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U N I V E R S I T Y O F W A S H I N G T O N HUSKY BASEBALL Web Site – www.gohuskies.com / baseball this WEEK . April 25, 2012 Contact: Jeff Bechthold ([email protected]) Friday, April 27 Huskies Head to Salt Lake City Washington at Utah Spring Mobile Ballpark, 11:00 a.m. PT For First Of Two Straight Road Series live stats at gohuskies.com THIS WEEKEND: The Washington baseball team (21-17 overall, 6-9 in the Pac-12) heads out on the road this Saturday, April 28 weekend for the first of two straight conference series away from this Seattle. This Friday through Sunday, the Huskies Washington at Utah make their first-ever visit to Salt Lake City for a three-game series at Utah (11-28, 5-13). Game times all three days at Spring Mobile Ballpark, 11:00 a.m. PT Spring Mobile Ballpark is 12:00 p.m. MT/11:00 a.m. PT. The Huskies enter the weekend coming off of two straight wins, live stats at gohuskies.com a 6-5, 12-inning victory over then-No. 13 Arizona on Sunday and a 6-4 decision Tuesday at Portland. Fans can follow live stats of all three games via links at gohuskies.com. The easiest way to find the links is to go to the baseball schedule Sunday, April 29 page at gohuskies.com and click on that day’s game for the links. The UW pitching rotation remains in tact from the Washington at Utah past two weekends. Washington will send junior right-hander Aaron West to the mound in Friday’s series opener. On Spring Mobile Ballpark, 11:00 a.m. PT Saturday, freshman right Tyler Davis starts for the Huskies, while sophomore RHP Jeff Brigham will make his third live stats at gohuskies.com start of the season on Sunday. Next weekend, the UW travels to face USC at Dedeaux Field in Los Angeles. Here’s a look at this weekend’s games: COMING UP . Friday, April 27: Washington at Utah, 11:00 a.m. PT – live stats at gohuskies.com Saturday, April 28: Washington at Utah, 11:00 a.m. PT – live stats at gohuskies.com Fri.-Sun., May 4-6 Sunday, April 29: Washington at Utah, 11:00 a.m. PT – live stats at gohuskies.com Washington at USC COACH MEGGS: Lindsay Meggs is in his third season as head coach at Washington. This spring, one of his Dedeaux Field, Los Angeles chief accomplishments has come to fruition with the opening of the new baseball team building at Husky Ballpark – a three-game, Pac-12 series clubhouse, coaches’ offices, training room, equipment room and donor area overlooking the field. Meggs came to the Fri.-Sun., May 11-13 UW after having spent the previous three seasons at Indiana State and the 13 prior to that at Chico State, where he won UCLA at Washington NCAA Division II national championships in 1997 and 1999. He helped Chico to the D-II College World Series seven times and won the league eight times. At Indiana State, he was named Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year in 2009 three-game, Pac-12 series after guiding the Sycamores to a second-place finish, their highest since 1998. Currently, he boasts a 681-389-4 record Friday game at Safeco Field over 18 seasons as a four-year college head coach. He’d previously served as head coach at Long Beach City College and Oxnard College. Born in San Jose and a graduate of Saratoga (Calif.) High, Meggs played four seasons as the starting QUICK PITCHES . third baseman at UCLA. He was drafted by the Brewers in 1983, and then again by the Royals after his senior year in 1984. Meggs is joined by assistant coaches Dave Nakama, Dave Dangler and Jordon Twohig. • Washington entered the week ranked No. 24 in the nation in fielding POSSIBLE STARTERS: Here’s a look at the possible starters at each position, with stats and notes: percentage with a mark of .975 Pos. Player, Year Avg.-HR-RBI Notes C – B.K. Santy, Sr. .259-1-10 Has started 11 of 15 Pac-12 games; 1 of 2 seniors on roster • Junior left fielder Joe Meggs is Chase Anselment, Jr. .310-2-12 11 starts at C, 7 at DH and 2 in RF this year currently No. 1 in the nation in sacrifice Ryan Wiggins, So. .296-2-8 Earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 as a freshman hits with 18 on the season. 1B – Trevor Mitsui, Fr. .282-1-10 ‘11 Gatorade Player of the Year for Wash.; started last 7 2B – Robert Pehl, Fr. .254-1-14 Went 6-for-11 (.545) with 3 RBI in Bakersfield series • The Huskies are 14-0 this season Andrew Ely, Fr. .261-0-6 Went 3-for-5 in start April 7 vs. Stanford; 6 starts overall when leading after seven innings and 3B – Jacob Lamb, Jr. .283-1-22 Has started all 38 at 3B; 7-for-last-20 (.350) 15-0 when leading after eight. SS – Erik Forgione, Fr. .200-0-8 23 starts this season at shortstop; HS teammate of Pehl Ty Afenir, Jr. .180-0-3 Made only 5 errors last season, starting 46 games at SS • The Huskies are 10-1 in games in OF – Michael Camporeale, Jr. .275-4-20 Drove in seven runs in a game Feb. 27 at CS Northridge which they’ve hit a home run this year. OF – Joe Meggs, Jr. .282-0-11 UW’s leading hitter in 2011; NCAA leader with 18 SHs OF – Jayce Ray, Jr. .358-0-15 Leads Huskies in runs, hits, doubles, triples and steals OF – Caleb Brown, Sr. .304-2-10 1 of 2 seniors on roster; 4-for-last-10 with 3 doubles facebook.com/UWHuskyBaseball DH – Branden Berry, Fr. .310-2-18 19 starts at DH and 15 at first base this season Twitter: @UW_Baseball THIS WEEK’S HUSKY BASEBALL PLANNER . Tue. 24 Wed. 25 Thu. 26 Fri. 27 Sat. 28 Sun. 29 Mon. 30 Washington Washington Washington RIL Washington at Utah at Utah at Utah P A def. Portland 11:00 a.m. PT 11:00 a.m. PT 11:00 a.m. PT 6-4 live stats live stats live stats University of Washington Athletics • Athletic Communications • Graves Hall • Box 354070 • Seattle, WA 98195-4070 NATIONAL RANKINGS WASHINGTON BASEBALL APRIL 25, 2012 Baseball America DAWG RETURN TO SAFECO FIELD: Washington will play at Safeco Field, home of the Seattle Top 25 (April 23, 2012) Mariners, for the sixth straight season when the Huskies host UCLA on May 11. It will be the Dawgs' seventh game 1. Florida State 33-7 at Safeco, as they played two games there in 2009, and will mark the first time the Huskies have taken on the Bruins 2. Kentucky 35-6 at the big-league field. Washington first played at Safeco Field in 2007, when 10,421 fans watched the Huskies beat 3. Baylor 35-7 defending NCAA champion Oregon State, 6-2. Since then, the Huskies have played Arizona (2008), Oregon State 4. Louisiana State 32-9 5. Florida 31-9 and Arizona State (2009), Stanford (2010) and Oregon State (2011) at the Mariners' home. 6. Rice 30-12 POSITION PLAYER NOTES (in alphabetical order): 7. South Carolina 30-11 #2 MAC ACKER, Jr. OF/LHP: Has begun to see more action as an offensive player lately ... started 8. Cal State Fullerton 26-13 at DH Apr. 14 at Cal ... went gone 2-for-5 off the bench before start ... has also appeared in 7 games as a pitcher, 9. Texas A&M 28-12 ★ including 2 starts ... named the NWAACC Player of the Year in 2011 as a two-way player at Columbia Basin College 10. Oregon 27-12 ★ in Pasco, Wash. ... hit .380 with 13 doubles and 37 RBI and went 5-1 with a 1.49 ERA at CBC last year. 11. Arizona 26-13 ★ 12. UCLA 26-10 ★ #3 TY AFENIR, Jr. SS: Has 15 starts at shortstop, 1 at 2B ... drove in go-ahead run with 10th-inning 13. Stanford 25-10 squeeze Mar. 31 (game 1) at OSU ... 3-for-7 in CSU Bakersfield series ... 1-for-5 with an RBI in 2nd game of SJU 14. Central Florida 34-8 series ... started 46 of 54 games last season at shortstop ... made just 5 errors and posted a .969 fielding percentage 15. Purdue 31-6 ... played summer baseball for the Anchorage Bucs in the Alaska League ... teammate of fellow Husky B.K. Santy 16. North Carolina 29-12 17. San Diego 31-9 at Palomar College in 2010 ... uncle, Troy Afenir, played in the major leagues in the early 1990s. 18. Mississippi 27-13 #11 CHASE ANSELMENT, Jr. C: 11 starts at C, 7 at DH, 2 in RF ... 3 RBI Apr. 22 vs. Arizona ... homered 19. North Carolina State 26-12 Mar. 24 vs. CSU Bakersfield ... 5-for-12 in Oregon series ... 3-for-8 with 3 RBI in Cal Poly series ... drove in game- 20. Texas 23-14 winner with SF in 7th (last inning) Mar. 4 vs. Saint Joseph's and then homered in the second game ... 2-for-2 with 21. Arkansas 28-12 a 2B, walk and HBP ... started 47 games in 2011, 39 in RF, 5 at DH and 3 at C ... ... shared team lead for homers ... 22. Miami 26-14 23. Arizona State ★ 24-16 started 33 games as a freshman, earning third-team Freshman All-America (Ping! Baseball) after batting .347 ..