR streak March 20-27 - first hit, RBI, run at UC Riverside- first HR atStanford 3/13 - hit .316, 66 hits, 19 2B, 4 HR, 55 RBI, 46 R, 4 SB in 60 games at San Joaquin Delta JC from 2018-20 - hit .394 and First Team All-League at St. Mary’s HS - parents are Blake and Elizabeth - older brother, Conner - born and raised in Stockton

21 MIKE PEABODY | 6-4/200—Jr.—OF—Santa Ana—Mater Dei HS—Criminology, Law, & Society graduate Winter 2021 Grand slam 4/18 - 2-HR game 4/3 at CSUN - career high 5 RBI March 28 & April 18 - 28-game on-base streak in 2019-20 - Second Team All-Big West in 2019 - Big West Player of the Week March 18, 2019 - 4 hits, 1st career HR March 17 at UVU - wore #15 first 2 seasons- son of former LMU basketball player, Tom Peabody - sister, Laney, plays soccer at TCU 23 BRADEN MURPHY | 6-0/180—Fr.—INF—Cypress—Cypress HS—Business Administration Dean’s List Spring 2020 - Honor Roll Fall 2019 - 2019 CIF Division I champion - two-time all-academic - dad, Patrick, pitched at Chapman - brother, Gavin, also plays baseball - aspires to work in baseball, as sports agent, or general manager

24 JACOB CASTRO | 6-0/200—Jr.—C—Oxnard—Rio Mesa HS—Economics graduate in Winter of 2021 First career 4-hit game and 4-run game March 28 vs. Hawai’i - Big West Spring All-Academic - Dean’s List Spring 2020 - second on team with .478 slugging in 2020 - first career HR in 2019 at Iowa - career-best 4 RBIs vs. Iowa - PH, go-ahead RBI double off first pitch of NCAA career vs. Nevada- two-time league champ ni HS - valedictorian - Aunt, Carmen Perez, chair member of Women’s March on Washington

25 NATHAN CHURCH | 5-11/180—RS-Fr.—OF—Lake Forest—El Toro HS—Education Science Big West Field Player of the Week March 29 - NCAA leader in triples with 7 - had streaks of 19 games with a hit, 18 with a run - recorded a hit in first nine starts - missed end of 2020 season with wrist injury - missed 2019 season (Tommy John) - 2017 CIF DI champion - two-time league champion- hit .367, HR, 13 RBI as HS senior

26 CASEY SLATTERY | 6-4/235—RS-So.—INF—Los Angeles—Glendale CC—Harvard-Westlake HS—Sociology Drafted in 38th Round of 2019 (1,138 overall) by New York Mets- played two seasons at Glendale CC where he hit .276 with 66 hits, 16 2B, 10 HR, 63 RBI, 51 R, 6 SB in 64 games - 2019-20 Deans List - CIF Division I runner-up as sophomore at Harvard-Westlake HS - parents are Tom and Beth - three younger siblings are Liam, Aidan, and Ruby 28 JAKE PALMER | 5-10/185—Jr.—OF—El Segundo—El Segundo HS—Education Science Missed 19 games with leg injury on March 7 - Big West Spring All-Academic - Dean’s List Spring 2020 - Second Team All-Big West in 2019 - Big West Player of the Week May 20 - 1st career HR Apr. 14 at UCSB - played in Cape Cod League in summer - four-time HS league champion- has a twin brother, Josh - brother, Grant, played OF for UCI 2014-17 31 THOMAS MCCAFFREY | 5-11/190—Fr.—UTIL—Santa Monica—Harvard-Westlake HS—Undeclared Walkoff single April 25 in 12th inning to defeat Oregon State - made collegiate debut starting at UCR March 7 in Game 1 going -2 for-4, RBI, 2 R and caught a runner stealing - CIF Division I finalist in 2019 and league champion in 2018 at Harvard-Westlake HS - parents are Michael and Thuy - older sister is Kinly and younger brother is Michael 33 LUKE SPILLANE | 6-0/186—Fr.—OF—Mission Viejo—Mission Viejo HS—Sociology Big West Field Player of the Week Apr. 4 - first career HR 4/3 at CSUN was grand slam - 2-HR games at CSUN on 4/3 & 4/4 - hit .500 at UC Davis, went 2-for-3, RBI vs. his brother, Jake - played nine times as freshman, all as starter - All-State in HS - dad, Jim, played basketball on 1975 UCLA National Champion squad - brother, Jake, plays at UC Davis - birthday was March 19 34 ABRAHAM GARCIA-PACHECO | 6-0/185—Fr.—C—Highland—Rancho Cucamonga HS—Undeclared Made debut March 13 at Stanford going 0-for-2 as a sub - goes by the nickname “Bam” - parents are Antonio, who played baseball at UC Davis, and Rosy - his siblings are Tony, played baseball at Concordia, and Rosyvette, who has played softball- chose major because his father is a teacher and coach and he always talks about how much he loves his job 36 ADRIAN DAMLA | 6-0/200—Sr.—INF/OF—La Crescenta—Crescenta Valley HS—Education Science graduate in Winter 2021 Big West Spring All-Academic - Dean’s List Spring 2020 - 12 hits, 12 RBI in 15 games in 2020 - led Big West in 2019 with 27 RBI in conference play - career HR at UW (2020), CSF (2019), Ha- wai’I (Mother’s Day 2017) - 3 2B, 4 RBI in win vs. Cal Poly in 2019 - 2018 Northwoods League Major League Dreams Game member - three-time league champion, two-time All-CIF in HS - of Mexican and Armenian descent - exemplary backgammon player - minoring in innovative entrepreneurship

37 TAISHI NAKAWAKE | 5-10/175—Jr.—INF—Torrance—El Camino College—Torrance HS—Sociology Hit in 16 straight home games, had 9-game overall hitting streak snapped- Played all 15 games in 2020 - played 84 games over 2 seasons, Gold Glove Winner at El Camino College - .298 in 2019, top 20 in conference - two-time league champ in HS - parents are Tiger and Ryoko - oldest of 4 children - full name Taishi Tiger Nakawake - has family in Japan and Australia 2021 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes

1 TRENTON DENHOLM | 5-11/180—Jr.—RHP—El Dorado Hills—Oak Ridge HS—Education Science 2021 Preseason All-American - Golden Spikes Award Watch List prior to 2020 & 2021 seasons - Big West Spring All-Academic - Dean’s List Spring 2020 - 2019 All-American - 2019 Big West Pitcher of the Year - 5-time Big West Pitcher of the Week winner - 2019 NCAA leader in WHIP (0.81) - two streaks of 20+ scoreless innings in 2019 - invited to USA Collegiate National Team- 4 complete games - 10 Ks vs. Washington, Cal Poly in 2019 - 2018 top ERA, All-CCBL of Cape Cod League (25.2 IP, 0 ER, 36 K) - 28th Round draft pick of Boston in 2017- related to former MLB C Rod Barajas

9 MICHAEL FRIAS | 5-11/185—RS-So.—RHP—Irvine—Servite HS—Sociology Big West Pitcher of the Week April 19 - nationally ranked in WHIP, ERA- Streaks of 15.1 scoreless IP and 11.2 no-hit innings from 3/7-20 - career highs of 8 IP, 117 pitches 4/17 at Cal Poly - 3 games with 9 strikeouts in career - had streak of 20.2 IP without issuing a walk- 5 hitless IP in start and win at Stanford 3/13/21 - debut Feb. 16, 2019 throwing 4.1 IP, ER, BB, 5 K vs. UW - redshirted in 2018 - WCL Pitcher of the Week 2018 for Portland Pickles - All-County HS All-Star Game starter - member of Spikeball club

11 JOSH IBARRA | 6-1/205—Jr.—RHP—Chino—Golden West College—Concordia University Irvine—Don Lugo HS—Sociology Tied for national save lead after first week - 2020 highs of 3 IP (3/7 vs. Sac State, save) and 4 strikeouts (2/22 vs. Rice) - Drafted in the 30th round by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2019 MLB Draft- final JC start: 9 IP, 0 H, 15 K- 4-1, 1.62, 8 Sv at Golden West - 8 saves led conf., t5th in State - 1.62 ERA led conf., 3rd in State - 84 Ks 3rd in conf. - attended Concordia as a freshman (3-5, 6.35) - played baseball and water polo in HS - 6 league titles (3 baseball, 3 water polo) - born in El Paso, Texas

13 NICK PINTO | 6-0/175—Fr.—LHP—Coto de Caza—Tesoro HS—Undeclared Big West Pitcher of the Week March 22, 2021 - career highs 8.2 IP at Cal Poly in a loss - career high 7 strikeouts vs. UW, at UC Davis - first win came at USC (6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 7 K)- League co-MVP - played in 2019 OC All-Star Game - 2-time Lions Heart Presidential Volunteer Award- born in Knoxville, TN - fan of Philadelphia sports teams

16 TROY WENTWORTH | 6-4/220—So.—LHP—Livermore—San Joaquin Delta College—Granada HS—Criminology, Law, & Society 2021 debut threw 3 hitless, scoreless IP at UCLA - struck out three in inning at Washington (nearly a 4-strikeout inning) - First Team Scholar Athlete at Delta College - Torch of Excellence - 19 IP in 19 relief appearances - pitcher/OF at Granada HS - all-league - played WR on HS football team - played for USA Baseball in NTIS - brother, Will, plays baseball - aspires toward a career in physical therapy 20 MICHAEL STANFORD | 6-1/170—RS-So.—RHP—Grapevine, Texas—Weatherford Junior College—Colleyville HS—Sociology First career win 4/4 vs. Hawai’i - made UCI debut March 7 Game 2 at UC Riverside allowing a two runs (1 ER) with two strikeouts in 1 IP - 4-1, 3.11, 2 saves, 54 Ks, 6 BB in 13 appearances, 3 starts, and 37.2 IP in three seasons at Weatherford JC in Texas - 2-0, 2.70, 19 K, 13.1 IP in 3 starts in 2020 - Texas District 6A Regional finalist at Colleyville Heritage HS- First Team All-District 6A - 3-0, 1.11, 29 K, 4 BB, 19 IP in 5 appearances - born in Chapel Hill, N.C. - grew up in Fort Worth, Texas - also lived in Wilmington and Charlotte, N.C. and Columbia, S.C.- parents are Da- vid, played baseball at Baylor, and Mary Beth, attended St. Petersburg CC- worked with Habitat for Humanity - fan of Brian Roberts, the Red Sox, and New Orleans Saints

22 CAMERON WHEELER | 6-0/185—Fr.—RHP—Chino Hills—Mater Dei HS—Education Science Made collegiate debut March 14 at Stanford (0.1 IP) - Pitcher in HS - won twice in Cooperstown - middle of 5 children - born in San Dimas - aspires to a career as athlete or lawyer

27 JACOB KING | 6-4/215—Fr.—RHP—Galt—Buchanan HS—Education Science First career win came on 2021 opening day - first career save March 27 vs. Hawai’i (2.1 IP) - Dean’s List Spring 2020 - 2019 League Player of the Year - Mom is Rebecca, sister, Sarah, is a swimmer - fan of the Oakland A’s - enjoys fishing and lifting weights, born in Sacramento

30 ANDRE ANTONE | 6-5/235—RS-Fr.—RHP—Laguna Niguel—Capistrano Valley Christian HS—Education Science Career high 3 Ks 4/2 at CSUN - first 2 Ks in 2021 debut at UC Riverside 3/7 Game 1 - made pitching debut in 2020 (0.1 IP, 2 H, ER vs. Rice 2/23) - three-hit game at Fresno State (2/16) - 3 RBI vs. USC 2019 - 2017 League MVP & First Team All-CIF Division IV - born in Scottsdale, AZ - works with Boys & Girls club - parents attended Michigan (Ross School of Business) and Long Beach State

35 TANNER BROOKS | 6-2/180—Jr.—RHP—Houston, Texas—McLennan Community College—Kingwood HS—Sociology Made UCI debut March 13 at Stanford throwing 1.2 scoreless innings - first career win March 28 vs. Hawai’i (1.2 IP) - NJCAA Academic Team of the Year honorable mention in two seasons at McLennan Community College - 4-0 in 4 appearances in 2020 - 5-3, 3.18, 37 Ks in 34 innings in his freshman season - first two starts as a freshman featured five no-hit innings with eight strikeouts followed by seven one-hit innings - 2.00 ERA during his high school career at Kingwood HS - born in Moore, Oklahoma and grew up in Houston, Texas - parents are Shane and Jennifer - middle of six siblings with older siblings Weston and Taylor and younger siblings Gabriel, Grace, and Leo - enjoys watching Nolan Ryan highlights

38 COLE VAN DEN HELDER | 6-2/195—Jr.—RHP—San Diego—Orange Coast College—Oregon—Point Loma HS—Psychology graduate in Winter 2021 First win came vs. Rice (2/23) tossing 7 IP, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K - California JC State Tournament MVP - 12-1, 3.19, 77 K in 101.2 IP in 2019 - 12 wins led conference, 3rd in State - 77 Ks 4th in conf. - redshirt in 2017 at Oregon - HS Pitcher of the Year - parents are Theo and Wendy - grandpa, Ron Dodge, played baseball at Oregon

39 GORDON INGEBRITSON | 6-0/175—Jr.—RHP—Sun Valley—Pasadena City College—Coastal Carolina University—Village Christian HS—Sociology First save 4/17 at Cal Poly - 3 scoreless IP in extra-inning win at UC Davis 3/21 - earned victory in UCI debut Feb. 15, 2021 at Fresno State - 29 appearances, 27 as a starter, in 2 years at Pasa- dena City College - redshirted in 2017 at Coastal Carolina - League Pitcher of the Year in HS 2016 - 4-time league champion- born in Glendale - fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers

40 JOHN VERGARA | 6-0/190—Sr.—LHP—Los Angeles—Glendale Community College—Marshall HS—Sociology graduate in Winter 2021 Big West Spring All-Academic - three saves in 2020 - highs of two innings and four strikeouts vs. Rice (2/22) - made UCI debut Feb. 19 at SDSU (2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 2 K) - earned first win May 21 vs. USC - redshirted in 2018 with injury - pitched and played 1B at Marshall HS - threw 2 no-hitters in HS (1 as So., 1 as Fr.) - parents are John and Olivia - brother, Daniel, plays HS baseball - minoring in business management - oldest Anteater on roster (24 years, 0 months, 30 days on opening day)

41 ROGER THOMAS | 6-2/185—Fr.—LHP—Mission Viejo—Santa Margarita HS—Undeclared CIF Division II champion at Santa Margarita HS lettering as a junior and senior- Dillahunty Scholarship - 2018/19 Orange County Register Cinematographer of the Year nominee - 2-0, 0.28, 36 K, 8 BB in 24.2 innings in 6 appearances as a senior - also hit .382 (13-for-34) with 4 doubles and 8 RBI - parents are James, Marines Corps, and Holly, who attended Saddleback College - younger sister is Madelyn - intends to major in political science and minor in Spanish - aspires to play in the MLB or attend law school

44 DYLAN RIDDLE | 5-11/195—RS-Sr.—LHP—San Clemente—San Clemente HS—Political Science and Sociology double graduate in Winter of 2021 Big West Spring All-Academic - active leader in games pitched (69)- career high 3.1 innings at Fresno State (2/16) allowing no runs - appeared in 15 games in each season at UCI - made first two career starts in 2019 - redshirted in 2017 season - 2015 National High School Invitational champion - dad, David, played at SDSU and in Orioles org. - brothers, Braden & Brent, played baseball at Chapman, Saddleback - minoring in history - avid golfer - minoring in history - 2nd oldest Anteater on roster (turns 24 in July)

55 PETER VAN LOON | 6-5/210—Jr.—RHP—San Ramon—Ohlone College—California HS—Business Economics First relief appearance 4/24 (2.2 IP, 2 UER) - first victory was shutout of Washington (7 IP, BB, 5 K)- two-time all-conference at JC - Academic All-American - 13-3, 2.19 in 26 games - played three years at California HS - parents, Peter and Maria, attended CSU East Bay and UNLV, respectively- oldest of 6 children - has worked as a baseball umpire - fan of Bay Area sports teams -

2021 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes STREAKS AND TRENDS Game Highs Player 2-hit 3-hit 4-hit 5-hit+ Total 2-2B 3-2B 2-3B 2-HR 2-RBI 3-RBI 4-RBI 5-RBI+ Total 2-run 3-run+ 2-BB 3-BB+ 2 McGuire 9 - 1 - 10 - - - - 4 2 2 - 8 3 1 2 - 4 Cosgrove 2 2 - - 4 1 ------3 1 2 - 5 Ireland ------7 Torres 7 - - - 7 - - - - 6 - - - 6 3 - - 1 8 Hadeen 2 - - - 2 ------1 1 - - 10 Sheck ------12 Kendle ------14 Montoya ------18 Tatum 5 1 - - 6 - - - 2 4 2 1 - 7 5 1 3 - 21 Peabody 11 1 1 - 13 2 - - 1 2 1 1 2 6 4 3 1 1 23 Murphy ------24 Castro 5 2 1 - 8 2 - - - 6 1 - - 7 3 2 - - 25 Church 11 5 1 - 17 - - - - 2 2 2 - 6 5 2 2 1 26 Slattery ------1 - - - 28 Palmer 4 - - - 4 - - - - - 2 - - 2 2 1 - - 31 McCaffrey 1 - - - 1 - - - - 1 1 - - 2 1 - - - 33 Spillane 6 5 - - 11 1 - - 2 3 1 - 2 6 5 2 1 1 34 Garcia-Pacheco ------36 Damla 6 2 - - 8 - - - - 2 1 - - 3 4 1 - - 37 Nakawake 4 1 - - 5 - - - - 5 - - - 5 4 1 2 - 2021 73 19 4 96 6 5 35 13 6 4 58 44 16 13 4

Streaks Player Hit Streak Home Road Longest Run Streak Longest RBI streak Longest On-Base Streak Longest 2 McGuire - - 1 4 4 6 - 4 5 8 4 Cosgrove - - - 3 - 3 - 3 4 5 5 Ireland - - - 5 - 4 - 3 - 6 7 Torres - - 2 5 - 3 - 2 - 5 8 Hadeen 4 3 1 4 2 2 - 2 4 5 10 Sheck - - - 7 - 1 - 1 - 8 12 Kendle - - - 3 - 2 - 1 - 4 14 Montoya 18 Tatum - - 5 6 - 6 - 3 15 15 21 Peabody 4 10 1 8 2 5 1 5 4 24 / 28 23 Murphy ------24 Castro - - 2 8 - 2 - 3 - 11 (x2) 25 Church 4 11 1 19 4 18 4 5 4 15 / 19 26 Slattery 28 Palmer 12 4 8 12 1 8 2 5 14 23 / 25 31 McCaffrey 4 2 2 4 - 2 3 4 12 12 33 Spillane 4 5 1 8 - 5 - 4 4 19 34 Garcia-Pacheco ------1 36 Damla - - - 7 - 3 - 3 - 16 37 Nakawake 4 16 1 9 4 4 - 4 4 14

Notable Pitching Numbers Player Quality Pitches K High 0-BB UE Holds Inherited—Scored Shutout Streak Longest Longest Outing 1 Denholm 4 111 (5/18) 10 (3/24 & 5/11) 2 5 - - - 20.2 & 21.1 9.0 (4/7 & 5/18) 9 Frias 3 117 (4/17) 9 (x3) 6 - - 5-0 0.1 15.1 8.0 (4/17) 11 Ibarra - 52 (4/24) 6 (3/7) 7 1 - 10-8 0.1 5.1 3.1 (3/7) 13 Pinto 3 109 (4/17) 8 (3/27) - 4 - - - 9.2 8.2 (4/17) 16 Wentworth - 40 (2020) 3 (3/1) 2 - - 3-1 2.2 4.0 3.0 (2/26) 20 Stanford - 33 (3/7) 2 (x2) 2 1 1 3-2 1.1 7.0 2.1 (4/10) 22 Wheeler - 12 (4/4) 1 (3/19) 3 - - 3-0 0.1 2.0 1.0 (x2) 27 King - 47 (4/25) 4 (x2) 9 2 1 13-3 3.0 9.1 3.0 (4/25) 30 Antone - 38 (3/7) 3 (x2) 5 - - 5-1 7.0 3.0 2.0 (x3) 35 Brooks - 39 (4/16) 3 (4/10) 5 - 1 4-1 0.2 5.0 2.1 (x3) 38 van den Helder - 91 (2020) 8 (2020) - 1 - 5-2 0.1 8.1 7.0 (2/23) 39 Ingebritson - 37 (3/8) 3 (3/21) 13 1 - 5-2 2.0 6.2 3.0 (3/21) 40 Vergara - 43 (2019) 4 (2020) 3 - - 4-1 0.1 8.2 2.1 (2019) 41 Thomas 44 Riddle - 57 (2019) 3 (2019) 9 - - 8-3 0.1 9.2 4.1 (5/12) 55 Van Loon 1 100 (3/7) 8 (2/21) 2 5 - 1-0 0.1 14.2 7.0 (2/29) 2021 11 227 (4/2) 16 (3/21) 66 17 3 69-25 5.1 15.2 (x2)

2021 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes

The Last Time UC Irvine... Scored 15+ runs ...... April 18, 2021 - 17 runs at Cal Poly (7 innings) Struck out 15+ batters ...... March 21, 2021 - 16 at UC Davis Scored 20+ runs ...... April 4, 2021 - 20 runs at CSUN, Game 2 (7 innings) Did not strike out a batter ...... May 21, 2017 - 0 at UC Riverside Scored in every inning ...... March 28, 1989 vs. Cal Poly Pomona Walked 10+ batters ...... April 2-3, 2021 - 10 at CSUN Scored 10 runs in an inning ...... April 3 & April 4, 2021 at CSUN (10 in 2nd inn., twice) Scored 10 runs in an inning at home ...... May 23, 2017 vs. UCLA (4th inning) Allowed 15+ runs ...... March 12, 2017 - 16 runs vs. TCU Was shutout ...... February 28, 2021 at #8 UCLA (4-0) Allowed 17+ runs at home ...... April 7, 2002 - 17 runs vs. UC Santa Barbara Was shutout in consecutive games ...... March 26-27, 2011 at Gonzaga (3-0, 3-0) Allowed 20+ runs ...... June 9, 2008 - 21 runs at LSU Allowed 9+ runs in an inning ...... April 20, 2013 - 9 runs at Pacific (4th inning) Reached the 11th inning ...... April 25, 2021 - 12 innings vs. Oregon State (W, 7-6) Allowed 10+ runs in an inning ...... April 2, 2002 - 10 runs at USC (7th inning) Reached the 12th inning ...... April 25, 2021 - 12 innings vs. Oregon State (W, 7-6) Shutout an opponent ...... April 9, 2021 - 4-0 vs. UC San Diego Reached the 15th inning ...... May 2, 2006 - 15 innings vs. UNLV (W, 3-2) Threw consecutive shutouts...... March 10-15, 2019 - 3-0 vs. SJU & 15-0 at UVU Played an 8-inning game ...... February 25, 2017 - 8 innings vs. Tennessee (L, 10-9) Played a run-rule game ...... April 18, 2021 - W, 17-1 at Cal Poly (7 innings) Threw a 2-hitter ...... March 20, 2021 at UC Davis - Pinto (8), Stanford (1) Finished in a tie ...... February 11, 2007 - 15-15 at Loyola Marymount Threw a 1-hitter ..... 3/10/19 (Denholm-Rashi) & 3/15/19 (Pallante-Vergara-Akamatsu) Threw a no-hitter ...... April 20, 2012 vs. Long Beach State (Andrew Thurman, 4-0) Recorded 15+ hits ...... April 18, 2021 - 19 hits at Cal Poly Allowed 16+ hits ...... March 7, 2021 - 16 at UC Riverside (Game 2) Recorded 20+ hits ...... May 25, 2019 - 23 hits at UC Riverside Allowed 18+ hits ...... March 15, 2014 - 19 at Nebraska (Game 1) Recorded 10+ extra-base hits ...... April 25, 2016 - 11 vs. UNLV Was 2-hit ...... May 19, 2018 - (L, 7-1) vs. UC Riverside (Toplikar-Compton) Induced 4+ double plays ...... April 3, 2016 - 4 at Hawai’i Was 1-hit ...... March 4, 2005 - (W (10), 1-0) vs. Dallas Baptist (Sutherland) Turned a triple play ...... March 29, 2005 - 6th inning at UNLV (Martinez-Lundahl) Was no-hit ...... March 29, 1980 - (L (7), 3-1) at UC Santa Barbara (Nowlin) Allowed 3+ HRs ...... February 16, 2020 - 3 at Fresno State Allowed 4+ HRs ...... February 21, 2015 - 4 at Cal (Game 1) Struck out 15+ times ...... April 25, 2021 - 15 vs. Oregon State Allowed 5+ HRs ...... May 23, 2009 - 6 at UC Santa Barbara Walked 10+ times ...... March 20, 2021 - 11 at UC Davis (Game 1 of DH) Allowed 3+ HRs at home ...... May 22, 2010 - 3 vs. UC Riverside Hit 3+ HRs ...... April 18, 2021 - 3 at Cal Poly Hit 3+ batters ...... April 11, 2021 - 3 vs. UC San Diego Hit 4+ HRs ...... April 3, 2021 - 4 at CSUN Hit 4+ HRs at home ...... March 5, 2010 - 4 vs. Saint Mary’s Played a game under 1:50 ...... March 27, 2015 - 1:49 vs. Hawai’i (W, 2-0) Hit 5+ HRs ...... May 1, 2004 - 5 at CSUN Played a game under 2 hours ...... May 7, 2017 - 1:55 vs. CSUN (L, 2-1) Stole 5+ bases...... March 20, 2021 - 5 at UC Davis (Game 1 of DH) Played a game over 4 hours ...... April 25, 2021 - 4:15 vs. Oregon State (12 innings) Committed 5+ errors ...... June 18, 2007 - 6 vs. Cal State Fullerton (CWS) Played a game over 4:30 ...... May 5, 2018 - 4:40 vs. Oregon (11 innings) Left 15+ runners on base ...... March 19, 2021 - 15 at UC Davis Played a game over 4 hours at home .... April 25, 2021 - 4:15 vs. Oregon State (12 inn.) Left 17+ runners on base ...... March 16, 2019 - 19 at Utah Valley Played a game over 5 hours ...... April 29, 2017 - 5:04 at Cal State Fullerton (14 innings) Grounded into 4+ double plays...... May 27, 2017 - 4 vs. UC Davis Played past midnight ...... April 29, 2017 at CSF (7:03 PM game ended at 12:07 AM) Grounded into 5+ double plays...... April 7, 1984 - 5 at Pepperdine Had 5+ batters hit by a pitch ...... April 4, 2021 - 5 at CSUN (Game 2) Was rained out at home ..... Feb. 15, 2019 vs. Washington | Mar. 6, 2019 vs. Michigan Had a game cut short by rain ...... April 5, 1975 vs. San Diego (L, 5-4 - 1 out Top 7) Was ranked ...... April 26, 2021 - No. 24 (First since May 5, 2018 - No. 19) Had a rain delay...... February 28, 2020 at UW (game start pushed back 90 mins) Beat a ranked team ...... February 27, 2021 - Def. No. 8 UCLA, 7-3 Had a game suspended ...... April 2, 2021 at CSUN (Darkness, resumed Apr. 3 - 1 inn.) Won on a walkoff ... April 24, 2021 (Tatum HR) & April 25, 2021 (McCaffrey 1B in 11th) Swept a doubleheader ...... March 20, 2021 - at UC Davis (W, 8-0 & W, 6-2) Lost on a walkoff ...... April 17, 2021 - 4-3 at Cal Poly (Game 1) - Marinconz single Was swept in a doubleheader...... February 25, 2017 (14-6 at USD, 10-9 (8) vs. Tenn.) Won in extra innings ...... April 25, 2021 - Won in 12 innings (7-6 vs. Oregon State) Lost in extra innings ...... April 23, 2021 - Lost in 11 innings (7-5 vs. Oregon State) The Last Time An Anteater... Had a 5-hit game ...... May 25, 2019 - Christian Koss (6) at UC Riverside Hit multiple sac flies ...... May 25, 2019 - Sam Ireland (2) at UC Riverside Had a 6-hit game ...... May 25, 2019 - Christian Koss (6) at UC Riverside Stole 3+ bases ...... February 22, 2021 - Nathan Church (3) vs. Washington Stole 4+ bases ...... March 22, 2008 - Ollie Linton (4) vs. Northern Colorado Had 3+ doubles in a game ...... May 10, 2019 - Adrian Damla (3) vs. Cal Poly Stole home ...... February 22, 2019 - Matt Reitano at Rice Had multiple triples in a game ...... March 9, 2014 - Connor Spencer (2) vs. Gonzaga Committed 3+ errors ...... February 21, 2014 - Taylor Sparks (4) vs. Wright State

Had a 5-RBI game ...... April 18, 2021 - Mike Peabody (5) at Cal Poly Struck out 10+ batters ...... May 11, 2019 - Trenton Denholm (10) vs. Cal Poly Had a 6-RBI game ...... April 3 & 4, 2021 - Luke Spillane (6) at CSUN (twice) Struck out 12+ batters ...... February 23, 2018 - Andre Pallante (12) vs. Gonzaga Had a 7-RBI game ...... May 9, 2010 - Jeff Cusick & Francis Larson (7) at Cal Poly Struck out 13+ batters ...... May 29, 2009 - Daniel Bibona (14) vs. Fresno State Had an 8-RBI game ...... April 16, 1983 - Mike Rupp (8) vs. Pepperdine Struck out 15+ batters ...... April 21, 2006 - Justin Cassel (15) vs. UC Santa Barbara

Scored 4+ runs ...... April 3, 2021 - Luke Spillane (4) & Nathan Church (4) at CSUN Threw a complete game ...... May 24, 2019 - Trenton Denholm at UC Riverside Scored 5+ runs ...... May 25, 2019 - Christian Koss (6) at UC Riverside Threw a CG shutout ...... April 7, 2019 - Trenton Denholm vs. Long Beach State Threw consecutive CGs ...... May 18 & 24, 2019 - Trenton Denholm vs. UCD, UCR Hit for the Cycle ...... April 10, 1981 - Troy Ybarra vs. CSLA (5 hits) Threw consec. CG shutouts ...... March 21 & 28, 2014 - Andrew Morales vs. GCU, UCR Hit a leadoff HR ...... April 3, 2021 - Nathan Church at CSUN Threw 9+ innings ...... April 18, 2015 - Matt Esparza (9.1) vs. UC Davis (ND) 2-HR game ...... April 24, 2021 - Dillon Tatum (2) vs. Oregon State Threw 10+ innings ...... April 9, 1988 - Craig Brink (11+) vs. UC Santa Barbara Had a 3-HR game ...... April 20, 1986 - Gene Roumimper at UNLV Allowed 10+ hits ...... May 12, 2018 - Trenton Denholm (10) at Cal Poly Hit a Grand Slam ...... April 18, 2021 - Mike Peabody at Cal Poly Threw 100+ pitches ...... April 23, 2021 - Trenton Denholm (102) vs. Oregon State Hit an Inside-the-Park HR ...... May 28, 2016 - Adam Alcantara vs. CSUN Threw 120+ pitches ...... April 29, 2017 - Louis Raymond (125) at Cal State Fullerton Hit back-to-back HRs ...... April 7, 2019 - Filia & Lewis vs. Long Beach State (7th) Earned a 4+ out save ...... April 16, 2021 - Jacob King (2 IP) at Cal Poly Hit HRs in consecutive ABs ...... March 24, 2019 - Brandon Lewis vs. Washington State Earned a 3-inning save ...... March 7, 2020 - Josh Ibarra (3 IP) vs. Sacramento State Hit a pinch-hit HR ...... March 3, 2020 - John Jensen at USC (3-run, 7th inning) Caught 3+ runners stealing ..... May 29, 2011 - Ronnie Shaeffer (3) vs. Long Beach State Struck out 4 times in a game ...... April 2-3, 2021 - Nathan Church (4) at CSUN Recorded 9+ assists in a game .... February 14, 2014 - Chris Rabago (9) vs. Fresno State Struck out 5 times in a game ...... May 2, 2006 - Tyler Vaughn (5) vs. UNLV Recorded 10+ assists in a game ..... April 2, 1983 - Adam Ging (10) at UC Santa Barbara Walked 4+ times in a game ...... March 16, 2019 - Jake Palmer (4) at Utah Valley Recorded 16+ putouts in a game ...... March 21, 2021 - Dillon Tatum (16) at UC Davis Drew 3+ HBP in a game ...... May 22, 2009 - Eric Deragisch (3) at UC Santa Barbara Recorded 8+ putouts as an OF ...... May 24, 2018 - Konnor Zickefoose (8) at UC Davis Laid down 3+ sac bunts ...... April 6, 2012 - Taylor Sparks (3) at Cal Poly 2021 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes

TEAM RECORDS

Average Year(s) Total IBB Player Date Total Single-Game Highs Date Total Career Tom Baine 85-86 .383 Career Keston Hiura 2015-17 22 AB vs. UNLV 5/2/06 54 Season Keston Hiura 2017 .442 Season Keston Hiura 2017 12 Runs vs. Cal State LA 4/10/81 25 Tom Spence 1971 .403 vs. UC San Diego 3/1/72 25 Mike Nagle 1981 .402 HBP Player Date Total Hits at LMU 5/14/08 26 Career Ben Orloff 06-09 43 Singles vs. Utah 3/24/79 21 Slugging Player Year(s) Total Season Casey Stevenson 2009 22 Doubles at UC Davis 4/24/10 9 Career Scott Thayer 76-77 .593 Taylor Holiday 2007 22 Triples 2 times (Last - 5/2/09) 4 Since ‘02 Keston Hiura 2015-17 .581 HR 2 times (Last - 5/1/04) 5 Season Keston Hiura 2017 .693 Sac Flies Player Date Total TB at CSUN 5/1/04 43 Career D.J. Crumlich 09-12 15 RBI 2 times (Last - 4/10/85) 21 Games Player Date Total Season Nick Anderson 2018 9 BB at So Cal College 4/27/91 16 Career Ben Orloff 06-09 241 K vs. San Diego 5/9/17 18 Season Rabago / Sparks / Spencer 2014 66 Games Pitcher Year Total SB vs. Portland 3/5/89 9

Career Jimmy Litchfield 11-14 117 HBP 2 times (Last - 5/5/18) 7 At-Bats Player Date Total Season Gary Wheelock 1972 35 SO vs. San Diego 5/9/17 18 Career Ben Orloff 06-09 877 IP vs. UNLV 5/2/06 15 Season Jeff Oberdank 1988 273 Starts Pitcher Year Total at LMU 4/14/78 15 Career Craig Brink 85-88 61 BB at Arizona 1/30/86 16 Runs Player Date Total Season Andrew Morales 2014 19 R allowed vs. Pepperdine 5/16/80 25 Career Ben Orloff 06-09 178 Scott Gorgen 2007 19 H allowed 2 times (Last - 4/8/89) 29 Season Taylor Holiday 2007 69 HR allowed at UCLA 3/1/75 5 Innings Pitcher Year Total Errors vs. U.S. Int’l 3/27/84 8 Hits Player Date Total Career Bob Frishette 77-80 438.2 LOB 2 times (Last - 2/27/16) 21 Career Ben Orloff 06-09 281 Since ‘02 Glenn Swanson 02-06 371.2 Season Jeff Oberdank 1988 94 Season Gary Wheelock 1974 168.0 Record Player Date Total Since ‘02 Scott Gorgen 2007 136.2 AB Matt Fisher 5/9/04 8 Doubles Player Date Total Brandon Lewis 3/16/19 8 Career Keston Hiura 2015-17 54 Wins Pitcher Year Total Runs Christian Koss 5/25/19 6 Season Holiday / Hiura 2007 / 2017 24 Career Gary Wheelock 72-74 38 Hits Christian Koss 5/25/19 6 Season Gary Wheelock 1974 17 Drew Hillman 4/17/11 6 Triples Player Date Total Since ‘02 Scott Gorgen 2007 13 Tom Baine 5/4/85 6 Career Rod Spence 72-75 17 Doubles Francis Larson 2/11/07 4 Jeff Malinoff 71-74 17 ERA Pitcher Year Total Triples 7 Times (Last - Spencer, 3/9/14) 2 Season Jeff Malinoff 1972 10 Career Andrew Morales 13-14 1.68 HR Gene Roumimper 4/20/86 3 Season Jerry Maras 1973 1.50 TB Gene Roumimper 4/20/86 14 HR Player Date Total RBI Mike Rupp 4/16/83 8 Career Francis Larson 07-10 25 Strikeouts Pitcher Year Total Jeff Malinoff 3/1/72 8 Season Cipriano / Lewis 2007 / 2019 14 Career Daniel Bibona 07-10 332 SB 4 times (Last - Linton, 3/22/08) 4 Season Andrew Morales (NCAA) 2014 141 BB 14 times (Last - Palmer, 3/16/19) 4 Total Bases Player Date Total K Tyler Vaughn 5/2/06 5 Career Francis Larson 07-10 348 Walks Player Date Total Mike Goodcase 4/6/90 5 Season Taylor Holiday 2007 150 Career Jeff Haack 1986-89 202 HBP 4 times (Last - Deragisch, 5/22/09) 3 Season Jeff Haack 1989 75 SF 17 times (Last - Ireland, 5/25/19) 2

RBIs Player Date Total SH 5 times (Last - Sparks, 4/6/12) 3 Career Jeff Malinoff 71-74 189 Saves Pitcher Year Total SO Jerry Maras 4/14/73 16 Season Jeff Malinoff 1972 65 Career Blair Erickson (NCAA) 04-07 53 IP Bob Frishette 4/14/78 14 Season Sam Moore 2014 23 Pitches Lee Belanger 4/14/79 159 SB Player Date Total BB Dean Douty 1/30/87 11 Career Ollie Linton 05-08 69 Pickoffs Player Date Total ER allowed 4 times (Last - Bladow - 4/21/92) 10 Season Ollie Linton 2008 40 Career Glenn Swanson 02-06 17 H allowed Eric Pettis 5/9/10 16 Season Glenn Swanson 2006 9 2B allowed 4 times (Last - Manarino - 3/7/15) 5 Walks Player Date Total 3B allowed Christian Bergman 3/27/10 4 Career Mike Nagle 78-81 160 CS Player Date Total HR allowed Christian Bergman 5/23/09 4 Season Brady Anderson 1985 52 Career Aaron Lowenstein 04-08 71 HBP 10 times (Last - Glazier - 3/1/16) 3 Season Ronnie Shaeffer 2011 36 WP 2 times (Last - Bibona - 4/17/09) 4 Strikeouts Player Date Total Balks 4 times (Last - Surrey - 4/22/16) 2 Career Cole Kreuter 2015-18 199 Errors Player Date Total CS Steve Morgan 2/28/84 4 Season Taylor Sparks 2014 70 Career B.J. Eucce 02-03 36 Putouts John Seeburger 2/15/88 20 Season B.J. Eucce 2002 21 Assists Mike Nagle 4/18/80 12 Errors 2 times (Last - Sparks - 2/21/14) 4

2021 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes NEWCOMERS 2021 INCOMING CLASS Ryan “Woody” Hadeen | INF - 6-1/165 - S/R - Temecula - Temecula Valley HS Wyatt Bush "Woody is coming off a good junior season at Temecula Valley. He fits the mold for us as a middle-of INF - 6-1/180 - R/R - Murrieta - Paloma Valley HS -the-diamond athlete that can do a lot of different things. He's a switch hitter that can run and develop into a complete offensive player that can help us win in a variety of different ways." “Wyatt is among the best true shortstops in the state. He is very intelligent and has a great feel to play defense at the highest level. He has continued to add strength and his played very well recent- Caden Kendle | OF - 5-11/180 - R/R - Huntington Beach - Marina HS ly. Wyatt has a chance to be a key fixture in the middle of the diamond for us."

"Caden has really come on this summer and into the fall. He is exactly what we want in recruiting an outfielder. He is strong and athletic. Caden is a plus runner, and that speed shows up on both sides Chase Call of the ball. We could see him making an immediate impact." C - 6-2/205 - R/R - Porter Ranch - Calabasas HS

Shaun Montoya | OF - 5-10/160 - L/R - Rancho Cucamonga - Damien HS "Chase is a future middle of the lineup bat. He has power to all fields and continues to become a more complete hitter. Defensively, Chase can catch and play at three outfield positions. He is a rare "Shaun is another guy that has had a very good summer and fall. He missed most of his junior year combination of power, athleticism, and ability to play premier defensive positions." with an injury. Shaun is another outfielder that can really run and understands how to make that speed show up in games. He fits the mold of a left handed hitting outfielder that could end up near the top of the lineup." William “Dub” Gleed INF - 6-1/203 - R/R - Ladera Ranch - San Juan Hills HS Casey Slattery | INF - 6-4/230 - L/L - Studio City - Glendale CC - Harvard- "Dub is a guy that we have always seen hit in games against frontline pitching. One of the last times "Casey should be one of the better junior college hitters in the state this year. He will bring a much I saw him, he hit three balls off the left field wall. Dub has a big arm and can be a plus defender on needed physical, left-handed hitting presence to the middle of the lineup next season. He got draft- the left side of the infield. His well-rounded game will give him a chance to play early in his career." ed last year by the New York Mets. We are excited for the immediate impact we think Casey can make next year." Michael Stanford | RHP - 6-1/175 - R/R - Grapevine, Tex. - Weatherford JC - Jonathon Hernandez INF - 5-10/160 - R/R - La Puente - South Hills HS "Michael is a guy we have known about for going on two years now. He returned the second half of last year after recovering from an injury. In the second half of last season, he struck out 29 guys and “Jonathon is a prototypical top of the lineup hitter. He can really run, manage the strike zone, and walked only 1 in 20 innings pitched. Michael can throw three pitches for strikes and is ultra- collect hits. Jonathon can play all three infield positions. He loves to play. We think his toughness competitive. He should be able to step right in to the weekend rotation next year." and athleticism will be perfect fit for us."

Ryan Sveningson | RHP - 6-4/170 - R/R - Ladera Ranch - JSerra HS

"We believe Ryan is just beginning to scratch the surface on his potential. He has a long, lean frame Myles Smith that has lots of room to fill out and get stronger. Ryan had a good summer at some of the bigger OF - 6-1/185 - L/R - Inglewood - Crossroads HS events. He has been into the low 90s with his fastball with a good slider." "Myles has giant upside. He has really come on strong this last year. He performed really well at the Roger Thomas | LHP - 6-1/185 - L/L - Mission Viejo - Santa Margarita HS Area Code Games in Georgia and has solidified himself as one of the best position players in the state. Myles is a physical, left handed hitting outfielder that can run and slug. Myles really separates “Roger has continued to improve and now has a chance to be one of the better left handed pitchers himself with him ability to manage the strike zone and get on base." in the state. He always has been able to really to spin a curveball. Now the fastball velocity and command has improved as well, in addition to the overall pitchability. Roger is a lot like guys that we have had in the past that have made big jumps in their development going into their senior Danny Suarez season. We are excited to follow him this year and get him on campus next year.” RHP - 6-3/185 - R/R - Trabuco Canyon - Trabuco Hills HS

Tanner Brooks | RHP - 6-2/180 - R/R - Jr. - Houston, Tex. - McLennan CC "Danny has been on our radar for years now. He has the pitcher frame that you dream on. He has good feel for his secondary pitches and his fastball has been up to 90. Danny is very young for his "Tanner is a guy that has been on our radar for the last two years. He comes from a highly success- grade and he is going to be very fun to follow as he continues to physically mature. He is another guy ful McLennan Junior College program in Texas. He will step in right away in a significant role. Tan- that projects to be a weekend starter during his time here." ner has a fastball that will be in the low 90s and a good slider. He will be able to strike people out and we are excited to work with him every day." Finnegan Wall Abraham Garcia-Pacheco | C - 6-0/180 - R/R - Fr. - Highland - Rancho Cuca. HS RHP - 6-2/200 - R/R - Hesperia - Sultana HS

"Abraham is a very important piece of this recruiting class. We had the opportunity to see him in "Finnegan is another guy that performed well at the Area Code Games. He is an athletic, right hand- the fall and he has all the makings of a kid that is going to thrive at UC Irvine. His makeup is perfect ed pitcher that can run his fastball into the low 90s. However, what makes him special is his ability to for the catching position. There is a toughness and competitiveness in Abraham that we are excited succeed in games. He can throw multiple pitches for strikes and is very competitive. His drive to to add to our program." continue to get better is infectious and we can't wait to see him in the weekend starting rotation." Thomas McCaffrey | UT - 5-10/185 - R/R - Fr. - Santa Monica - Harv.-West. HS

"Thomas comes from one of the most successful high school programs in the state. He has been well coached and has an advanced feel and understanding of the game. Thomas has handled lots of high level pitching and is very advanced in his ability to receive. He is selfless and prioritizes winning. He will make us better."

Dillon Tatum | C - 6-1/220 - R/R - Jr. - Stockton - San Joaquin Delta JC

"We could not be more excited for Dillon to get on campus in the fall. We believe he was the best junior college catcher in the state of California. Dillon checks all of the boxes we look for in a catcher defensively. He will also add much needed right handed power to the middle of our lineup." Justin Torres | INF - 5-10/185 - L/R - Jr. - San Bruno - College of San Mateo

"Justin is another guy were are very happy to add to this recruiting class. He fits the mold of what we look for defensively for an infielder in being a guy that can play all three infield spots. He's also a left handed hitter that can hit an extra base hit and also steal a base. He should make an immediate impact for us."

2021 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes

Mike “Skip” Gillespie - 1940—2020

One of college baseball's legendary coaches, Mike Gillespie passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2020, at the age of 80.

"On behalf of UCI Athletics Department, I want to offer heartfelt condo- lences to Coach Gillespie's wife, Barbara, his children, Kelly, Mitch, Matt and Tiffany; his grandchildren and his extended family," Director of Ath- letics Paula Smith said. "Mike was a leader, mentor, successful coach, and trusted colleague. We have lost a great baseball coach and even better man. He touched so many lives and he will be missed by many."

Gillespie coached UC Irvine for 11 seasons (2007-2018), leading the Ant- eaters to the College World Series in 2014. He was named National Coach of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association in 2014 and was named Big West Coach of the Year in 2009, when he guid- ed the 'Eaters to the conference title. Under Gillespie the Anteaters made five postseason appearances, including regional titles in 2008, 2011 and 2014.

Current head coach Ben Orloff, who played for and coached alongside Gillespie for years, added his thoughts: "Today has been tough. There are not enough words to describe Coach Gillespie. He is among the greatest coaches in the history of college baseball. He was a larger than life figure on and off the field. Anyone that had an opportunity to be around him is better because of it. He means so much to me personally. I've been so lucky to spend the time I have around him the last seven years. He's made and continues to make me a better person and coach. I have kept his nameplate in his office that I now occupy as a reminder of what it means to be a coach and to constantly try to make him proud."

Gillespie, who's number 19 was retired at UCI in 2018, coached several major league players, including Kes- ton Hiura, who is currently playing for the Milwaukee Brewers. He even coached his grandson, Cole, during his four-year collegiate career at UCI.

The American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Famer finished his career as the program's winningest coach at 393 and amassed a 1,156-886-2 record overall in 31 seasons as a Division I head coach. He won over 1,500 games during his 46 years of coaching that included a year at MiLB club Staten Island Yankees and the College of the Canyons where he began his career and won 420 games at over 16 seasons. Prior to UCI, Gillespie coached USC for 20 seasons, helping the Trojans to the national title in 1998. He also won a title as a player at USC in 1961 and was inducted in to the USC Hall of Fame. Gillespie and Jerry Kindall are the only two men to play on and coach a CWS championship baseball team.

Skip’s Milestones

46 years as a head coach 31 years at Division I level 11 years as UCI’s head coach UC Irvine Wins Leader 1961 National Champion as 1971-86 College of the Canyons 763 wins at USC ABCA Hall of Famer 393 wins, 249 losses player at USC - scored only 1987-2006 USC Trojans 6 Pac-10 titles, 4 CWS berths 2014 College World Series 2009 Big West title (22-2) run in 1-0 win in title game 2007 Staten Island Yankees 2007-2018 at UC Irvine 2014 NCBWA Coach of the Yr 5 NCAA berths 2007-18 UC Irvine Anteaters 1 Big West title, 1 CWS berth 2009 Big West Coach of the Year 3 Super Regionals 1998 National Champion 1,576-887-2 lifetime record 1,156-720-2 Division I record No. 19 retired Four 40-win seasons as head coach at USC

2021 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes

Rod Spence - 2020 Hall of Fame Class Inductee

The Anteater baseball program was still in its He was widely considered to be the best of the infancy, but the addition of a freshman that bunch that are in the Hall of Fame including could have really gone anywhere infused the his teammate and Anteater record machine program in that 1972 season. He led the team Jeff Malinoff guessing he would have been the in nearly every offensive category and took first to join the Anteater legends in the group. the team to the mountaintop for its first na- Spence passed away in the late 80s, but joins tional championship and All-American honors his brothers, Tom and Bob, who are each in in 1973. He returned the next year with similar their respective college Halls of Fame. numbers producing back-to-back national 1973 & 1974 National Champion champions and a second All-Tournament Team recognition. 1973 CWS All-Tournament Team Most of his teammates and coaches remem- 1973 All-American & All-West Region ber him for his heart and hustle. Leading by All-Time Ranks example and taking the team to new heights on and off the field. By the time he had re- Games - 192 (15th) Hits - 221 (11th) tired, he was second all-time in RBIs and still At-Bats - 745 (6th) Runs - 115 (T18th) stands there along with his team-record in RBIs - 154 (2nd) Triples - 17 (T1st) triples and countless other stats he still re- HRs - 13 (T15th) mains in the top 20 and 10 all-time. Career: .297, 33 2B, 17 3B, 13 HR, 154 RBI

Baseball Members of the UC Irvine Athletics Hall of Fame

Gary Wheelock P Jeff Malinoff 1B Gary Adams Head Coach Tom Spence 1B Rocky Craig OF 1972-74 Class of 1984 1971-74 Class of 1987 1970-74 Class of 1989 1970-71 Class of 2001 1970-71 Class of 2003 1974 All-American ‘72, ‘73, ‘74 All-American 1973, 1974 CWS Champion Head Coach from 1975-76 1970 All-American 1973 CWS All-Tournament 1974 CWS MVP 1974 DII Coach of the Year Batted .403 in 1971 1971 All-West Region 43 games, 38-10, 2.34, 273 K 200 gms, .367, 16 HR, 189 RBI 185-68-5 5 NCAA berths 82 gms, .363, 7 HR, 78 RBI 87 gms, .346, 6 HR, 63 RBI

gram. What they didn’t realize is that they would have to “Coach Adams recruited people that wanted to play as a 50th Anniversary of help build the park.” And that’s just what they did. Joe team. Being an underdog is what I love about being an Anderson and Chuck Spanski were out raking the crushed Anteater. We played hard, found a way to win, and we Anteater Baseball brick infield as Adams spoke, feet in the mud, getting it played Anteater baseball. When I’m around these guys ready for a scrimmage. A notice on the bulletin board now, they play Anteater baseball. When you do that,

February 14, 1970 - UC Irvine baseball was open for read “anybody who’s free, please grab a rake.” Players you’re going to play hard, you’re going to play fair, find a business with a squad of 18 players and a head coach, installed benches themselves to make sure they would be way to win a ballgame. You don’t care who wins it, that’s Gary Adams. strong enough to hold them. The hitters built their own part of being an underdog.” batting cage down the right field line. Pitcher Dennis Adams succeeded as a player at UCLA which led right Nicholson was out there sculpting the contours of the The season opened on the road at UC Riverside with the into a coaching role of the Bruin freshmen. He landed a mound. Catcher Mike Sheline volunteered his talents to Anteaters winning both sides of a doubleheader on Feb- gig as an assistant coach at Riverside City College, and paint an Anteater on the scoreboard that loomed over ruary 14. The dug-up-and-sculpted baseball field would shortly thereafter was on his way to UC Irvine where he the right center field wall. The players joked that it was get its first action on February 17 to the tune of a 7-0 started as the Director of Recreation. His presence on the probably still drying when they took the field for the first victory over UCLA. The season seemed to whiz by with a UCI staff helped him shift into the role of head baseball game. Coach Adams was building “Anteater Baseball”, considerable amount of success for Adams’ bunch never coach as it was announced the team would be formed something Rocky Craig bought into and still sees with the brandishing a losing record. After a 3-2-1 start to the and begin play in the Spring of 1970. program today. season, they won 8 of their next 9 including handing USC its first loss of the year thanks to a ninth-inning Tom At that time in the Summer of 1969, Adams was Spence HR. Two days later, Dave Wollos was serving up the entirety of the baseball program - there was the first no-hitter blanking Cal Tech in a domina- no stadium yet, no equipment, no players. Soon tion of a performance where he did not allow a the ballpark took shape with concrete stands to ball to leave the infield. His perfect game was hold 1,000 fans, fences that measured 330 feet disrupted by an error, but Wollos still faced the down the foul lines, 380 in the alleys, and 400 to minimum in the game after that runner was center field. The grounds were surrounded by an erased on a double play. 8-foot-high fence helped by a 3-foot-rise of a terrace acting as a warning track to mirror Cros- UCI staggered through the tough Anaheim Tour- ley Field in Cincinnati and Riverside where Adams nament going 2-4 against big opponents like BYU, came from previously. There was a 25-foot-tall LBSU, Fullerton, and Oregon. The ‘Eaters would mound of dirt where the pitcher’s mound lay put it together with a 19-2-1 stretch as it rolled soon to be reduced to actual height, but for the towards a berth in the NCAA Division II Regional cameras, coach Adams hopped up to the top and playoffs with a record of 33-10-3. UCI’s run was pantomimed a pitching motion. halted abruptly with losses to top-ranked Chap- man and Sacramento State ending its fledgling Coach Adams joked that “our players came here campaign, but the tone was set—Anteater base- knowing they would be part of a building pro- ball had arrived.

2021 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes

Remembering John Altobelli UC Irvine Baseball assistant coach 1988-92

John Altobelli was involved in the January 26, Under Altobelli’s tutelage, the ‘Eaters had out- 2020 helicopter accident losing his life along standing offensive seasons. His squads finished with his wife, Kerry, and his youngest daughter, as 1 of 5 Anteater teams to score over 400 runs Alyssa. Altobelli had a storied, 27-year career at in a season in 1988, 1 of 3 teams to steal over nearby Orange Coast College winning 4 CCCBCA 100 bases in 1989, and 1 of 5 teams to collect State titles including the most recent one in over 630 hits in 1990. He helped produce 14 All 2019, and was named ABCA National Coach of -Big West hitters of the 18 Anteaters honored the Year. Altobelli also spent three seasons in in his 5 seasons, and 8 of the 16 Anteaters the Cape Cod League with the Brewster White- drafted were hitters. caps. ------He played at Golden West College before trans- ferring to the University of Houston to finish his “Alto was a great coach and an even better career and work as a grad assistant. He joined friend. He means so much to so many people. UC Irvine’s staff as an assistant coach working We used to meet up to talk baseball and life. He primarily with hitters and outfielders during the always had the time and he invested in me as a 1988-92 seasons. young coach. He is a legend and will be missed. His impact will never be forgotten.” - Head Coach Ben Orloff Honoring Chancellor Ralph J. Cicerone

Ralph J. Cicerone became the university’s fourth Chancellor in 1998, and with it, he brought his passion for athletics and baseball. The department was without a baseball program after it was cut following the 1992 season. In the spring of 1999, a grass-roots effort between Cicerone, athletic director Dan Guerrero, and five captains from UC Irvine athletic programs issued a referendum for students to vote to acquire the funding to bring baseball back to UC Irvine. Following its approval, ground was broken on Anteater Ballpark January 25, 2001. Anteater baseball was up and running in 2002, and has returned to its rightful place among the top programs in the nation.

Among being a leading expert on the causes of global climate change and heading the National Academy of Sciences which helped advise the Obama administration, Cicerone never lost his passion for baseball. Even as an established professor in 1980, he got the chance to be an announcer for the San Diego Padres leaving him with a tough decision on which avenue to pursue. While stationed in Washington D.C., Cicerone would stay connect- ed to the program even stopping by to check in on the facilities.

In May of 2009, Cicerone and the ballpark became one-in-the-same as he was honored by having the field named in his honor. Following Chancellor Cicero- ne’s passing in November of 2016, the team added patches on the sleeves of their uniforms to commemorate Cicerone marked with his initials “RC” that were worn through the 2017 and 2018 seasons. The Anteaters are forever indebted to Chancellor Cicerone’s vision and efforts.

“UCI baseball held a special place in the heart of Chancellor Ralph Cicerone. It may surprise some to know that among Chancellor Cicerone’s many interests, achievements, and accomplishments, he had a genuine love for baseball, and specifically UCI baseball. It was because of Chancellor Cicerone’s determination to resurrect baseball at UCI in the late 90s that he enlisted the support of others in the athletic department and among the students, and a successful referendum was brought to the students and passed allowing baseball to once again be played at UCI after a 10-year absence. The number of students and staff impacted for a lifetime by this successful effort is incalculable.

Even after Ralph left UCI to assume new duties in Washington D.C., he continued to closely follow Anteater baseball via the internet and personal contact with friends who also cared about the ‘Eaters. On his occasional trips back to Orange County, he without fail stopped by Cicerone Field to check in, lend his support, and he rarely missed an Alumni Game in early February. We all lost a great friend in Ralph Cicerone, he is missed, and will continue to be missed.” - Head Coach Mike Gillespie

2021 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes ANTEATERS AT THE NEXT LEVEL

Anteater career: 2015-17 | .375, 22 HR, 135 RBI, 165 games, 236 H, 16 SB, 92 BB, 123 K, 1.047 OPS 2017 All-American, 2017 Big West Field Player of the Year, 2017 NCAA Batting Champ & On-Base Leader 1st in doubles, 2nd in HR, 2nd in AVG, 2nd in sac flies, 6th in RBI, 7th in hits, 7th in BB, 8th in runs Drafted: 2017 | 1st round (9th overall) by the Milwaukee Brewers 2018 Arizona Fall League MVP Debut: May 14, 2019 | 2-for-3, BB - 6-1 win at Philadelphia (batted 7th, played 2B) NL ROTM July 2019 First career HR: May 19, 2019 at Atlanta - Top 5th, 0 out, 0-0 count, to LF off Mike Foltynewicz, in a 1-1 game 2B / 1B Keston Hiura MIL Minors history: 2017-19 | 222 games, .317, 150 R, 274 H, 64 2B, 13 3B, 36 HR, 122 RBI, 24 SB 2021 Milwaukee Brewers (MLB) 8 games 4-for-31 (.129) R 2 2B 1 3B 0 HR 1 RBI 4 SB 1 BB 0 2020 Milwaukee Brewers (MLB) 59 games 46-for-217 (.212) R 30 2B 4 3B 0 HR 13 RBI 32 SB 3 BB 16 2019 Milwaukee Brewers (MLB) 84 games 95-for-314 (.303) R 51 2B 23 3B 2 HR 19 RBI 49 SB 9 BB 25 Career Brewers (2+ seasons) 156 games 145-for-562 (.258) R 84 2B 28 3B 2 HR 33 RBI 85 SB 13 BB 41

UCI career: 2010-11 | .338, 4 HR, 74 RBI UCI career: 2013-14 | 36 G, 21-2, 1.68 ERA Drafted: 2011 | 27th round (825th) by LAA Drafted: 2014 | 2nd round (71st) by STL Minors: 2011-20 | 1328 G, .293, 82 HR Minors: 2014-18 | 125 gms, 14-19, 4.83 ERA 2020 clubs | Mexican League (2 teams) 2019 clubs: AAA Memphis 66 games, .284, 13 2B, HR, 18 RBI Missed 2019 season with injury

3B Brian Hernandez MEX 2019-20: 66 games between Mazatlan & Mexicali RHP Andrew Morales STL 2019: Invited to Spring Training

UCI career: 2012-14 | .262, 2 HR, 59 RBI UCI career: 2010-13 | 50 G, 8-8, 3.00 ERA Drafted: 2014 | 13th round (383rd) by COL Drafted: 2013 | 19th round (561st) by CLE Minors: 2014-19 | 391 G, .250, 12 HR, 159 RBI Minors: 2013-19 | 161 gms, 28-23, 4.05 ERA 2019 clubs: AA Hartford & AAA Albuquerque 2019 clubs: AA AKR/HFD, AAA Columbus Selected by Royals in Rule 5 Draft in 2019 32 gms (8 GS), 5-5, 5.47, 80.2 IP

C Chris Rabago COL 2019: 60 gms, .221, 4 HR, 21 RBI between AA & AAA LHP Matt Whitehouse COL 2019: 13 G (8 GS), 1-3, 4.73 at AA Hartford

UCI career: 2019 | 54 G, .315, 14 HR, 54 RBI UCI career: 2015-17 | 34 G, 7-5, 4.50 ERA Drafted: 2019 | 4th round (131st) by LAD Drafted: 2016 | 26th round (788th) by BAL Minors: 2019 | 56 G, .297, 13 HR, 46 RBI Minors: 2017-19 | 55 gms, 12-17, 3.35 ERA 2019 clubs: AZL Dodgers, Rk Ogden, A G Lakes 2019 clubs: High-A Frederick 2019 Pioneer League All-Star

INF Brandon Lewis LAD 2019: 32 gms, .369, 12 HR, 39 RBI at RK Ogden LHP Cameron Bishop BAL 2019: 22 starts, 2-9, 4.67, 113.2 IP at A+ Frederick

UCI career: 2017-19 | .270, 6 HR, 67 RBI UCI career: 2016-17 | 51 G, 6-6, 20 Sv, 2.77 Drafted: 2019 | 12th round (369th) by COL Drafted: 2017 | 10th round (286th) by MIN Minors: 2019 | 53 G, .332, 11 HR, 51 RBI Minors: 2017-19 | 75 gms, 10-6, 6 Sv, 4.07 2019 clubs: Rk Grand Junction 2019 clubs: A+ Fort Myers 2019 Pioneer League All-Star

INF Christian Koss COL 2019: 53 gms, .332, 11 HR, 51 RBI at Rk GJ RHP Calvin Faucher MIN 2019: 34 gms, 3-2, 4.42, 2 sv, 55 IP at A+ Fort Myers

UCI career: Signed NLI prior to 2018 season UCI career: 2016-19 | 55 G, 26-9, 2 Sv, 2.59 Drafted: 2017 | 1st overall pick by MIN Drafted: 2019 | 4th round (125th) by STL Minors: 2017-19 | 302 games, .266, 30 HR Minors: 2019 | 11 G (9 GS), 1-0, 2.78 2019 clubs: A+ Fort Myers / AA Pensacola 2019 clubs: A– State College Prospect Rankings: MLB #9, SS #2, MIN #1 2019 New York-Penn All-Star

SS Royce Lewis MIN 2019: Arizona Fall League (22 G, .353, 3 HR, 20 RBI) RHP Andre Pallante STL 2019: 11 gms, 1-0, 2.78, 35.2 IP, 38 K at Low-A SC

UCI career: 2017-19 | .247, 4 HR, 38 RBI UCI career: 2018-19 | 55 G, 8-5, 13 Sv, 2.72 Drafted: 2019 | 31st round (919th) by KC Drafted: 2019 | 23rd round (686th) by SF Minors: 2019 | 33 G, .257, 10 RBI, 7 SB Minors: 2019 | 10 games, 2-0, 1.15 ERA 2019 clubs: Rk Burlington 2019 clubs: Rk AZL Giants / A– Salem-Keizer

OF Mikey Filia KC 2019: 33 gms, .257, 10 RBI at Rk Burlington RHP Taylor Rashi SF 2019: 10 gms, 2-0, 1.32, 15.2 IP, 6 BB, 22 K at AZL

UCI career: 2019 | 12 GS, 5-3, 2.99 UCI career: 2016-19 | 81 G, 10-7, 10 Sv, 5.07 Drafted: 2019 | 11th round (329th) by MIN Drafted: 2019 | 28th round (843rd) by WSH Minors: no stats Minors: 2019 | 12 games, 1-1, 1.96 ERA Missed 2019 minor league season with injury 2019 clubs: A– Auburn

RHP Tanner Brubaker MIN 2019: Did not pitch (injury) RHP Jordan Bocko WSH 2019: 1-1, 1.96, 23 IP, BB, 6 K at Low-A Auburn