Trojans Travel to Crosstown Rival Ucla for Big Pac-12
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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BASEBALL 12-Time National Champions MEDIA INFORMATION 1948 · 1958 · 1961 · 1963 · 1968 · 1970 Dedeaux Field • Los Angeles, California 90089-7311 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1978 · 1998 Telephone: (213) 740-5762 Fax: (213) 740-5479 Baseball Sports Information Director: Rachel Caton Email: [email protected]• Telephone: (213) 740-3809 Fax: (213) 740-7584 For Release: April 23, 2014 2014 Schedule/Results TROJANS TRAVEL TO CROSSTOWN RIVAL UCLA FOR BIG Overall: 21-17 Pac-12: 9-9 Home: 16-9 Road: 5-8 Neutral: 0-0 PAC-12 SERIES STARTING THURSDAY Date Opponent Time/Res. Upcoming Games Schedule February 14 Northwestern W, 4-3 (11 inn) Game 39-41 February 15 Northwestern W, 2-1 (15 inn) February 16 Northwestern W, 13-6 February 18 # 3 Cal State Fullerton% W, 6-1 Thursday, April 24 February 21 North Dakota State W, 4-3 USC at UCLA - 6 p.m. PT February 22 North Dakota State W, 9-0 RHP Wyatt Strahan(3-3, 3.82 ERA) vs. RHP James Kaprielian (5-3, 2.12 ERA) February 23 North Dakota State W, 5-3 (12 inn) Pac-12 Networks February 25 at Long Beach State L, 2-1 February 28 Cal Poly Cancelled Jackie Robinson Stadium March 2 Cal Poly (DH) L, 5-1 March 2 Cal Poly (DH) W, 16-0 Friday, April 25 March 3 Waseda University (ex) 6 p.m. USC at UCLA- 7 p.m. PT March 4 at UC Irvine L, 6-4 RHP Brent Wheatley (3-1, 2.98 ERA) vs. LHP Grant Watson (4-5, 3.68 ERA) March 7 Houston L, 6-1 Pac-12 Networks March 8 Pepperdine L, 10-4 Jackie Robinson Stadium March 9 #13 UCLA L, 6-5 March 11 Loyola Marymount W, 6-1 March 14 at #12 Oregon* W, 3-2 Saturday, April 26 March 15 at #12 Oregon* L, 7-2 USC at UCLA- 2 p.m. PT March 16 at #12 Oregon* L, 7-2 LHP Bob Wheatley (3-3, 3.86 ERA) vs. Cody Poteet (3-2, 4.44 ERA) March 18 Stony Brook L, 4-3 Jackie Robinson Stadium March 21 at Stanford*% W, 4-3 March 22 at Stanford* L, 6-2 March 23 at Stanford*% W, 6-3 (10 inn) LOS ANGELES - The Trojans enter this weekend’s big series vs. crosstown rival UCLA on Thursday, April 24 at 6 March 25 at Loyola Marymount W, 4-2 p.m. PT. The Trojans are riding a six-game winning streak as they head into the series. The team is fresh off a March 28 Washington* L, 8-2 10-4 midweek victory over Hawai’i, after sweeping Arizona, for the first time since 2001. The sweep was also March 29 Washington* L, 19-4 the first Pac-12 series sweep since 2009. March 30 Washington* L, 8-3 (14 inn) April 1 Long Beach State W, 4-3 April 4 at Arizona State* L, 5-3 The Trojans took care of business on Tuesday vs. Hawai’i, taking advantage of errors and driving in runners in April 5 at Arizona State* L, 10-9 (11 inn) scoring position throughout the game. In the win the Trojans hit double-digit run totals for just the fourth time April 6 at Arizona State* W, 8-7 this season. Jake Hernandez led the Trojans with a 3-for-5 day at the plate, while Timmy Robinson and Jeremy April 8 at Pepperdine L, 4-3 April 11 Utah* L, 3-2 Martinez each had two RBI apiece. Brooks Kriske had a good start for the Trojans, but only went 4.2 innings, April 12 Utah* W, 3-2 April 13 Utah* W, 13-2 April 17 Arizona*% W, 1-0 Probable Starters April 18 Arizona*% W, 5-4 (12 inn) CF Timmy Robinson April 19 Arizona* % W, 2-0 LF AJ Ramirez .245- 0 HR - 23 RBI RF Vahn Bozoian April 22 Hawai’i W, 10-4 Second on team with 23 RBI April 24 at UCLA*% 6 p.m. .278 - 0 HR - 12 RBI .287 - 3 HR - 10 RBI April 25 at UCLA*% 7 p.m. Ramirez will also see time at RF/1B Leads team with 3 home runs April 26 at UCLA* 2 p.m. April 29 UC Irvine 6 p.m. May 2 at Washington State* 6 p.m. SS Blake Lacey 2B Dante Flores May 3 at Washington State* 2 p.m. May 4 at Washington State* 12 p.m. .264 - 0 HR - 13 RBI .244 - 2 HR - 20 RBI May 9 California* 6 p.m. Could also see time at DH Could also see time at first base May 10 California* 2 p.m. May 11 California* 1 p.m. May 19 Grand Canyon 6 p.m. 3B Kevin Swick SP Wyatt Strahan 1B Jake Hernandez May 20 at Cal State Fullerton 6 p.m. May 23 Oregon State*% 4 p.m. .313 - 0 HR - 16 RBI 3-3 - 3.82 ERA - 68.1 IP - 58 Ks .348 - 0 HR - 11 RBI May 24 Oregon State* 2 p.m. Was named 1 of 30 candidates for Reigning Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week Leads the team in batting average May 25 Oregon State*% 12 p.m. Senior Class Award after CG shutout vs. Ariz. C Garrett Stubbs SP Brent Wheatley DH Jeremy Martinez All times local * Pac-12 game % Pac-12 Networks (Baseball America ranking at time of game) .285 - 0 HR - 15 RBI 3-1 - 2.98 ERA - 48.1 IP - 22 Ks .333 - 0 HR - 24 RBI Will also see time in LF when not Set to make his third weekend start Will also see time at catcher, leads catching of the season team with 24 RBI Bench Reggie Southall SP Bob Wheatley Bench Omar Cotto Lozada .333- 0 HR - 4 RBI 3-3- 3.86 ERA - 46.2 IP - 32 Ks .227 - 0 HR - 9 RBI Will see time at shortstop Held Arizona to 2 hits over 7.0 in- May start in LF or CF; Two walk-off nings last week hits this season 1 University of Southern California Baseball •usctrojans.com1 and took the no-decision, while Kyle Twomey took the win and Kyle Davis got the National Polls (April 21) save after entering in the top of the eighth inning with the bases loaded, two down Baseball America NCBWA and the Trojans only leading 6-4. The Trojans pushed the game out of reach in the 1. Virginia 1. .Virginia bottom of the eighth as they tallied four runs. 2. Louisiana-Lafayette 2. Cal Poly 3. Cal Poly 3. Louisiana-Lafayette The Trojans got three stellar starts vs. Arizona, headlined by Wyatt Strahan, who 4. Florida State 4. Oregon State was named the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week after throwing his first complete-game 5. Oregon State 5. Florida State shutout in a 1-0 victory on Thursday. He held the Wildcats, the top-hitting team 6. Texas 6. LSU in the Pac-12 entering the weekend to just five hits. Overall the Trojans held the 7. Washington 7. Oregon Wildcats to just 12 hits on the year. Brent Wheatley started game two of the series, 8. Alabama 8. South Carolina that went to 12 innings. He went 6.1 innings of work in the no-decision, before 9. Florida 9. Oklahoma State 10. Louisiana 10. Texas sophomore Kyle Twomey was lights-out in 5.2 innings of relief work, holding the 11. South Carolina 11. Washington Wildcats to just one run. Omar Cotto Lozada, who was 3-for-6 in the game, came 12. LSU 12. Houston through with a huge game-winning single in the bottom of the 12th inning as the 13. Mississippi 13. Louisville Trojans won 5-4. Senior Bob Wheatley went 7.0 innings in a much-needed strong 14. Houston 14. Florida start, holding the Wildcats to just two innings, walking one and striking out two. 15. Miami 15. Vanderbilt Jeremy Martinez led the team on the weekend at the plate, going 7-fo-13 (.538) 16. Rice 16. Rice with two RBI on the weekend. 17. UC Santa Barbara 17. Alabama 18. Vanderbilt 18. Ole Miss DO NOT CHASE — Entering the week, Trojan senior first basemanJake Hernandez, 19. Kentucky 19. Miami 20. UNLV 20. Clemson who leads the team with a .336 batting average, is the hardest hitter to strikeout in 21. Indiana 21. Mississippi State the Pac-12, only doing so every 15.7 plate appearances. 22. Clemson 22. Kentucky 23. Oregon 23. Texas Tech UCLA NOTES— The Bruins enter this weekend’s rivalry series with an overall record 24. Mississippi State 24. Indiana of 22-6 and a Pac-12 record of 9-6. That Pac-12 record is the same the team held 25. Georgia Tech 25. UC Santa Barbara last season at this time, when they went on to win the NCAA title. The team is led by catcher Shane Zeile at the plate, who boasts a batting average of .353. As a team they are batting .260. On the mound, the ever-solid Bruin pitching staff has Dedeaux Field a team ERA of 2.83. Ace righty James Kaprielian is 5-3 on the year with a 2.12 ERA You knew there had to be something special about Dedeaux Field from the day it and leads the team with 68 strikeouts. first opened its gates on March 30, 1974. Righthander Russ McQueen threw a no-hitter that afternoon in the first game ever Overall, the Trojans lead the series with the Bruins 253-131.