Trojans Visit No. 8 Cal State Fullerton, Host Washington This Overall: 22-18 Pac-12: 7-10 Home: 16-7 Road: 6-10 Neutral: 0-1 Weekend
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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: Chris Roberts Email: [email protected]• Telephone: (213) 740-3809 Fax: (213) 740-7584 For Release: May 4, 2012 2012 Schedule/Results Trojans Visit No. 8 Cal State Fullerton, Host Washington This Overall: 22-18 Pac-12: 7-10 Home: 16-7 Road: 6-10 Neutral: 0-1 Weekend. Date Opponent Time/Res. February 17 Jacksonville W 8-2 Upcoming Games Schedule February 18 Jacksonville W 11-3 February 19 Jacksonville W 4-3 Game 40 Tuesday, May 1 February 21 at Long Beach State W 4-2 February 24 Akron W 12-1 USC at Cal State Fullerton - 6 p.m. February 25 Akron W 10-2 Lost 4-2 February 26 Akron W 9-5 February 28 at Pepperdine L 7-2 Friday, May 4 March 2 at North Carolina L 11-1 Washington at USC - 6:00 p.m. March 3 at North Carolina L 1-0 RHP Aaron West (5-4, 2.91 ERA) vs RHP Nigel Nootbaar (1-0, 2.81 ERA) March 4 at North Carolina W 5-2 Games 41-43 March 6 Cal State Fullerton W 7-4 Saturday, May 5 March 9 Cal State Bakersfield W 6-5 Washington at USC - 2 p.m. March 10 Cal State Bakersfield W 9-8 RHP Tyler Davis (2-2, 2.65 ERA) vs RHP Andrew Triggs (4-4, 3.14 ERA) March 11 Cal State Bakersfield W 6-0 Sunday, May 6 2011 Dodgertown Classic Washington at USC - 1 p.m. March 13 vs. UCLA (Dodger Stadium) L 7-2 RHP Jeff Brigham (0-0, 4.70 ERA) vs LHP Stephen Tarpley (5-1, 2.64 ERA) March 16 Utah* L 1-0 March 16 Utah* L 3-1 Rankings based on Baseball America March 18 Utah* W 10-5 March 25 at Stanford* L 4-2 March 25 at Stanford* L 3-2 LOS ANGELES — The USC baseball team (22-18 overall, 7-10 Pac-12) dropped a 4-2 road contest to No. 8 Cal March 26 at Stanford* 8-4 State Fullerton on Tuesday, but look to rebound with a crucial Pac-12 series as they host the Washington Huskies March 28 at UC Irvine W 5-4 (23-18 overall, 8-10 Pac-12) this weekend at Dedeaux Field. March 30 at Washington State* W 15-10. March 31 at Washington State* L 9-7 April 1 at Washington State* Rained Out Next week, USC heads north to face No. 10 Oregon for a three-game series before returning to Washington April 3 Pepperdine W 5-4 State to make up the rained out game from April 1. April 5 California * L 5-4 April 6 California* W 2-1 April 7 California* W 3-2 The home games will be broadcast through a live video webcast on usctrojans.com. All games will feature April 10 Loyola Marymount L 8-5 Gametracker live stats. April 13 at Arizona State* L 5-1 April 14 ar Arizona State* L 4-0 Probable Starters May 1, 2012 April 15 at Arizona State* L 8-1 CF April 17 Cal State Bakersfield W 11-2 Garret Houts April 18 UCSB L 5-4 LF Dante Flores .292 - 4 2B - 2 3B - 4 RBI RF Alex Sherrod April 24 Long Beach State L 1-0 Senior co-captain plays terrific defense/ .306 - 6 2B - 1 3B - 2 HR - 15 RBI April 27 Oregon State* L 5-3 .300- 2 3b - 5 2b - 1 HR - 11 RBI swinging hot bat. Strong arm in the outfield, can hit for April 28 Oregon State* W 3-2 Highly touted freshman has all the tools April 29 Oregon State* W 6-2 to impress. power. May 1 at Cal State Fullerton L 4-2. May 4 Washington* 6 p.m. SS James Roberts 2B Andres Rodriguez April 5 Washington* 2 p.m. .313 - 9 2B - 22 RBI .150 - 2 RBI May 6 Washington* 1 p.m. May 12 at Oregon* 7 p.m. Leads team with 18-game hitting-streak. Freshman has played terrific defense in May 13 at Oregon* 1 p.m. his new starting role. May 14 at Oregon* 6 p.m. May 18 Arizona* 6 p.m. 3B Kevin Swick SP Andrew Triggs 1B Matt Foat May 19 Arizona* 2 p.m. May 20 Arizona* 1 p.m. .278 - 9 2B - 1 HR - 20 RBI 4-4 - 3.14 ERA - 66 K’s .361 - 2 HR - 9 2B - 22 RBI May 22 UCSB 3 p.m. Versitile utility man - plays LF/3B and Co-captain came back to school after Trojans offensive leader in multiple May 23 UC Riverside 6 p.m. swings the bat well. being drafted in the 21st round in 2011 categories. May 25 at UCLA* 6 p.m. May 26 at UCLA* 2 p.m. C Kevin Roundtree SP Ben Mount DH Brandon Garcia May 27 at UCLA* 1 p.m. May 31-June 3 NCAA Regionals TBA .284 - 42 H - 25 RBI - 17 BB 1-4 - 4.76 ERA - 34 K’s .263 - 2 HR - 5 2B - 12 RBI June 7-10 NCAA Super Regionals TBA Consistent hitter plays solid defense and Senior steps into the Saturday starter Senior co-captain will see time at DH and June 15-25/26 College World Series TBA can handle the pitching staff. spot in 2012. on the mound All times local * Pac-12 game Bench Garrett Stubbs SP Stephen Tarpley Bench Jake Hernandez (Baseball America ranking at time of game) .205 - 1 3B - 1HR -12 RBI -13 BB 5-1 - 2.64 ERA - 56 K’s .297 - 4 2B - 22 H- 15 RBI Has played C, CF, LF, 3B this season. Picked up fouth win against No. 2 Has the ability to play at first base, Stanford 3/26 catcher or in the outfield 1 University of Southern California Baseball •usctrojans.com1 National Polls (4/31/2012) Baseball America Rankings USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll 1. Florida State 1. Florida State 2. Baylor 2. Baylor 3. Kentucky 3. South Carolina 4. Louisiana State 4. LSU 5. South Carolina 5. Florida 6. Rice 6. Kentucky 7. Florida 7. Stanford 8. Cal State Fullerton 8. Rice 9. Texas A&M 9. Texas A&M 10. Oregon 10. North Carolina 11. Arizona 11. Purdue 12. Stanford 12. Oregon 13. Purdue 13. Arkansas 14. UCLA 14. UCLA 15. Central Florida 15. Central Florida 16. North Carolina 16. Arizona 17. North Carolina State 17. Cal State Fullerton 18. Arkansas 18. North Carolina State 19. San Diego 19. Louisville This Week’s Games: 20. Arizona State 20. Oregon State 21. Sam Houston State 21. Miami Tues., May 1 22. Louisville 22. Virginia 23. Virginia 23. San Diego No. 12 STANFORD at San Jose State, 2:30 p.m. 24. Mississippi 24. Texas No. 10 OREGON at Gonzaga, 6 p.m. 25. Texas 25. Mississippi USC at No. 8 Cal State Fullerton, 6 p.m. No. 14 UCLA at Long Beach State, 6:30 p.m. Dedeaux Field Wed., May 2 You knew there had to be something special about Dedeaux Field from the day it first opened its gates on March 30, 1974. No. 10 OREGON at Gonzaga, 6 p.m. Righthander Russ McQueen threw a no-hitter that afternoon in the first game ever played at Dedeaux Field as USC swept a doubleheader from California. The Trojans went Fri., May 4 on to win the national championship that year and Dedeaux Field has been their home No. 12 STANFORD at OREGON STATE, 5:35 p.m.* ever since. The 2011 season marks the 38th season of play at Dedeaux Field. No. 10 OREGON at No. 11 ARIZONA, 6 p.m.* One of the country’s finest collegiate baseball structures, Dedeaux Field has WASHINGTON at USC, 6 p.m.* continually been improved over recent years with the grandest project taking place UTAH at No. 20 ARIZONA STATE, 6:30 p.m.* before the 2002 season. A $4 million project signified the largest improvement made CALIFORNIA at WASHINGTON STATE, 7 p.m.* to the facility as a new clubhouse and players’ lounge were added on the first base side. Expanded offices for the coaching staff and new Hall of Fame were also part of the project, along with a new restroom pavilion. Sat., May 5 A new bleacher section was added on the first base side, pushing capacity to 2,500 Purdue at No. 14 UCLA (DH), 1 p.m. at Dedeaux Field. WASHINGTON at USC, 2 p.m.* The 2008 season brought a new scoreboard, along with the million-dollar Rod No. 12 STANFORD at OREGON STATE, 1:05 p.m.* Dedeaux Research for Baseball Institute (RDRBI) which adds batting cages, a new weight room and state-of-the-art video motion analysis. CALIFORNIA at WASHINGTON STATE, 5:30 p.m.* Prior to the 2011 season, a $600,000 project added new lights to Dedeaux Field No. 10 OREGON at No. 11 ARIZONA, 6 p.m.* to bring the facility to NCAA-mandated standards for hosting postseason play. UTAH at No. 20 ARIZONA STATE, 6:30 p.m.* With dimensions of 335 feet down the right and left field lines, 365 in the right field power alleys and 375 to the left field power alleys, and 395 to straightaway center, Sun., May 6 Dedeaux Field is a natural grass field.