PEPPERDINE2017 BASEBALL GAME NOTES Pepperdine Waves Vs Fresno State Bulldogs March 7, 2017 | Eddy D
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PEPPERDINE2017 BASEBALL GAME NOTES PEPPERDINE WAVES VS FRESNO STATE BULLDOGS March 7, 2017 | Eddy D. Field Stadium | Malibu, Calif. PEPPERDINE WAVES VS CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS March 10-12, 2017 | Eddy D. Field Stadium | Malibu, Calif. BASEBALL CONTACT: Jacob Breems OPPONENT INFORMATION Assistant Athletic Communications Director [email protected] (310) 506-4333 Record: 6-4 Home: 3-0 Road: 3-4 Neutral: 0-0 WCC: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0 DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Bulldogs Golden Bears Waves Feb. 18 ST. JOSEPH’S (DH) W, 8-0 Feb. 18 ST. JOSEPH’S (DH) W, 7-5 2017 Record ................................6-5 2017 Record ................................4-7 2016 Record ................................6-4 Feb. 19 ST. JOSEPH’S W, 9-5 2016 Record ......... 36-22, 21-9 MW 2016 Record .. 32-21, 14-16 PAC12 2015 Record ..... 29-24, 16-11 WCC Feb. 21 CSUN (postponed) 2 PM 2016 Postseason ...MW Tournament 2016 Postseason ......................None 2015 Postseason .WCC Tournament Feb. 24 at Texas A&M L, 3-0 Head Coach .........Mike Batesole Head Coach ..........David Esquer Head Coach ...Rick Hirtensteiner Feb. 25 at Texas A&M W, 2-1 Web .................... gobulldogs.com Web .........................calbears.com Web ....... PepperdineWaves.com Feb. 26 at Texas A&M L, 10-6 NOTES Mar. 1 at Sam Houston State L, 2-1 Mar. 3 at Rice W, 7-5 THIS WEEK FOR THE WAVES: The Pepperdine Mar. 4 at Rice (DH) L, 7-6 baseball team returns home for four games this Mar. 4 at Rice (DH) W, 5-2 (7) week, taking on Fresno State on Tuesday and then Mar. 7 FRESNO STATE 2 PM California for a three-game series starting on Friday. Mar. 10 CALIFORNIA 2 PM Mar. 11 CALIFORNIA 1 PM Mar. 12 CALIFORNIA 1 PM SCHEDULE Mar. 14 STONY BROOK 3 PM Tuesday, March 7 - 2 p.m. (Eddy D. Field Stadium) Mar. 17 GRAND CANYON 3 PM Friday, March 10 - 2 p.m. (Eddy D. Field Stadium) Mar. 18 LONG BEACH STATE 11 AM Saturday, March 11 - 1 p.m. (Eddy D. Field Stadium) Mar. 19 GRAND CANYON 1 PM Mar. 22 at Fresno State 6 PM Sunday, March 12 - 1 p.m. (Eddy D. Field Stadium) Mar. 24 at Pacific * 6 PM Mar. 25 at Pacific * 6 PM COVERAGE: All four games will be broadcast Mar. 26 at Pacific * 1 PM live on TheW.tv, with live stats also available on Mar. 28 at UC Santa Barbara 3 PM PepperdineWaves.com. PROJECTED WAVES LINEUP Mar. 31 GONZAGA * 3 PM Apr. 1 GONZAGA * 1 PM FOLLOW AND LIKE WAVES BASEBALL: Be IN THE FIELD Apr. 2 GONZAGA * 1 PM sure and join Pepperdine’s growing communities on C Barnett/Bernard Apr. 4 at CSUN 3 PM Facebook and Twitter today. Follow and like Waves 1B Ben Rodriguez Apr. 7 at Portland * 6 PM baseball on Facebook (Pepperdine Baseball) or Apr. 8 at Portland * 6 PM 2B Lambert/Crowder Apr. 9 at Portland * 1 PM Twitter (@PEPPBASEBALL). 3B Costello/Belk/Modlin Apr. 13 at BYU * 5 PM SS Lambert/McAfee Apr. 14 at BYU * 5 PM COMPETING WITH PURPOSE BLOG: Pepperdine LF Kanfer/Caruso Apr. 15 at BYU * 12 PM is providing more insider content to its fans this Apr. 18 UC SANTA BARBARA 3 PM season via the Competing With Purpose blog, which CF Gelalich/Goldenetz Apr. 21 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT * 3 PM can be accessed at www.pepperdinewaves.com. RF Caruso/Qsar Apr. 22 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT * 1 PM DH Barnett/Bernard Apr. 23 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT * 1 PM Apr. 28 SANTA CLARA * 3 PM LAST WEEK: The Waves are coming off of a seven Apr. 29 SANTA CLARA * 1 PM game road trip in Texas over the last 10 days. The POSSIBLE STARTERS Apr. 30 SANTA CLARA * 1 PM Waves won their Saturday game at No. 12 Texas LHP Ryan Wilson A&M, but dropped the first and third. After dropping RHP Max Gamboa May 2 at Cal Poly 6 PM May 5 at San Francisco * 3 PM their midweek game at Sam Houston State, the RHP Will Jensen May 6 at San Francisco * 1 PM Waves then finished the trip by taking two of three LHP Easton Lucas May 7 at San Francisco * 1 PM games at Rice. All three teams the Waves faced on RHP Chandler Blanchard May 9 CAL POLY 3 PM the trip made the NCAA Tournament last season, RHP Kiko Garcia May 12 SAINT MARY’S * 3 PM May 13 SAINT MARY’S * 1 PM with the Aggies making a Super Regional. May 14 SAINT MARY’S * 1 PM May 19 at San Diego * 6 PM PITCHING PROBABLES May 20 at San Diego * 6 PM Tues: (PEP) RHP Jonathan Pendergast vs. (FS) RHP Adam Medrano May 21 at San Diego * 1 PM May 25-27 WCC Tournament (Stockton, Calif.) Fri: (PEP) LHP Ryan Wilson vs. (CAL) Sat: (PEP) RHP Max Gamboa vs. (CAL) * WCC contest Sun: (PEP) RHP Wil Jensen vs. (CAL) PEPPERDINE WAVES BASEBALL WAVE NOTES TOP RETURNERS: Pitchers LHP Ryan Wilson (2-0, 6 SV, 0.63 ERA, 46 K, 14 BB) RHP Max Gamboa (2-9, 3.74 ERA, 1 SV, 52 K, 22 BB) HEAD COACH RHP Chandler Blanchard (3-2, 1 SV, 3.19 ERA, 31 K, 7 BB) Hitters RICK HIRTENSTEINER C Aaron Barnett (.292 BA, 22 RBI, 15 2B, 3 HR) (PEPPERDINE, 1989) OF Matthew Kanfer (.291 BA, 26 RBI, 4 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR) 19TH YEAR AT PEPPERDINE 1B Ben Rodriguez (.289 BA, 29 RBI, 9 HR, 6 2B) 2ND YEAR AS HEAD COACH ROSTER BREAKDOWN Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 21/7 HIRTENSTEINER HIGHLIGHTS Starters Returning/Lost (lineup): 7/2 ► Hired as the 17th head coach in program Starters Returning/Lost (pitchers): 3/1 history on June 16, 2015 Newcomers, Off Redshirts: 14 Class: SR-7 (1-RS), JR-11 (2-RS), SO-8 (1-RS), FR-9 (1-RS) ► Spent 17 seasons on staff with the Waves as an assistant coach, serving as the hitting The Waves were tabbed third in the 2017 WCC Coaches coach and third base coach. 2017 COACHES POLL: Poll, receiving two first-place votes. San Diego was picked first with five first-place ► Part of 11 NCAA Regional appearances and votes and Gonzaga was second with three first-place votes. The Waves were one Super Regional appearance while on selected by Perfect Game to win the conference and were picked by D1Baseball to staff. finish third. ► Also helped guide the Waves to six PRESEASON ALL-WCC: Ryan Wilson was named to the WCC’s Preseason All- WCC regular-season titles and six WCC Conference team earlier this month. Wilson was one of five pitchers named to the Tournament titles. team. The junior lefty compiled a 0.63 ERA in 42.2 innings pitched last year. Splitting time between the bullpen and starting rotation, Wilson had six saves and a 2-0 ► Was a four-year standout player at record. He held opponents to a .128 batting average, striking out 46 while walking Pepperdine who earned both All-American just 14. He is expected to start the season as Pepperdine’s Friday starter. and Academic All-American honors, in addition to being the WCC Player of the Year as a senior in 1989. LAST YEAR: The Waves went 29-24 overall last year and finished two games out of first place in the WCC, with a 16-11 conference record. Pepperdine made its third ► Drafted in the eighth round of the 1989 MLB straight WCC Tournament, but went 1-2, losing two extra-inning games, to exit the Draft by the California Angels. postseason. ► Played seven pro seasons with the Angels, 2016 ALL-WCC: Pepperdine had four players honored on last year’s All-WCC and Florida Marlins and Montreal Expos All-Freshman teams. A.J. Puckett took home WCC Pitcher of the Year honors and organizations, reaching the AAA level was named to the conference’s first team. Ryan Wilson and Manny Jefferson were with Montreal. Also played in the Northern named to the All-WCC second team, and Matthew Kanfer was named to the All- League with the St. Paul Saints, the Salt Freshman team. Lake City Trappers of the Pioneer League plus stints in Australia and Mexico. COACHING STAFF: 2017 marks the second season of Head Coach Rick ► Still ranks #5 on the Waves’ all-time games Hirtensteiner’s tenure at the helm for Pepperdine. Hirtensteiner served as an played list, appearing in 239 contests. assistant on the Waves’ staff for 17 years prior to taking over for Steve Rodriguez, who left for Baylor in 2015. Hirtensteiner hired Cooper Fouts, who previously served ► 1986 and 1988 teams advanced to the as a volunteer assistant with the Waves from 2011-12, to serve as the team’s championship round in NCAA regional play, recruiting coordinator and hitting coach. Hirtensteiner then tabbed Rolando Garza to while the 1987 team was ranked as high as fill the team’s role as pitching coach, after former pitching instructor Jon Strauss also #2 nationally and won a school-record 21 left to fill the same role with Rodriguez at Baylor. Fouts was previously an assistant at consecutive games. Utah Valley, while Garza served as the pitching coach at Riverside City College. ► Competed for Team USA in 1987, batting .333 in 40 games, going 43-for-129 with four POSTSEASON HISTORY: The Waves made their 30th appearance in NCAA post- homers and 21 RBI. season play in 2015, advancing to the NCAA Fullerton Regional final. In 2014 Pep- perdine made its first ever NCAA Super Regional after winning the San Luis Obispo ► Was named to the WCC’s 40th Anniversary Regional Tournament.