2019 Game Notes
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2019 GAME NOTES 2000, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS MEDIA CONTACT: Martin Foley ([email protected]) 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS FEBRUARY 15 SAN FRANCISCO MWN W 8-4 16 SAN FRANCISCO L 8-9 16 SAN FRANCISCO W 6-3 19 #NR/25 UC IRVINE 1360 W 9-3 22 UTAH% MWN W 3-2 23 OKLAHOMA% L 0-1 24 KANSAS STATE% W 10-7 SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS 26 SAN DIEGO MWN L 2-4 MARCH 2019 Record .......................11-8 (2-2 Mountain West) 1 at Air Force* MWN L 5-9 National Ranking (D1/BA) ...................................... N/A 2 at Air Force* PPD Head Coach ......................Mark Martinez (5th Season) 3 at Air Force* PPD 5 #14/11 TEXAS TECH 1360 L 1-5 Career Record ................................................154-111 6 #14/11 TEXAS TECH L 9-12 Record at SDSU ..................................................Same 8 NEVADA* MWN W 3-1 9 NEVADA* MWN W 8-5 10 NEVADA* MWN L 5-6 (10) SDSU QUICK STATS SDSU’S 2019 Opponents 12 at CSUN W 11-5 .289........................................................................BATTING AVERAGE .........................................................................252 15 SEATTLE U W 6-5 (10) 16 SEATTLE U W 12-8 4.37.....................................................................EARNED RUN AVERAGE ....................................................................5.22 17 SEATTLE U W 11-5 .960.....................................................................FIELDING PERCENTAGE .....................................................................970 19 at Loyola Marymount L 1-5 22 at New Mexico* MWN 6:00 pm MT .399..................................................................... ON BASE PERCENTAGE ......................................................................360 23 at New Mexico* MWN 2:00 pm MT .398....................................................................SLUGGING PERCENTAGE ....................................................................338 24 at New Mexico* MWN 1:00 pm MT 25 ARIZONA 1360 6:00 pm 2.22................................................................... STRIKEOUT/WALK RATIO ...................................................................1.32 26 CAL BAPTIST 1360 6:00 pm .252............................................................... OPPONENT BATTING AVERAGE ................................................................289 29 FRESNO STATE* 6:00 pm 30 FRESNO STATE* MWN 6:00 pm SDSU EXPECTED STARTING PITCHERS Opponents 31 FRESNO STATE* MWN 1:00 pm RHP Aaron Eden (1-1, 1.31 ERA) Friday, March 22 vs. New Mexico RHP Justin Slaten (2-1, 2.08 ERA) APRIL RHP Justin Goossen-Brown (2-0, 4.21 ERA) Saturday, March 23 vs. New Mexico RHP Nathaniel Garley (4-0, 2.53 ERA) 2 at Oregon State 5:35 pm RHP Casey Schmitt (1-2, 5.79 ERA) Sunday, March 24 vs. New Mexico RHP Drew Gillespie (0-2, 10.24 ERA) 3 at Oregon State 5:35 pm TBA Monday, March 25 vs. Arizona TBA 5 at Nevada* 6:00 pm TBA Tuesday, March 26 vs. Cal Baptist TBA 6 at Nevada* 6:00 pm 7 at Nevada* 1:00 pm 9 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 1360 6:00 pm AZTEC STORYLINES 12 at Cal State Fullerton 7:00 pm BUSY STRETCH AHEAD: San Diego State SERIES HISTORY WITH THE LOBOS: With 13 at Cal State Fullerton 6:00 pm 14 at Cal State Fullerton 1:00 pm begins a five-game-in-five-day stretch this SDSU leading the all-time series with New Mexico 16 at UC Irvine 6:30 pm Friday, visiting New Mexico (11-9) for a three- 114-80, SDSU’s 114 all-time wins against the 18 AIR FORCE* MWN 6:00 pm game series before hosting Arizona (13-7) and Lobos mark as the most win against any other 19 AIR FORCE* MWN 6:00 pm 20 AIR FORCE* MWN 1:00 pm Cal Baptist (14-7) on Monday and Tuesday, program. 23 at San Diego 6:00 pm respectively. 26 at UNLV* 6:00 pm SDSU went 3-3 against New Mexico last season, 27 at UNLV* 6:00 pm 28 at UNLV* 1:00 pm All three games in Albuquerque will be streamed with the road team winning each series. SDSU’s MAY on the Mountain West Network, while XTRA road series win was the first time the Aztecs have 3 SAN JOSE STATE MWN 6:00 pm 1360 will broadcast Monday and Tuesday’s won a three-game series at New Mexico since 4 SAN JOSE STATE 1360 6:00 pm 5 SAN JOSE STATE 1360 1:00 pm games with Jon Schaeffer and Judson Richards 2004. 6 BYU 1360 6:00 pm on the call. 10 at Fresno State* 6:00 pm 11 at Fresno State* 6:00 pm SERIES HISTORY WITH THE WILDCATS: 12 at Fresno State* 1:00 pm OVER THE LAST EIGHT: San Diego State has SDSU and Arizona split a home-and-home last 16 NEW MEXICO* MWN 6:00 pm won six of its last eight games, with one of the season, with the home team winning each game. 17 NEW MEXICO* MWN 6:00 pm 18 NEW MEXICO* MWN 1:00 pm two losses being a 6-5 extra-inning loss against SDSU defeated the Wildcats 3-2 on Feb. 23, 2018 23-26 Mountain West Championships (Reno, Nev.) TBD Nevada on March 10. in its Tony Gwynn Legacy opener with Jacob 31-June 3 NCAA Regionals TBD Maekawa scoring the walk-off run on a wild pitch June 7-10 NCAA Super Regionals TBD June 15-26 College World Series (Omaha, Neb.) TBD Below is a statistical comparison between SDSU’s in the 10th inning. The win for SDSU snapped an first 11 games (5-6) and SDSU’s last eight games eight-game losing streak in its series against the Home games in CAPS (6-2): Wildcats. *Denotes MW conference contest Stat First 11 Last 8 % Tony Gwynn Legacy (San Diego, Calif.) Batting average .284 .295 Times in PT unless otherwise noted ERA 4.78 3.82 SDSU is 5-1 in its last six games against Pac-12 # Ranking from D1Baseball.com/Baseball America at Slugging percentage .369 .437 members. the time of the game Batting average w/RISP .254 .326 2019 MW STANDINGS AZTEC STORYLINES Team Conference Overall San Jose State 6-3 12-8 SERIES HISTORY WITH THE LANCERS: Cal Baptist, Air Force 2-2 9-6 which is reclassifying from NCAA Division II, plays the STRIKEOUTS GALORE: SDSU matched its 2018 total New Mexico 3-3 11-8 Aztecs for the first time since 1992. SDSU has won of 13 double-digit strikeout games, needing just 18 San Diego State 2-2 11-8 two of the three all-time meetings with the Lancers, games this season. The Aztecs are currently 17th in the Nevada 3-3 11-8 with the home team having won all three games in the country averaging 10.6 strikeouts per nine innings. Fresno State 1-2 9-5 UNLV 2-4 12-10 all-time series. Despite being just 19 games into the season, SDSU’s 13 games with 10 or more strikeouts is tied for the most QUICK FACTS SCHMITT NAMED MW POTW: Casey Schmitt since the Aztec pitching staff recorded 20 10+ strikeout collected his first career Mountain West Player of the games in 2015. Location ...........................San Diego, Calif. 92182 Week award on Monday after going 10-for-18 (.556) Founded .......................................................1897 with four extra-base hits (2B, 2 3B, HR) and earning RECAP OF THE SEATTLE SERIES: SDSU posted Enrollment ................................................33,762 the win in SDSU’s 11-5 win over Seattle, throwing its first three-game sweep of the season this past Nickname ................................................... Aztecs five innings with four hits and two runs allowed while weekend, defeating Seattle 6-5 (10), 12-8 and 11-5 at Colors .........................................Scarlet and Black striking out six. Tony Gwynn Stadium. Home Field .............. Tony Gwynn Stadium (3,000) Surface ........................................... Natural Grass Having won Mountain West Pitcher of the Week on As a team, the Aztecs hit .346 against the Redhawks Affiliation ......................................NCAA Division I April 16, 2018, Schmitt is the only player in conference while outscoring Seattle 26-13 over the three games. Conference .....................................Mountain West history to have won both a Player of the Week and Casey Schmitt (7-for-14) and Brian Leonhardt (5-for-10) President ...............................Dr. Adela de la Torre Pitcher of the Week award. both hit .500 for the series, while Matt Rudick and Athletics Director ......................John David Wicker Leonhardt were tied for the team lead in RBIs with Alma Mater ......................Mississippi State (1992) Schmitt is the first Aztec freshman or sophomore to win seven each. Athletic Department Phone ...........(619) 594-3019 MW Player of the Week since Alan Trejo did on March BASEBALL HISTORY 14, 2016 as a sophomore. SDSU has recorded seven three-game sweeps since the Seasons of Baseball ...................................... 83rd last time it has suffered a three-game sweep (April First Season of Baseball ................................1936 WHERE WE RANK IN THE MW: With a .289 team 2016 vs. Nevada). All-Time Record ............................. 2476-1647-37 batting average and a 4.37 team ERA, SDSU is the only NCAA Tournament Appearances .........................14 team in the Mountain West to have an ERA below 4.50 After hitting a walk-off 10th inning RBI single on Friday and a batting average above .270. night, Rudick set a new career-high with five RBIs in the COACHING STAFF 11-5 win on Sunday. Head Coach ..........Mark Martinez (Mesa State ‘84) Angelo Armenta boasts a .511 on base percentage, Overall Record ........................154-111 (5th year) good for second-best in the Mountain West and 49th CALIFORNIA LOVE: Since 2014, the Aztecs lead all Record at SDSU ......................154-111 (5th year) best nationally. Matt Rudick is third in the conference Division I California programs in win total. Also, over Pitching Coach ..................Sam Peraza (SDSU ‘02) with 26 hits, while Brian Leonhardt is also third in the that span, SDSU is 98-47 (.682) when playing in-state Asst Coach/Recruiting ......Joe Oliviera (Pacific ‘09) conference with 19 RBIs. Rudick is also fourth in the counterparts.