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. Following PLAYED AT AVISTA STADIUM Culpepper in number of swipes are Chris Sinner (7) and Mike Rundle (6). FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - APRIL 6, 2004
NOTES ON GONZAGA POSITION STARTERS
JEFF CULPEPPER, Junior, 1B: Culpepper was limited to a .167 average during the Bulldogs recent four-game stint going 2-for-12 at the plate. He was able to reach base with a .444 2004 WEST COAST CONFERENCE STANDINGS 2004 W C C S average with four walks and two hit-by-pitches. COAST DIVISION WCC GAMES OVERALL GAMES TEAM WL GBWLTPCT Loyola Marymount 10 2 --- 19 12 1 .609 MIKE RUNDLE, Junior, 2B: Rundle hit .333 during the GONZAGA 4 5 4.5 10 19 0 .345 recent four-game string going 5-for-15. He was successful on Saint Mary’s 3 6 5.5 8 22 0 .267 his one stolen base attempt and raised his season average to San Diego 4 8 6.0 16 17 0 .485 .210 with six stolen bases in six attempts.
WEST DIVISION WCC GAMES OVERALL GAMES TEAM WL GBWLTPCT AARON McGUINNESS, Freshman, SS: McGuinness went Pepperdine 8 1 --- 14 15 0 .483 3-for-16 over the Bulldogs recent four games but was able to Santa Clara 5 4 3.0 16 16 0 .500 connect for a solo home run on Friday against San Diego which San Francisco 4 5 4.0 13 18 0 .419 helped jump start the Zags offense in a 10-5 win. McGuinness Portland 1 8 7.0 4 24 0 .143 is now tied for the team lead with 3 home runs.
BOBBY CARLSON, Sophomore, 3B: Carlson continued to 2003 All-West Coast Conference Team swing a hot bat since being inserted into the everyday line-up First Team School YR P Hometown on March 23. Carlson hit .500 for the week going 8-for-16 with Jacob Barrack Pepperdine JR P Vista, CA Joe Diefenderfer Santa Clara SR P San Luis Obispo, CA four doubles and five RBI. The sophomore is now hitting .325 Greg Ramirez Pepperdine SR P Oxnard, CA during 10 starts with five doubles and nine RBI. Jon Higashi Loyola Marymount JR C Canoga Park, CA Gordon Corder GONZAGA JR 1B Tacoma, WA David Uribes Pepperdine FR 2B West Covina, CA KIEL THIBAULT, Sophomore, C: Thibault extended his cur- Bryan Byrne Saint Mary’s FR 3B Danville, CA rent hitting streak to 11 games as he was 8-for-18 at the plate Kevin Estrada Pepperdine SR SS El Segundo, CA Scott Dierks Santa Clara SR OF Los Gatos, CA last week. He was able to keep his average well above .400 as Josh Hansen San Diego JR OF Irvine, CA he is now hitting .449 through 29 games this season. For the Joey Prast San Diego JR OF Poway, CA Tony Perez San Diego SR UT Chula Vista, CA week Thibault had one home run and five RBI. Ryan Sittauer San Francisco SR DH Lynnwood, WA co-Player of the Year - Scott Dierks (Santa Clara) and Kevin Estrada (Pepperdine) DAVID JOHNSON, Senior, LF: Johnson continues to warm Pitcher of the Year - Greg Ramirez (Pepperdine) up at the plate hitting .500 last week and he his hitting .455 with Freshman of the Year - Bryan Byrne (Saint Mary’s) Coach of the Year - Frank Sanchez (Pepperdine 13 RBI over the Bulldogs last nine games. For the season Johnson has a team-high 29 RBI as he added five more to his Second Team School YR P Hometown total last week. Kevin Annis San Francisco SR P Reno, NV Eric Dworkis GONZAGA SO P Bellevue, WA Patrick Overholt Santa Clara FR P Sandy, UT CHRIS SINNER, Senior, CF: Sinner was 5-for-20 on the Sam Hess GONZAGA SR C Colbert, WA Chris Kelly Pepperdine JR 1B Las Vegas, NV week as the continues to serve as the Bulldogs lead off hitter. A.J. LaBarbera Santa Clara SR 2B Whittier, CA Sinner did swipe three bases on three attempts last week to Jonathan Oller Loyola Marymount SO 3B Tarzana, CA move his season total to seven stolen bases. Sinner is hitting Armand Gaerlan San Francisco JR SS Fremont, CA Kory Casto Portland JR OF Aurora, OR .252 and is reaching base at a .313 clip. Brandon Daguio Pepperdine FR OF Fountain Valley, CA Jack Headley Santa Clara SR OF Gilroy, CA Danny Evans GONZAGA SR UT Glendale, AZ MATT REDING, Senior, RF: Reding did not have a good Josh Whitesell Loyola Marymount JR DH Rialto, CA week for the Bulldogs as he was held to only two hits at the plate and had one of his shortest outings of his career on Sunday HONORABLE MENTION Gonzaga: Jeff Culpepper, John Gonzalez, David Johnson, Eric Rodland afternoon. Reding is still productive in reaching base as he has drawn a team-high 19 walks for a .385 on-base percentage. GONZAGA IN THE DRAFT/FREE AGENT SIGNINGS Errol Simonitsch (6th round) - Minnesota Twins MARSHALL BRATTON, Senior, DH: Bratton continues to Eric Rodland (9th round) - Detroit Tigers find his stride at the plate going 8-for-18 last week with all eight Gordon Corder (20th round) - Oakland A’s resulting in singles. Bratton was able to drive home three runs Jeff Culpepper (39th round) - Boston Red Sox as he pushed his season average up to .271. On Friday after- Sam Hess (Free Agent) - Anaheim Angels noon Bratton collected his first four-hit game of the season. Bratton has also put together a seven-game hit streak. 2004 Baseball National Rankings FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - APRIL 6, 2004
Baseball America Poll ZAGS OPEN PROFESSIONAL SEASONS: Several former Gonzaga players are (April 5, 2004) set to open the 2004 season in the professional ranks. Leading the way is catcher Mike Rank School 2004 Record Redmond who returns to the World Champion Florida Marlins. Opening the season 1. Stanford 23-4 on the Major League disabled list is Jason Bay with the Pittsburgh Pirates while Bo 2. Texas 31-4 Hart was the final player released in spring training by the St. Louis Cardinals and he 3. Louisiana State 24-5 4. Rice 24-6 will open the season at Triple-A Memphis. Nate Gold will start the year in the 5. Miami (FL) 24-6 California League with the Stockton Ports (Texas Rangers) and three former Gonzaga 6. South Carolina 23-5 players will be seeing each other in the Midwest League as Kevin Richardson, Eric 7. Long Beach State 20-8 Rodland and Errol Simonitsch will all start the year in that league. Richardson will 8. Mississippi 23-4 9. Notre Dame 22-3 catch for the Clinton Lumberkings (Texas Rangers), Rodland will play second base for 10. Wichita State 16-3 the Western Michigan Whitecaps (Detroit Tigers) and Simonitsch will pitch for The 11. Southern Mississippi 24-4 Swing of the Quad Cities (Minnesota Twins). Brian Munhall will once again return 12. Tulane 22-8 13. Nebraska 21-5 to catch for the Hagerstown Suns (San Francisco Giants) of the South Atlantic League. 14. North Carolina 23-6 Two former Bulldogs - Steve Bennett and Sam Hess - were both released at the end of 15. Texas A&M 26-8 spring training and will try to latch on with other organizations this spring. 16. UC Irvine 19-6-1 17. East Carolina 24-6 18. Auburn 21-9 BULLDOGS PLAYING THE NATION’S BEST: While the Bulldogs record may 19. Central Florida 27-5 not be on the winning side they are indeed playing one of the nation’s toughest sched- 20. Tennessee 25-5 21. Florida State 23-9 ules as released in this week’s College Baseball RPI. Gonzaga has the sixth toughest 22. Oklahoma 19-10 schedule in the country according to the poll, ranking 80th overall in terms of RPI of 23. Arizona State 22-9 287 NCAA Division I baseball programs. Southern California is listed with the best 24. Florida 25-8 25. Vanderbilt 21-7 strength of schedule followed by Baylor, Houston, Cal State Fullerton, Arizona, Gonzaga, Stanford, California, Long Beach State and Washington. Gonzaga has cur- rently played six teams ranked in RPI Top 20 with Loyola Marymount standing just Collegiate Baseball Newspaper outside that number at No. 21 in the RPI rankings. In terms of WCC schools, Gonzaga (April 5, 2004) currently ranks fifth among WCC institutions following LMU (21), San Diego (52), Rank School 2004 Record Pepperdine (63) and Santa Clara (66). 1. Stanford 23-4 2. Louisiana State 24-5 BULLDOGS SIGN SIX PLAYERS IN FALL: Gonzaga head coach Mark Machtolf 3. Texas 31-4 signed six players in the fall early signing period to open his first recruiting class after 4. Notre Dame 22-3 5. Mississippi 24-4 being named GU’s head coach in August. Signing with the Bulldogs are left-handed 6. Rice 24-5 pitcher Jay Bryner from Bellevue (WA) Community College, third baseman Darin 7. Miami (FL) 24-6 Holcomb from Spokane’s Shadle Park High, right-handed pitcher Brian Ouelette from 8. North Carolina 23-6 9. South Carolina 23-5 Kamiak (WA) High, utility player Dan Ramsay from Spokane’s Mead High, first base- 10. UC Irvine 19-6-1 man/right-handed pitcher Shawn Wayt from Westview (OR) High and left-handed 11. Long Beach State 20-8 pitcher Matthew Wickswat from Issaquah (WA) High. 12. Wichita State 16-3 13. Florida State 23-9 14. Tennessee 25-5 ZAGS TABBED SIXTH IN WCC POLL: Gonzaga was picked to finish sixth over- 15. Nebraska 21-5 all in the West Coast Conference in the preseason poll of WCC coaches. Gonzaga 16. Auburn 21-9 received 22 total points to finish one point behind San Francisco in the overall poll. 17. Florida 25-8 18. Southern Mississippi 24-4 In divisional play Gonzaga was tabbed to finish third in the WCC Coast Division 19. Central Florida 27-5 behind San Diego and Loyola Marymount. The WCC has once again flip-flopped the 20. College of Charleston 23-5 WCC Divisions with Gonzaga playing against San Diego, Loyola Marymount and 21. Arizona State 22-9 Saint Mary’s in the Coast Division. Pepperdine, Portland San Francisco and Santa 22. Tulane 22-8 23. Clemson 17-10 Clara now comprise the WCC West Division. The WCC Champion will be deter- 24. North Carolina State 20-10 mined in a WCC Playoff between the two divisional champions at the site of the team 25. Georgia 19-10 which wins the regular-season series between the two schools. 26. Texas A&M 26-8 27. Oral Roberts 23-6 28. East Carolina 24-6 BULLDOGS PLACE TWO ON PRESEASON ALL-WCC SQUAD: Gonzaga has 29. Virginia 25-7 placed two players on the preseason All-WCC squad as released by Baseball America. 30. Oklahoma 19-10 The publication has selected juniors Jeff Culpepper and Eric Dworkis to the preseason BOLD TEAMS REPRESENT list with each being listed among the Top Draft Prospects in the WCC. Dworkis was 2004 GONZAGA OPPONENTS named the No. 1 draft prospect in the league after posting a 8-5 record with a 2.88 ERA and 81 strikeouts in 2003. Culpepper was selected the WCC’s best pure hitter and the sixth best draft prospect after hitting .330 with 1 home run and 40 RBI last year.
2004 GONZAGA BULLDOGS BASEBALL Game Results for GONZAGA BULLDOGS (as of Apr 04, 2004) (All games)
Game date Opposing team Score r h e/ r h e Inns Overall WCC Pitcher of record Attend Time ------/------#Feb 13, 2004 vs OKLAHOMA SOONERS W 15-5 15 15 4/ 5 6 4 9 1- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 DWORKIS (W 1-0) 823 3:33 #Feb 14, 2004 vs OREGON STATE BEAVERS 6-8 L 6 13 3/ 8 10 4 9 1- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 McEWEN (L 0-1) 372 3:32 #Feb 15, 2004 vs UTAH UTES W 12-7 12 10 2/ 7 11 2 8 2- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 EVERSON (W 1-0) 517 2:43 Feb 16, 2004 at #7 ARIZONA STATE 7-10 L 7 11 3/10 12 4 9 2- 2- 0 0- 0- 0 MONROE (L 0-1) 2172 3:00 Feb 20, 2004 at #23 WASHINGTON 5-7 L 5 4 0/ 7 14 0 9 2- 3- 0 0- 0- 0 DWORKIS (L 1-1) 729 2:39 Feb 21, 2004 at #23 WASHINGTON 3-4 L 3 5 0/ 4 9 1 (11) 2- 4- 0 0- 0- 0 GONZALEZ (L 0-1) 1052 3:22 Feb 22, 2004 at #23 WASHINGTON 0-3 L 0 2 1/ 3 7 0 9 2- 5- 0 0- 0- 0 DONOVAN (L 0-1) 808 2:15 Feb 27, 2004 at #30 UC IRVINE 7-9 L 7 8 3/ 9 12 3 9 2- 6- 0 0- 0- 0 EVERSON (L 1-1) 431 3:00 Feb 28, 2004 at #30 UC IRVINE 4-11 L 4 9 1/11 13 3 9 2- 7- 0 0- 0- 0 CLELLAND (L 0-1) 421 3:11 Feb 29, 2004 at #30 UC IRVINE 2-9 L 2 8 0/ 9 16 1 9 2- 8- 0 0- 0- 0 DWORKIS (L 1-2) 521 2:35 $Mar 05, 2004 vs UTAH VALLEY STATE W 21-0 21 22 0/ 0 4 6 9 3- 8- 0 0- 0- 0 DONOVAN (W 1-1) 54 2:38 $Mar 05, 2004 at LEWIS-CLARK STATE W 9-8 9 14 1/ 8 9 2 9 4- 8- 0 0- 0- 0 ALBRECHT (W 1-0) 75 3:13 $Mar 06, 2004 vs PORTLAND PILOTS W 4-3 4 6 4/ 3 10 4 9 5- 8- 0 0- 0- 0 WILLIAMS (W 1-0) 45 2:30 $Mar 07, 2004 vs WASHINGTON STATE 3-9 L 3 6 5/ 9 7 1 9 5- 9- 0 0- 0- 0 CLELLAND (L 0-2) 140 2:32 Mar 12, 2004 at OREGON STATE BEAVERS 2-12 L 2 6 1/12 13 1 9 5-10- 0 0- 0- 0 DONOVAN (L 1-2) 1776 2:42 Mar 13, 2004 at OREGON STATE BEAVERS 3-13 L 3 8 4/13 15 1 9 5-11- 0 0- 0- 0 CLELLAND (L 0-3) 1223 2:36 Mar 14, 2004 at OREGON STATE BEAVERS W 10-5 10 9 1/ 5 7 3 9 6-11- 0 0- 0- 0 DWORKIS (W 2-2) 1112 2:44 *Mar 20, 2004 at SAINT MARY'S GAELS W 6-4 6 10 2/ 4 13 0 9 7-11- 0 1- 0- 0 GONZALEZ (W 1-1) 267 2:52 *Mar 20, 2004 at SAINT MARY'S GAELS W 8-2 8 11 1/ 2 4 2 9 8-11- 0 2- 0- 0 CLELLAND (W 1-3) 233 2:50 *Mar 21, 2004 at SAINT MARY'S GAELS 3-8 L 3 6 2/ 8 12 0 9 8-12- 0 2- 1- 0 GONZALEZ (L 1-2) 288 2:25 Mar 22, 2004 WASHINGTON HUSKIES 9-10 L 9 9 0/10 17 0 9 8-13- 0 2- 1- 0 McEWEN (L 0-2) 143 3:05 Mar 23, 2004 WASHINGTON HUSKIES 5-12 L 5 9 2/12 10 1 9 8-14- 0 2- 1- 0 TRAUTMANN (L 0-1) 123 2:39 *Mar 26, 2004 at LOYOLA MARYMOUNT W 7-3 7 11 2/ 3 8 1 9 9-14- 0 3- 1- 0 DWORKIS (W 3-2) 413 2:40 *Mar 27, 2004 at LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 5-7 L 5 15 4/ 7 12 1 9 9-15- 0 3- 2- 0 WILLIAMS (L 1-1) 489 3:11 *Mar 28, 2004 at LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 6-8 L 6 14 4/ 8 12 0 9 9-16- 0 3- 3- 0 GONZALEZ (L 1-3) 468 3:48 Mar 30, 2004 WASHINGTON STATE 11-13 L 11 14 2/13 17 0 9 9-17- 0 3- 3- 0 ALBRECHT (L 1-1) 489 3:50 *Apr 02, 2004 SAN DIEGO TOREROS W 10-5 10 15 0/ 5 11 0 9 10-17- 0 4- 3- 0 DWORKIS (W 4-2) 247 2:45 *Apr 03, 2004 SAN DIEGO TOREROS 3-10 L 3 8 2/10 17 0 9 10-18- 0 4- 4- 0 CLELLAND (L 1-4) 361 3:08 *Apr 04, 2004 SAN DIEGO TOREROS 0-14 L 0 10 5/14 16 0 9 10-19- 0 4- 5- 0 REDING (L 0-1) 349 3:25
* = West Coast Conference game # = Coca-Cola Baseball Classic (Surprise, AZ) $ = Banana Belt Classic (Lewiston, ID) () extra inning game
2004 GONZAGA BULLDOGS BASEBALL Overall Statistics for GONZAGA BULLDOGS (as of Apr 04, 2004) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)
Record: 10-19 Home: 1-5 Away: 5-12 Neutral: 4-2 WCC: 4-5
Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
THIBAULT, Kiel...... 449 29-29 118 22 53 6 3 2 25 71 .602 14 4 13 2 .518 1 0 3-6 172 30 4 .981 CARLSON, Bobby...... 325 14-10 40 3 13 5 0 1 9 21 .525 3 2 6 0 .391 1 0 0-0 21 13 6 .850 CULPEPPER, Jeff...... 310 29-29 116 30 36 7 0 2 24 49 .422 14 6 16 2 .409 1 0 10-11 197 16 2 .991 JOHNSON, David...... 286 28-27 98 20 28 8 1 3 29 47 .480 17 4 20 5 .402 3 0 1-4 38 2 2 .952 BRATTON, Marshall... .271 28-26 107 17 29 3 0 1 14 35 .327 10 5 19 2 .358 1 1 0-0 15 1 1 .941 SINNER, Chris...... 252 29-29 115 24 29 5 1 1 13 39 .339 7 4 24 2 .313 2 4 7-9 69 2 2 .973 McGUINNESS, Aaron... .245 29-29 106 19 26 2 2 3 13 41 .387 9 7 36 2 .339 2 1 3-4 39 90 16 .890 REDING, Matt...... 226 27-25 93 13 21 6 0 0 13 27 .290 19 5 29 4 .385 0 0 1-1 45 6 5 .911 WELKER, Brad...... 217 23-22 92 10 20 6 0 0 9 26 .283 8 4 15 3 .308 0 2 0-0 11 36 11 .810 RUNDLE, Mike...... 210 29-28 119 20 25 6 0 1 13 34 .286 9 1 26 3 .267 2 1 6-6 65 73 7 .952 ------BRENNAN, Jackson.... .308 7-7 26 7 8 0 0 0 4 8 .308 7 1 5 0 .457 1 0 2-3 56 4 2 .968 WEDERSPAHN, Jason... .000 2-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0 0-0 7 0 0 1.000
Totals...... 279 29-29 1032 186 288 54 7 14 166 398 .386 117 43 210 25 .371 14 9 33-44 750 309 59 .947 Opponents...... 313 29-29 1034 219 324 62 7 33 199 499 .483 98 28 180 18 .384 13 14 22-37 779 300 45 .960
LOB - Team (251), Opp (218). DPs turned - Team (32), Opp (28). CI - Team (0), Opp (1). IBB - Team (3), REDING 2, CULPEPPER 1, Opp (3).
(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)
Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA
DWORKIS, Eric...... 4.18 4-2 8 8 2 0/0 0 56.0 70 36 26 10 39 14 2 5 225 .311 6 10 0 3 5 GONZALEZ, John...... 4.41 1-3 10 0 0 0/0 1 16.1 24 16 8 6 11 2 0 3 69 .348 1 1 0 3 1 WILLIAMS, Nate...... 4.87 1-1 13 0 0 0/0 1 20.1 23 13 11 8 13 3 1 2 82 .280 2 0 0 2 0 ALBRECHT, Chris..... 5.91 1-1 12 1 0 0/0 0 21.1 24 14 14 10 25 6 0 3 89 .270 0 4 1 0 1 CLELLAND, Ed...... 5.98 1-4 8 8 0 0/0 0 46.2 60 42 31 12 36 16 2 7 196 .306 3 2 1 1 3 REDING, Matt...... 7.36 0-1 6 6 0 0/0 0 25.2 35 24 21 12 13 8 1 4 103 .340 3 2 2 0 2 DONOVAN, Patrick.... 8.44 1-2 7 6 0 0/1 0 26.2 39 29 25 13 22 5 1 3 116 .336 0 2 0 1 0 EVERSON, Eric...... 9.58 1-1 11 0 0 0/0 0 10.1 13 11 11 10 8 1 0 1 43 .302 4 4 0 1 1 McEWEN, Bobby...... 11.85 0-2 8 0 0 0/0 0 13.2 21 19 18 14 8 4 0 2 56 .375 1 0 0 2 1 ------LOVILL, Adam...... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 .333 1 0 0 0 0 MONROE, Josh...... 3.60 0-1 2 0 0 0/0 0 5.0 4 3 2 1 2 1 0 2 18 .222 0 0 0 0 0 TRAUTMANN, Darrin... 4.70 0-1 5 0 0 0/1 0 7.2 10 12 4 1 2 2 0 1 34 .294 1 3 2 0 0
Totals...... 6.12 10-19 29 29 2 1/1 2 250.0 324 219 170 98 180 62 7 33 1034 .313 22 28 6 13 14 Opponents...... 5.20 19-10 29 29 1 2/2 8 259.2 288 186 150 117 210 54 7 14 1032 .279 20 43 7 14 9
PB - Team (6), THIBAULT 6, Opp (4). Pickoffs - Team (6), THIBAULT 4, REDING 1, GONZALEZ 1. SBA/ATT - THIBAULT (22-31), CLELLAND (2-9), DWORKIS (5-8), REDING (3-5), ALBRECHT (4-4), WILLIAMS (3-4), McEWEN (2-3), DONOVAN (1-2), EVERSON (1-1), TRAUTMANN (1-1).
2004 GONZAGA BULLDOGS BASEBALL Overall Statistics for GONZAGA BULLDOGS (as of Apr 04, 2004) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct)
Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI
DWORKIS, Eric...... 18 8 10 0 1.000 0 5 3 .625 0 0 WEDERSPAHN, Jason... 7 7 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 GONZALEZ, John...... 5 1 4 0 1.000 1 0 0 --- 0 0 DONOVAN, Patrick.... 5 1 4 0 1.000 0 1 1 .500 0 0 WILLIAMS, Nate...... 3 0 3 0 1.000 0 3 1 .750 0 0 TRAUTMANN, Darrin... 2 1 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 MONROE, Josh...... 2 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 McEWEN, Bobby...... 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 2 1 .667 0 0 CULPEPPER, Jeff..... 215 197 16 2 .991 20 0 0 --- 0 0 THIBAULT, Kiel...... 206 172 30 4 .981 5 22 9 .710 6 0 SINNER, Chris...... 73 69 2 2 .973 2 0 0 --- 0 0 BRENNAN, Jackson.... 62 56 4 2 .968 4 0 0 --- 0 0 JOHNSON, David...... 42 38 2 2 .952 0 0 0 --- 0 0 RUNDLE, Mike...... 145 65 73 7 .952 22 0 0 --- 0 0 BRATTON, Marshall... 17 15 1 1 .941 1 0 0 --- 0 0 CLELLAND, Ed...... 16 3 12 1 .938 0 2 7 .222 0 0 REDING, Matt...... 56 45 6 5 .911 0 3 2 .600 0 0 McGUINNESS, Aaron... 145 39 90 16 .890 16 0 0 --- 0 0 CARLSON, Bobby...... 40 21 13 6 .850 2 0 0 --- 0 0 WELKER, Brad...... 58 11 36 11 .810 5 0 0 --- 0 0 LOVILL, Adam...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 EVERSON, Eric...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 ALBRECHT, Chris..... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 4 0 1.000 0 0
Totals...... 1118 750 309 59 .947 32 22 15 .595 6 0 Opponents...... 1124 779 300 45 .960 28 33 11 .750 4 1
2004 GONZAGA BULLDOGS BASEBALL Overall Statistics for GONZAGA BULLDOGS (as of Apr 04, 2004) (WCC games only Sorted by Batting avg)
Record: 4-5 Home: 1-2 Away: 3-3 WCC: 4-5
Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%
THIBAULT, Kiel...... 500 9-9 40 7 20 4 1 1 6 29 .725 1 1 3 1 .524 0 0 3-4 50 7 0 1.000 CARLSON, Bobby...... 409 7-6 22 1 9 4 0 0 4 13 .591 3 1 3 0 .500 0 0 0-0 4 9 5 .722 JOHNSON, David...... 355 9-9 31 5 11 2 1 0 6 15 .484 8 1 4 2 .488 1 0 0-2 19 1 1 .952 McGUINNESS, Aaron... .355 9-9 31 6 11 0 1 1 4 16 .516 2 2 12 0 .405 2 0 1-1 13 29 7 .857 CULPEPPER, Jeff...... 306 9-9 36 7 11 2 0 0 8 13 .361 5 1 3 1 .405 0 0 4-4 67 6 1 .986 BRATTON, Marshall... .300 9-9 40 5 12 1 0 0 3 13 .325 2 1 7 0 .349 0 0 0-0 11 0 1 .917 SINNER, Chris...... 282 9-9 39 8 11 1 0 1 4 15 .385 2 0 10 1 .310 1 0 3-3 21 0 0 1.000 REDING, Matt...... 200 9-9 35 6 7 3 0 0 5 10 .286 6 1 9 3 .333 0 0 1-1 19 6 3 .893 RUNDLE, Mike...... 167 9-9 36 2 6 1 0 1 4 10 .278 1 1 11 1 .211 0 0 1-1 22 21 3 .935 WELKER, Brad...... 167 4-3 12 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 .250 1 0 2 0 .231 0 1 0-0 0 5 1 .833
Totals...... 311 9-9 322 48 100 19 3 4 45 137 .425 31 9 64 9 .383 4 1 13-16 234 92 22 .937 Opponents...... 320 9-9 328 61 105 18 2 11 55 160 .488 24 6 49 6 .371 6 5 8-14 240 94 4 .988
LOB - Team (79), Opp (74). DPs turned - Team (9), Opp (11). IBB - Team (2), CULPEPPER 1, REDING 1, Opp (3).
(WCC games only Sorted by Earned run avg)
Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA
DWORKIS, Eric...... 3.24 2-0 3 3 2 0/0 0 25.0 30 11 9 2 12 4 0 3 101 .297 1 3 0 1 2 GONZALEZ, John...... 3.38 1-2 4 0 0 0/0 0 5.1 8 7 2 3 4 0 0 1 23 .348 1 0 0 2 0 TRAUTMANN, Darrin... 3.38 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 2.2 3 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 12 .250 1 1 2 0 0 WILLIAMS, Nate...... 4.15 0-1 4 0 0 0/0 0 8.2 13 6 4 3 5 1 1 1 38 .342 0 0 0 1 0 CLELLAND, Ed...... 5.40 1-1 3 3 0 0/0 0 18.1 22 12 11 2 18 6 1 3 73 .301 2 1 0 1 1 ALBRECHT, Chris..... 7.94 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 5.2 8 5 5 4 7 3 0 0 27 .296 0 0 0 0 0 McEWEN, Bobby...... 9.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 2.0 4 2 2 2 2 0 0 1 8 .500 0 0 0 1 0 REDING, Matt...... 9.64 0-1 3 3 0 0/0 0 9.1 14 10 10 4 1 3 0 2 39 .359 0 1 1 0 2 EVERSON, Eric...... 27.00 0-0 3 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 7 .429 1 0 0 0 0
Totals...... 5.42 4-5 9 9 2 0/0 0 78.0 105 61 47 24 49 18 2 11 328 .320 6 6 3 6 5 Opponents...... 4.95 5-4 9 9 1 1/1 2 80.0 100 48 44 31 64 19 3 4 322 .311 3 9 2 4 1
PB - Team (1), THIBAULT 1, Opp (2). Pickoffs - Team (2), REDING 1, THIBAULT 1. SBA/ATT - THIBAULT (8-11), CLELLAND (1-6), REDING (3-4), WILLIAMS (2-2), ALBRECHT (1-1), DWORKIS (1-1).
2004 GONZAGA BULLDOGS BASEBALL Overall Statistics for GONZAGA BULLDOGS (as of Apr 04, 2004) (WCC games only Sorted by Fielding pct)
Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI
THIBAULT, Kiel...... 57 50 7 0 1.000 1 8 3 .727 1 0 SINNER, Chris...... 21 21 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 --- 0 0 DWORKIS, Eric...... 12 7 5 0 1.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 CLELLAND, Ed...... 4 1 3 0 1.000 0 1 5 .167 0 0 CULPEPPER, Jeff..... 74 67 6 1 .986 7 0 0 --- 0 0 JOHNSON, David...... 21 19 1 1 .952 0 0 0 --- 0 0 RUNDLE, Mike...... 46 22 21 3 .935 7 0 0 --- 0 0 BRATTON, Marshall... 12 11 0 1 .917 0 0 0 --- 0 0 REDING, Matt...... 28 19 6 3 .893 0 3 1 .750 0 0 McGUINNESS, Aaron... 49 13 29 7 .857 5 0 0 --- 0 0 WELKER, Brad...... 6 0 5 1 .833 0 0 0 --- 0 0 CARLSON, Bobby...... 18 4 9 5 .722 1 0 0 --- 0 0 ALBRECHT, Chris..... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 GONZALEZ, John...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 WILLIAMS, Nate...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 EVERSON, Eric...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 McEWEN, Bobby...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0 TRAUTMANN, Darrin... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 --- 0 0
Totals...... 348 234 92 22 .937 9 8 6 .571 1 0 Opponents...... 338 240 94 4 .988 11 13 3 .813 2 0 2004 Gonzaga Bulldogs Baseball Roster
Numerical
No. Name Pos. B-T Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous 2 Chris Sinner OF L-L 5-11 185 SR Irvine, CA/Orange Coast College 3 Mike Rundle 2B R-R 5-10 170 JR Bend, OR/Citrus College 4 Brad Welker * SS/2B R-R 5-11 170 SR Missoula, MT/Sentinel 5 Jackson Brennan * 1B/OF R-R 6-1 190 SO Castle Rock, CO/Douglas County 6 Aaron McGuinness SS R-R 5-11 170 FR Glendale, CA/Crescenta Valley 7 Jeff Culpepper * OF/3B L-R 6-1 190 JR Woodinville, WA/Woodinville 9 Michael Minjares 2B/SS R-R 5-8 150 FR Port Hueneme, CA/St. Bonaventure 11 Travis Ingram 3B R-R 6-1 187 JR Kent, WA/Big Bend CC 12 Kiel Thibault C R-R 6-0 195 SO Jerome, ID/Jerome 13 Nate Williams * RHP R-R 5-11 180 SO Seattle, WA/Seattle Prep 14 Ed Clelland LHP L-L 6-0 165 SR Arcadia, CA/Arcadia 15 Jason Anderson C R-R 6-0 200 SO Lancaster, CA/Howard College 16 Eric Everson RHP R-R 6-0 185 SR Spokane, WA/Ferris 17 John Gonzalez LHP L-L 5-11 180 SR Camarillo, CA/Bellarmine Prep 18 Matt Reding OF/LHP L-L 5-9 185 SR Auburn, WA/Bellarmine Prep 20 Chris Albrecht LHP L-L 6-0 160 FR Woodinville, WA/Woodinville 21 David Johnson OF R-R 6-0 175 SR Agoura Hills, CA/L.A. Pierce College 22 Bobby Carlson 1B/3B R-R 6-2 210 SO Woodinville, WA/Edmonds CC 23 Matt Hibbitts OF/3B R-R 6-1 160 FR Portland, OR/Grant 24 Randy Nash INF R-R 6-1 185 FR Bellevue, WA/Newport 25 David Hovde OF L-L 6-2 190 FR Bellingham, WA/Squalicum 26 Marshall Bratton * OF R-R 6-1 210 SR Wenatchee, WA/Treasure Valley CC 27 Patrick Donovan LHP L-L 6-1 180 SO Spokane, WA/North Central 30 Eric Dworkis RHP R-R 6-6 200 JR Bellevue, WA/Newport 31 Sean Webster RHP R-R 6-1 180 FR Renton, WA/Liberty 32 Austin Highberger 1B L-L 6-2 186 FR Stayton, OR/Regis 33 Josh Monroe RHP R-R 6-0 185 SO Woodinville, WA/Woodinville 35 Bobby McEwen * RHP R-R 5-11 170 FR Mill Creek, WA/Midland CC 40 Conor Kilkenny LHP R-L 6-3 210 FR Heppner, OR/Heppner 41 Adam Lovill * RHP R-R 6-0 175 FR Arvada, CO/JK Mullen 42 Darrin Trautmann * RHP R-R 6-2 195 SR Seattle, WA/Kennedy 43 Andrew Mannex C R-R 6-1 195 FR Tualatin, OR/Jesuit 44 Mike Terry 1B R-R 6-4 210 FR Vancouver, WA/Skyview 45 Jason Wederspahn * C/1B R-R 6-2 225 SO Spokane, WA/North Idaho College
* Indicates redshirt year used
Head Coach: 28 Mark Machtolf (Stanford University, 1987 – 1st year – 12th year at Gonzaga) Assistant Coach: 10 Scott Asan (Gonzaga University, 1999 - 4th year) Student-Assistant Coach: 8 Danny Evans (Gonzaga University, 1st year) Trainer: Brad Bachmeier
GONZAGA PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Gonzaga (Gone-ZAG-uh) – ZAG AS IN BAG 9 Michael Minjares – MEN-HAR-es 12 Kiel Thibault – Kyle Thee-BOLT 13 Ed Clelland – CLELL-land 28 Mark Machtolf – Mach-TOFF (rhymes with OFF) 10 Scott Asan – A-sin