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Gonzaga University Baseball Weekly Notes FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - APRIL 6, 2004 WCC CROSS-DIVISIONAL PLAY STARTS THIS GONZAGA WEEK - GONZAGA OPENS AT SAN FRANCISCO UNIVERSITY FRIDAY - April 9 BULLDOGS Gonzaga at San Francisco, 3 p.m. SPORTS INFORMATION SATURDAY - April 10 2004 Record Gonzaga at San Francisco, Noon (DH) 502 E. Boone 10-19, 4-5 WCC Spokane, WA 99258-0066 WCC CROSS-DIVISIONAL PLAY BEGINS: The Projected Starters Bulldogs will open WCC cross-divisional play this week Friday with a trip to San Francisco for a three-game set against Eric Dworkis - RHP Oliver Pierce (4-2, 4.18 ERA, 39 K) Sports Information Director the Dons. Gonzaga finished the first round of action (509) 323-6373 against WCC Coast Division play with a 4-5 record to sit Saturday [email protected] 4.5 games behind front running Loyola Marymount. Ed Clelland - LHP The Dons are four-games behind Pepperdine in the chase (1-4, 5.98 ERA, 36 K) for the WCC West Division title. Both schools are com- Rich Moser Game 2 Starter - TBA Assistant SID ing off losing weekends with Gonzaga dropping two of Baseball Contact the three to San Diego, while San Francisco was swept (509) 323-5484 at Pepperdine. [email protected] TIME CHANGES: Gonzaga University has announced Sara Rathbun two time changes to its schedule for next week. Games 2004 Record Graduate Assistant SID at Washington State and at home against Portland have 13-18, 4-5 WCC (509) 323-4227 been moved to new start times. The WSU game set for [email protected] Tuesday, April 13, has been moved back three hours to a Projected Starters new start time of 5 p.m. at Bailey-Brayton Field in Friday Pullman. The Portland game on Saturday, April 17, has Kevin Rose - RHP (4-3, 3.54 ERA, 54 K) SID FAX been moved back two hours to a new start time of 3 p.m. at Avista Stadium. Saturday (509) 323-5730 Derek Tate - LHP HEAD COACH MARK MACHTOLF: Considered (2-4, 2.60 ERA, 44 K) PRESS BOX PHONE one of the Top 10 rising starts in the Division I coaching T.J. Franco - RHP (509) 279-1005 ranks by Baseball America in its 2000 publication, Mark Machtolf gets his first head coaching opportunity this (3-3, 7.02 ERA, 27 K) season. Machtolf, an 11-year assistant at Gonzaga, was officially handed the coaching reigns on August 7, 2003, from 24-year head coach Steve Hertz who moved into an administrative position at the school. During his 11 years at Gonzaga, Machtolf has coached the Bulldogs hitters and outfielders as well as serving as the Bulldogs recruiting coordinator. Under his guidance Gonzaga has become one of the top power hitting teams in the nation setting a West Coast Conference and school record with 92 home runs in 2002, the seventh best home run per game average in the nation. Machtolf also coached Bulldogs slugger Nate Gold who led the NCAA with 33 home runs in 2002 en route to All- American honors. A 1987 graduate of Stanford University, Machtolf was a mem- ber of the Cardinal’s 1987 College World Series championship team and an All- CWS selection. A 4-year baseball letterman and 2-year football letterman he graduated from Stanford in 1987. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - APRIL 6, 2004 SAN FRANCISCO DONS: Gonzaga opens WCC cross-divisional play this 2004 Record: weekend with a trip to San Francisco. The two 13-18, 4-5 WCC schools will play a single game on Friday and 2004 Gonzaga Baseball Schedule Series Record doubleheader on Saturday during the Easter USF 22-19 DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT weekend series. Both teams are coming off of Feb. 13 # Oklahoma W 15-5 weekend WCC series losses and both currently hold 4-5 records in league play. Feb. 14 # Oregon State L 8-6 Feb. 15 # Utah W 12-7 San Francisco is led by three everyday players hitting over .300, Chris Genung Feb. 16 Arizona State (#7) L 10-7 is the best of the bunch with a .379 average, 3 home runs and 20 RBI. The Dons Feb. 20 Washington (#23) L 7-5 pitching staff has been their strong point with a team ERA of 4.05. Feb. 21 Washington (#23) L 4-3 (11) Feb. 22 Washington (#23) L 3-0 Feb. 27 UC Irvine (#30) L 9-7 WEEKEND WRAP-UP: Gonzaga dropped three of four games during the Feb. 28 UC Irvine (#30) L 11-4 Feb. 29 UC Irvine (#30) L 9-2 week starting with a Tuesday loss to Washington State in which the Cougars Mar. 5 $ Utah Valley State W 21-0 scored seven runs in the top of the ninth to win 13-11. On Friday Eric Dworkis Mar. 5 $ Lewis-Clark State W 9-8 tossed his second straight consecutive game to help the Bulldogs win the series Mar. 6 $ Portland W 4-3 Mar. 7 $ Washington State L 9-3 opener against San Diego 10-5. Bobby Carlson had three RBI in that win as he Mar. 12 Oregon State L 12-2 hit .500 for the week. San Diego pitchers dominated GU hitters on Saturday Mar. 13 Oregon State L 13-3 and Sunday with the Toreros posting 10-3 and 14-0 wins over Gonzaga. Mar. 14 Oregon State W 10-5 Mar. 20 * Saint Mary’s (Game 1) W 6-4 Sophomore catcher Kiel Thibault did collect a hit in all three weekend games Mar. 20 * Saint Mary’s (Game 2) W 8-2 to extend his current hitting streak to 11 games. Mar. 21 * Saint Mary’s L 8-3 Mar. 22 WASHINGTON L 10-9 Mar. 23 WASHINGTON L 12-5 DWORKIS GOES THE DISTANCE, AGAIN: Junior Eric Dworkis tossed Mar. 26 * Loyola Marymount W 7-3 his second straight consecutive game as the Bulldogs won Friday’s opener over Mar. 27 * Loyola Marymount L 7-5 San Diego 10-5. Dworkis improved to 2-0 in WCC play with the complete Mar. 28 * Loyola Marymount L 8-6 Mar. 30 WASHINGTON STATE L 13-11 game win and currently has a team-best 3.24 ERA during league play with 25 Apr. 2 * SAN DIEGO W 10-5 innings pitched. Dworkis needs only one more complete game this season to Apr. 3 * SAN DIEGO L 10-3 match last year’s total of three. The junior right-hander is now 4-2 on the year Apr. 4 * SAN DIEGO L 14-0 Apr. 9 * San Francisco 3 p.m. and has 16 wins for his career, needing just three more to crack the career Top Apr. 10 * San Francisco (DH) 11 a.m. 10 list. He is currently the team leader with 39 strikeouts, 56 innings pitched Apr. 13 Washington State 5 p.m. Apr. 16 * PORTLAND 3 p.m. and a 4.18 ERA. Apr. 17 * PORTLAND 3 p.m. Apr. 18 * PORTLAND 1 p.m. TEN TO WIN: Ten or more runs was the magic number last weekend in the Apr. 20 WASHINGTON STATE 1 p.m. Apr. 23 * Pepperdine 3 p.m. Bulldogs series against San Diego. The team scoring at least 10 runs during the Apr. 24 * Pepperdine 1 p.m. weekend picked up the win in all three games, GU winning 10-5 on Friday Apr. 25 * Pepperdine 1 p.m. before losing 10-3 and 14-0 on Saturday and Sunday. For the season opponents Apr. 28 Washington State 6 p.m. Apr. 30 * SANTA CLARA 2 p.m. have scored 10 or more runs against Gonzaga nine times, winning all nine of May 1 * SANTA CLARA 1 p.m. those contests. The Bulldogs offense has put up double digit runs during six May 2 * SANTA CLARA 1 p.m. May 7 * San Diego 3 p.m. games this season going 5-1 in those games. May 8 * San Diego 1 p.m. May 9 * San Diego 1 p.m. THIBAULT A LEAGUE LEADER: Sophomore catcher Kiel Thibault cur- May 11 LEWIS-CLARK STATE 3 p.m. rently leads the West Coast Conference with a stellar .449 batting average. He May 14 * SAINT MARY’S 1 p.m. May 15 * SAINT MARY’S Noon is one of two players in the WCC with a batting average of .400, the other being May 16 * SAINT MARY’S 1 p.m. Pepperdine freshman catcher Chad Tracy at .407. Thibault is also on top of the May 17 Lewis-Clark State 6:30 p.m. league standings in on-base percentage (.518), hits (53) and triples (3). His .602 May 21 * LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 3 p.m. May 22 * LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 1 p.m. slugging percentage is second in the league at this time. May 23 * LOYOLA MARYMOUNT Noon May 28-30 WCC Playoffs TBD SWIPING MORE BASES THAN USUAL: The Bulldogs are getting better at * West Coast Conference Game stealing bases as the team currently ranks second in the WCC with 33 steals on # Coca-Cola Baseball Classic (Surprise, AZ) the season, three behind league leader San Francisco. The new found speed on $ Banana Belt Tournament (Lewiston, ID) the bases is being led by junior Jeff Culpepper with a team-high 10 steals. In ALL TIMES PACIFIC TIME ZONE ALL TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE comparison the Bulldogs swiped only 37 bases as a team last year, needing only HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS four more this season to pass that number. The Bulldogs have also been effi- ALL 2004 GONZAGA HOME GAMES TO BE cient in their attempts being caught only 11 times this season.