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2021 BASEBALL GAME NOTES @UCIbsb // ucirvinesports.com CONTACT: Alex Roberts-Croteau // (949) 410-3346 // [email protected] UC IRVINE ANTEATERS (10-7, 4-0) VS. HAWAI’I WARRIORS (11-3, 3-1) 2021 SCHEDULE & RESULTS MARCH 26-28, 2021 // CICERONE FIELD AT ANTEATER BALLPARK - IRVINE, CALIF. Record: 10-7 Home: 4-0 Friday, March 26 - 3:00 PM Bigwest.TV Live Stream KUCI 88.9 FM with Mark Roberts Saturday, March 27 | Game 1 - 12:00 PM & Game 2 - 40 minutes after Bigwest.TV Live Stream KUCI 88.9 FM with Mark Roberts Big West: 4-0 Away: 6-7 Sunday, March 28 - 1:00 PM Bigwest.TV Live Stream KUCI 88.9 FM with Mark Roberts Day Date Opponent Time/Result Sat. Feb. 20 Washington > W, 5-4 Probable Pitching Matchups Sun. Feb. 21 Washington > W, 5-4 1 Jr. RHP Trenton Denholm (1-1, 3.48) FRIDAY 24 So. RHP Aaron Davenport (1-0, 1.67) Mon. Feb. 22 Washington > W, 3-1 > Originally scheduled to host Fresno State, Feb. 19-21 13 Fr. LHP Nick Pinto (1-1, 3.08) SATURDAY GAME 1 40 So. RHP Cade Halemanu (2-0, 2.14) Fri. Feb. 26 at UCLA L, 3-4 9 RS-So. RHP Michael Frias (3-0, 1.69) SATURDAY GAME 2 23 Fr. LHP Austin Teixeira (2-0, 1.45) Sat. Feb. 27 UCLA W, 7-3 Sun. Feb. 28 at UCLA L, 0-4 55 Jr. RHP Peter Van Loon (1-1, 5.71) SUNDAY 44 Sr. RHP Logan Pouelsen (1-0, 5.40) Sat. Mar. 6 at UC Riverside L, 5-6 Series History Sun. Mar. 7 at UC Riverside L, 8-10 at UC Riverside # W, 14-12 All-Time: UCI leads, 30-12 Current Streak: W2 (L1 at Irvine) Notable: The schools have split the last 12 # Postponed and rescheduled from March 5 First Meeting: March 25, 1974 (L, 7-8) Since joining Big West: 15-6 meetings each winning six times, and the Fri. Mar. 12 at Stanford L, 1-4 road team has won the last three series 2019 Series: L, 2-10 | W, 8-5 | W, 4-0 At Irvine: 14-2 Sat. Mar. 13 at Stanford + L, 1-6 at Stanford + W, 5-1 Sun. Mar. 14 at Stanford L, 6-8 LEADING OFF Fri. Mar. 19 * at UC Davis W, 10-1 + UC Irvine baseball won its opening Big West series sweeping all four at UC Davis. The sweep is the first of a four-game series Sat. Mar. 20 * at UC Davis + W, 8-0 out of the 10 they’ve had in program history. The series included the first shutout of 2021 winning 8-0 in Game 1 of Saturday’s * at UC Davis + W, 6-2 Sun. Mar. 21 * at UC Davis W (11), 5-4 doubleheader and the first extra-inning contest Sunday winning 5-4 in 11 innings, its fifth straight win in extra-inning games Fri. Mar. 26 * Hawai’i 3:00 PM + Nick Pinto was named Big West Pitcher of the Week from a career-best eight scoreless innings and seven strikeouts in the Sat. Mar. 27 * Hawai’i + 12:00 PM Saturday shutout win. He combined with Michael Stanford on a two-hitter. Pinto is the first freshman to win an award since Kes- * Hawai’i + 40 minutes after Game 1 ton Hiura in 2015 and first pitcher to do so since 2010 and Evan Brock. Sun. Mar. 28 * Hawai’i 1:00 PM + The four-game sweep featured high-level efforts from both sides of the ball. Pitching put up a 1.66 ERA allowing seven runs Fri. Apr. 2 * at CSUN 3:00 PM overall and a opponent’s batting average of .176. The bullpen allowed one run between seven pitchers and 13.1 innings, and Sat. Apr. 3 * at CSUN + 11:00 AM Gordon Ingebritson stepped up for three innings and three strikeouts, both career highs, Sunday to help get the win in extra * at CSUN + 2:30 PM innings. Starters earned quality starts in three of four outings posting 29 of the team’s 45 weekend strikeouts. Jacob King threw a Sun. Apr. 4 * at CSUN 1:00 PM Fri. Apr. 9 * UC San Diego 3:00 PM pair of scoreless innings as he now leads the Big West appearing nine times, 41st nationally, and just two walks to 15 strikeouts. Sat. Apr. 10 * UC San Diego + 12:00 PM + The offense was consistent averaging just over seven runs a game and hitting .305 which included 18 hits in their 10-1 Friday * UC San Diego + TBA win. Luke Spillane continued to shine hitting .500 with a team-high six RBIs and six runs against UC Davis to boost his team-best Sun. Apr. 11 * UC San Diego 1:00 PM average to .370. He also led the squad with three steals giving him a team-high six on the year, third-best in the Big West. Fri. Apr. 16 * at Cal Poly 5:00 PM Sat. Apr. 17 * at Cal Poly + 1:00 PM + Nathan Church paces the team’s national rankings leading the NCAA with four triples after his three against UC Davis. The team * at Cal Poly + TBA as a whole has eight which ranks sixth in the nation. Elsewhere, the team is highly-ranked laying down sacrifice bunts with 20 for Sun. Apr. 18 * at Cal Poly 1:00 PM the second-most nationally, at turning double plays with 16, 12th-best in the NCAA, and being hit by 34 pitches, 14th-most in the Fri. Apr. 23 Oregon State 3:00 PM country. The Anteaters also lead the conference with sac bunts, triples, and double plays, and rank second in the Big West in sto- Sat. Apr. 24 Oregon State 1:00 PM Sun. Apr. 25 Oregon State 1:00 PM len bases with 24, WHIP with 1.30, and the team’s 2.61 strikeout-to-walk ratio. Fri. Apr. 30 * Long Beach State 3:00 PM + Michael Frias earned his first career quality start allowing one run in six innings to win his third game, tops on the team and tied for the best in the conference. His impressive shutout streak ended at 15.1 innings, and just as impressive he allowed his first Sat. May 1 * Long Beach State + 12:00 PM hit since the season opener marking 11.2 consecutive no-hit innings. Nationally, Frias is among the best with the 14th-best WHIP * Long Beach State + TBA Sun. May 2 * Long Beach State 1:00 PM of 0.61, 16th-best rate allowing 3.38 hits per nine innings, and a top-100 ERA at 1.69. Fri. May 7 * at UC Santa Barbara 5:00 PM + Home runs played a big factor over the weekend, notably the go-ahead solo home run by Mike Peabody Sunday. Dillon Tatum Sat. May 8 * at UC Santa Barbara + 1:00 PM has three home runs this season from HRs in each of his last two games as the team doubled its total for the season at UC Davis. * at UC Santa Barbara + ! 7:00 PM Sun. May 9 * at UC Santa Barbara 1:00 PM + The Anteaters’ 12-game road trip comes to an end on a four-game win streak and overall mark of 6-6. The team also matched Fri. May 15 * UC Riverside 3:00 PM its opponents both hitting .252 over the stretch. The ‘Eaters had 34 extra-base hits led by Nathan Church four doubles and triples. Sat. May 16 * UC Riverside + 12:00 PM He also tops the RBI list with 10 on the trip. Luke Spillane tied him scoring 10 runs while pacing the team with a .373 average, 19 * UC Riverside + TBA hits, and six of the team’s 18 stolen bases in 12 games. Pitching saw Michael Frias post a 0.66 ERA (1 ER in 13.2 IP) and a single Sun. May 17 * UC Riverside 1:00 PM walk. Nick Pinto led with 18 strikeouts in four starts. Five Anteaters also made their collegiate debuts. Fri. May 21 * at Bakersfield 3:00 PM Sat. May 22 * at Bakersfield + 12:00 PM + Some notable streaks continue this weekend starting with Nathan Church’s team-high six-game hitting streak. He,Dillon Ta- * at Bakersfield + 3:00 PM tum, and Luke Spillane have each scored in five straight. Thomas McCaffreyhas reached base in all six games he’s played, and Sun. May 23 * at Bakersfield 1:00 PM his three-game RBI streak leads all Anteaters. With Frias’ streaks ending over the weekend, Nick Pinto’s shutout streak of 8.1 Fri. May 28 * Cal State Fullerton 3:00 PM innings leads the way at the moment with Jacob King’s 5.1 innings spanning the last three outings. Sat. May 29 * Cal State Fullerton + 12:00 PM * Cal State Fullerton + TBA Sun. May 30 * Cal State Fullerton 1:00 PM Around The Horn June 4-7 NCAA Regional June 11-14 NCAA Super Regional June 19-30 College World Series Home games in italics * - Big West game + - denotes doubleheader - Game 2 will begin 40 minutes following the conclusion of Game 1 34 6-6 11.2 8 ! - Game to be televised on ESPNU Head Coach Ben Orloff is the UCI finished a 12-game road Michael Frias went 11.2 UCI has hit 8 triples ranking youngest coach on the West trip with a 6-6 record ending consecutive no-hit innings them 6th nationally. Nathan Coast, 1 of 10 coaches in the on the program’s first-ever over four outings, he also Church leads NCAA hitters nation under the age of 34 sweep of a 4-game series had 15.1 straight scoreless IP with 4 triples this season 2021 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes THIS WEEKEND UC IRVINE QUICK FACTS Big West play continues between two programs coming off wins of their four-game sets to open confer- University Information ence play.