Matadors Conclude 2021 Season at Uc San Diego
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May 25, 2021 CONTACT: NICK BOCANEGRA E-MAIL: [email protected] GoMatadors.com @GoMatadors @CSUNBaseball CSUN BASEBALL GAME NOTES SCHEDULE 2021 & RESULTS OVERALL: 20-16 BIG WEST: 20-16 MATADORS CONCLUDE 2021 MAR. 20 VS. CAL POLY* W, 13-10 MAR. 21 VS. CAL POLY* (1) L, 7-8 SEASON AT UC SAN DIEGO SERIES COVERAGE MAR. 21 VS. CAL POLY* (2) L, 1-12 Date LIVE VIDEO/TV Live Audio MAR. 22 VS. CAL POLY* L, 8-10 Thu., May 27 ESPN3 N/A MAR. 26 @ LONG BEACH STATE* W, 3-1 Fri., May 28 ESPN3 N/A Sat., May 29 ESPN3 N/A MAR. 27 @ LONG BEACH STATE* (1) L, 3-7 CSUN (20-16, 20-16 BWC) at MAR. 27 @ LONG BEACH STATE* (2) L, 5-10 UC San Diego (21-27, 18-18 BWC) GAMES #37-40 MAR. 28 @ LONG BEACH STATE* W, 6-1 DATE: May 27-May 29, 2021 SERIES PITCHING ROTATION APR. 2 VS. UC IRVINE* W, 8-7 (12) TIME: 5 p.m./1 p.m. (DH)/1 p.m. RHP Blake Sodersten (3-1, 4.06 ERA) vs. RHP Cameron Leonard (4-6, 5.06 ERA) APR. 3 VS. UC IRVINE* L, 3-17 LOCATION: La Jolla, CA RHP Gavin Lizik (1-2, 6.69 ERA) vs. RHP Noah Conlon (2-5, 6.95 ERA) VENUE: Triton Ballpark APR. 4 VS. UC IRVINE* (1) W, 9-6 (10) LIVE STATS: Link at GoMatadors.com RHP Jeremy Hassel (2-0, 4.71 ERA) vs. TBA APR. 4 VS. UC IRVINE* (2) L, 3-20 IN-GAME TWITTER: @CSUNBaseball RHP Blaine Traxel (5-1, 4.00 ERA) vs. RHP Brandon Weed (4-2, 5.10 ERA) APR. 9 @ UC SANTA BARBARA* L, 4-5 APR. 10 @ UC SANTA BARBARA* (1) L, 1-11 CSUN MAKES FIRST TRIP TO UCSD SINCE 1989 CSUN Baseball (20-16, 20-16 Big West) concludes the 2021 regular season with a four-game road series at UC San APR. 10 @ UC SANTA BARBARA* (2) L, 3-11 Diego (21-27, 18-18 Big West) beginning Thursday at 5 p.m. The teams play a doubleheader on Friday starting at APR. 11 @ UC SANTA BARBARA* W, 7-3 1 p.m. and wrap up the series on Saturday at 1 p.m. All four games will stream live on ESPN3. APR. 16 VS. UC RIVERSIDE* L, 5-6 (11) APR. 17 VS. UC RIVERSIDE* (1) L, 1-5 The Matadors are coming down the home stretch winners of three-straight series. The team is a series win away from posting four consecutive Big West series victories for the first time in team history. CSUN has won 14 of its APR. 17 VS. UC RIVERSIDE* (2) L, 4-8 last 17 games including 11 of the last 12 and five in a row. The Matadors, who began the season 6-13, can post APR. 18 VS. UC RIVERSIDE* W, 15-8 just their fourth winning conference record since joining the Big West with only one win this weekend. APR. 23 VS. CAL ST. FULLERTON* W, 11-1 CSUN is coming off a four-game sweep of Hawai’i two weekends ago at Matador Field. The Matadors outscored APR. 24 VS. CAL ST. FULLERTON* (1) L, 4-6 (10) the Rainbow Warriors 31-8 over the four games, which included a run-rule win in game two. On the pitching APR. 24 VS. CAL ST. FULLERTON* (2) W, 10-2 side, the Matadors tossed two complete games while their bullpen combined to work 9.2 shutout innings. CSUN APR. 25 VS. CAL ST. FULLERTON* L, 5-6 (10) took the opener 9-1 and swept a Saturday doubleheader 12-0 and 4-3. In the finale, the Matadors posted a 6-4 APR. 30 @ CSU BAKERSFIELD* W, 9-4 win on Senior Day, sending off their 11-member senior class with a victory in their final game at Matador Field. MAY 1 @ CSU BAKERSFIELD* (1) W, 8-5 In the first two games of the series, Blake Sodersten and Gavin Lizik hurled complete games in blowout wins. MAY 1 @ CSU BAKERSFIELD* (2) W, 10-2 Sodersten tossed his first career nine-inning complete game and struck out a personal-best nine. Lizik would MAY 2 @ CSU BAKERSFIELD* W, 5-1 throw a two-hitter over seven shutout innings a day later. Meanwhile, CSUN pounded out 16 and 11 hits, respec- tively, in the two wins. For his efforts, Lizik earned Big West Pitcher of the Week honors on May 17. MAY 7 @ UC DAVIS* W, 10-6 MAY 8 @ UC DAVIS* (1) W, 11-5 The Matadors edged the Rainbow Warriors in the final two games of the series. Jayson Newman hit a game-tying MAY 8 @ UC DAVIS* (2) L, 9-13 two-run homer in the third game of the series and Mason Le broke a 3-3 tie with an RBI hit. CSUN’s bullpen com- bined to throw seven shutout innings led by Elias Jauregui who tossed 4.1 innings for his first win. A day later, MAY 9 @ UC DAVIS* W, 8-3 CSUN completed the sweep after breaking a 4-4 tie in the seventh with two runs. Five seniors had hits in their MAY 14 VS. HAWAI’I* W, 9-1 home finale while senior Jackson Cunningham nailed down his second save of the series. MAY 15 VS. HAWAI’I* (1) W, 12-0 MAY 15 VS. HAWAI’I* (2) W, 4-3 PROBABLE MATADOR STARTERS MAY 16 VS. HAWAI’I* W, 6-4 No. Name Yr. Pos. B/T Avg. R H HR RBI Notes MAY 27 @ UC SAN DIEGO* 5 P.M. 5 Denzel Clarke Jr. CF R/R .357 29 46 8 25 22 game on-base streak 8 Brandon Bohning R-Jr. SS R/R .244 14 21 2 13 6 multi-hit games MAY 28 @ UC SAN DIEGO* (DH) 1 P.M. 13 Jayson Newman R-Sr. 1B R/R .373 20 31 8 33 1st in RBI, 17-GM hit streak MAY 29 @ UC SAN DIEGO* 1 P.M. 15 Jose Ruiz R-Sr. LF R/R .356 30 42 1 24 1st in 2B (15) All dates, times, and opponents are subject to change without notice. 24 Robert Bullard R-Sr. RF L/L .281 24 27 2 10 On-base in 26 of 31 gm All times are Pacific HOME GAMES IN BOLD AT MATADOR FIELD 27 Mason Le So. 3B R/R .294 14 25 3 16 Hit safely in 19 of 23 gm 1 - Big West Conference Game 34 Ryan Ball Fr. DH L/R .280 18 30 2 17 1st in BB (25) DH - Doubleheader 44 Sean Skelly Gr. C R/R .405 8 17 2 12 Hit safely in 10 of 15 gm 48 Kai Moody Sr. 2B R/R .393 34 55 1 25 1st in Avg, Hits, Runs @CSUNBaseball @GoMatadors @GoMatadors @CSUNBaseball CSUN BASEBALL // MAY 25, 2021 FOR YOUR INFORMATION Heading into the final series, Kai Moody is tops in the Big West with a .393 average. It has been 20 seasons since a Matador has hit .400 or above for a full season. Robert Smith and J.T. Stotts are the last CSUN players General Information to accomplish the feat as they both hit .409 in 2001. Moody also leads the Matadors in runs (34) and hits (55) Name ... California State University, Northridge while he has 25 RBI. Moody has reached base safely in 35 of 36 games while gone hitless only four times. Abbreviation ............... CSUN (See-Sun) On the Big West leaderboard, Denzel Clarke is tops in the league in slugging percentage (.628), second in Mailing Address ....... 18111 Nordhoff Street on-base percentage (.475), tied for fourth in home runs (8), tied for fifth in stolen bases (14) and sixth in bat- . Northridge, CA 91330-8301 ting average (.357). Newman is also fourth on the home run list with eight. Jose Ruiz is sixth in the Big West in Founded .............................. 1958 doubles (15) and eighth in batting average at a .356 clip. On the pitching side, Blaine Traxel is tied for first in Enrollment ......................... 38,310 the conference in complete games (3) and ninth in wins (5). As a team, the Matadors are first in batting average President ......................Erika D. Beck (.302) and on-base percentage (.394) and second in slugging percentage (.444). Athletic Director ............... Michael Izzi Executive Associate A.D./SWA ... Valerie Richardson Over the last 17 games, CSUN is batting .338 and averaging 8.6 runs per game. CSUN has also outscored its opponents 146-70. During the stretch, Clarke is batting .492 (31-for-63) with five home runs and 18 RBI and Faculty Athletic Representative ...Dr. Ed Jackiewicz Newman is hitting .429 (27-for-63) with seven homers and 28 RBI. CSUN pitching has also been strong, posting Nickname ........................ Matadors a team 3.70 ERA with five complete games. Sodersten is 3-0 with a 3.42 ERA in five appearances. Colors ................. Red, White and Black Conference ....................... Big West CSUN and UC San Diego are squaring off as Division I teams for the first-ever time this weekend. Leading the Home Field (Capacity) .. Matador Field (1,000) all-time series 3-0, CSUN last defeated UC San Diego 8-4 on April 4, 1989, in La Jolla. The Matadors won the other two meetings during the 1969 season at home by the scores of 8-1 and 6-0. Coaching Information Head Coach ....... Dave Serrano (2nd Season) EXPERIENCED COACHING STAFF ON THE BENCH Alma Mater .