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BASEBALL VS. SAN FRANCISCO SPOKANE, WASH. | PATTERSON BASEBALL COMPLEX & COACH STEVE HERTZ FIELD WESTGAME COAST CENTER CONFERENCE | Live video/stats: TOURNAMENT GoZags.com SCHEDULE (O: 32-15; C: 19-5 H: 14-3; A: 16-10; N:2-2) February 19 (Fri) New Mexico ! W, 4-3 February 20 (Sat) Kansas State University ! W, 17-5 February 21 (Sun) Oregon State ! L, 4-20 February 22 (Mon) Kansas State University ! L, 1-6 # 14 GONZAGA (32-15, 19-5 WCC) SAN DIEGO (31-11, 17-7 WCC) February 25 (Thur) at Dallas Baptist W, 10-7 Head Coach: Mark Machtolf Head Coach: Rich Hill February 26 (Fri) at Dallas Baptist L, 2-13 February 27 (Sat) at Dallas Baptist W, 19-7 February 28 (Sun) at Dallas Baptist L, 7-8 March 5 (Fri) vs Portland L, 0-2 Probables March 6 (Sat) vs Portland W, 7-0 May 27 | 6 p.m. PT March 7 (Sun) vs Portland W, 8-1 RHP Alek Jacob (6-1, 3.10 ERA, 69.2 IP, 95 K) vs. RHP Jake Miller (6-1, 2.06 ERA, 56.2 IP, 75 K) March 9 (Tue) at #7 Texas Tech L, 4-5 March 10 (Wed) at #7 Texas Tech L, 4-5 May 28 | 6 p.m. PT March 12 (Fri) at #11 TCU W, 13-8 TBA vs. TBA March 13 (Sat) at #11 TCU L, 1-7 March 14 (Sun) at TCU W, 10-7, 11 inn. May 29 | 12 p.m. PT March 19 (Fri) at Santa Clara * W, 2-0 March 20 (Sat) at Santa Clara * W, 10-4, 13 inn. TBA vs. TBA March 21 (Fri) at Santa Clara * W, 5-2 March 23 (Tue) vs Washington W, 7-2 Series Review March 26 (Fri) at Loyola Marymount * L, 1-7 Since the 2000 season, San Diego leads the series 37-32, but Gonzaga has won each of the last five March 27 (Sat) at Loyola Marymount * L, 4-8 series and 10 of the last 14 meetings, dating back to the 2015 season. In the last series between the March 28 (Sun) at Loyola Marymount * W, 14-2 two programs, the Toreros took the first game 4-2 in 13 innings, but Gonzaga evened the series with a April 1 (Thur) vs Pacific * W, 9-0 15-3 stomp in game two. The series finale was a high-scoring outing, ending in favor of the Zags with April 2 (Fri) vs Pacific * W, 6-0 an 11-9 final score. April 3 (Sat) vs Pacific * W, 2-1 April 5 (Mon) at Oregon State L, 3-11 April 6 (Tue) at Oregon State W, 5-2 WCC Title on the Line April 9 (Fri) vs Saint Mary’s * L, 6-10 This weekend’s series has a WCC Title up for grabs. Currently, Gonzaga has a two-game lead on San April 10 (Sat) vs Saint Mary’s * W, 21-3 Diego in the pennant race, and the Zags need just one win to clinch the regular-season title. The Zags’ April 11 (Sun) vs Saint Mary’s * W, 2-1 last regular-season title came back in 2017, and GU won the 2018 WCC Tournament to advance to the April 13 (Tue) at Washington State W, 9-0, 5 inn. NCAA Tournament. April 16 (Fri) at Pepperdine * W, 10-0 April 17 (Sat) at Pepperdine * L, 3-4 West Coast Conference Outlook April 18 (Sun) at Pepperdine * W, 11-6 April 20 (Tue) at Washington W, 3-0 - The Bulldogs sit atop the West Coast Conference standings with a 19-5 mark, two games ahead of April 22 (Thur) vs BYU * W, 12-1 San Diego at 17-7 conference mark. The Zags will clinch the West Coast Conference regular-season April 23 (Fri) vs BYU * W, 2-1 title with one win over the Toreros in the upcoming series. San Francisco (16-11) and BYU (15-12) round April 24 (Sat) vs BYU * W, 7-3 out the top four spots. April 27 (Tue) vs Washington State W, 7-5 - Portland leads the WCC in strikeouts with 471, while Saint Mary’s ranks second with 461. The Zags April 30 (Fri) vs San Diego * Postponed rank third with 450 total strikeouts on the season May 1 (Sat) vs San Diego * Postponed - The Bulldogs lead the conference in fielding percentage at .983 with 1248 putouts, which ranks May 2 (Sun) vs San Diego * Postponed eighth. The Zags also have the fewest number of errors in the league with 29 and rank fourth in the May 3 (Mon) vs. Oregon Postponed May 7 (Fri) vs Seattle U Cancelled league in double plays with 32. Pacific leads the WCC in doubles plays with 44. May 8 (Sat) vs Seattle U Cancelled - San Diego leads the WCC in batting average at .299, while Gonzaga claims the second spot with a May 9 (Sun) vs Seattle U Cancelled .283 batting average. Pepperdine ranks third at .267. May 11 (Tue) at Oregon Postponed - Gonzaga also ranks second in the WCC in RBI with 268 but lead the conference in hits with 458. San May 12 (Wed) at Oregon Postponed Diego leads the WCC in RBI with 283 and ranks third in hits with 433. May 14 (Fri) at Portland * W, 12-4 - Brett Harris ranks second in the league in batting average at .356 and third in hits with 63. Harris May 15 (Sat) at Portland * W, 6-3 ranks tied for fifth in the conference with 36 RBI, while Andrew Orzel ranks tied for eighth with 33 RBI. May 16 (Sun) at Portland * W, 5-3, 10 Inn. Tyler Rando ranks tied for 15th in RBI with 30. May 18 (Tue) at Oregon L, 3-10 May 21 (Fri) vs San Francisco * W, 3-2 - GU ranks second in the WCC in runs with 308, while San Diego leads the league with 310. May 22 (Sat) vs San Francisco * W, 6-5 - Gonzaga was picked to finish the WCC second behind Pepperdine. May 23 (Sun) vs San Francisco * L, 1-11 May 27 (Thur) vs. San Diego * 6 p.m. Keep Climbing: Gonzaga Ranked in Multiple Top 25 Polls May 28 (Fri) vs. San Diego * 6 p.m. The Zags are currently ranked 14th in the D1Baseball.com Top 25 poll--the highest ranking for the Zags May 29 (Sat) vs. San Diego * 12 p.m. this season--No. 18 in the USA Today Coaches Poll , No. 20 in the Baseball America Top 25 and 29th in Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Div. I Baseball Poll. Gonzaga earned its first national ranking of the season on April 26, earning a No. 21 ranking from D1Baseball.com. The Zags finished the week prior with an All times Pacific * West Coast Conference game unblemished 4-0 record, starting with a Tuesday afternoon win at Washington (April 20) and ending ! Sanderson Ford Baseball Classic (Surprise, Ariz.) with a series sweep over BYU at Patterson Baseball Complex and Coach Steve Hertz Field (April 22-24). 1 @zagbaseball Since then, Gonzaga was forced into a two-week - The Zags have had multiple Player of the Week pause due to COVID-19 protocols, but in its first and Pitcher of the Week honors this season. GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Spokane, Wash. series back from the pause the Zags swept Port- Grayson Sterling was the most recent Zag to earn Founded: 1887 land on the road by scores of 12-4, 6-3 and 5-3 (10 WCC Player of the Week, joining Brett Harris Enrollment: 7,501 inn.). The Bulldogs didn’t skip a beat, and the na- (April 19) and Stephen Lund (March 16) who have Nickname: Bulldogs tional polls took notice. On Monday, May 17, the also earned the award this season. This was the Colors: Blue (R-0 G-41 B-103), Red (R-179 G-25 B-52), White (R-255 G-255 B-255), and Gray (R-195, G-199, Zags jumped to No. 17 in the D1Baseball Top 25, first week in nearly a month that the Zags didn’t B-203) to No. 19 in Collegiate Baseball Top 25 and broke take home WCC Pitcher of the Week honors. Facility (Capacity): Patterson Baseball Complex and into the top 25 in Baseball America, coming in at GU earned three-straight WCC Pitcher of the Coach Steve Hertz Field Presented by Washington Trust (1,500) No. 25. Gonzaga’s No. 17 ranking is the highest Week awards from April 5-19, with Alek Jacob Dimensions (L to R): 328, 370, 400, 370, 328 ranking for GU since a No. 19 ranking in 2017, and earning the honor on April 5 and 19th with Gabriel Conference (Affiliation): West Coast (NCAA Div. I) it’s the highest snce GU earned a No. 9 ranking Hughes took it home on April 12. Hughes was also President: Dr. Thayne M. McCulloh from Collegiate Baseball back in 1980. named Pitcher of the Week back on March 23, Athletic Director: Mike Roth Baseball Administrator: Chris Standiford Gonzaga earned its first-ever national ranking while William Kempner was named Pitcher of the Faculty Athletic Representative: Peggy Sue Loroz during the 1971 season, earning a No. 15 ranking Week on March 9. by Collegiate Baseball. GU’s highest-ever national TEAM INFORMATION Head Coach (Alma Mater, Year): ranking came in the 1980 season when the Bull- Potential Hosts Mark Machtolf (Stanford ‘87) dogs were ranked ninth by Collegiate Baseball. On Friday, May 14, Gonzaga was named as one of Record at GU (Years): 492-402-2 (18th as head; Since 2010, Gonzaga has been ranked 19 times, 20 potential host sites for the Division I Baseball 30th total) reaching as high as 19th in both Baseball Ameri- Championships.