2017 Pac-12 Baseball Standings Upcoming
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For Immediate Release \\ Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Contact \\ Molly Babcock ([email protected]) 2017 PAC-12 BASEBALL STANDINGS LAST WEEK’S PAC-12 OVERALL RESULTS W L Pct. GB W L Pct. L10 Streak Arizona 0 0 .--- - 8 0 1 8-1 W8 February 23 Oregon State 0 0 .--- - 7 1 0.875 7-1 W2 St. Mary’s 6, Washington 5 USC 0 0 .--- - 6 2 0.75 6-2 W1 Utah 12, Ohio State 0 Stanford 0 0 .--- - 6 2 0.75 6-2 W6 Stanford 5, Cal Poly 2 Utah 0 0 .--- - 5 2 0.714 5-2 L1 Oregon State 10, Nebraska 1 Arizona State 0 0 .--- - 5 3 0.625 5-3 W1 Arizona 9, McNeese State 3 UCLA 0 0 .--- - 4 3 0.571 4-3 L1 Oregon 0 0 .--- - 4 3 0.571 4-3 W1 February 24 Washington 0 0 .--- - 4 3 0.571 4-3 L1 Washington 11, St. Mary’s 1 Arizona State 13, TCU 9 Washington State 0 0 .--- - 3 4 0.429 3-4 L1 Washington State 6, LMU 3 California 0 0 .--- - 2 5 0.286 2-5 L4 Utah 7, Nebraska 5 Wake Forest 15, USC 5 Gonzaga 2, UCLA 1 UPCOMING SCHEDULE Stanford 6, Kansas 0 Ohio State 6, Oregon State 1 Thursday, March 2 Loyola Marymount at Arizona State .....5:30 p.m. MT Oregon 11, UC Irvine 5 Texas at Stanford .................................6:00 p.m. PT Gonzaga at California ...........................6:05 p.m. PT Texas Tech 4, California 2 Sacramento State at Washington..........6:05 p.m. PT Utah at UTSA ................................................... TBD Arizona 8, McNeese State 3 Stephen F. Austin at Washington State .............. TBD Friday, March 3 February 25 Arkansas vs Arizona ............................3:00 p.m. MT Sunday, March 5 TCU 8, Arizona State 4 Frisco Classic; Frisco, Texas Nebraska vs Arizona ......................... 11:00 a.m. MT San Diego 7, Oregon 2 Stephen F. Austin at Washington State .4:00 p.m. PT Frisco Classic; Frisco, Texas LMU 18, Washington State 5 Loyola Marymount at Arizona State .....5:30 p.m. MT Loyola Marymount at Arizona State ...11:30 p.m. MT Washington 11, St. Mary’s 5 UC Davis at Oregon State .....................5:35 p.m. PT Mississippi State at Oregon ................12:00 p.m. PT Utah at UTSA .....................................5:00 p.m. MT Utah at UTSA ....................................12:00 p.m. PT Utah 6, Ohio State 4 San Diego vs USC ................................6:00 p.m. PT Texas at Stanford .................................1:00 p.m. PT USC 15, Wake Forest 9 Dodgertown Classic; Los Angeles, Calif. Stephen F. Austin at Washington State .1:00 p.m. PT UCLA 6, Gonzaga 1 Texas at Stanford .................................6:00 p.m. PT Gonzaga at California ...........................1:05 p.m. PT Oregon State 5, Nebraska 2 Michigan vs UCLA ...............................6:00 p.m. PT UC Davis at Oregon State .....................1:05 p.m. PT Texas Tech 5, California 1 Dodgertown Classic; Los Angeles, Calif. Sacramento State at Washington..........1:05 p.m. PT Texas Tech 3, California 2 Mississippi State at Oregon ..................6:00 p.m. PT USC vs UCLA ......................................3:00 p.m. PT Arizona 12, McNeese State 3 Sacramento State at Washington..........6:05 p.m. PT Dodgertown Classic; Los Angeles, Calif. Stanford 5, Kansas 0 Gonzaga at California ...........................7:05 p.m. PT Monday, March 6 February 26 Saturday, March 4 UC Davis at Oregon .............................6:00 p.m. PT Stanford 4, Kansas 2 Utah at UTSA ......................................1:00 p.m. PT TCU 5, Arizona State 2 UC Davis at Oregon State .....................1:35 p.m. PT Tuesday, March 7 Oregon 1, Seton Hall 0 Michigan at USC ..................................2:00 p.m. PT Cal State Fullerton at Arizona State .....5:30 p.m. MT Washington State 7, LMU 4 Dodgertown Classic; Los Angeles, Calif. Arizona at Texas Tech .........................5:30 p.m. MT St. Mary’s 6, Washington 5 San Diego vs UCLA ..............................2:00 p.m. PT Portland at Oregon State ......................5:35 p.m. PT Nebraska 4, Utah 3 Dodgertown Classic; Los Angeles, Calif. Cal State Northridge at UCLA ...............6:00 p.m. PT Mississippi State at Oregon ..................2:00 p.m. PT USC at San Diego State .......................6:00 p.m. PT Wake Forest 18, USC 5 Stephen F. Austin at Washington State .2:00 p.m. PT UCLA 5, Gonzaga 4 Texas at Stanford .................................2:00 p.m. PT Oregon State 5, Ohio State 1 Gonzaga at California ...........................2:05 p.m. PT Texas Tech 11, California 2 Sacramento State at Washington..........2:05 p.m. PT Arizona 12, McNeese State 5 Oklahoma State vs Arizona .................3:00 p.m. MT Frisco Classic; Frisco, Texas February 27 USC 2, Duke 0 PLAYER/PITCHER OF THE WEEK LMU 7, Washington State 3 PLAYER OF THE WEEK - Hunter Simmons, Sr., INF, Utah Hit .563 (9-for-16) with six RBI in games against Nebraska and Ohio State with Utah going 3-1 for the weekend. 2-for-4 Febrary 28 with an RBI that gave Utah a 2-0 lead in the first inning in game two against Ohio State. CSUN 6, UCLA 5 PITCHER OF THE WEEK - Andrew Summerville, Jr., LHP, Stanford Stanford 8, UC Davis 2 Combined for the fifth one-hitter in school history on Friday, Stanford’s first one-hitter in 14 years. Started and left with Arizona State 12, New Mexico State 5 a no-hitter after six innings and 97 pitches. Struck out eight batters and did not allow a baserunner in scoring position. PAC-12 BASEBALL RELEASE - MAR. 1, 2017 RANKINGS PAC-12 NOTES USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Coaches Pre- WEEKLY RECAP: ARIZONA is the only team in the conference to remain undefeated going into the third season Poll (Jan. 26) week of the season. The Wildcats bested McNeese State in a four-game series. No. 7 OREGON STATE is the 1. TCU only team with one loss thus far. The loss came against Ohio State at the Big 10-Pac-12 Spring Training Col- 2. Florida lege Baseball Classic, however OSU went 3-1 on the weekend, beating Ohio State once and Nebraska twice. 3. Louisiana State USC and No. 21 STANFORD both have six wins and two losses. The Cardinal beat Kansas in a three-game 4. South Carolina series, while USC went 1-2 against Wake Forest. 5. Florida State 6. Vanderbilt PREVIEWING THE WEEKEND: USC and UCLA play at the Dodgertown Classic in Los Angeles, California at 7. OREGON STATE Dodger Stadium. The two teams meet for the first time this season Sunday, March 5 at 3 p.m. PT. The game 8. Louisville will be televised on Pac-12 Network. ARIZONA plays at the Frisco Classic in Frisco, Texas. The Wildcats 9. Coastal Carolina face Arkansas, Oklahoma State, and Nebraska. ARIZONA STATE, CALIFORNIA, OREGON, Oregon State, 10. East Carolina Stanford, WASHINGTON, and WASHINGTON STATE all host teams at home. Utah is the only team to travel 11. Cal State Fullerton this week. The Trojans head to UTSA for a three-game series. 12. Clemson 13. North Carolina NUMBERS GAME: Arizona has the best batting average in the nation at .379, as well as tying for No. 1 14. North Carolina State in doubles with 30. Arizona is also third in the nation in hits (108), second in the nation in runs (90), third 15. ARIZONA in scoring (11.3), sixth in slugging percentage (.566), fourth in triples (6), and tied for first in the nation in 16. Louisiana Lafayette win-loss percentage (1.000). Stanford is fifth in the nation in shutouts (2) and in fielding percentage (.989). 17. Miami (Fla.) Stanford and UCLA are both in the top-10 in the nation for hits allowed per nine innings in third (5.63) and 18. Virginia fifth (5.71), respectively. Oregon State is first in the nation in earned runs average (ERA) (1.50). 19. Texas Tech 20. Texas A&M STARS DELIVERING: Arizona’s Jared Oliva and Arizona’s Nick Quintana are second (7) and fourth (6) in 21. STANFORD the nation in doubles, respectively. Arizona’s JC Cloney and Michael Flynn, UCLA’s Griffin Canning, Utah’s 22. Oklahoma State Jacob Rebar, and Stanford’s Will Matthiessen are among the 63 players tied for first in earned run average 23. UC Santa Barbara (0.00). USC’s Lars Nootbaar is ninth in home runs (4) and Arizona’s Mitchell Morimoto is ninth in runs 24. Mississippi (13). Oregon State’s Max Engelbrekt and Washington State’s Scott Sunitsch are tied for fourth in saves 25. Rice (3). UCLA’s Sean Bouchard is seventh in slugging percentage (1.000). Stanford’s Kris Bubic is eighth in strikeouts (21). NCBWA Top 30 (Feb. 27) 1. TCU IN THE RANKINGS: The USA Today/ESPN Top 25 Coaches Preseason Poll has not been updated since 2. Florida the preseason poll which had three Pac-12 teams ranked. Oregon State leads the way at No. 7, followed by 3. LSU Arizona at No. 15, and Stanford is No. 21. The NCBWA top-30 features five Pac-12 teams: Oregon State is 4. OREGON STATE No. 4, Arizona is No. 9, Stanford is No. 16, Utah is No. 24, and Washington is No. 28. Baseball America has 5. Florida State four Pac-12 teams in its top-25 with Oregon State coming in at No. 8, Washington at No. 11, Arizona at No. 6. Louisville 19, and Stanford at No. 22. All four teams jumped up at least one place from the preseason poll.