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2021 BASEBALL GAME NOTES @UCIbsb // ucirvinesports.com CONTACT: Alex Roberts-Croteau // (949) 410-3346 // [email protected] UC IRVINE ANTEATERS (6-7, 0-0) AT UC DAVIS AGGIES (5-9, 0-0) 2021 SCHEDULE & RESULTS MARCH 19-21, 2021 // SWIMLEY FIELD AT DOBBINS STADIUM - DAVIS, CALIF. Record: 6-7 Home: 4-0 Friday, March 19 - 2:30 PM | Bigwest.TV Live Stream Saturday, March 20 | Game 1 - 12:00 PM & Game 2 - 3:00 PM | Bigwest.TV Big West: 0-0 Away: 2-7 Sunday, March 21 - 1:00 PM | Bigwest.TV 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 (0-1, 4.30) FRIDAY 31 So. RHP Jake Spillane (1-1, 4.43) Mon. Feb. 22 Washington > W, 3-1 > Originally scheduled to host Fresno State, Feb. 19-21 13 Fr. LHP Nick Pinto (0-1, 4.42) SATURDAY GAME 1 6 Fr. LHP Zach Carrell (1-0, 2.50) Fri. Feb. 26 at UCLA L, 3-4 9 RS-So. RHP Michael Frias (2-0, 1.76) SATURDAY GAME 2 43 So. RHP Nolan Meredith (1-2, 6.46) Sat. Feb. 27 UCLA W, 7-3 Sun. Feb. 28 at UCLA L, 0-4 55 Jr. RHP Peter Van Loon (1-1, 4.97) SUNDAY TBD 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, 35-10 Current Streak: W3 (L2 at Davis) Notable: UCI head coach Mike Gillespie’s # Postponed and rescheduled from March 5 First Meeting: March 31, 1970 (W, 3-2) Last 10: WWWLLWLWWW final games coached were at UC Davis in Fri. Mar. 12 at Stanford L, 1-4 2018 winning Thurs. before losing the series 2019 Series: W, 10-2 | W, 5-2 | W, 10-4 At UC Davis: 15-6 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 2:30 PM + The Anteaters defeated Stanford for the first time despite dropping three of four over the weekend. UCI is now 5-5 against the Sat. Mar. 20 * at UC Davis + 12:00 PM Pac-12 this season, 95-78 vs. the conference since 2002, and 14-11 under head coach Ben Orloff * at UC Davis + 3:00 PM Sun. Mar. 21 * at UC Davis 1:00 PM + Michael Frias continues to shine on the mound earning the win in Game 2 of Saturday’s doubleheader. The third-year pitcher Fri. Mar. 26 * Hawai’i 3:00 PM made his first weekend start no-hitting Stanford for five innings.’ He s leads the team with a 1.76 ERA and 18 strikeouts in 15.1 IP Sat. Mar. 27 * Hawai’i + 12:00 PM * Hawai’i + TBA + The long ball made an appearance after just one for UCI in its first nine contests. Third-year Sam Ireland and JC transfer Dillon Sun. Mar. 28 * Hawai’i 1:00 PM Tatum each slugged their first career HRs for UCI as the ‘Eaters contributed to the six home runs over the weekend Fri. Apr. 2 * at CSUN 3:00 PM + Off the bench,the ‘Eaters had some standout performances. Bullpen arms Tanner Brooks, Dylan Riddle, and Jacob King each Sat. Apr. 3 * at CSUN + 11:00 AM tossed at least two scoreless innings on the weekend. Thomas McCaffrey started a Sunday rally with a pinch-hit RBI double. He * at CSUN + 2:30 PM reached in three of the four games on the weekend and produced doubles for each of his hits Sun. Apr. 4 * at CSUN 1:00 PM + Key Anteaters were missing from the lineup against Stanford with Jake Palmer, Peter Van Loon, and John Vergara all on the Fri. Apr. 9 * UC San Diego 3:00 PM Sat. Apr. 10 * UC San Diego + 12:00 PM mend. Mike Peabody joined them until surfacing Sunday as the DH and contributing two hits including a double * UC San Diego + TBA THIS WEEKEND Sun. Apr. 11 * UC San Diego 1:00 PM Fri. Apr. 16 * at Cal Poly 3:00 PM Big West play begins with a trip to UC Davis. The ‘Eaters swept the Aggies in the last meeting at home in 2019 and have won seven Sat. Apr. 17 * at Cal Poly + 1:00 PM of the last 10 meetings. UC Davis did take two of three in the last series at Dobbins Stadium back in 2018. The Aggies come into * at Cal Poly + 4:30 PM the weekend 5-9 after splitting four games at home with Pepperdine. Sun. Apr. 18 * at Cal Poly 1:00 PM Fri. Apr. 23 Oregon State 3:00 PM UC Irvine has begun Big West play against each Big West school except UC Davis until 2021. UCI has won 10 of 16 Big West open- Sat. Apr. 24 Oregon State 1:00 PM ing series and won the opener of that series 11 times. The Anteaters are 5-4 in series when they open Big West play on the road Sun. Apr. 25 Oregon State 1:00 PM including 2019 and their trip to Hawai’i. UCI is coming off a 17-7 second-place finish in the conference back in 2019. Fri. Apr. 30 * Long Beach State 3:00 PM For every Big West series this season, UCI’s opponent will play UC Santa Barbara the following week. UC Irvine’s opponent the Sat. May 1 * Long Beach State + 12:00 PM next week will always be fresh off a series against Long Beach State. * Long Beach State + TBA A LOOK BACK Sun. May 2 * Long Beach State 1:00 PM Fri. May 7 * at UC Santa Barbara 3:00 PM UCI and Stanford faced off for the first time in 40 years. The ‘Eaters took home Game Two of a Saturday doubleheader, 5-1, but Sat. May 8 * at UC Santa Barbara + 12:00 PM dropped three of the other four games. The series was the first four-game weekend series since 2018 for UCI who expects to play * at UC Santa Barbara + 3:00 PM 10 more during conference play. Sun. May 9 * at UC Santa Barbara 1:00 PM Fri. May 15 * UC Riverside 3:00 PM In the national rankings, UCI stands second in sacrifice bunts (15), 12th averaging a double play per game, 27th in hit by pitch Sat. May 16 * UC Riverside + 12:00 PM (22), and 46th with four triples. Among Big West schools, the ‘Eaters rank second in fielding at .970 and with 23 doubles * UC Riverside + TBA Sun. May 17 * UC Riverside 1:00 PM Michael Frias leads the nationally-ranked Anteaters standing 11th in the NCAA in hits allowed per nine innings (2.35) and 16th Fri. May 21 * at Bakersfield 3:00 PM in WHIP (0.59). He will get the start in one of the Saturday doubleheader games, and enters with streaks of 12.2 innings without a Sat. May 22 * at Bakersfield + 12:00 PM run allowed and 11.1 consecutive hitless frames led by his five no-hit innings in his win Saturday over Stanford. Both of those * at Bakersfield + 3:00 PM rankings also put him atop the Big West. Sun. May 23 * at Bakersfield 1:00 PM Fri. May 28 * Cal State Fullerton 3:00 PM The Anteater offense were led by Justin Torres and Luke Spillane against Stanford with four hits each. Spillane also had the Sat. May 29 * Cal State Fullerton + 12:00 PM team’s two stolen bases, and is the Anteater batting leader at .306 to this point. A third of the Anteater hits went for doubles * Cal State Fullerton + TBA Sun. May 30 * Cal State Fullerton 1:00 PM Around The Horn June 4-7 NCAA Regional 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 34 1 40 9 40 minutes following the conclusion of Game 1 Head Coach Ben Orloff is the The ’Eater defense averages UCI begins conference play 2021 has featured 9 Anteat- youngest coach on the West 1 double play per game, with the first of 10 four- ers making their collegiate Coast, 1 of 10 coaches in the leading the Big West and game weekend series adding debut, and seven games nation under the age of 34 12th in the NCAA turning 13 up to 40 Big West games have featured a debut 2021 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes including a pair by Thomas McCaffrey, one that drove in a run as a pinch-hitter. Nathan Church had three UC IRVINE QUICK FACTS more RBIs to give him a team-high 11 on the year. His streak of reaching base in the first 15 games of his career ended Saturday. University Information School: .......................................................................... UC Irvine Pitching fared well outside a few home run innings allowing 4.5 runs a game. Nick Pinto put up a quality start getting a -no decision on one run over six innings and the team-high five strikeouts on the weekend. City | Zip: .......................................... Irvine, Calif. | 92697-4500 Founded: ..................................................... 1962 (opened 1965) More Anteater debuts came about this weekend at Stanford. Tanner Brooks had a successful debut allowing one baserunner in his two outings lasting 2.2 innings with four strikeouts. Cameron Wheeler Enrollment: ...................................................................... 36,742 came in and shutdown a bases-loaded situation to get his only hitter making his first appearance in his Colors: .....................................................................