2014 Cal Poly Weekly Release -- April 30, 2014

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Cal Poly junior southpaw Taylor Chris 2014 Baseball Schedule (36-8) has not allowed an earned run in 18 Date Team Time 2/3 innings of conference play this Feb. 14 No. 22 Kansas State ...... 3-0 W Feb. 15 No. 22 Kansas State ...... 5-2 W season and his overall numbers Feb. 16 No. 22 Kansas State ...... 10-1 W include a 3-0 record and 0.95 ERA Feb. 18 at Santa Clara ...... 8-0 W with four saves. Chris has struck out Feb. 21 at No. 12 UCLA ...... 2-5 L 42 batters in 38 innings, has earned Feb. 22 at No. 12 UCLA ...... 8-0 W Feb. 23 at No. 12 UCLA ...... 9-1 W wins against Northern Illinois, UC Feb. 25 at San Jose State ...... 5-3 W Davis and Bakersfield and has picked Feb. 28 at No. 29 USC . . . . .Canceled (Rain) up saves against Seattle, Wagner, Cal March 2 at No. 29 USC (Game 1) . . . . .5-1 W March 2 at No. 29 USC (Game 2) . . . .0-16 L and UC Santa Barbara. Five times he March 4 Santa Clara (7 innings, fog) .6-0 W has pitched three or more innings March 7 at Seattle (Meridian Park) . . . .4-0 W without giving up a run. March 8 at Seattle (Edmonds CC) . . .14-15 L March 9 at Seattle (Meridian Park) . . . .2-1 W Photo by Ray Ambler March 11 Northern Illinois ...... 4-2 W March 12 Northern Illinois ...... 10-1 W March 13 Northern Illinois ...... 11-9 W March 14 Wagner ...... 8-1 W March 15 Wagner ...... 3-1 W Cal Poly to Visit UC Riverside March 16 Wagner ...... 7-2 W March 21 ...... 4-1 W March 22 California ...... 3-8 L for Weekend Big West Series March 23 California ...... 8-4 W March 24 California ...... 16-8 W No. 3 Mustangs (36-8) Lose Series for First Time This Season and Fall March 28 *UC Davis ...... 8-0 W to Pepperdine; Highlanders (19-21) Tied for Third in March 29 *UC Davis ...... 5-3 W March 30 *UC Davis ...... 9-1 W Cal Poly (36-8, 12-3 Big West), coming off its first series loss of the year, takes a three-game losing streak, longest April 1 Bakersfield ...... 6-1 W of the season, and concludes a seven-game road trip this weekend with a three-game Big West Conference series April 4 *No. 13 UC Santa Barbara . . .6-8 L against UC Riverside (19-21, 7-5 Big West) at the (cap.: 2,500). April 5 *No. 13 UC Santa Barbara . . .8-7 W First pitches are set for 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 1 o’clock Sunday. All three games of the series will be aired April 6 *No. 13 UC Santa Barbara . . .1-0 W live on ESPN Radio 1280 with Tom Barket providing April 8 Saint Mary’s ...... 6-2 W the play-by-play. Sunday’s game also will be broad- April 11 *at Hawai’i ...... 3-2 W cast on ESPN3 with Trent Schlom serving as play- April 12 *at Hawai’i ...... 4-3 W by-play announcer. Links for live stats as well as an audio stream and Sunday’s video stream are available April 13 *at Hawai’i ...... 8-3 W at www.GoPoly.com. April 15 at Bakersfield ...... 9-1 W April 17 *No. 19 Cal St. Fullerton . . . .8-0 W Ranked No. 3 by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, No. 4 by Baseball America and the National No. 3/4/5 Cal Poly (36-8, 12-3) April 18 *No. 19 Cal St. Fullerton (13 inn.) 4-3 W Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, No. 5 in the April 19 *No. 19 Cal St. Fullerton . . . .3-0 W USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll and No. 9 by Perfect at UC Riverside (19-21, 7-5) April 22 San Jose State ...... 12-5 W Game this week, Cal Poly posted its first non-win- Riverside Sports Complex (Cap.: 2,500) April 25 *at Long Beach State ...... 6-3 W ning week of the year, going 2-2 with a 12-5 mid- April 26 *at Long Beach State ...... 2-7 L week win over San Jose State, then hitting the road Friday, 6 p.m. PDT April 27 *at Long Beach State ...... 0-1 L and dropping two of three games to Long Beach State CP -- LHP Matt Imhof (8-2, 2.08 ERA) April 29 at No. 17 Pepperdine ...... 4-11 L at . The Mustangs won Friday’s opener 6- UCR -- RHP Jake Smigelski (5-5, 3.34 ERA) May 2 *at UC Riverside ...... 6 p.m. 3 before falling 7-2 and 1-0 on the weekend, losing a Saturday, 6 p.m. PDT May 3 *at UC Riverside ...... 6 p.m. series to the Dirtbags for the fourth straight year. The CP -- RHP Justin Calomeni (7-2, 3.67 ERA) May 4 *at UC Riverside (ESPN3) . . .1 p.m. losing streak reached three games with an 11-4 loss at UCR -- RHP Zach Varela (5-2, 2.98 ERA) May 6 Pepperdine ...... 6 p.m. Pepperdine on Tuesday. May 9 *UC Irvine ...... 6 p.m. Cal Poly has won 10 of 11 series of three games or Sunday, 1 p.m. PDT (ESPN3) May 10 *UC Irvine ...... 6 p.m. more this season and split two games in a rain-short- CP -- RHP Casey Bloomquist (9-1, 1.27 ERA) May 11 *UC Irvine ...... 1 p.m. ened series at USC. The Mustangs also have won UCR -- LHP Ben Doucette (3-3, 4.40 ERA) May 13 at Saint Mary’s ...... 3 p.m. seven of their eight midweek games so far, including Radio: ESPN 1280 AM May 16 *at Cal State Northridge . . . . .3 p.m. two shutouts against Santa Clara. Internet (Audio): www.GoPoly.com May 17 *at Cal State Northridge . . . . .1 p.m. Past the halfway point of the 2014 season, the Internet (Video): None May 18 *at Cal State Northridge . . . . .1 p.m. Mustangs are hitting .295, best in the Big West, and Live Stats: www.GoPoly.com M.30-J.2 NCAA Regionals ...... TBA have outscored the opposition 267-143 while the pitching staff has compiled a 2.89 ERA with 389 strikeouts and June 6-9 NCAA Super Regionals ...... TBA 148 walks in 392 innings. Cal Poly is No. 4 in the NCAA in strikeouts per nine innings, No. 2 in winning percent- June 14-25 College World Series (Omaha) .TBA age and No. 10 in fielding percentage. *Big West Conference game All times Pacific UC Riverside lost two of three games at UC Santa Barbara last weekend and is tied for third place with Long (Continued on Page 9) Quick Facts Location ...... San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0388 Mustang Notes Founded ...... 1901 Mustangs at the Plate ... Enrollment ...... 19,800 (Fall 2013) Cal Poly returns 67 percent of its at-bats and 67 percent of its hits from the 2013 squad which President ...... Dr. Jeffrey Armstrong (Murray State ‘81) hit .279, No. 5 in the Big West Conference. The returnees include three regulars who hit .299 Director of Athletics ...... Don Oberhelman (Kansas State ‘93) or above. Right fielder Nick Torres leads the group of returnees with a .333 mark, followed by Senior Associate Athletics Director ...... Phil Webb center fielder Jordan Ellis (.323) and third baseman Jimmy Allen (.299). Senior Woman Administrator ...... Barbara Martinez Faculty Athletics Representative ...... Dr. Ken Walker Cal Poly hit .324 in sweeping Kansas State on the opening weekend of the 2014 season. The Athletics Department Phone ...... (805) 756-2924 Nickname ...... Mustangs Mustangs outhit Kansas State 33-11 and outscored the Wildcats 18-3. The Mustangs also hit Colors ...... Forest Green (Pantone 3308) and Gold (Pantone 7402) .326 in sweeping Northern Illinois, .314 in the Wagner sweep, .311 in the Cal series and .320 Affiliation ...... NCAA Division I in the Cal State Fullerton series. The Mustangs, who swept six series in 2012, opened the 2013 Conference ...... Big West season with a pair of three-game sweeps and won 10 of 15 weekend series with five sweeps. Ticket Office ...... (805) 756-4TIX / (866) GoStangs Cal Poly won nine of 14 weekend series in 2012 and has not been swept in a weekend series Cal Poly Radio Affiliate ...... ESPN (1280 AM) since 2011. This spring, the Mustangs have won 10 of 11 series, including six sweeps, and split a rain-shortened two-game set at USC. Baggett Stadium Date Opened ...... Jan. 21, 2001 (Cal Poly 6, Stanford 5; 12 innings) Cal Poly hit just .154 with one in losing two of three games at Long Beach State over Capacity ...... 3,106 (768 permanent seats, 2,322 bleacher seats) the weekend. Sophomore shortstop Peter Van Gansen was 3-for-7 and junior right fielder Nick Dimensions ...... 335 (L & R foul poles), 385 (alleys), 405 (center) Torres went 3-for-12 with four RBI. Sophomore second baseman saw his 14- Press Box Phone ...... (805) 756-7456 game hitting streak come to an end while Torres had a nine-game streak snapped. Coaching Staff Mathias had a 17-game hitting streak snapped by Bakersfield on April 1 while sophomore des- Head Coach / Alma Mater ...... Larry Lee / Pepperdine ‘83 ignated hitter Brian Mundell had a 12-game streak halted by Cal State Fullerton on April 18. Record at Cal Poly / Years ...... 349-272-2 (.562) / 11 Seasons Torres had his 11-game streak halted by UC Santa Barbara on April 4. Senior first baseman/left Career (NCAA) Record / Years ...... 349-272-2 (.562) / 11 Seasons fielder Tim Wise and Jimmy Allen had eight-game streaks. Current longest hitting streak is two Career (Overall) Record / Years ...... 809-513-5 (.612) / 27 Seasons games by Van Gansen. Last year, Torres had an 18-game hitting streak, fourth-longest in Cal Office Phone ...... (805) 756-6367 Poly’s 19-year Division I history, snapped by UC Davis. Mathias has 18 multiple-hit games, Lee’s E-Mail ...... [email protected] Torres 17 and senior third baseman Jimmy Allen 17 while Torres leads the club with his 11 mul- Assistant Coaches . . .Thomas Eager (2nd Year) / University of Phoenix ‘12 tiple-RBI games...... Teddy Warrecker (4th Year) / Cal State Northridge ‘02 Volunteer Asst. Coach . . .Alex Hoover (4th Year) / San Francisco State ‘05 Mathias has moved into the top spot in batting for Cal Poly with a .393 average, best in the Big Director of Baseball Operations . . . . .Elliot Stewart (1st Year) / Cal Poly ‘13 Administrative Assistant ...... Dick Morrow (16th Year) / Cal Poly ‘55 West as well, and 28 RBI while Torres is hitting .328 with 12 doubles, one triple, four home runs and 40 RBI. Hoo sports a .318 average with 13 doubles and 32 RBI while junior left field- Team Information er Zack Zehner is hitting .309 with four doubles and 11 RBI. Allen has a .295 average with 11 2013 Overall Record ...... 40-19 (.678) doubles, three triples, two home runs and 29 RBI while senior first baseman/left fielder Tim 2013 Big West Record / Finish ...... 17-10 (.630) / Tie-Second Wise is near the .300 mark at .289. 2013 Postseason ...... Los Angeles Regional (UCLA) Letterwinners Returning / Lost ...... 19 / 9 Forty-four games into the 2014 season, the Mustangs are hitting .317 with runners on base, .318 Position Starters Returning / Lost ...... 8 / 3 with runners in scoring position, 19-for-76 (.250) with the bases loaded (4-for-6 in Cal series, Pitchers Returning / Lost ...... 7 / 4 4-for-8 in UC Davis series and 3-for-6 against Bakersfield) and .272 with the bases empty en Newcomers / Returning Redshirts and Non-Players ...... 11 / 2 route to a .295 team batting average, best in the Big West. Last season Cal Poly hit .292 with runners on base, .291 with runners in scoring position, .278 with the bases loaded (see Page 8) Athletic Media Relations Information and .268 when the bases were empty en route to a .279 team batting average. Interim Director, Athletics Communications ...... Eric Burdick Baseball Contact ...... Eric Burdick Cal Poly is hitting .312 against lefties and .288 against right-handers. In 2013, the Mustangs hit Office Phone ...... (805) 756-6550 .284 against left-handers and .278 against righties. Leadoff hitters have reached base 38.2 per- Cell Phone ...... (805) 550-3427 cent of the time and the Mustangs, who had 21 pinch hits in 2012, 15 more than in 2011, are Office Fax ...... (805) 756-2650 12-for-44 (.273) as pinch-hitters this spring, including four by redshirt freshman catcher Brett Mailing Address . .Mott Gym, 1 Grand Ave., San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0388 Barbier, three by freshman outfielder Kevin Morgan and two by sophomore Ryan Drobny. Alex Burdick’s E-Mail ...... [email protected] Michaels led the Mustangs in pinch-hits with 10 in 2012. Website ...... www.GoPoly.com Facebook / Twitter ...... CalPolyMustangs / CPMustangs Mustangs on the Mound ... Just like the offense, Cal Poly has plenty of innings, strikeouts and wins back this spring. The Mustangs return 66 percent of the innings, 63 percent of the strikeouts and 57 percent of the wins this spring. 2014 Big West Standings This year’s starting rotation began with junior southpaw Matt Imhof on Friday, freshman right- Overall Big West hander Slater Lee on Saturday and sophomore righty Casey Bloomquist on Sunday. Imhof was the Saturday starter a year ago while Bloomquist was used primarily as the midweek starter. Team W L T Pct. W LPct. Freshman right-hander Justin Calomeni moved into the Saturday slot for a couple weeks with UC Irvine ...... 29 14 0 .674 11 1 .917 Lee the starter in midweek games.They returned to their earlier roles in late March but Cal Poly ...... 36 8 0 .818 12 3 .800 Calomeni will start on Saturday this week. Long Beach State ...... 20 21 0 .488 7 5 .583 The relief corps for Cal Poly this season will be led by junior right-hander Reed Reilly (2-4, UC Riverside ...... 19 21 0 .475 7 5 .583 2.29 ERA, school record-tying 14 saves in 2013) and right-hander Danny Zandona (2-1, 4.50 Cal State Fullerton ...... 21 18 0 .538 6 6 .500 ERA in 2013) and lefty Taylor Chris (1-0, 2.55 ERA), both juniors. Other potential relievers UC Santa Barbara ...... 26 11 1 .697 7 8 .467 include junior righties Bryan Granger (5-4, 5.37 ERA) and Michael Dingilian (0-0, 3.00 ERA) Cal State Northridge ...... 16 28 0 .364 4 8 .333 and a trio of freshman right-handers -- Jearl Jesson, Nick Suniga and Cameron Cotton. UC Davis ...... 17 23 0 .425 3 12 .200 Cal Poly’s pitching staff has struck out 389 batters in 392 innings (including 41 Cal State Hawai’i ...... 15 25 0 .375 3 12 .200 Fullerton hitters two weeks ago). Mustang pitchers gave up 16 runs to USC on March 2 and 15 This week’s schedule: more to Seattle on March 8 and just 112 runs in the remaining 41 games this season. Tuesday -- Cal Poly (4) at Pepperdine (11), UCLA (5) at UC Santa Last year’s pitching staff snapped the school Division I ERA record with a 3.40 mark. The 2012 Barbara (5) (12 innings, darkness), UNLV (2) at UC Riverside (8), Cal team’s 3.48 record stood for just one year. This year’s staff has a 2.89 ERA so far, giving up State Northridge (9) at CSU Bakersfield (8), San Diego (6) at Cal just three runs in the Cal State Fullerton series two weeks ago, and has posted nine shutouts. State Fullerton (5), UC Irvine (6) at USC (2). Wednesday -- Pepperdine at Long Beach State, Fresno State at Mustangs on the Basepaths ... Cal Poly, which swiped 81 of 102 bases in 2009, second-most in Larry Lee’s nine seasons at Cal State Fullerton. the helm of the Mustangs (the 2004 squad stole 90 bases), stole 51 bases in 59 games last year Friday-Sunday -- *Cal Poly at UC Riverside, *UC Davis at Cal (eight in the UC Davis series), with Chavez stealing 17 and Armendariz 11. Cal Poly has stolen State Northridge, *Cal State Fullerton at Long Beach State, *UC 36 of 53 bases so far this year, Mark Mathias leading the way with 11 steals and Ellis eight. Santa Barbara at UC Irvine, New York Tech at Hawai’i (Saturday DH). Mustangs in the Field ... Tuesday (May 6) -- Pepperdine at Cal Poly, Cal State Fullerton at Cal Poly, which broke the school record with a .978 fielding percentage in 2012, committing UCLA, San Diego State at Long Beach State, UC Davis at Nevada, 46 errors in 56 games, posted a .973 fielding percentage in 2013 and has committed just 37 UC Irvine at San Diego, UC Santa Barbara at Cal State Bakersfield. errors in 44 games for a .977 fielding percentage. The Mustangs, who played 22 errorless *Big West Conference game games in 2012, had 20 in 2013. Cal Poly has played 19 errorless games so far in 2014. Mustang Notes Head Coach Larry Lee Last Week ... After serving as head baseball coach at Cuesta In the 11th week of the 2014 season, Cal Poly concluded a four-game homestand with College for 16 seasons, Larry Lee was hired on a 12-5 midweek win over San Jose State, them embarked on a seven-game road trip July 22, 2002 to guide the Cal Poly baseball pro- beginning with a three-game Big West Conference series against Long Beach State at gram. He is 385-280-2 in 11-plus seasons with Blair Field. After winning the first game 6-3 Friday night, the Mustangs lost to the the Mustangs. After a 27-28-1 record and a fourth-place finish in the Big West Conference in Dirtbags 7-2 and 1-0, losing a series of three or four games for the first time this sea- 2003, Lee guided the Mustangs to four straight son. On Tuesday , Tim Wise produced his first career four-hit game, knocking in two winning seasons, including 38 wins in 2004. Cal runs, and Slater Lee earned his first win since late February as Cal Poly, one day after Poly earned its first NCAA Division I regional earning a No. 1 ranking from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, beat San Jose State 12- playoff berth in 2009, finishing with a 37-21 overall record, and the 5. Wise singled in a run in Cal Poly's three-run first-inning rally and the Mustangs Mustangs were 36-20 in 2012 and 40-19 in 2013, setting the never looked back, breaking open a 7-4 contest with four runs in the seventh frame. school Division I record for victories, for their 11th winning season Wise also bunted for a base hit in the sixth, bunted for an RBI single in the seventh and in the last 13 years. singled to left-center field in the eighth. Zack Zehner added three hits, all singles, and Lee led Cuesta to the California Community College State Final also drove in two runs, improving his average to .333. On Friday, Nick Torres singled Four on four occasions, all in the last 11 years of his tenure. The on a 3-0 pitch, driving in two runs in a three-run eighth-inning rally that snapped a 3- Cougars reached the state’s Final Four in 1992, 1997, 2001 and 3 tie and lifted Cal Poly to a 6-3 win over Long Beach State in the opener of their 2002 and qualified for the Southern California Regionals each of three-game Big West Conference series at Blair Field. The Mustangs loaded the bases the last six years of his tenure, including a No. 1 seed in 1999 and on singles by Peter Van Gansen and Chris Hoo plus a hit batsman on a 3-2 pitch. No. 2 in 2002. Jordan Ellis grounded out to first base, pushing across the go-ahead run, before Torres got the green light on a 3-0 pitch and gave Cal Poly two insurance runs with his sin- Lee’s overall record for 16 years at Cuesta was 460-241-3, includ- ing a state-leading 44 wins in 1997. His teams qualified for the gle to left-center field. Reed Reilly (3-1), who relieved starter Matt Imhof with one out regionals 11 times in the last 13 years. in the seventh, earned his third victory of the season, allowing two hits in 2 2/3 score- less innings with one walk and a strikeout. Over his last 11 2/3 innings (five appear- Under Lee’s leadership, Cuesta claimed nine Western State ances), Reilly has retired 35 of 40 batters and has allowed no runs and two hits with Conference titles, including the last six in a row, and averaged 38 three walks and 17 strikeouts, earning two wins and a pair of saves. On Saturday, wins during that six-year stretch. His teams produced a 267-119 Long Beach State scored six times in the first four innings and parlayed a 13-hit offen- record in conference games. sive attack into a 7-2 victory over Cal Poly. In giving up double-digit hits for only the second time in their last 12 games, the Mustangs had a nation-leading 12-game win- Assistant Coaches ning streak snapped. Cal Poly was held to just six hits in the game. Torres singled twice Teddy Warrecker head baseball coach at Santa Barbara City College the to extend his hitting streak to nine games and Mark Mathias singled in the eighth last 10 seasons, joined the Cal Poly baseball program as an assistant inning, keeping his hitting streak alive at 14 games. Ellis doubled for Cal Poly's lone coach in August 2010. Warrecker compiled a 193-198-2 record as head extra-base hit. On Sunday, Long Beach State scored an unearned run in the first inning coach of the Vaqueros. In the last seven years, Warrecker guided SBCC to and Nick Sabo and Ty Provencher made it stand up for a 1-0 victory over the six winning campaigns and three regional playoff appearances. Warrecker was a catcher and first baseman at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, Mustangs. In losing a series to Long Beach State for the fourth straight year, two setting school career marks in home runs and RBI. He attended the games to one, Cal Poly lost back-to-back games for the first time this season. Cal Poly University of Arizona before signing with the after his jun- loaded the bases in both the fifth and seventh innings, but Mathias grounded into an ior year.Warrecker spent six years in the minor leagues as a pitcher with inning-ending double play in the fifth and pinch-hitter Brett Barbier fouled out to first Cleveland, Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves. After professional base to end the seventh-inning rally. Casey Bloomquist (9-1) suffered his first loss of baseball, Warrecker completed his bachelor's degree in history at Cal State the year despite lowering his ERA to 1.27. In five innings, he allowed one unearned Northridge and recently finished his master's degree in sport science from run and seven hits with no walks and two strikeouts. Taylor Chris pitched three score- the United States Sports Academy. Warrecker coached over 50 players who went on to play at the four-year and professional levels. less innings in relief of Bloomquist. For the series, Cal Poly hit just .154. Van Gansen and Torres were the lone Mustangs with as many as three hits in the series. Van Gansen Thomas Eager, a pitcher at Cal Poly in 2006 and 2007 who also pitched went 3-for-7 while Torres was 3-for-12 with four RBI. four seasons in the minor leagues with the St. Louis Cardinals organization, is in his second season as pitching coach of the Mustangs after two years National Rankings as Director of Baseball Operations at his alma mater. Eager compiled an As a team, Cal Poly is ranked No. 2 in the nation in winning percentage (.837) and No. 11-3 record and 3.43 ERA as a sophomore in 2007, striking out 99 batters 4 in strikeouts per nine innings (9.0). The Mustangs also are No. 9 in shutouts (9), 10th in 126 innings en route to first-team All-Big West Conference honors. Eager in fielding percentage (.979), 14th in hits allowed per nine innings (7.34), 20th in both was drafted in the fifth round by St. Louis following the 2007 season and played for the Batavia Muckdogs (New York-Penn League), Quad Cities ERA (2.74) and sacrifice flies (25), 26th in strikeouts-to-walks ratio (2.63), 26th in RiverBandits (Midwest League), Palm Beach Cardinals (Florida State WHIP (1.19) and 30th in on-base percentage (.384). Individually, Brian Mundell is League) and Springfield Cardinals (Texas League), compiling a 15-21 No. 1 in sacrifice flies (10) while Matt Imhof is No. 1 in total strikeouts (101) and career win-loss mark as a professional. Eager was a three-year varsity let- strikeouts per nine innings (12.34), No. 13 with eight wins and 17th in hits allowed per terman in baseball at Merced High and was a business administration major nine innings (5.50). Casey Bloomquist is No. 4 in victories (9) and 17th in ERA (1.17). at Cal Poly. Mark Mathias is No. 24 in batting (.393) while Reed Reilly is 61st with seven saves. Alex Hoover, a St. Joseph High School graduate in nearby Santa Maria, was hired in the fall of 2010 as Cal Poly's volunteer assistant coach after Cal Poly a Winner in Season Openers serving the previous four years as an assistant coach under Teddy Cal Poly, which opened its 20th season of competition at the NCAA Division I level Warrecker at Santa Barbara City College. Hoover helped SBCC to four con- in February, is 13-7 in season openers as a Division I school after defeating Kansas secutive winning seasons and a 102-65 overall mark. He was the team's State 3-0 last week and San Francisco 5-3 a year ago. The Mustangs had won six infield coach, worked with the hitters and was the third-base coach. Prior to straight season openers, then lost five straight to San Diego 9-6 in 2007, to Alabama his coaching stint at SBCC, Hoover was Director of Baseball Operations for 10-1 in 2008, to Rice 10-7 in 2009, to USC 9-4 in 2010 and to North Carolina 2-1 in head coach Ed Sprague at Pacific. The Tigers earned 30 wins in 2006. Born 2011 before shutting out Oklahoma State 6-0 in 2012. Cal Poly earned a thrilling sea- and raised in Grover Beach, Hoover was a baseball teammate of former Cal son-opening 12-inning 6-5 win over Stanford in 2001 in the first game played in Poly pitching coach Jason Kelly at St. Joseph High and also played basket- ball and football. Baggett Stadium. Cal Poly topped Fresno State 6-3 in the 2006 season opener, giving head coach Larry Lee a 4-0 mark in season openers. Lee is now 7-5 in openers. Elliot Stewart, a catcher at Cal Poly from 2010-13, is in his first season as Director of Baseball Operations. Stewart produced eight doubles, two Ten-Game Overtime Win Streak Snapped by Pepperdine triples, eight home runs and 30 RBI as a senior in 2013. He missed the After playing eight extra-inning games in 2003 and six more in 2004, Cal Poly played entire 2012 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery on his right just 10 extra-inning games from 2005-08. The Mustangs, however, played five over- elbow. Stewart started 31 games as a junior in 2011 and hit .252 with 10 time contests in 2009, all at home, and won them all. Cal Poly won all four of its extra- doubles and a pair of home runs with 17 RBI. As a sophomore in 2010, Stewart played in 40 games with 22 starts and hit .245 with four doubles, inning games of the 2010 season and was 1-2 in both 2011 and 2012. A streak of 10 three home runs and 13 RBI. One of his homers was a grand slam against consecutive extra-inning wins by the Mustangs was snapped March 29, 2011, by Fresno State. Stewart played one season at West Valley College before Pepperdine as the Waves beat the Mustangs 7-4 in 11 innings. The Mustangs are 37- transferring to Cal Poly. He is a 2008 graduate of Archbishop Mitty High 21 in extra-inning affairs since moving to Division I prior to the 1995 season, includ- School in San Jose, earning first-team All-West Catholic Athletic League ing two victories last year -- a 10-inning 6-5 win over San Jose State on March 12, honors as a senior and honorable mention as a sophomore and junior. 2013, and a 13-inning 6-5 triumph over UC Davis on March 30, 2013. The 13-inning Stewart earned his bachelor's degree in social science at Cal Poly in 2013. 4-3 win over Cal State Fullerton on April 18 was Cal Poly’s first extra-inning game this season. Baseball Polls Mustang Notes Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Setting the Records Straight ... School Points Prv. Several Mustangs reached the top 10 in Cal Poly’s record book or were near the elite group in 2013. Sophomore 1. Virginia (37-8) ...... 494 2 Reed Reilly had 15 career saves, tied for No. 1 with Mike Bille (2002-05) (he is now No. 1 alone with 19 career 2. Oregon State (31-8) ...... 491 4 saves), and his 14 saves last season also is tied for No. 1 with Bille (2005). Reilly’s 32 appearances on the mound 3. Cal Poly (36-7) ...... 490 1 last season are tied for No. 2 with Evan Reed. Senior Joey Wagman’s 13 wins are one better than previous record- 4. Miami, Florida (32-13) ...... 486 11 holder Garrett Olson, set in 2005. Wagman’s 27 career wins are tied for No. 2 with Mike Zirelli, while his 259 career 5. Florida State (33-11) ...... 483 6 strikeouts are No. 5. Wagman’s 103 strikeouts last season is No. 9 all time while his 318 1/3 career innings pitched 6. Louisiana-Lafayette (39-6) . . . . .481 3 are No. 5. Sophomore outfielder Jordan Ellis’ six triples last season are tied for No. 9 with Ozzie Smith and two 7. Washington (29-10-1) ...... 476 5 others. 8. Florida (30-15) ...... 475 9 9. Louisiana State (33-11-1) . . . . .473 10 More Records ... 10. Mississippi (33-12) ...... 471 12 When one considers just the 19 Division I seasons the Mustangs have played, numerous records were set last year. Others include: For a career, Reed Reilly’s 15 saves (now 19, No. 1 alone) are tied for No. 1 while his 2.53 ERA is No. 1. Nick 15. Oregon (31-13) ...... 459 7 Torres’ four intentional walks are tied for No. 4 while Joey Wagman’s four complete games are tied for No. 5. 16. Texas (30-11) ...... 457 4 Wagman also is No. 3 with 318.1 innings pitched, No. 3 with 259 strikeouts and tied for No. 1 with 27 wins. For a 17. Pepperdine (30-9) ...... 454 17 single season, the 59 starts by Denver Chavez, Nick Torres and Jimmy Allen are No. 4 while Jordan Ellis’ six triples 20. UC Irvine (28-14) ...... 448 28 are No. 4. The four intentional walks issued to Nick Torres ties the record while his nine sacrifice flies is tied for 24. Southern California (24-17) . . .439 --- No. 2. Reed Reilly’s 14 saves are tied for No. 1 while his 2.29 ERA is No. 3. Matt Imhof’s 2.74 ERA is No. 10 26. Arizona State (23-17) ...... 433 --- while Taylor Chris’ .159 opponents batting average is No. 2. Joey Wagman’s 13 wins is a Division I record while 27. UNLV (28-15) ...... 431 --- his 103 strikeouts is No. 3. Reilly’s 32 appearances is tied for No. 2 while Imhof’s five pickoffs is tied for No. 2. Peter Van Gansen’s 161 assists is tied for No. 5. Baseball America School 2014 Record Prv. Mustang Foes in the Top 30 1. Virginia ...... 37-8 1 Four of Cal Poly’s 20 opponents on the 2014 baseball schedule -- Cal State Fullerton, defending national champi- 2. Oregon State ...... 31-8 5 on UCLA, Kansas State and UC Santa Barbara -- were ranked in the preseason polls. Cal State Fullerton was ranked 3. Louisiana-Lafayette ...... 39-6 3 as high as No. 1 in the Collegiate Baseball, USA Today/ESPN and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association 4. Cal Poly ...... 36-7 2 polls while UCLA was ranked No. 8, No. 9, No. 10, No. 12 and No. 15 in various polls. Kansas State was ranked 5. Florida ...... 30-15 6 from No. 18 to 28 while UC Santa Barbara drew a No. 39 ranking from Collegiate Baseball. Receiving votes in sev- 6. Florida State ...... 33-11 4 eral of the polls were Bakersfield, Pepperdine and UC Irvine. Cal Poly opened the season ranked No. 27 by 7. Washington ...... 29-10-1 7 Collegiate Baseball and No. 29 by the NCBWAand was receiving votes in the USA Today/ESPN and Perfect Game 8. Louisiana State ...... 33-11-1 9 polls. Last year, Collegiate Baseball ranked the Mustangs at No. 21 in its final poll of the year while both the USA 9. South Carolina ...... 34-11 11 Today coaches poll and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll listed Cal Poly at No. 24. Cal 10. Miami, Florida ...... 32-13 15 Poly's highest ranking in 2013 was No. 16 in the Collegiate Baseball poll before losing two of three games to Cal Others include: State Fullerton. In 2012, the Mustangs were ranked No. 22 by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper after its 7-1 start and 19. Texas ...... 32-13 10 No. 27 in early April after sweeping UC Irvine before falling back. Cal Poly was ranked as high as No. 22 by Baseball America in 2006 after jumping to a 9-2 start, but lost 12 of its next 19 games to fall out of the polls. The Perfect Game Poll Mustangs were briefly ranked by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper in 2007 after winning 10 of 12 games early in the Rankings: season. Cal Poly was ranked as high as No. 12 by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and Baseball America after get- 1. Virginia, 2. Louisiana-Lafayette, 3. Oregon ting off to a 17-4 start in 2009. State, 4. Florida, 5. Louisiana State, 6. Florida State, 7. Washington, 8. South Carolina, 9. Cal Waiting Until the Last Moment ... Poly, 10. Louisville. Cal Poly earned seven walk-off wins in 2009, including five in extra innings, en route to a berth in the NCAATempe Others include: 18. Texas, 19. UC Santa Regional. The Mustangs had two walk-off wins at home in 2010 (a 4-3 win in 10 innings over UC Santa Barbara Barbara, 21. Oregon, 25. Pepperdine. on April 9 and a 16-15 victory in 11 innings over Long Beach State on May 2). Cal Poly earned only one walk-off win in 2011 on April 3 as Jordan Hadlock’s pinch-hit double to the gap in left-center field with the bases loaded USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll scored two for a 4-3 triumph over UC Riverside in 10 innings. In 2012 the Mustangs produced two walk-off wins Rankings: -- scoring five runs in the bottom of the ninth for a 6-5 victory against San Diego State on March 23 and beating 1. Virginia, 2. Louisiana-Lafayette, 3. Oregon Pepperdine 2-1 on May 1 as Jimmy Allen homered in the bottom of the 10th inning -- and picked up three in 2013 State, 4. Florida State, 5. Cal Poly, 6. Louisiana -- March 12 on Brian Mundell’s one-out in the 10th inning in a 6-5 win over San Jose State, March 30 State, 7. South Carolina, 8. Louisville, 9. on Chris Hoo’s bases-loaded single in the 13th inning of a 5-4 triumph over UC Davis and May 5 on Mundell’s Vanderbilt, 10. Oklahoma State. infield single to shortstop in the ninth inning of a 4-3 victory over UC Riverside. Hoo’s single up the middle in the Others include: 11. Texas, 13. Washington, 14. ninth gave Cal Poly its first walk-off win of the current season April 5, an 8-7 triumph over UC Santa Barbara. Nick Oregon, 23. Pepperdine. Torres doubled in the 13th inning to give the Mustangs a 4-3 win over Cal State Fullerton on April 18. Others receiving votes: UC Santa Barbara, UNLV, UC Irvine, San Diego State, New Mexico, Reaching the 30-Wins Milestone Arizona State, Cal State Fullerton. The 2004 Cal Poly baseball team reached 30 wins on April 9, becoming the second quickest Mustang team to reach the plateau. Cal Poly’s 1977 squad won its 30th game on April 5 against Long Beach State and finished 41-20 while National Collegiate Baseball Writers Assn. the current squad earned its 30th win April 13 at Hawai’i. The 2004 Mustangs reached 20 wins on March 21, third Rankings: quickest in school history. The 1997 team was 20-3 on March 12, finishing 37-21, while the 1977 team picked up 1. Virginia, 2. Oregon State, 3. Louisiana- its 20th win on March 20. Cal Poly’s 2005 squad reached 30 wins on May 1, hit the 30-win mark in 2007 on May Lafayette, 4. Cal Poly, 5. Louisiana State, 6. 25 and the current squad won its 30th on May 4. The Mustangs have won 30 or more games nine times in the last Florida State, 7. South Carolina, 8. Louisville, 9. 14 years. The 2009 team reached the 30-win mark on April 28 en route to a 37-21 season and an NCAA Regional Oklahoma State, 10. Oregon. berth. That team was 20-7 on April 4. Since the NCAA’s uniform start date was implemented in 2008, the fastest Others include: 12. Texas, 13. Washington, 24. team to 20 wins is the present squad, hitting the mark on March 24. The 2013 squad accomplished the feat on March UC Santa Barbara, 25. Pepperdine, 28. Cal 30, five days faster than the 2009 team’s 20th win on April 4. Fastest team to 30 wins since the 2008 uniform start State Fullerton. date is the 2009 team (April 28). Only three Cal Poly teams have reached 40 wins in a season -- the 1977 and 1992 Others receiving votes (alphabetical): Arizona squads both winning 41 contests and the 2013 team earning 40 wins. State, New Mexico, Sacramento State, San Diego State, Southern California, UC Irvine, Twin Killings UCLA, UNLV. Cal Poly has turned 34 double plays in 43 games so far this season. Last year, the Mustangs turned 39 double plays -- four against UC Davis on March 30 and seven in the series with six more in the second UCSB series. The record for double plays in one game is five, turned Feb. 21, 2004, against Santa Clara. The Mustangs turned 40 double plays in 2012 -- five in the Minnesota series -- and turned 29 double plays in 2011 -- five in the Cal State Northridge series and four in a single game at Stanford on May 24. In 2009, the Mustangs, who turned a season-high five dou- ble plays in the UC Santa Barbara series, notched a total of 51. Cal Poly turned 46 double plays in 56 games in 2007, including eight in the Fresno State series. The Mustangs also turned eight double plays in the season-open- ing series against Fresno State in 2006 and finished with 52 in 56 games. Cal Poly turned 65 double plays in 2003, the most since moving up to Division I prior to the 1995 season. Cal Poly Series Records Mustang Notes School First Last Record Turn Out the Lights Adelphi College ...... 1993 1993 1-0 Cal Poly, just 21-31 at night from 2001-03, reversed that trend the next three seasons, going 37-23 under the Alabama ...... 2008 2008 2-1 Arizona ...... 1969 1969 0-2 lights. In 2007 Cal Poly was 12-11 at night and 20-13 under the sun. In 13-plus seasons at Baggett Stadium, Cal Arizona State ...... 1969 2010 1-3 Poly is 245-140 -- 101-73 in day games and 144-67 at night. Overall in 2009, the Mustangs were 21-10 in night Armstrong State ...... 1989 1989 1-0 Azusa Pacific ...... 1973 1989 5-3 games and 16-11 under the sun. In 2008 Cal Poly was 10-16 in day games and 14-16 at night. The Mustangs Bakersfield ...... 2009 2014 13-5 Bethany College ...... 2001 2002 3-0 were 18-8 at night and 9-18 under the sun in 2011. In 2012 Cal Poly was 19-7 at night and 17-13 in day games. Biola ...... 1975 1976 2-0 Last year the numbers were 18-11 at night and 22-8 in day games. This spring: 15-4 in day games, 21-4 at night. Bowling Green ...... 2003 2003 1-0 Brigham Young ...... 2002 2003 1-1 Cal Christian ...... 2000 2000 4-0 Big West Preseason Poll Cal Lutheran ...... 1964 1997 14-4 Cal Poly Pomona ...... 1942 1994 69-82 Cal Poly earned its highest preseason ranking in the Big West when the Mustangs were picked to finish No. 2 Cal State Dominguez Hills ...... 1974 1997 43-41 C al State Fullerton ...... 1966 2014 38-62 by the nine head coaches in January. Cal State Fullerton has been picked to win its fifth straight Big West crown Cal State Hayward ...... 1967 1994 46-8 and 28th overall. The Mustangs have finished second in the Big West each of the last two years. UC Santa Cal State Los Angeles ...... 1951 1994 78-47 Cal State Northridge ...... 1959 2013 97-117 Barbara is picked to finish third this year, followed by UC Irvine, Long Beach State, Hawai’i, UC Riverside, Cal State San Bernardino ...... 1992 1994 12-5 Cal State Northridge and UC Davis. Pacific has left the Big West for the . Hawai’i joined Cal State Stanislaus ...... 1971 1998 12-5 Cal Tech ...... 1945 1954 2-1 the Big West a year ago. Cal Poly has finished in the upper half of the Big West standings nine times in Larry California ...... 1948 2014 15-34 Centenary ...... 2000 2000 1-1 Lee's 11 seasons at the helm, including second-place finishes in 2005, 2012 and 2013. The pollsters have been Chapman College ...... 1964 1994 45-66 correct the last four years as Cal State Fullerton was picked to win the 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 titles and did Chico State ...... 1973 1992 9-1 Columbia ...... 2001 2001 5-0 so. Cal Poly has finished in the top five of the Big West Conference standings 13 of the last 14 seasons. Cornell ...... 2004 2004 2-0 Dartmouth ...... 2001 2012 4-3 Eastern Oregon ...... 1992 1994 3-1 All-Big West Conference Florida International ...... 1998 2010 1-1 Fresno State ...... 1945 2012 63-113 Six Cal Poly baseball players were honored by the Big West in 2013, including four on the first team. Starting Georgetown ...... 2002 2002 1-0 pitcher Joey Wagman and relief pitcher Reed Reilly are repeat first-team selections and sophomore outfielder Gonzaga ...... 2003 2003 0-0-1 Hawaii ...... 1995 2014 12-7 Nick Torres and senior second baseman Denver Chavez also landed on the first unit. Starting pitcher Matt Imhof Hawaii-Hilo ...... 1996 2004 15-5-1 and sophomore center fielder Jordan Ellis earned honorable mention accolades. Brandon Roberts (2004-05) is Holy Cross ...... 2013 2013 2-0 Houston ...... 2009 2010 2-4 the only other Mustang who was a two-time All-Big West first-team selection. A total of 35 Mustangs have been Kansas State ...... 2013 2014 5-1 named to the all-conference first team since Cal Poly joined the Big West in 1997, including players of the year Kent State ...... 2009 2009 0-1 La Verne ...... 1942 1977 2-4 (2007), Kyle Blumenthal (2005) and (2012). Lewis ...... 1989 1989 1-1 Lewis & Clark ...... 1998 1998 0-2 Livingston ...... 1992 1992 1-0 Preseason All-Big West L ong Beach State ...... 1957 2014 49-88 L oyola Marymount ...... 1949 2012 17-20 College Sports Madness selected a preseason All-Big West Conference baseball team. Cal Poly junior outfield- Mansfield (PA) ...... 1992 1992 1-2 er Nick Torres earned a spot on the first team while junior pitchers Matt Imhof and Reed Reilly were selected Master’s College ...... 1992 1992 1-0 Menlo College ...... 1997 1997 1-0 to the second unit. Minnesota ...... 2011 2012 2-3 Missouri ...... 2003 2011 1-2 Missouri-Kansas City ...... 1993 1993 1-0 Kissing Your Sister Montclair State ...... 1990 1990 3-0 Nebraska ...... 1998 2003 0-6 For three straight years (2002-04), Cal Poly had a tie on its record. The Mustangs and San Jose State tied 6-6 Nevada ...... 1965 2007 9-19 in a game Feb. 6, 2004 called after seven innings due to darkness. Cal Poly tied Gonzaga 8-8 on March 12, New Haven ...... 1989 1989 1-0 New Mexico ...... 2006 2006 1-0 2003, in a tournament game at Fresno and battled Hawaii-Hilo to an 8-8 draw on Jan. 21, 2002, the first tie in New Mexico State ...... 1997 2000 14-2 North Carolina ...... 2011 2011 0-1 20 years. In 1982, the Mustangs and UC Santa Barbara battled to a 10-10 draw. Cal Poly has not had a tie on North Carolina-Asheville ...... 2003 2003 1-0 its record since 2004. Northern Illinois ...... 2010 2014 5-0 Notre Dame ...... 2013 2013 1-2 Occidental ...... 1948 1951 2-1 Big Crowds for Mustang Home Games ... Ohio State ...... 1990 1990 1-1 Oklahoma State ...... 2002 2012 3-4 The Mustangs are averaging 1,377 fans 26 games into the home schedule, thanks to crowds of 2,188, 2,072 and Oral Roberts ...... 2009 2009 0-1 Oregon ...... 1967 1974 2-2 2,489 for the UC Santa Barbara series and 2,402, 2,831 and 2,614 for the Cal State Fullerton set. The season Oregon State ...... 1968 2007 1-7-1 average is No. 44 among 302 NCAA Division I baseball teams. The Cal Poly average also is No. 10 among the Pacific ...... 1946 2013 44-31 Patten College ...... 1997 1997 1-0 47 schools in the five conferences in the West Region and No. 4 behind Hawai’i, Cal State Fullerton and Long Penn ...... 2003 2003 1-0 Beach State in the Big West Conference. Cal Poly nearly surpassed the 2,000 mark for each of its three games Penn State ...... 2003 2003 0-1 Pepperdine ...... 1947 2014 23-32 in last year’s Cal State Fullerton series, averaging 2,161 fans per game, including 2,352 on April 20, and aver- Point Loma Nazarene ...... 1954 1975 15-1 Pomona College ...... 1951 1952 2-0 aged 1,676 for its three-game series against Notre Dame, including 2,076 on March 15. With 22 of 29 crowds Portland ...... 2002 2002 2-1 in excess of 1,000 fans, the Mustangs averaged 1,290 for 29 home dates. Four years ago, the Mustangs aver- Portland State ...... 1971 1997 4-0 Redlands ...... 1971 1971 3-0 aged 993 for 27 home dates, including 2,010 for the series finale against Oklahoma State. Cal Poly’s top five Rice ...... 2007 2009 2-4 crowds for a single game are 3,284 for Cal State Fullerton on May 6, 2005; 3,274 for the Long Beach State Sacramento State ...... 1950 2009 43-15 Sacred Heart ...... 1992 1992 1-0 game on April 23, 2004; 3,110 for Stanford on Jan. 21, 2001, the first game played at Baggett Stadium; 2,831 Saint Mary’s ...... 1949 2014 30-12 for Cal State Fullerton on April 18 and 2,614 for the Titans the next day. Top five crowds for a three-game series San Diego ...... 1965 2013 30-29 San Diego State ...... 1946 2012 34-61 are 8,585 for Cal State Fullerton on May 6-8, 2005; 7,847 for Cal State Fullerton this season, 6,749 for the San Francisco ...... 1950 2013 28-14 San Francisco State ...... 1952 1998 53-19 UCSB series this year, 6,384 for Cal State Fullerton on April 19-21, 2013; and 5,735 for Fresno State opening San Jose State ...... 1947 2014 42-47-1 the 2006 season. Cal Poly drew over 1,000 fans in 25 of its 30 home games in 2009 and averaged 1,312 fans Santa Clara ...... 1956 2014 38-41 Seattle ...... 2013 2014 5-1 per home game, a Baggett Stadium record. Cal Poly averaged 1,194 fans per home game in 2007, exceeding Slippery Rock ...... 1989 1989 2-0 the average of 1,119 fans in 2005. In 2008, Cal Poly averaged 1,116 fans per home game, fourth on the list. Sonoma State ...... 1971 1992 13-3 South Carolina-Aiken ...... 1993 1993 1-0 Southern Oregon ...... 1981 1981 4-0 Southern Utah ...... 1989 2003 9-1 Homegrown Product ... Stanford ...... 1949 2011 6-46 All of Cal Poly’s 32 baseball players are from California. One is a graduate of Santa Barbara High School -- Tampa ...... 1993 1993 0-1 Temple ...... 1999 2001 8-1 junior pitcher Danny Zandona. The lone out-of-state player on last year’s roster was senior pitcher Kyle UC Davis ...... 1951 2014 28-8 Brueggemann from Olathe, Kansas. UC Irvine ...... 1977 2013 17-22 UC Riverside ...... 1970 2013 105-81 UC Santa Barbara ...... 1942 2014 100-117 UCLA ...... 1953 2014 9-21 Ironman Trophy United States International ...... 1963 1986 5-4 Jimmy Allen and Brian Mundell have started all 44 games so far this season. Denver Chavez, Jimmy Allen and UNLV ...... 2007 2008 6-0 USC ...... 1953 2014 6-23 Nick Torres started all 59 games last season while Peter Van Gansen (57 starts) played all 59 games. Mike Utah ...... 1991 2002 9-3 Miller, Jimmy Allen and Mitch Haniger started all 56 games in 2012 while David Armendariz and Nick Torres Utah Valley ...... 2010 2010 1-0 Valparaiso ...... 2011 2011 3-0 played all 56 games with 52 and 48 starts respectively. No Cal Poly player started all 53 games in 2011. Right- Vanguard ...... 1975 1979 3-1 Wagner ...... 2014 2014 3-0 fielder Mitch Haniger started 52 of the 53 games and designated hitter DJ Gentile started 51 games. Only one Washington ...... 1969 2013 15-7 Mustang started the first 36 games of the 2010 season -- sophomore second baseman Matt Jensen -- but he dis- Westmont College ...... 1948 2004 51-20 Willamette ...... 1985 1985 1-0 located his knee in practice in late April to snap the streak. Bobby Crocker played in all 55 games with 54 starts. Wisconsin-Milwaukee ...... 2012 2012 1-0 Ryan Lee and Kyle Smith started all 58 games in 2009. Two Mustangs -- Brent Morel and Logan Schafer -- Wright State ...... 1998 1998 2-0 Wyoming ...... 1993 1993 2-0 started all 56 games a year earlier. Pat Pezet started 55 games and played in all 56. Only one Mustang played 2014 Cal Poly Opponents in Bold in every game in 2007 -- freshman shortstop Kyle Smith played in all 56 games with 55 starts. Junior right field- er Grant Desme started the first 50 before fracturing his wrist May 12. 2014 Big West Leaders Mustang Notes (Through Games of April 27, 2014) Team Friendly Confines of Baggett Stadium Hitting (Avg.) 1. Cal Poly ...... 297 Cal Poly has played 13-plus seasons in Baggett Stadium on campus and has a 245-140 record in the facility thus far, including 24-2 this 2. UC Santa Barbara ...... 295 year, 23-6 last spring, 22-7 in 2012, 19-7 in 2011, 15-17 in 2010, 23-7 in 2009, 14-14 in 2008, 16-12 in 2007, 14-13 in 2006 and 17-9 Pitching (ERA) in 2005. The Mustangs were 15-11 in Baggett Stadium in 2004, 11-9 in 2003, 17-14 in 2002 and 15-12 in 2001, the inaugural campaign. 1. Cal State Fullerton ...... 2.22 3. Cal Poly ...... 2.74 Cal Poly has won 94 of its last 119 home games (79.0 percent). Fielding (Pct.) 1. Cal Poly ...... 979 Statistics, Statistics, More Statistics ... 2. Long Beach State ...... 977 Cal Poly won 18 straight home games, including the last seven of the 2013 season, before falling to Cal 8-3 on March 22 ... the Mustangs’ 17- Individual 3 start was the second best for 20 games, exceeded by the 18-2 start of the 1997 squad, while the 25-5 mark is the best 30-game start in pro- Batting Average gram history ... Cal Poly’s sweep over Cal State Fullerton on April 17-19 is its first against the Titans since 1973; the Titans were last swept 1. Mark Mathias (CP) ...... 393 2. Joey Epperson (UCSB) ...... 392 by LSU in 2011 and, in a Big West series, by UC Riverside in 2007 ... with 15 strikeouts against Seattle on March 7, Matt Imhof broke the 3. Kevin Barker (UCD) ...... 367 school Division I record of 14 set by Mike Zirelli in 1999 and matched by Mason Radeke in 2011 and Imhof on Feb. 14 and March 14 ... prior 4. Connor Spencer (UCI) ...... 363 5. Nick Blaser (CSN) ...... 353 to this year, the last time Cal Poly won a series against UCLA was in 2005, also in ... Cal Poly’s 5-1 win at USC on 1 0. Nick Torres (CP) ...... 329 March 2 was its sixth over the Trojans in 29 meetings ... the Mustangs are 6-3 against Pac-12 teams this season ... Slater Lee’s two-hit shutout 13. Chris Hoo (CP) ...... 323 at UCLA was the Mustangs’ first since Mike Zirelli blanked Fresno State in 1996 ... Cal Poly scored 10 runs against CSU Bakersfield on May 17. Zack Zehner (CP) ...... 314 28. Jimmy Allen (CP) ...... 290 14, 2013, snapping a streak of 27 straight games scoring less than 10 runs, and the Mustangs scored 10 or more runs just five times last sea- 29. Brian Mundell (CP) ...... 289 son (six so far in 2014) ... Cal Poly was 3-2 against Pac-12 teams last season, 7-0 against the WAC and 6-4 against West Coast foes ... the 29. Tim Wise (CP) ...... 289 Mustangs’ 7-0 start in 2013 was their best since the 1981 squad also went 7-0 ... both the 1954 and 1974 teams went 8-0 while the school 32. Peter Van Gansen (CP) ...... 288 50. Jordan Ellis (CP) ...... 262 record was set by the 1951 team at 10-0 ... Cal Poly won 14 straight games, including the final seven of the 2012 season, before Washington Hits snapped the streak March 1, 2013 ... Elliot Stewart homered twice against San Francisco on Feb. 17, 2013, Cal Poly’s first multi-homer game 1. Mark Mathias (CP) ...... 59 2. Nick Torres (CP) ...... 57 since May 22, 2011, when both Tim Wise and Bobby Crocker hit a pair at Pacific ... Nick Torres (Washington) and Brian Mundell (Kansas 10. Jimmy Allen (CP) ...... 49 State) both homered twice in a game since ... UCSB’s 11-run sixth-inning rally April 6 was the largest against Cal Poly since Cal State Doubles Northridge tallied 12 runs in the third inning in 1995, Cal Poly’s first season in Division I ... Seattle scored 10 times in the sixth inning on 1. Chris Hoo (CP) ...... 13 2. Nick Torres (CP) ...... 12 March 8 ... the Mustangs’ 3-0 win over Cal State Fullerton on April 19 was completed in 1 hour, 54 minutes, the fastest game ever in the 14- 4. Jimmy Allen (CP) ...... 11 year history of Baggett Stadium ... the Mustangs have won 30 or more games 10 times in the last 15 seasons, including 2014, and Cal Poly 7. Brian Mundell (CP) ...... 10 has clinched its 12th winning season since 2000 ... Cal Poly has swept a season-opening series five times in its 20-year Division I history -- Triples 1. Michael Hill (LBSU) ...... 6 Kansas State this year, San Francisco last year, Oklahoma State in 2012, Fresno State in 2006 and San Diego in 2005 ... Cal Poly opened the 1. Taylor Sparks (UCI) ...... 6 2011 season with six consecutive losses but won 20 of its first 30 games in 2012 ... Cal Poly was 20 games above the .500 mark three times 5. Jimmy Allen (CP) ...... 3 8. Tim Wise (CP) ...... 2 in 2009 and reached that plateau five times since moving to Division I in 1995, finally breaking through that barrier for the first time last May 8. Peter Van Gansen (CP) ...... 2 19 at 37-16 with a 7-2 win over Cal State Northridge ... Cal Poly was 31 games above the .500 mark last week for the first time ... while the Home Runs Mustangs’ 23 opponents in 2012 were a combined 72 games above .500 (677-605) in 2011, last year’s 20 regular season foes finished a com- 1. Nick Vilter (UCR) ...... 9 4. Nick Torres (CP) ...... 4 bined 552-558, six games under the .500 mark, in 2012 ... this year’s 20 opponents were 548-575 in 2013 ... the one-hitter by Long Beach 4. Brian Mundell (CP) ...... 4 State’s Shawn Stuart on April 1, 2012 was the first one-hitter thrown against Cal Poly since the Mustangs moved to Division I 20 years ago RBIs ... no opponent has no-hit the Mustangs and there have been seven two-hitters, the last one by Long Beach State on April 27 ... Cal Poly swept 1. Nick Torres (CP) ...... 41 3. Brian Mundell (CP) ...... 35 UC Irvine on April 5-7, 2012, for the first time in series history ... the Mustangs handed the Anteaters their first conference series sweep since 6. Chris Hoo (CP) ...... 32 2006 -- a stretch of 48 consecutive series -- and, as a result of the 6-0 series opener April 5, gave UC Irvine its first loss in a conference series 10. Mark Mathias (CP) ...... 28 10. Jimmy Allen (CP) ...... 28 opener since 2008, snapping a string of 25 conference series-opening wins ... Cal Poly, 19-7 at home in 2011, 22-7 in 2012 and 23-6 in 2013, Stolen Bases was 15-17 at home in 2010, the only time the Mustangs have finished below .500 in 13 seasons at Baggett Stadium ... Cal Poly, which won 1. Joe Chavez (UCR) ...... 15 11 of 14 weekend series in 2009, won just four in 2010, all in the last five weeks, and earned six series wins in 2011, all but one at home ... 1. Richard Prigatano (LBS) ...... 15 1. Peter Maris (UCSB) ...... 15 the Mustangs won nine of 14 weekend series in 2012, including six sweeps, and 10 of 15 last spring with five sweeps ... Cal Poly, which did- 5. Mark Mathias (CP) ...... 11 n’t sweep a series in 2010, outscored Valparaiso 26-3 in March 2011 en route to its first series sweep since April 2009 against UC Davis and Sacrifice Bunts also swept Cal State Northridge and UC Davis ... the Mustangs’ longest winning streak in 2010 was three games, accomplished three times, 1. Brett Balkan (CSN) ...... 9 1. Chris Rabago (UCI) ...... 9 all in the last five weeks; in 2011 they won seven straight in April and the longest winning streak in 2012 was seven games to close out the 1. Peter Maris (UCSB) ...... 9 season ... the 2013 squad won its first seven games while the current team won eight straight games before falling to Cal 8-3 on March 22 and 6. Peter Van Gansen (CP) ...... 7 6. Chris Hoo (CP) ...... 7 had a 12-game winning streak halted by Long Beach State on April 27 ... in 2005 Cal Poly swept Fresno State in a three-game series for the Sacrifice Flies first time in the then-60-year history of the rivalry and duplicated the feat opening the 2006 campaign in Baggett Stadium and again in 2007 1. Brian Mundell (CP) ...... 10 at Pete Beiden Field ... the Mustangs have won 18 of their last 24 games against the Bulldogs, including three of five games during Fresno 5. Nick Torres (CP) ...... 4 5. Mark Mathias (CP) ...... 4 State’s national championship season in 2008 and 11-4 and 5-4 wins in 2011 ... the Mustangs won 11 straight games against Fresno State prior to two losses to the Bulldogs in March 2008 ... Cal Poly had beaten UC Riverside twice in three-game series five consecutive seasons until Pitching 2007 when the Highlanders took two of three at Baggett Stadium en route to the Big West title; UC Riverside was 2-1 against the Mustangs Earned Run Average 1. Andrew Morales (UCI) ...... 0.78 four straight years until April 1-3, 2011 when Cal Poly won two of three ... the Mustangs swept the Highlanders in 2012 for the first time since 2. Taylor Chris (CP) ...... 0.95 2000 and duplicated the feat last year ... Long Beach State was 16-2 in a six-year stretch against the Mustangs until Cal Poly won two of three 3. Josh Frye (CSN) ...... 1.13 4. Casey Bloomquist (CP) ...... 1.27 in 2009, its first series win at Blair Field since 1997, and also won two of three in 2010 ... the Dirtbags have won four straight series against 5. Koby Gauna (CSF) ...... 1.45 Cal Poly, all two games to one ... the Mustangs have won 38 of their last 65 games against UC Santa Barbara and are 11-13 in the last eight 15. Matt Imhof (CP) ...... 2.08 seasons against four-time national champion Cal State Fullerton ... UC Irvine had won four straight series against the Mustangs until Cal Poly 32. Justin Calomeni (CP) ...... 3.67 39. Slater Lee (CP) ...... 5.17 swept the Anteaters in 2012 ... Cal Poly won seven straight series against UC Davis until losing two of three at in 2012 and Strikeouts is 29-7 all-time against the Aggies, who are 0-12 at Baggett Stadium since joining the Big West in 2008. 1. Matt Imhof (CP) ...... 101 7. Justin Calomeni (CP) ...... 57 9. Casey Bloomquist (CP) ...... 55 2014 Cal Poly Season Highs Saves 1. Sam Moore (UCI) ...... 19 Team Individual 4. Reed Reilly (CP) ...... 7 Runs -- 16 vs. Cal 3/24 At-Bats -- 7, Mathias and Torres vs. CS Fullerton 4/18 8. Taylor Chris (CP) ...... 4 Runs Allowed -- 15 by Seattle 3/8 Runs Scored -- 4, Torres vs. Kansas State 2/16 Innings Pitched 1. Thomas Eshelman (CSF) ...... 86.1 Hits -- 17 vs. Cal State Fullerton 4/18 Hits -- 4, Six times 5. Matt Imhof (CP) ...... 73.2 Hits Allowed -- 18 by Pepperdine 4/29 RBIs -- 4, Allen vs. Wagner 3/16, 6. Casey Bloomquist (CP) ...... 71.0 Doubles -- 5 vs. Wagner 3/16, vs. Hawai’i 4/13 CHoo vs. UCSB 4/4 Wins Triples -- 2 vs. UC Davis 3/30, vs. CS Fullerton 4/18 Doubles -- 2, Five times 1. Casey Bloomquist (CP) ...... 9 2. Matt Imhof (CP) ...... 8 Home Runs -- 2 vs. UCLA 2/22 Triples -- 1, Thirteen times 3. Justin Calomeni (CP) ...... 7 Walks -- 9 vs. NIU 3/13, vs. UCSB 4/5 Home Runs -- 1, Fourteen times Walks Allowed -- 10 by USC 3/2, by Seattle 3/8 Walks -- 4, CHoo vs. UC Davis 3/30 Fielding Strikeouts -- 11 vs. Santa Clara 2/18 Strikeouts -- 3, Four times Chances 1. Connor Spencer (UCI) ...... 424 Stolen Bases -- 5 vs. Seattle 3/8 Stolen Bases -- 2, Four times 4. Chris Hoo (CP) ...... 400 Hit By Pitch -- 5 vs. Cal 3/24 Putouts -- 21, CHoo vs. CS Fullerton 4/18 Putouts Left on Base -- 16 vs. Northern Illinois 3/13 Assists -- 6, Mathias vs. Seattle 3/9, 1. Marc Flores (UH) ...... 395 Opp. LOB -- 15 by Northern Illinois 3/13 Mathias vs. Hawai’i 4/11 5. Chris Hoo (CP) ...... 354 Assists Errors -- 3 vs. NIU 3/11, vs. UH 4/12, vs. Pepp. 4/29 Errors -- 2, Torres vs. UCLA 2/21, 1. Colton Vaughn (LBS) ...... 132 DPs Turned -- 3 vs. UCLA 2/23, vs. CSUB 4/15 Mathias vs. UCSB 4/6 5. Mark Mathias (CP) ...... 112 Opp. Strikeouts -- 20 by Cal State Fullerton 4/18 Strikeouts (Pitchers) -- 15, Imhof vs. Seattle 3/7 Mustang Notes Cal Poly By the Numbers Pitching Milestones Record ...... 36-8 It’s been 11 years since Cal Poly recorded its first no-hitter in more than three decades -- March 28, 2003 -- as left-hander Garrett Big West ...... 12-3 (Second) Olson and right-hander Tony Saipe combined to no-hit Southern Utah, 7-0, in the nightcap of a doubleheader at Cedar City, Utah. Non-Conference ...... 24-5 Olson pitched 7 1/3 innings and walked five while striking out six. Saipe secured the final five outs with two strikeouts. It is the Home ...... 24-2 only no-hitter for Cal Poly since moving to Division I prior to the 1995 season. The game was played in 40-degree weather with Away ...... 12-6 light snow flurries and winds up to 25 mph. Prior to that game, the last Mustang no-hitter was recorded by Les Ohrn in a 1-0 win Neutral ...... 0-0 over Cal Poly Pomona on May 8, 1971. On March 26, 1970, Dean Treanor no-hit Cal Poly Pomona, 2-0, on the Mustangs’ cam- vs. Ranked Teams (Top 30) . . . . . 11-4 pus diamond. Two weeks after the Southern Utah no-hitter, Olson blanked Pacific 4-0 with a three-hitter, Cal Poly’s first nine- vs. Unranked Teams ...... 26-4 inning shutout by a single pitcher since Chad Snowden blanked UC Santa Barbara 4-0 on March 8, 1997 in SLO Stadium. There have been seven complete-game shutouts since Olson’s gem, the last by Slater Lee against UCLA in 2014, a 2-0 Cal Poly victo- Day Games ...... 15-5 ry. Night Games ...... 21-3 On Natural Grass ...... 31-7 Big West Leaders On Artificial Turf ...... 5-1 As a team (through April 27), Cal Poly is first in the Big West in fielding (.979) and in hitting (.297) and third in pitching (2.74). Cal Poly tops the conference in wins (36), hits (438), total bases (581), sacrifice flies (25), doubles (78), walks by the hitters (176), vs. Right-Handed Starters ...... 25-3 RBI (241), runs scored (263), at-bats (1,474), opposing batters struck out (382) and looking (116), opponents’ batting average vs. Left-Handed Starters ...... 11-5 (.228) and double plays (34). Individually, Cal Poly’s Big West leaders are Peter Van Gansen with 32 walks, Brian Mundell with 10 sacrifice flies, Chris Hoo with 13 doubles and 18 runners caught stealing, Nick Torres with 40 RBI, Mark Mathias with a .393 1-Run Games ...... 6-2 batting average and 38 runs scored, Matt Imhof with 101 total strikeouts and 25 looking and Casey Bloomquist with nine wins. 2-Run Games ...... 6-1 Bloomquist is No. 4 with his 1.27 ERA while Reed Reilly is fourth with seven saves. At the plate, Mathias is ssixth in slugging 5+Run Games ...... 16-4 percentage (.487) while Nick Torres is seventh in slugging percentage (.480), fourth in runs scored (31), second in hits (57) and Extra Innings ...... 1-0 fourth in home runs (4). Brian Mundell is third in RBI (35), fourth in home runs (4) and seventh in doubles (10). Jimmy Allen is Shutouts ...... 9-2 fourth with his 11 doubles and fifth with three triples. Cal Poly Scores First ...... 27-3 Opponent Scores First ...... 9-5 Big West Finishes ... Cal Poly Scores in First Inning . . . 14-2 Cal Poly’s best finishes in the Big West are second place alone in 2012 (16-8), a tie for second place with Long Beach State in Opponent Scores in First Inning . . .7-4 2005 (14-7) and another tie for second place with UC Santa Barbara in 2013 (17-10). The Mustangs also were third in 2002 (15- Largest Winning Margin ...... 9 9), 2009 (14-10) and 2011 (15-9), tied for third in 2000 (18-12) and fourth in 2003 (9-12), 2004 (10-11), 2006 (10-11) and 2007 Largest Losing Margin ...... 16 (13-8). The Mustangs joined the Big West in 1997 and have a combined 217-207 conference record for 17 seasons, finishing in the upper half of the standings 13 times in the last 14 years. Ahead After Six Innings ...... 32-0 Big West Continues Its Winning Ways Trailing After Six Innings ...... 2-8 Big West teams, 11-14 on the opening weekend of play, followed with 24-13, 22-9, 20-17, 26-13 and 17-6 marks and were 4-3, 2- Tied After Six Innings ...... 2-0 8 , 3-6 and 2-8 in non-conference games the last four weeks to improve to 138-101 for the year. In Big West series last weekend, Ahead After Seven Innings ...... 32-0 Cal State Fullerton swept Hawai’i and UC Irvine swept UC Davis while Long Beach State (against Cal Poly) and UC Santa Barbara Trailing After Seven Innings ...... 2-8 (versus UC Riverside) both won two of three games. Big West teams, 21-12 on the opening weekend of the 2013 season, 23-18 in Tied After Seven Innings ...... 2-0 Week 2 and 20-18 in Week 3, were 156-137 in non-conference games. Big West teams were 139-145 against non-conference oppo- Ahead After Eight Innings ...... 32-0 nents in 2012, resulting in just one team -- Cal State Fullerton -- advancing to the postseason for the first time in 26 years. Big West Trailing After Eight Innings ...... 1-8 teams were 140-131 in non-conference games in 2011, while in 2010 Big West teams were 168-117 versus non-conference foes. Cal Tied After Eight Innings ...... 2-0 Poly, 20-12 in non-conference games in 2012 and 12-17 in 2011, was 23-9 in non-conference games last season.

Outhit Opponents ...... 30-2 Playoff Bound ... Outhit by Opponent ...... 3-6 Four of Cal Poly’s opponents this season earned NCAA regional playoff berths in 2013. The Mustangs host Kansas State on Feb. Equal Number of Hits ...... 3-0 14-16, UC Santa Barbara on April 4-6 and Cal State Fullerton on April 17-19 and visit defending national champion UCLA on Fewer Errors Than Opponent . . . .22-2 Feb. 21-23. More Errors Than Opponent ...... 4-4 Equal Number of Errors ...... 10-2 Another Tough Schedule ... WarrenNolan.com has Cal Poly with an RPI of 17 after Tuesday’s games. Virginia tops the list, followed by Indiana and Florida. Cal Poly’s strength of schedule is No. 147. Cal Poly annually plays one of the tougher schedules in the nation. Prior to the start of Monday ...... 1-0 regional play a year ago, Boydsworld listed Cal Poly with an RPI of 24, its strength of schedule as 51st and its iterative strength Tuesday ...... 8-1 rating of No. 18. In 2012, Cal Poly finished with an RPI of 65, its iterative strength rating was 27 and its strength of schedule was Wednesday ...... 1-0 rated No. 53. Cal Poly finished the 2010 season with the 13th toughest schedule in the nation, opened the 2008 campaign with the Thursday ...... 2-0 13th-toughest schedule in the nation, was No. 1 midway through and finished No. 7. Boydsworld ranked Cal Poly as having the Friday ...... 8-2 10th-toughest schedule in 2006 and 18th-toughest schedule in 2005. Saturday ...... 7-3 Sunday ...... 9-2 Hitting Streaks Player Longest Current Player Longest Current February ...... 7-1 Mark Mathias ...... 17 0 Kevin Morgan ...... 4 1 March ...... 16-3 Brian Mundell ...... 12 0 Ryan Drobny ...... 31 April ...... 13-4 Nick Torres ...... 11 1 John Schuknecht ...... 20 May ...... 0-0 Chris Hoo ...... 8 0 Brett Barbier ...... 2 0 June ...... 0-0 Tim Wise ...... 8 0 Jake Lesinsky ...... 2 0 Jimmy Allen ...... 8 1 Tommy Pluschkell ...... 1 1 Current Streak ...... Lost 3 Zack Zehner ...... 7 1 Alex Michaels ...... 1 0 Longest Winning Streak ...... 12 Peter Van Gansen ...... 5 2 Michael Hoo ...... 1 0 Longest Losing Streak ...... 3 Jordan Ellis ...... 5 0 Last 10 Games ...... 7-3 MULTIPLE HIT GAMES 2 3 4 5+ Tot MULTIPLE RBI GAMES 2 3 4 5+ Tot Mark Mathias 11 6 1 0 18 Nick Torres 4 6 1 0 11 Largest Home Crowd ...... 2,831 Nick Torres 12 4 1 0 17 Brian Mundell 6 2 1 0 9 vs. Cal State Fullerton, April 18 Jimmy Allen 15 2 0 017Chris Hoo 7 1 1 0 9 Largest Road Crowd ...... 3,743 Chris Hoo 11 2 0 0 13 Jimmy Allen 4 2 1 0 7 Brian Mundell 12 1 0 0 13 Mark Mathias 4 1 0 0 5 at Hawai’i, April 12 Jordan Ellis 930012Peter Van Gansen 3 1 0 0 4 Shortest Game ...... 1:54 Tim Wise 7 21010Tim Wise 4000 4 vs. Cal State Fullerton, April 19 Zack Zehner 4 2 2 0 8 Jordan Ellis 2 0 0 0 2 Longest Game ...... 4:18 Peter Van Gansen 4 2 1 0 7 Bret Barbier 1 0 0 0 1 vs. Cal State Fullerton, April 18 John Schuknecht 1 0 0 0 1 Zack Zehner 1 0 0 0 1 Ryan Drobny 1 000 1 Brett Barbier 1 0 0 0 1 2014 Cal Poly Baseball Numerical Roster No. Name Pos. B-T Ht. Wt. Class Exp. Birthdate Hometown / Previous Schools Larry Lee Quotebook ... 2 John Schuknecht . . . . . INF R/R 6-0 205 So. 1V 7/12/94 Palm Desert, CA / Palm Desert HS 4 Michael Hoo ...... INF R/R 6-0 190 *Sr. 3V 11/20/90 Cupertino, CA / St. Francis HS On the 2014“ team: “I feel 5 Peter Van Gansen . . . . INF L/R 5-8 165 So. 1V 3/4/94 San Fernando, CA / Alemany HS confident we can fill the 8 Chris Hoo...... C R/R 5-10 185 Sr. 3V 2/19/92 Cupertino, CA / St. Francis HS gaps we have this year and 10 Nick Torres ...... OF R/R 6-1 210 Jr. 2V 6/30/93 Lakewood, CA / Lakewood HS I hope to achieve the same 11 Kevin Morgan ...... OF L/R 5-10 185 Fr. HS 12/1/94 Corona, CA / Santiago HS kind of success as we did 12 Mark Mathias ...... INF R/R 6-0 185 So. 1V 8/2/94 Fremont, CA / Irvington HS last year. We should be 14 Alec Smith ...... INF R/R 6-1 185 Fr. HS 8/31/95 Quartz Hill, CA / Quartz Hill HS much better offensively and 15 Jimmy Allen ...... INF R/R 5-11 190 Sr. 3V 1/4/92 Vista, CA / Rancho Buena Vista HS defensively and we have 16 Brian Mundell...... C R/R 6-3 225 So. 1V 2/28/94 Valencia, CA / Valencia HS strong pitching at the top of 17 Alex Michaels ...... OF L/R 6-3 215 *So. 1V 4/9/93 Stockton, CA / Saint Mary’s HS the rotation, but the decid- 20 Ryan Drobny...... INF L/R 6-2 195 *So. 1V 10/23/92 Danville, CA / San Ramon Valley HS ing factor will be how our 23 Bryan Granger ...... RHP L/R 6-2 200 Jr. 2V 3/11/93 Hollister, CA / San Benito HS freshman arms develop. 24 Tim Wise...... INF R/R 6-4 200 Sr. 3V 4/17/92 Camarillo, CA / Westlake HS 26 Jordan Ellis ...... OF L/R 6-0 190 Jr. 2V 5/25/93 Garden Grove, CA / Pacifica HS "We have the ability to be 27 Taylor Chris ...... LHP L/L 6-0 180 *Jr. 2V 3/26/92 Gilroy, CA / Gilroy HS very strong up the middle 28 Brett Barbier...... C R/R 5-11 190 *Fr. RS 12/6/93 Danville, CA / San Ramon Valley HS defensively," Lee added, 29 Ryan Rosa ...... INF R/R 6-0 175 Fr. HS 11/3/94 Granite Bay, CA / Granite Bay HS citing Chris Hoo behind the 30 Jake Lesinski ...... C R/R 5-11 220 Fr. HS 6/12/95 Huntington Beach, CA / Edison HS plate, Peter Van Gansen at 31 Michael Dingilian. . . . . RHP R/R 6-2 195 Jr. 2V 9/1/92 San Fernando, CA / Chaminade HS shortstop, Mark Mathias 32 Justin Calomeni . . . . . RHP R/R 6-2 200 Fr. HS 10/13/95 San Jose, CA / Bellarmine Prep and John Schuknecht at 33 Jearl Jesson ...... LHP L/L 6-3 200 Fr. HS 7/27/95 Bermuda Dunes, CA / Shadow Hills HS second base and Ellis in 35 Danny Zandona . . . . . RHP R/R 6-1 190 Jr. 2V 2/27/93 Santa Barbara, CA / Santa Barbara HS center field. We probably 36 Slater Lee ...... RHP R/R 6-0 200 Fr. HS 3/5/95 Carlsbad, CA / Carlsbad HS will use a few different line- ups early in the season and 37 Casey Bloomquist. . . . RHP R/R 6-3 180 So. 1V 1/25/94 Bakersfield, CA / Bakersfield Christian HS figure out what lineup in a 38 Ondrej Sebek ...... RHP R/R 6-4 220 Fr. HS 5/5/95 Berkeley, CA / Berkeley HS given series will lead to 40 Nick Suniga...... RHP R/R 5-10 185 Fr. HS 2/10/95 Granada Hills, CA / Alemany HS wins. A lot will be predicat- 41 Reed Reilly ...... RHP L/R 6-4 220 *Jr. 2V 1/5/92 Dana Point, CA / JSerra Catholic HS ed on the opposition and 42 Zack Zehner ...... OF R/R 6-4 215 *Jr. JC 8/8/92 San Diego, CA / Torrey Pines HS / Santa Barbara CC who we have on the 44 Tommy Pluschkell. . . . . INF R/R 6-1 210 *Jr. 2V 9/20/91 Pleasanton, CA / Amador Valley HS mound. 47 Cameron Cotton . . . . . RHP R/R 6-2 205 Fr. HS 5/9/95 Danville, CA / The Athenian School 48 Matt Imhof ...... LHP L/L 6-5 220 Jr. 2V 10/26/93 Fremont, CA / Mission San Jose HS "We should be better *Has utilized his redshirt year defensively than a year ago, but it all will depend on Head Coach: 22 Larry Lee, Twelfth Season (Pepperdine ‘83) if we want to use an offen- Assistant Coaches: 25 Teddy Warrecker, Fourth Season (Cal State Northridge ‘02) sive-minded lineup or a 19 Thomas Eager, Fourth Season (University of Phoenix ‘12) defensive-minded lineup." Volunteer Assistant Coach: 18 Alex Hoover, Fourth Season (San Francisco State ‘05) Director of Baseball Operations: Elliot Stewart, First Season (Cal Poly ‘13) Administrative Assistant: Dick Morrow, Sixteenth Season (Cal Poly ‘55) Mustang Notes Mustangs Much Improved With the Bases Loaded in 2012 Orioles, Logan Schafer with the , Brent” Morel with the Cal Poly, which was just 6-for-42 (.143) with the bases loaded in 2011, was 26- Chicago White Sox and Evan Reed with the Detroit Tigers. Those in the minors for-65 in 2012 (.410), including 5-for-5 in the UCSB series, and 15-for-54 include Jimmy Van Ostrand in Triple-A and Adam Melker, Jeff Johnson, Gary (.278) last spring. Third baseman Jimmy Allen had five hits with the sacks Daley and Adam Buschini in Double-A. filled while catcher Chris Hoo and second baseman Denver Chavez each had three. See the list on Page 9 for all bases-loaded hits by the Mustangs this sea- Retired Numbers son. In 2012, third baseman Jimmy Allen and shortstop Mike Miller each had Four Cal Poly jerseys have been retired, but only three numbers. That’s because five hits with the sacks filled while Alex Michaels had four. The biggest hit catcher John Orton and outfielder Monty Waltz both wore No. 9. Pitcher Mike with the bases loaded in 2011 was a game-winning two-run double by Jordan Krukow’s jersey (21) has been retired as well as that of shortstop Ozzie Smith Hadlock in the 10th inning against UC Riverside. Cal Poly was 25-for-68 (3). (.368) with the bases loaded in 2010, including Elliot Stewart’s grand slam against Fresno State, Mitch Haniger’s slam against Pacific and Haniger’s three- Class-by-Class Breakdown run doubles against Northern Illinois and UCLA. In 2009 Cal Poly hit .330 with The 2014 Cal Poly baseball team has 11 freshmen, seven sophomores, 10 jun- runners on base and .328 with runners in scoring position but was just .239 with iors and four seniors -- catcher Chris Hoo and infielders Michael Hoo, Jimmy the bases loaded until going 16-for-33 in its last 27 games. The Mustangs fin- Allen and Tim Wise. Cal Poly had just four seniors in 2012 and 2013 as well, ished at 27-for-79 (.342) with the sacks filled in 2009, including grand slams six in 2009, 2010 and 2011, five in 2008 and three in 2007. by Matt Jensen and Luke Yoder. New Rules for 2013 and 2014 Seasons Big West Fifth in Nation in Major League Draftees Umpires may conference, after a batted ball that has passed the first or third Among the 31 NCAA Division I conferences in the nation, the Big West was baseman on the fly, first touches the ground behind a base and has been ruled ranked fifth in terms of the number of players drafted in the 2011 Major League foul. If the ruling is changed to fair, the crew chief will place the base runners Baseball Amateur Draft. A total of 37 players from Big West schools were draft- where the crew believes they would have advanced had the ball been first ruled ed in 2011, exceeded only by the SEC, Big 12, Pac-12 and Atlantic Coast. Five fair. Several other rule changes strengthen penalties for violation of the “sight Cal Poly players were selected that year. Three were drafted in 2010, seven in and sound” provision of an ejected individual (three-game suspension), team 2009, eight in 2008, four in 2007, six in 2006 and 2013, five in 2005 and four personnel continuing to excessively express themselves with prolonged actions in 2004. Three more Mustangs were drafted in 2012. A total of 51 Cal Poly play- or offensive language after an ejection (two-game suspension) and abusing ers have been drafted in the last 10 years. Only 18 Big West players were draft- game officials or for fighting (four-game suspension). Team personnel may not ed in 2012 but the number rose to 25 in 2013. Also, since 1990 the Big West has come onto the playing field to argue or dispute a warning of their pitcher inten- the fifth-best winning percentage in College World Series play, posting a 29-27 tionally throwing at a hitter. If they do, they are subject to an immediate ejec- record. tion. When a pitcher crosses the foul line on the way to the mound to start an inning, he shall pitch to the first batter until such batter is put out or reaches Mustangs in the Professional Ranks base, unless a pinch hitter is substituted or the batter or pitcher sustains an A total of 26 former Mustang baseball players played professionally last sum- injury or illness. Portable mound are legal if both teams agree on their use mer, including six in the Major Leagues -- Kevin Correia and Casey Fien with before the visitors arrive at the game site. Finally, conferences are allowed to the Minnesota Twins, Bud Norris with the Houston Astros and Baltimore establish their own travel guidelines for the final game of a series. (Continued From Page 1) Beach State in the Big West. The Highlanders, who beat UNLV 8-2 on Tuesday after- Cal Poly Home Runs (14) noon, have compiled a trio of three-game winning streaks this season while losing six Feb. 16 -- Nick Torres vs. Kansas State (seventh inning, two on) straight in early April. UC Riverside has won series against San Francisco, Feb. 18 -- Zack Zehner vs. Santa Clara (third inning, solo) Bakersfield, Stony Brook, Cal State Northridge and UC Davis. Feb. 21 -- Brian Mundell vs. UCLA (seventh inning, solo) Cal Poly won 18 consecutive home games, including the final seven of the 2013 sea- Feb. 22 -- Nick Torres vs. UCLA (third inning, two on) son, before Cal snapped the streak March 22. The Mustangs are 24-2 at home this Feb. 22 -- Brian Mundell vs. UCLA (fifth inning, two on) season and have won 94 of their last 119 home games for a Feb. 23 -- Brian Mundell vs. UCLA (first inning, one on) winning percentage of 79 percent. At 17-3 five weeks ago, Cal Poly posted the pro- Feb. 25 -- Nick Torres vs. San Jose State (fourth inning, solo) gram's second-best 20-game start in its 110-year history. The 1997 Mustangs opened March 9 -- Nick Torres vs. Seattle (third inning, solo) the year 18-2. The current squad also produced its best-ever 30-game start at 25-5, March 12 -- John Schuknecht (eighth inning, solo) exceeding the 23-7 start by the 2009 team, 22-8 opening by the 2013 squad and 21- March 30 -- Jimmy Allen (sixth inning, solo) 9 start of the 1997 club. April 4 -- Chris Hoo (fourth inning, two on) April 13 -- Brian Mundell (third inning, one on) Cal Poly’s top hitters after 44 games are sophomore second baseman Mark Mathias April 19 -- Mark Mathias (first inning, solo) (.393, 28 RBI, has hit safely in 31 of his last 33 games), junior right fielder Nick April 29 -- Jimmy Allen (eighth inning, solo) Torres (.328, 12 doubles, four home runs, 40 RBI), junior outfielder Zack Zehner (.309, four doubles, 11 RBI) and senior catcher Chris Hoo (.318, 13 doubles, 32 RBI). Senior third baseman Jimmy Allen (.295, 11 doubles, three triples, two home runs, 29 RBI), senior first baseman/left fielder Tim Wise (.289, five doubles, two triples, 19 Cal Poly Bases-Loaded Hits (19) RBI), sophomore designated hitter Brian Mundell (.282, 10 doubles, four home runs, 35 RBI) and sophomore shortstop Peter Van Gansen (.285, 18 RBI) are near the .300 Feb. 14 -- Jimmy Allen two-run single vs. Kansas State (sixth inning) mark. Feb. 18 -- Nick Torres two-run double vs. Santa Clara (third inning) March 4 -- Chris Hoo two-run double vs. Santa Clara (second inning) Mathias has gone 55-for-125 (.440) during his run of hitting safely in 31 of his last March 12 -- Mark Mathias two-run single vs. Northern Illinois (first inning) 33 games, including a 17-game hitting streak snapped four weeks ago and a 14-game March 13 -- Jordan Ellis one-run single vs. Northern Illinois (fifth inning) streak halted last weekend). March 16 -- Jimmy Allen three-run triple vs. Wagner (eighth inning) The Mustangs had a 12-game winning streak -- longest in a single season in Cal Poly March 24 -- Jordan Ellis one-run single vs. Cal (second inning) history -- snapped last weekend and have won 18 of their last 22 games and 26 of March 24 -- Nick Torres one-run single vs. Cal (second inning) their last 31 contests. Cal Poly is 6-3 against the Pac-12, 3-0 against the Big 12, 3-1 March 24 -- Chris Hoo two-run double vs. Cal (second inning) against the West Coast, 5-1 against the WAC and 2-0 versus the Mountain West this March 24 -- Nick Torres two-run single vs. Cal (second inning) season. A 14-game winning streak was compiled by the 2012 (last seven games of March 28 -- Jimmy Allen two-run single vs. UC Davis (first inning) season) and 2013 (first seven games of season) squads at Cal Poly. March 28 -- Chris Hoo one-run single vs. UC Davis (first inning) UC Riverside, 14-32 a year ago and 10-17 for eighth place in the Big West March 30 -- Mark Mathias two-run single vs. UC Davis (first inning) Conference, returned 23 letter winners, including six position starters and 10 pitch- March 30 -- Nick Torres one-run single vs. UC Davis (second inning) ers. Top returnees included outfielders David Andriese (.335, 43 RBI in 2013) and April 1 -- Chris Hoo one-run single vs. Bakersfield (seventh inning) Devyn Bolasky (.333, 13 RBI) and second baseman Joe Chavez (.313, 17 steals, 30 April 1 -- Tim Wise one-run single vs. Bakersfield (seventh inning) RBI). Top returning pitchers were right-handers Mitch Patito (3-4, 3.96 ERA in April 1 -- Zack Zehner one-run single vs. Bakersfield (seventh inning) 2013) and Trevor Frank (2-8, 4.63 ERA) plus lefty Dylan Stuart (7-7, 4.00 ERA). April 17 -- Chris Hoo two-run single vs. Cal State Fullerton (fourth inning) Coached by Doug Smith (10th year, 265-257, UC Riverside ‘75), UC Riverside has April 29 -- Peter Van Gansen one-run single vs. Pepperdine (second inning) a .279 team batting average through 40 games, led by first baseman Francisco Tellez (.333, 11 doubles, 36 RBI), Bolasky (.320, 11 steals, 17 RBI), shortstop Nick Vilter (.313, 9 home runs, 29 RBI) and left fielder Thomas Walker (.308, 11 doubles, 18 Mustang Honorees RBI). The Highlanders sport a 3.83 staff ERA and .958 fielding percentage with 65 errors in 40 games. Big West Player of the Week Jimmy Allen, Senior, Third Base (Feb. 17) UC Riverside, a member of the Big West since 2002, claimed the Big West title in Mark Mathias, Sophomore, Second Base (April 14) 2007 and has qualified for the NCAA Division I regionals twice -- in 2003 and 2007. Mark Mathias, Sophomore, Second Base (April 21) The Highlanders also earned NCAA Division II playoff berths nine times, capturing Big West Pitcher of the Week the national title in both 1977 and 1982. Matt Imhof, Junior, Left-Hander (Feb. 17) Smith was assistant coach at UC Riverside from 1983-2004 before he was named Slater Lee, Freshman, Right-Hander (Feb. 24) head coach following the 2004 season. He is a 1975 graduate of UC Riverside, where Matt Imhof, Junior, Left-Hander (March 10) he was a catcher for the Highlanders and was a part-time assistant coach at UC Casey Bloomquist, Sophomore, Right-Hander (April 7) Riverside from 1976-80 while pursuing his master’s degree at Cal Poly Pomona. Reed Reilly, Junior, Right-Hander (April 14) Cal Poly and UC Riverside have met 186 times on the baseball field since the series Golden Spikes Award Watch List began when both teams were California Collegiate Athletic Association members Matt Imhof, Junior, Pitcher back in 1970. The Mustangs hold a 105-81 advantage, sweeping the Highlanders Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week each of the last two years -- 4-1, 3-1 and 4-3 a year ago in Baggett Stadium and 11- Matt Imhof, Junior, Pitcher (Feb. 14-16) 2, 15-9 and 6-0 in 2012 in Riverside. Cal Poly beat UC Riverside twice in three-game Matt Imhof, Junior, Pitcher (March 7-9) series five consecutive seasons until 2007 when the Highlanders took two of three at Matt Imhof, Junior, Pitcher (March 14-16) Baggett Stadium en route to the Big West title and started a string of four straight 2- Matt Imhof, Junior, Pitcher (March 28-30) 1 series wins against the Mustangs that ended in 2011 when Cal Poly won two of Reed Reilly, Junior, Pitcher (April 17-19) three in Baggett Stadium. Cal Poly is 26-16 against UC Riverside since the Mustangs NCBWA National Player of the Week moved to Division I prior to the 1995 season. Larry Lee is 20-13 against UC Matt Imhof, Junior, Pitcher (March 28-30) Riverside while Doug Smith is 11-16 against Cal Poly. College Sports Madness National Pitcher of the Week Three weeks ago, Cal Poly reached the 30-win mark for the 10th time in the last 15 Matt Imhof, Junior, Pitcher (Feb. 14-16) years and has already clinched its 12th winning season since 2000. The Mustangs College Sports Madness Big West Hitter of the Week were as many as 31 games above the .500 mark for the first time in their 20-year Mark Mathias, Sophomore, Second Base (March 28-30) Division I history before losing twice at Long Beach State and Tuesday at Mark Mathias, Sophomore, Second Base (April 17-19) Pepperdine. Cal Poly has won 10 of 11 series of three games or more this season (six CollegeBaseball360.com Primetime Performer sweeps) and 29 of 40 series, including 17 sweeps, over the last three years. Matt Imhof, Junior, Pitcher (Feb. 14-16) NCAA.com Top Five Performers Lee, in his 12th season with the Mustangs, has guided Cal Poly to five 3-0 starts with Matt Imhof, Junior, Pitcher (Feb. 14-16) season-opening series sweeps over San Diego in 2005, Fresno State in 2006, PerfectGame.org Player of the Day Oklahoma State in 2012, San Francisco last year and Kansas State this season. The Slater Lee, Freshman, Pitcher (Feb. 22 at UCLA) Mustangs have finished in the upper half of the conference standings 10 times in the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award Watch List last 12 years. Reed Reilly, Junior, Pitcher Lee (385-280-2) earned his 300th win on May 5, 2012, in a 12-7 decision at UC College Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher of the Year Award Watch List Davis. Lee surpassed Berdy Harr (297-249-6 from 1973-83) as Cal Poly's winningest Matt Imhof, Junior, Pitcher head baseball coach during the Pacific series a week earlier. Steve McFarland was Brooks Wallace Award (Shortstop of the Year) Watch List 290-257 in 10 seasons (1984-93) at the helm of the Mustangs while Ritch Price was Peter Van Gansen, Sophomore, Shortstop 217-228-1 in Cal Poly’s first eight years of play in Division I (1995-2002). Cal Poly will play its final four home games of the 2014 regular season next week, hosting Pepperdine on Tuesday and first-place UC Irvine for a three-game Big West Conference series Friday through Sunday. Jimmy Allen, 3B Jordan Ellis, OF Allen went 10-for-22 during Cal Poly’s six-game week March 11-16, lifting his Ellis went 6-for-13 in opening series of season against Kansas State, average 60 points ... currently hitting .295 with 11 doubles, three triples and 5-for-13 against Seattle and currently is hitting .258 ... six doubles and two home runs (UC Davis and Pepperdine) ... RBI triple knocked in lone run 36 singles ... 12 multiple-hit games ... eight of 11 steals ... 100 chances in 1-0 win over UCSB on April 6 ... 29 RBI, including 19 during recent 20- without an error ... hit .323 with seven doubles and six triples (No. 1 in game stretch ... 17 multiple-hit games and seven multiple-RBI contests ... Big West) as a sophomore ... 18 RBI, including three against San Jose has started 168 consecutive games, including the last 159 at third base ... State ... 17 multiple-hit games and trio of multiple-RBI contests ... 13- finished junior season hitting .299 with 12 doubles, two triples (Seattle and game streak snapped by San Jose State, going 23-for-56 (.411) ... Hawaii) and one home run (Kansas State) ... knocked in 39 runs, including a ended season with six-game streak (11-for-28) ... 9-for-17 during week three-run double against Washington ... in last two weeks went 14-for-28 of April 16-21, including 6-for-13 performance in Cal State Fullerton (.500) with two doubles and six RBI ... 20 multiple-hit games, including first series, and 6-for-14 in UC Riverside series ... 7-for-14 against Pacific career four-hit game against San Diego and nine multiple-RBI contests ... hit .345 in sophomore campaign with four RBI and two game-winning RBI ... one error in 95 chances in the outfield ... moved from en route to first-team All-Big West honors ... 20 doubles, four triples, three home runs and 44 RBI ... hit walk- left field to center field during Hawai’i series ... 41 starts and played in six other games ... three-hit off solo blast in 10th inning against Pepperdine ... six three-hit games and 21 two-hit contests ... started 38 games against UC Davis, Santa Clara, Cal State Fullerton and Pacific ... went 3-for-15 (.200) in first games as a true freshman -- 37 in left field and one at third base -- and sported a .261 average with 11 dou- season at Cal Poly (2012) … all three hits were pinch-hit doubles … 2011 graduate of Pacifica High bles, one triple (UC Davis) and one home run (Pacific) ... 11 multiple-hit games and three multiple-RBI con- School in Garden Grove, where he hit .300 as a senior ... eight doubles, three triples and three tests ... a two-year varsity letter winner in baseball at Rancho Buena Vista High School in San Diego County. home runs with a .388 on-base percentage and .556 slugging percentage ... drove in 21 runs.

Casey Bloomquist, RHP Chris Hoo, C Won his first nine starts of sophomore season before suffering loss at Long Beach Hoo is first on the team in doubles with 13 and has driven in 32 runs ... 41 starts as Cal State on April 27 ...has made two relief appearances as well ... 1.27 ERA with 55 Poly’s everyday catcher, hitting .318 ... hit team’s first triple of season March 11 against strikeouts in 71 innings ... notched first complete game with 3-0 shutout (three hits, Northern Illinois ... three-run home run against UCSB ... just 14 strikeouts in 166 plate eight strikeouts) against Cal State Fullerton ... career-high 10 strikeouts against apearances ... 5-for-9 in Hawai’i series and 4-for-9 with three RBI in UC Davis series ... Wagner and matched that figure in 1-0 win over UCSB ... was within one strike of pair of three-hit games ... has thrown out 18 of 40 base stealers with six pickoffs ... shar- shutting out Seattle before an error and RBI double chased him ... allowed one ing catching duties with Elliot Stewart in 2013 as a junior, hit .194 with three doubles and unearned run in eight innings against UC Davis ... pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings a home run, a grand slam at San Francisco on Feb. 17, and 14 RBI ... one of the doubles against UCSB ... has allowed just 13 walks ... as a freshman was Cal Poly’s mid- was a three-run shot off the wall, also at San Francisco, on Feb. 15 ... 6-for-11 with eight week starter in April and early May, then moved into the weekend rotation as the RBI in San Francisco series ... one error in 211 chances ... 23 starts and played in eight Sunday starter after earning five wins, two against CSU Bakersfield ... finished 6- other games ... hit walk-off RBI single in 13th inning of 6-5 win over UC Davis ... in sopho- 2 with a 5.02 ERA, striking out 39 batters in 52 innings ... pitched into the seventh inning five times, but couldn’t more season was hitting .184 until going 26-for-69 (.377) in last six weeks to boost his average 75 points to .259 ... contributed reach the eighth until his first weekend start May 19 against Cal State Northridge when he allowed two runs and six several key hits, including RBI triple in five-run ninth-inning rally against San Diego State, two-run double against Oklahoma hits in 7.1 innings ... season-high eight strikeouts against Santa Clara ... first collegiate win was at CSU Bakersfield State, two-run bases-loaded double against Loyola Marymount, two-run double against UC Irvine and three-run home run on April 9 when he gave up two runs and two hits in six-plus innings with three walks and five strikeouts ... compiled against UC Riverside ... 23 RBI for the season with 10 doubles, a triple, two home runs and committed just five errors in 375 6-4 record and 1.26 ERA as a senior at Bakersfield Christian High … 80 strikeouts in 61 innings pitched … oppo- chances ... hit .203 as a true freshman … one error in 159 chances for a .994 fielding percentage … played for former Cal Poly nents hit .177 … also hit .489 with 43 runs scored, 27 RBI, 12 doubles, three triples and three home runs. Division II All-American and assistant coach Mike Oakland at St. Francis High School in Mountain View.

Justin Calomeni, RHP Matt Imhof, LHP Calomeni was the winning pitcher in each of his first A member of USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team, Imhof five collegiate starts, compiling a 1.95 ERA ... current- started his junior season with 13 or more strikeouts in four of his ly 7-2 with a 3.67 ERA, striking out 57 in 56 1/3 innings first seven starts, including career-high 15 against Seattle ...... in first college start pitched five scoreless innings at sports 8-2 record and 2.08 ERA with 101 strikeouts in 73 2/3 Santa Clara with nine strikeouts ... two weeks later innings ... four-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts against UC Davis ... blanked Santa Clara over six innings with six strikeouts eight scoreless innings against Seattle, seven against Kansas ... also struck out nine in 6 1/3 innings against Northern State and 6 1/3 vs. Cal State Fullerton ... Cal Poly’s Saturday Illinois ... allowed one run and four hits in five innings starter as a sophomore ... compiled 7-3 record and 2.74 ERA with for win vs. Saint Mary’s and one run and seven hits six no-decisions (Cal Poly was 4-2 in those six games) ... com- with seven strikeouts in 9-1 win at Bakersfield on April plete-game seven-hitter against UC Davis, a 7-1 victory ... 7.1 15 ... posted an 8-1 record and 1.07 ERA as a senior under head coach Mike innings against Hawaii, allowing two unearned runs and five hits with 11 strikeouts ... sea- Rodriguez at Bellarmine Prep ... pitched six complete games, including four son-high 12 Ks in 6.1 innings for win against Cal State Northridge ... 95 strikeouts and 30 shutouts ... two of the shutouts were against St. Francis of Mountain View, walks in 101.2 innings ... started four weekend games in first two months of 2012 season as which at one time was ranked No. 1 in the state ... struck out 75 batters in 78 a true freshman ... 1-0 record, one save and 3.04 ERA with 31 strikeouts in 47.1 innings ... 1/3 innings ... earned first-team all-West Catholic Athletic League, first-team a 2011 graduate of Mission San Jose High School, where as a senior he compiled 6-4 record All-San Jose Mercury News and first-team all-state honors (Cal-Hi Sports). and 2.97 ERA with 86 strikeouts in 63.2 innings ... five complete games and four shutouts. Taylor Chris, LHP Slater Lee, RHP Chris has made 17 relief appearances, earning three wins and four saves with a Lee opened his collegiate career with 6 1/3 strong 0.95 ERA so far as a junior ... pitched five scoreless innings in three relief stints four innings against Kansas State, allowing one run and weeks ago ... three scoreless innings in middle relief against Cal State Fullerton and two hits with seven strikeouts ... followed that with a three scoreless frames against Long Beach State ... has not allowed an earned run complete-game two-hit shutout against defending in 18 2/3 conference innings ... pitched 3 1/3 innings for win against Northern Illinois, national champion UCLA, also striking out seven ... striking out five ... tossed five scoreless hitless innings with four strikeouts for win pitched 6 1/3 innings with six strikeouts in no-deci- against UC Davis ... struck out only two batters he faced for win vs. Bakersfield ... sion against Bakersfield tossed five innings, allow- earned saves against Seattle, Wagner and Cal ... 42 strikeouts in 38 innings ... ing one run and five hits, for win vs. San Jose State opponents are hitting just .160 against the southpaw ... appeared in 22 games on ... currently 3-2 with a 5.81 ERA, striking out 33 bat- the mound, all in relief, as a sophomore and compiled 1-0 record and 2.55 ERA ... ters in 48 innings ... compiled 11-2 record and 1.34 allowed just one earned run in final 12 stints (14 2/3 innings), dropping his ERA from 5.40 to final 2.55 mark ... struck ERA as a senior under head coach Chris Greene at Carlsbad High out 24 batters in 24 2/3 innings ... five relief appearances of two or more innings ... opponents hit .159 ... pitched briefly School ... 90 strikeouts and just 10 walks in 78 1/3 innings ... seven com- in two games in first two weeks of 2012 season before suffering season-ending arm injury … granted medical redshirt plete games, including five shutouts ... earned Avocado West League … made 11 appearances on the mound, all out of the bullpen, as a true freshman … allowed six earned runs in 13 Pitcher of the Year honors ... also was first-team all-league and first-team innings for a 4.15 ERA … no decisions and no saves … struck out 15 batters ... a four-year varsity letterman at Gilroy All-CIF-San Diego Section ... hit .238 with four doubles, a home run and High School ... compiled 4-2 record and 2.52 ERA in senior season, striking out 71 batters in 50 innings. six RBI ... played first base and third base when not on the mound. Mark Mathias, INF Peter Van Gansen, SS Bakersfield snapped Mathias’ 17-game hitting streak April 1 and Long After a slow start, hitting .115 seven games into the season, has brought his Beach State halted his 14-game streak April 27 ... went 8-for-17 in six-game average up to .285 with 33 singles, two doubles (Kansas State and Hawai’i) week (March 11-16), 6-for-15 against Cal and 6-for-10 vs. UC Davis ... 27- and pair of triples (both against Cal State Fullerton) ... just six errors in 163 for-57 (.478) during 17-game hitting streak with two doubles, one triple and chances at shortstop ... 3-for-3 against Santa Clara on March 4 and 6-for-12 20 RBI, lifting his average 218 points ... currently hitting .393 and has hit with three RBI in Cal State Fullerton series ... a .253 hitter as a true fresh- safely in 31 of last 33 games, going 55-for-125 (.440) ... just 15 strikeouts man with five doubles and one triple ... first two doubles were against Notre in 179 plate appearances ... 8-for-16 in Cal State Fullerton series ... 14 sin- Dame on March 16 while his triple drove in a run against UCSB on March 24 gles in his first 18 games of season before getting an extra-base hit ... 18 ... 13 RBI for season, all in last 41 games ... committed 11 errors in 254 multiple-hit games ... made 12 starts, mostly at first base, in freshman sea- chances at shortstop ... played in all 59 games with 57 starts ... had five- son and played in three other contests ... a .200 hitter with one double, one game hitting streak in late February and seven-game streak (.385) snapped triple and four RBI ... just one error in 92 fielding chances ... double was against Holy Cross on March 6 by Pepperdine ... was hitting .330 after 3-for-3 game at CSU Bakersfield on April 9 but went 16-for-90 (.178) in one of his pair of two-hit games of season ... tripled against Bakersfield on April 9 ... went 5-for-13 dur- rest of season ... earned first-team All-Mission League and All-CIF-Southern Section Division 2 honors as a ing midseason four-game hitting streak ... hit .263 in night games ... a .407 hitter with 10 RBI, five doubles senior shortstop at Alemany High School in Mission Hills … hit .446 with four home runs and 26 RBIs along and a home run, stealing five bases, as a junior shortstop under head coach Denny Martinez at Irvington with four saves ... named to All-Area first team by Los Angeles Daily News … earned first-team All-Mission High School … also pitched for the Vikings, compiling a 4-4 record and 2.17 ERA with 39 strikeouts in 48 League and second-team All-CIF-Southern Section Division 2 honors as a sophomore and junior … hit .412 1/3 innings and a pair of complete games ... in senior season hit .239 with 15 RBI and 22 runs scored. as a junior in 2011 with 20 doubles, five triples, seven home runs, 46 RBI and eight stolen bases.

Brian Mundell, C/DH Tim Wise, 1B/OF After offseason Tommy John surgery, Mundell opened sophomore sea- Cal Poly’s leadoff hitter in first seven weeks ... currently sports .289 average, including five son going 5-for-9 against Kansas State and 5-for-10 against UCLA ... doubles and two triples ... just three errors in 158 fielding chances ... eight-game hitting was hitting .455 through first seven game before cooling off ... currently streak snapped by Wagner ... 10 multiple-hit games, including first career four-hit game sports .282 average with 10 doubles and four home runs, including one against San Jose State ... went 7-for-11 in Northern Illinois series ... slowed by ankle injury in each game at UCLA ... has driven in 35 runs as designated hitter ... 12- hours prior to 2013 season opener, Wise hit .187 with three doubles, a triple and eight RBI game hitting streak (18-for-43, .419) snapped by Cal State Fullerton ... 5- ... three of the four extra-base hits were in first game of Kansas State doubleheader March for-10 in UCSB series ... also used exclusively as a designated hitter in 8 when he drove in three runs ... three errors in 121 chances ... played 29 games with 20 2013, Mundell compiled .265 average with six doubles, two triples (UC starts ... started 46 games and appeared in seven others, playing in the outfield, at first Davis and Pepperdine) and 11 home runs ... No. 1 on Cal Poly’s list of base and designated hitter as a sophomore ... hit .308 with 28 RBI ... hit two-run single home runs by a freshman in 19-year Division I history (Matt Jensen hit with bases loaded in win over USF on March 4 ... 10 two-hit games and quartet of three- nine in 2009) ... first seven homers were in 10-game stretch from March 8-24 ... 42 RBI, including four hit games, including back-to-back three-hit games in UC Davis series, going 7-for-15 ... first 25 hits of season were singles; he in first game of doubleheader at Kansas State with a three-run home run and a solo shot ... Big West finished with 10 doubles, one triple and three homers ... 11-for-15 in stolen bases ... lifted average 49 points in last seven field player of the week after hitting game-winning home runs against San Jose State and Notre Dame weeks of season by going 34-for-97 (.351) with hits in 21 of last 23 games ... started 15 games and played in 11 others as a ... walkoff infield single for win against UC Riverside ... 16 multiple-hit games and 11 multiple-RBI con- true freshman (2011) … .286 batting average with five doubles and a pair of home runs … both home runs were in 21-0 win at tests ... as a senior catcher and first baseman at Valencia High School, hit .395 with nine home runs Pacific on May 22 and both were three-run shots ... collected a hit in first five games as a Mustang … streak was capped with and 32 RBI in 2012 … team captain and four-year varsity letter winner … hit .410 as a junior. 3-for-4 game with two doubles and three RBI at Oklahoma State ... compiled 4.5 GPA at Westlake High School.

Reed Reilly, RHP Danny Zandona, RHP Seven saves, a 3-1 record and 1.10 ERA as a junior ... did not allow a run in first six appearances on the In second career start, allowed one run and nine hits in six innings mound ... in last five appearances (11 2/3 innings), retired 35 of 40 batters, allowing no runs, two hits and three for win against Northern Illinois ... career-high six strikeouts ... 14 walks with 17 strikeouts ... two saves each against Kansas State and Hawai’i and one each against San Jose relief appearances ... currently 1-0 with a 3.07 ERA and 30 strike- State, Northern Illinois and Cal ... three scoreless innings for win vs. UCSB, 4.2 scoreless, hitless innings with outs in 29 1/3 innings ... posted a 2-1 record and 4.50 ERA over 10 career-high nine strikeouts for win vs. Fullerton and 2.2 scoreless innigns for win vs. Long Beach State relief appearances as a sophomore ... 13 strikeouts in 16 innings, ...retired all nine batters he faced for three-inning save vs. Hawai’i ... suffered loss in 15-14 game at Seattle including four strikeouts in 1 2/3 innings against Santa Clara on April ... 40 strikeouts in 32.2 innings ... Reilly earned six saves in first four weeks of sophomore season; finishing 16 ... earned victory in first appearance of season Feb. 18 at Santa with 14 -- tying school record -- to go with 2-4 record and 2.29 ERA ... picked up wins against San Jose State Clara as Cal Poly rallied from 3-1 deficit ... pitched 3 2/3 scoreless (two scoreless innings) and UC Davis (5.2 innings, one run, six hits) ... pitched three or more innings six times innings at Washington on March 3, three scoreless frames for win ... struck out season-high seven in three innings for save in season opener at San Francisco ... 69 strikeouts against Holy Cross on March 6 and two scoreless hitless innings in 59 innings with just 20 walks ... a middle reliever as a redshirt freshman and compiled 5-2 record and 2.80 ERA in 25 appearances ... tossed four score- against San Jose State on March 12, dropping his ERA to 0.90 ... 1.00 ERA in four home games less innings in relief with just one hit for win against Cal State Fullerton and three scoreless frames with season-high four strikeouts for win against and 0.93 ERA in night contests ... appeared in seven games on the mound as a freshman with Pepperdine ... 45 strikeouts in 54.2 innings ... allowed just six earned runs in last 16 appearances (1.47 ERA) ... a redshirt in 2011 … played summer ball one midweek start against Santa Clara … 0-1 for the year and a 4.85 ERA … compiled a 27-8 for Kitsap BlueJackets in Alaska Baseball League in 2011 … never pitched in more than two innings in his first 24 appearances, but in last mound stint of career win-loss record and 2.69 ERA at Santa Barbara High ... struck out 218 batters and the summer Aug. 10, pitched a nine-inning complete game as Kitsap defeated Klamath Falls 7-2 ... struck out eight and did not walk a batter, allowing two walked only 43 in 247 career innings pitched ... as a senior was 10-1 with 1.29 ERA and three runs and eight hits for the win ... a four-year letter winner as a pitcher and shortstop at JSerra Catholic High School in San Juan Capistrano. saves ... nine complete games, including four shutouts ... 98 strikeouts in 81.2 innings. Nick Torres, RF Zack Zehner, OF Torres has compiled a .328 average with 12 doubles, a triple and four home runs A .309 hitter with 29 starts in the outfield as a junior ... four dou- ... 11-game hitting streak (16-for-46, .348) snapped by UCSB and nine-game bles, one triple and one home run (solo shot against Seattle) with streak snapped by Long Beach State ... team-leading 40 RBI ... just 10 walks and 11 RBI ... went 4-for-6 in Seattle game with two runs scored ... 4- 19 strikeouts in 199 plate appearances ... 17 multiple-hit games and 11 multiple- for-4 with one RBI against Bakersfield and 3-for-5 with two dou- RBI contests ... 6-for-15 with four RBI in Cal State Fullerton series ... as a sopho- bles two weeks later against Roadrunners ... also has three-hit more had an 18-game hitting streak, going 32-for 76 (.421) with eight doubles, game against San Jose State and two-hit games against UCLA, four home runs and 19 RBI ... 23 multiple-hit games, including first career four- Wagner, Hawai’i and Cal State Fullerton ... one error in 35 hit contest against UCSB on March 22, and 11 multiple-RBI games ... finished chances ... as a sophomore at Santa Barbara CC, hit a team- with .333 average with 19 doubles, a triple, seven home runs and team-leading leading .358, No. 3 in the Western State Conference’s North 49 RBI ... drove in five runs with a two-run home run and three-run shot against Division, with seven doubles, three triples, a pair of home runs Washington ... 5-for-12 with three home runs and seven RBI inWashington series ... just one walk in first eight and a conference-leading 38 RBI, seventh-best in the state ... struck out just 15 times in weeks of season; finished with 14 (three intentional) ... led Big West with nine sacrifice flies ... started all 59 games 165 plate appearances and earned first-team All-Western State Conference North Division in right field ... hit .275 with 28 RBI, 12 doubles, one triple and five home runs as a freshman in 2012 ... was hit- honors for the second straight year after compiling a .455 on-base percentage and .496 ting .381 after going 5-for-12 with two doubles, three home runs and seven RBI in Washington series ... started slugging percentage ... a 2010 graduate of Torrey Pines High School in San Diego, where 48 games in right field ... 13 multiple-hit games and four multiple-RBI contests ... a .373 hitter as a senior out- he hit .355 as a senior with 24 RBI, nine doubles, one triple and six home runs ... stole 14 fielder at Lakewood High School ...on the mound went 6-2 with a 2.35 ERA, striking out 41 batters in 50.2 innings. of 16 bases that year and struck out only 14 times in 126 plate appearances. 2014 Cal Poly Baseball Overall Statistics for Cal Poly (as of Apr 29, 2014) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 36-8 Home: 24-2 Away: 12-6 Big West: 12-3

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 12 Mathias, Mark . 3 9 3 43-40 150 38 59 9 1 1 28 73 . 4 8 7 15 7 15 2 . 4 6 0 4 3 11-13 74 112 7 . 9 6 4 10 Torres, Nick . 3 2 8 43-43 177 32 58 12 1 4 40 84 . 4 7 5 10 8 19 2 . 3 8 2 4 0 4-8 69 3 6 . 9 2 3 8 Hoo, Chris . 3 1 8 43-41 132 26 42 13 1 1 32 60 . 4 5 5 18 9 14 1 . 4 3 4 0 7 0-0 362 46 1 . 9 9 8 42 Zehner, Zack . 3 0 9 34-29 110 19 34 4 1 1 11 43 . 3 9 1 8 4 23 0 . 3 7 7 0 2 3-4 34 0 1 . 9 7 1 15 Allen, Jimmy . 2 9 5 44-44 173 22 51 11 3 2 29 74 . 4 2 8 12 2 33 4 . 3 4 2 3 3 4-7 25 60 6 . 9 3 4 24 Wise, Tim . 2 8 9 38-36 142 30 41 5 2 0 19 50 . 3 5 2 10 10 28 1 . 3 7 4 1 2 1-2 139 16 3 . 9 8 1 5 Van Gansen, Peter . 2 8 5 43-42 130 23 37 2 2 0 18 43 . 3 3 1 32 2 19 1 . 4 3 3 0 7 1-2 63 93 6 . 9 6 3 16 Mundell, Brian . 2 8 2 44-44 156 29 44 10 0 4 35 66 . 4 2 3 32 1 40 2 . 3 8 710 0 0-0 000 . 0 0 0 26 Ellis, Jordan . 2 5 8 43-43 163 23 42 6 0 0 18 48 . 2 9 4 24 2 29 3 . 3 5 6 2 6 8-11 95 5 0 1.000 ------11 Morgan, Kevin . 5 0 0 12-0 100500005 . 5 0 00020 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 4001.000 28 Barbier, Brett . 3 3 3 15-1 183620048 . 4 4 40020 . 3 3 3 0 0 0-0 14 0 1 . 9 3 3 30 Lesinsky, Jake . 2 5 0 10-2 81200002 . 2 5 00010 . 2 5 0 0 0 0-0 21 2 0 1.000 20 Drobny, Ryan . 2 3 6 32-16 55 11 13 1 1 0 5 16 . 2 9 1 10 1 17 0 . 3 5 8 1 2 0-2 157 14 1 . 9 9 4 17 Michaels, Alex . 1 8 2 13-1 111200002 . 1 8 20040 . 1 8 2 0 0 0-0 5001.000 2 Schuknecht, John . 1 7 8 18-11 455 8 311 416 . 3 5 6 7 1 17 2 . 3 0 2 0 0 2-2 63 11 1 . 9 8 7 4 Hoo, Michael . 1 0 0 13-1 102100001 . 1 0 01030 . 1 8 2 0 1 2-2 361 . 9 0 0 44 Pluschkell, Tommy . 0 9 1 13-1 111100001 . 0 9 10140 . 1 6 7 0 0 0-0 22 2 1 . 9 6 0 29 Rosa, Ryan . 0 0 0 8-1 71000000 . 0 0 03130 . 3 6 4 0 0 0-0 4301.000 14 Smith, Alec . 0 0 0 3-0 20000000 . 0 0 00010 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 000 . 0 0 0 Totals . 2 9 5 44 1510 267 446 78 13 14 243 592 . 3 9 2 182 49 274 18 . 3 8 3 25 33 36-53 1176 431 37 . 9 7 7 Opponents . 2 3 4 44 1412 143 331 56 8 11 133 436 . 3 0 9 148 31 389 27 . 3 1 8 15 37 23-46 1126 433 71 . 9 5 6

LOB - Team (407), Opp (324). DPs turned - Team (34), Opp (23). CI - Team (0), Opp (1). IBB - Team (5), Mundell 4, Schuknecht 1, Opp (2). Picked off - Torres 2, Schuknecht 2, Wise 1, Drobny 1, Mundell 1, Rosa 1, Pluschkell 1, Ellis 1.

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 37 Bloomquist, Casey 1 . 2 7 9-1 12 10 1 1/1 1 71.0 60 13 10 13 55 7 0 3 . 2 3 3 1601 5 48 Imhof, Matt 2 . 0 8 8-2 11 11 1 1/3 0 73.2 45 19 17 30 101 10 1 2 . 1 8 4 6422 9 32 Calomeni, Justin 3 . 6 7 7-2 11 11 0 0/2 0 56.1 61 28 23 13 57 8 2 0 . 2 8 5 4502 7 36 Lee, Slater 5 . 8 1 3-2 13 11 1 1/0 0 48.0 44 32 31 22 33 6 3 4 . 2 5 0 4403 6 ------27 Chris, Taylor 0 . 9 5 3-0 17 0 0 0/2 4 38.0 21 7 4 17 42 7 0 0 . 1 6 0 1112 3 41 Reilly, Reed 1 . 1 0 3-1 18 0 0 0/2 7 32.2 12 4 4 14 40 1 0 0 . 1 1 7 1001 3 23 Granger, Bryan 2 . 5 0 1-0 15 0 0 0/0 0 18.0 16 6 5 13 13 4 0 0 . 2 5 4 2401 1 35 Zandona, Danny 3 . 0 7 1-0 15 1 0 0/3 0 29.1 36 12 10 9 30 5 1 1 . 3 0 8 2402 2 31 Dingilian, Michael 6 . 2 31-07000/008.2146655410 . 3 5 0 2000 0 33 Jesson, Jearl 8 . 3 10-06000/104.174436200 . 3 8 9 0201 1 40 Suniga, Nick 9 . 0 0 0-0 11 0 0 0/1 0 12.0 15 12 12 9 7 2 0 1 . 3 1 3 1110 0 Totals 2 . 8 9 36-8 44 44 3 9/6 12 392.0 331 143 126 148 389 56 8 11 . 2 3 4 24 31 4 15 37 Opponents 5 . 3 7 8-36 44 44 1 2/2 3 375.1 446 267 224 182 274 78 13 14 . 2 9 5 3349112533

PB - Team (1), HooC 1, Opp (9). Pickoffs - Team (13), HooC 6, Imhof 5, Chris 1, LeeS 1, Opp (10). SBA/ATT - HooC (22-40), Imhof (5-10), Bloomquist (3-7), Calomeni (1-6), Reilly (2-5), Chris (4-5), LeeS (2-4), Granger (2-3), Zandona (1-3), Suniga (1-1), Barbier (1-1), Jesson (1-1), Dingilian (1-1). 2014 Cal Poly Baseball Overall Statistics for Cal Poly (as of Apr 29, 2014) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 26 Ellis, Jordan 100 95 5 0 1.000 1 0 0 - - -00 30 Lesinsky, Jake 23 21 2 0 1.000 1 0 0 - - -00 48 Imhof, Matt 20 5 15 0 1.000 0 5 5 . 5 0 000 37 Bloomquist, Casey 16 5 11 0 1.000 0 3 4 . 4 2 900 27 Chris, Taylor 92701.000 0 4 1 . 8 0 000 29 Rosa, Ryan 74301.000 1 0 0 - - -00 17 Michaels, Alex 55001.000 0 0 0 - - -00 11 Morgan, Kevin 44001.000 0 0 0 - - -00 41 Reilly, Reed 42201.000 0 2 3 . 4 0 000 35 Zandona, Danny 41301.000 0 1 2 . 3 3 300 31 Dingilian, Michael 10101.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 33 Jesson, Jearl 10101.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 40 Suniga, Nick 10101.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 8 Hoo, Chris 409 362 46 1 . 9 9 8 5 22 18 . 5 5 010 20 Drobny, Ryan 172 157 14 1 . 9 9 4 14 0 0 - - -00 2 Schuknecht, John 75 63 11 1 . 9 8 7 9 0 0 - - -00 24 Wise, Tim 158 139 16 3 . 9 8 1 9 0 0 - - -00 42 Zehner, Zack 35 34 0 1 . 9 7 1 0 0 0 - - -00 12 Mathias, Mark 193 74 112 7 . 9 6 4 19 0 0 - - -00 5 Van Gansen, Peter 162 63 93 6 . 9 6 3 24 0 0 - - -00 44 Pluschkell, Tommy 25 22 2 1 . 9 6 0 1 0 0 - - -00 15 Allen, Jimmy 91 25 60 6 . 9 3 4 3 0 0 - - -00 28 Barbier, Brett 15 14 0 1 . 9 3 3 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 10 Torres, Nick 78 69 3 6 . 9 2 3 1 0 0 - - -00 32 Calomeni, Justin 13 5 7 1 . 9 2 3015 . 1 6 700 36 Lee, Slater 13 2 10 1 . 9 2 3022 . 5 0 000 4 Hoo, Michael 10 3 6 1 . 9 0 0 1 0 0 - - -00 14 Smith, Alec 0000 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -00 23 Granger, Bryan 0000 . 0 0 0021 . 6 6 700 16 Mundell, Brian 0000 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -00 Totals 1644 1176 431 37 . 9 7 7342323 . 5 0 010 Opponents 1630 1126 433 71 . 9 5 6233617 . 6 7 991

Hitting minimums - 1 Games 2.0 AB/Game 1.0 TPA/Game Pitching minimums - 1 Games 1.0 IP/Game 2014 Cal Poly Baseball Conference statistics for Cal Poly (as of Apr 27, 2014) (Big West games only Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 12-3 Home: 8-1 Away: 4-2 Big West: 12-3

Player avg gp-gs ab r h 2b 3b hr rbi tb slg% bb hp so gdp ob% sf sh sb-att po a e fld% 12 Mathias, Mark . 4 5 0 15-15 60 16 27 6 1 1 7 38 . 6 3 36472 . 5 2 9 0 0 5-5 30 47 4 . 9 5 1 8 Hoo, Chris . 4 1 7 15-15 48 10 20 4 0 1 13 27 . 5 6 38370 . 5 2 5 0 3 0-0 124 17 0 1.000 5 Van Gansen, Peter . 3 4 8 15-15 46916120 821 . 4 5 712081 . 4 8 3 0 5 1-1 19 35 3 . 9 4 7 16 Mundell, Brian . 2 6 8 15-15 56815301 721 . 3 7 5 10 0 15 1 . 3 6 8 2 0 0-0 000 . 0 0 0 10 Torres, Nick . 2 5 8 15-15 66 7 17 4 1 0 11 23 . 3 4 8 3 1 10 0 . 3 0 0 0 0 1-3 26 1 1 . 9 6 4 15 Allen, Jimmy . 2 2 4 15-15 58513111 519 . 3 2 8 5 1 16 0 . 2 9 7 0 3 0-0 13 29 1 . 9 7 7 42 Zehner, Zack . 2 1 9 10-8 324710008 . 2 5 04140 . 3 2 4 0 0 0-0 11 0 1 . 9 1 7 24 Wise, Tim . 2 1 1 12-10 384 8 010 610 . 2 6 3 0 1 10 0 . 2 2 5 1 1 0-0 29 3 2 . 9 4 1 20 Drobny, Ryan . 2 0 5 15-11 396 8 010 210 . 2 5 6 5 0 11 0 . 2 9 5 0 1 0-2 110 10 1 . 9 9 2 26 Ellis, Jordan . 1 5 0 15-15 605 9 300 512 . 2 0 09091 . 2 6 1 0 2 2-4 26 2 0 1.000 ------11 Morgan, Kevin . 5 0 0 4-0 20100001 . 5 0 00010 . 5 0 0 0 0 0-0 000 . 0 0 0 28 Barbier, Brett . 2 8 6 9-0 71200002 . 2 8 60010 . 2 8 6 0 0 0-0 401 . 8 0 0 2 Schuknecht, John . 0 0 0 2-1 60000000 . 0 0 00030 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 9101.000 4 Hoo, Michael . 0 0 0 4-0 10000000 . 0 0 00010 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 201 . 6 6 7 44 Pluschkell, Tommy . 0 0 0 2-0 10000000 . 0 0 00000 . 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 000 . 0 0 0 Totals . 2 7 5 15 520 75 143 23 7 4 64 192 . 3 6 9 62 11 103 5 . 3 6 2 3 15 9-15 411 170 15 . 9 7 5 Opponents . 2 2 3 15 485 41 108 16 1 4 36 138 . 2 8 5 51 6 124 10 . 3 0 2 4 16 11-19 395 154 25 . 9 5 6

LOB - Team (142), Opp (110). DPs turned - Team (12), Opp (6). CI - Team (0), Opp (1). IBB - Team (2), Mundell 2, Opp (1). Picked off - Torres 1, Drobny 1.

(Big West games only Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player era w-l app gs cg sho sv ip h r er bb so 2b 3b hr b/avg wp hp bk sfa sha 27 Chris, Taylor 0 . 0 0 1-0 6 0 0 0/1 1 18.2 520816100 . 0 8 2 0101 2 37 Bloomquist, Casey 0 . 7 4 4-1 5 5 1 1/1 0 36.1 28 5 3 6 28 3 0 1 . 2 1 9 0200 3 48 Imhof, Matt 3 . 1 9 3-1 5 5 1 1/1 0 31.0 22 12 11 14 37 4 0 2 . 2 0 8 3000 5 ------41 Reilly, Reed 0 . 0 0 3-0 6 0 0 0/0 2 14.0 300619000 . 0 7 3 0001 2 35 Zandona, Danny 0 . 0 00-03000/106.150026000 . 2 2 7 0000 0 23 Granger, Bryan 2 . 2 51-07000/008.072255200 . 2 5 0 2100 1 31 Dingilian, Michael 3 . 8 60-02000/002.141121000 . 3 6 4 0000 0 36 Lee, Slater 4 . 3 20-02200/008.164465111 . 2 0 7 1001 1 40 Suniga, Nick 6 . 7 50-02000/001.131101100 . 4 2 9 0110 0 32 Calomeni, Justin 9 . 2 8 0-1 3 3 0 0/0 0 10.2 25 14 11 2 6 4 0 0 . 4 8 1 2101 2 Totals 2 . 1 7 12-3 15 15 2 4/2 3 137.0 108 41 33 51 124 16 1 4 . 2 2 3 861416 Opponents 4 . 1 7 3-12 15 15 1 1/1 2 131.2 143 75 61 62 103 23 7 4 . 2 7 511117315

PB - Team (1), HooC 1, Opp (2). Pickoffs - Team (6), HooC 3, Imhof 3, Opp (2). SBA/ATT - HooC (11-18), Imhof (3-4), Bloomquist (1-4), Granger (2-3), Chris (2-2), Calomeni (0-2), Reilly (1-2), Dingilian (1-1), Zandona (1-1). 2014 Cal Poly Baseball Conference statistics for Cal Poly (as of Apr 27, 2014) (Big West games only Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player c po a e fld% dp sba csb sba% pb ci 8 Hoo, Chris 141 124 17 0 1.000 2 11 7 . 6 1 110 26 Ellis, Jordan 28 26 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 - - -00 48 Imhof, Matt 14 4 10 0 1.000 0 3 1 . 7 5 000 2 Schuknecht, John 10 9 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 - - -00 37 Bloomquist, Casey 10 3 7 0 1.000 0 1 3 . 2 5 000 27 Chris, Taylor 40401.000 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 32 Calomeni, Justin 31201.000 0 0 2 . 0 0 000 35 Zandona, Danny 10101.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 36 Lee, Slater 10101.000 0 0 0 - - -00 20 Drobny, Ryan 121 110 10 1 . 9 9 2 7 0 0 - - -00 15 Allen, Jimmy 43 13 29 1 . 9 7 7 3 0 0 - - -00 10 Torres, Nick 28 26 1 1 . 9 6 4 0 0 0 - - -00 12 Mathias, Mark 81 30 47 4 . 9 5 1 6 0 0 - - -00 5 Van Gansen, Peter 57 19 35 3 . 9 4 7 8 0 0 - - -00 24 Wise, Tim 34 29 3 2 . 9 4 1 1 0 0 - - -00 42 Zehner, Zack 12 11 0 1 . 9 1 7 0 0 0 - - -00 28 Barbier, Brett 5401 . 8 0 0 0 0 0 - - -00 4 Hoo, Michael 3201 . 6 6 7 0 0 0 - - -00 16 Mundell, Brian 0000 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -00 40 Suniga, Nick 0000 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -00 44 Pluschkell, Tommy 0000 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -00 31 Dingilian, Michael 0000 . 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 41 Reilly, Reed 0000 . 0 0 0011 . 5 0 000 23 Granger, Bryan 0000 . 0 0 0021 . 6 6 700 11 Morgan, Kevin 0000 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - -00 Totals 596 411 170 15 . 9 7 5 12 11 8 . 5 7 910 Opponents 574 395 154 25 . 9 5 6696 . 6 0 021

Hitting minimums - 1 Games 2.0 AB/Game 1.0 TPA/Game Pitching minimums - 1 Games 1.0 IP/Game 2014 Cal Poly Baseball Game Results for Cal Poly (as of Apr 27, 2014) (All games)

Date Opponent Score Inns Overall Big West Pitcher of record Attend Time Feb 14, 2014 #22 KANSAS STATE W 3-0 9 1-0-0 0-0-0 Imhof (W 1-0) 1 1 2 6 2:41 Feb 15, 2014 #22 KANSAS STATE W 5-2 9 2-0-0 0-0-0 LeeS (W 1-0) 1 2 1 7 2:46 Feb 16, 2014 #22 KANSAS STATE W 10-1 9 3-0-0 0-0-0 Bloomquist (W 1-0) 1 5 2 8 2:30 Feb 18, 2014 at Santa Clara W 8-0 9 4-0-0 0-0-0 Calomeni (W 1-0) 2 7 9 3:10 Feb 21, 2014 at #12 UCLA L 2-5 9 4-1-0 0-0-0 Imhof (L 1-1) 7 6 5 2:51 Feb 22, 2014 at #12 UCLA W 8-0 9 5-1-0 0-0-0 LeeS (W 2-0) 1 4 6 5 2:31 Feb 23, 2014 at #12 UCLA W 9-1 9 6-1-0 0-0-0 Bloomquist (W 2-0) 8 4 2 3:11 Feb 25, 2014 at San Jose State W 5-3 9 7-1-0 0-0-0 Calomeni (W 2-0) 2 7 5 3:03 1 Mar 02, 2014 at #29 Southern California W 5-1 9 8-1-0 0-0-0 Imhof (W 2-1) 0 2:49 Mar 02, 2014 at #29 Southern California-2 L 0-16 9 8-2-0 0-0-0 LeeS (L 2-1) 4 1 7 3:22 Mar 04, 2014 SANTA CLARA W 6-0 7 9-2-0 0-0-0 Calomeni (W 3-0) 7 1 2 2:29 Mar 07, 2014 at Seattle University W 4-0 9 10-2-0 0-0-0 Imhof (W 3-1) 1 2 6 2:51 Mar 08, 2014 at Seattle University L 14-15 9 10-3-0 0-0-0 Reilly (L 0-1) 1 0 2 3:23 Mar 09, 2014 at Seattle University W 2-1 9 11-3-0 0-0-0 Bloomquist (W 3-0) 1 0 4 2:24 Mar 11, 2014 NORTHERN ILLINOIS W 4-2 9 12-3-0 0-0-0 Calomeni (W 4-0) 6 1 5 2:20 Mar 12, 2014 NORTHERN ILLINOIS W 10-1 9 13-3-0 0-0-0 Zandona (W 1-0) 5 0 7 2:56 Mar 13, 2014 NORTHERN ILLINOIS W 11-9 9 14-3-0 0-0-0 Chris (W 1-0) 5 6 7 4:05 Mar 14, 2014 WAGNER W 8-1 9 15-3-0 0-0-0 Imhof (W 4-1) 1 0 5 7 2:42 Mar 15, 2014 WAGNER W 3-1 9 16-3-0 0-0-0 Bloomquist (W 4-0) 1 0 9 3 2:47 Mar 16, 2014 WAGNER W 7-2 9 17-3-0 0-0-0 Calomeni (W 5-0) 9 5 7 2:58 Mar 21, 2014 CALIFORNIA W 4-1 9 18-3-0 0-0-0 Imhof (W 5-1) 1 4 6 8 3:05 Mar 22, 2014 CALIFORNIA L 3-8 9 18-4-0 0-0-0 Calomeni (L 5-1) 1 5 7 9 2:41 Mar 23, 2014 CALIFORNIA W 8-4 9 19-4-0 0-0-0 Bloomquist (W 5-0) 2 1 8 2 2:25 Mar 24, 2014 CALIFORNIA W 16-8 9 20-4-0 0-0-0 Dingilian (W 1-0) 7 6 7 3:34 * Mar 28, 2014 UC DAVIS W 8-0 9 21-4-0 1-0-0 Imhof (W 6-1) 1 1 7 7 2:40 * Mar 29, 2014 UC DAVIS W 5-3 9 22-4-0 2-0-0 Chris (W 2-0) 8 3 3 2:36 * Mar 30, 2014 UC DAVIS W 9-1 9 23-4-0 3-0-0 Bloomquist (W 6-0) 2 0 3 9 2:55 Apr 01, 2014 BAKERSFIELD W 6-1 9 24-4-0 3-0-0 Chris (W 3-0) 1 2 3 2:37 * Apr 04, 2014 #13 UC SANTA BARBARA L 6-8 9 24-5-0 3-1-0 Imhof (L 6-2) 2 1 8 8 3:49 * Apr 05, 2014 #13 UC SANTA BARBARA W 8-7 9 25-5-0 4-1-0 Reilly (W 1-1) 2 0 7 2 3:41 * Apr 06, 2014 #13 UC SANTA BARBARA W 1-0 9 26-5-0 5-1-0 Bloomquist (W 7-0) 2 4 8 9 2:44 Apr 08, 2014 SAINT MARY'S W 6-2 9 27-5-0 5-1-0 Calomeni (W 6-1) 4 1 2 2:40 * Apr 11, 2014 at Hawai'i W 3-2 9 28-5-0 6-1-0 Imhof (W 7-2) 3 6 4 7 2:30 * Apr 12, 2014 at Hawai'i W 4-3 9 29-5-0 7-1-0 Granger (W 1-0) 3 7 4 3 3:30 * Apr 13, 2014 at Hawai'i W 8-3 9 30-5-0 8-1-0 Bloomquist (W 8-0) 2 6 4 4 2:51 Apr 15, 2014 at Bakersfield W 9-1 9 31-5-0 8-1-0 Calomeni (W 7-1) 7 1 8 2:15 * Apr 17, 2014 #19 CAL STATE FULLERTON W 8-0 9 32-5-0 9-1-0 Imhof (W 8-2) 2 4 0 2 3:09 * Apr 18, 2014 #19 CAL STATE FULLERTON W 4-3 (13) 33-5-0 10-1-0 Reilly (W 2-0) 2 8 3 1 4:18 * Apr 19, 2014 #19 CAL STATE FULLERTON W 3-0 9 34-5-0 11-1-0 Bloomquist (W 9-0) 2 6 1 4 1:54 Apr 22, 2014 SAN JOSE STATE W 12-5 9 35-5-0 11-1-0 LeeS (W 3-1) 1 2 5 9 2:54 * Apr 25, 2014 at Long Beach State W 6-3 9 36-5-0 12-1-0 Reilly (W 3-1) 1 1 8 2 3:04 * Apr 26, 2014 at Long Beach State L 2-7 9 36-6-0 12-2-0 Calomeni (L 7-2) 1 2 6 9 2:55 * Apr 27, 2014 at Long Beach State L 0-1 9 36-7-0 12-3-0 Bloomquist (L 9-1) 1 3 4 9 2:45

() extra inning game 2014 Cal Poly Baseball Games Summary for Cal Poly (as of Apr 27, 2014) (All games)

Score by innings 123456789EX Total Cal Poly 30 50 33 29 29 31 28 25 7 1 263 Opponents 16 17 21 23 9 27 8560 132

Record when ... Overall 36-7 After 6 leading 32-0 Conference 12-3 ...... trailing 2-7 Non-Conference 24-4 ...... tied 2-0 Home games 24-2 After 7 leading 32-0 Away games 12-5 ...... trailing 1-7 Neutral site 0-0 ...... tied 2-0 Day games 15-4 After 8 leading 33-0 Night games 21-3 ...... trailing 0-7 vs Left starter 12-4 ...... tied 2-0 vs Right starter 24-3 1-Run games 6-2 Hit 0 home runs 26-5 2-Run games 5-1 ... 1 home run 9-2 5+Run games 16-3 ... 2+ home runs 1-0 Extra innings 1-0 Shutouts 9-2 Opponent 0 home runs 33-4 ...... 1 home run 2-1 Scoring 0-2 runs 2-4 ...... 2+ HRs 1-2 ...... 3-5 runs 13-1 ...... 6-9 runs 16-1 Made 0 errors 19-0 ...... 10+ runs 5-1 .... 1 error 12-4 .... 2+ errors 5-3 Opponent 0-2 runs 25-1 ...... 3-5 runs 8-1 Opp. made 0 errors 9-3 ...... 6-9 runs 3-3 ...... 1 error 7-2 ...... 10+ runs 0-2 ...... 2+ errors 20-2

Scored in 1st inning 14-1 Out-hit opponent 30-2 Opp. scored in 1st 7-3 Out-hit by opponent 3-5 Scores first 27-2 Hits are tied 3-0 Opp. scores first 9-5

Record when team scores: Runs 012345678910+ W-L 0-2 1-0 1-2 4-1 5-0 4-0 4-1 1-0 8-0 3-0 5-1

Record when opponent scores: Runs 012345678910+ W-L 9-0 11-1 5-0 6-0 1-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-2 1-0 0-2

Record when leading after: Inn. 12345678 W-L 12-1 22-2 25-1 28-1 27-1 32-0 32-0 33-0

Record when trailing after: Inn. 12345678 W-L 4-3 5-5 5-6 6-6 4-6 2-7 1-7 0-7

Record when tied after: Inn. 12345678 W-L 20-3 9-0 6-0 2-0 5-0 2-0 2-0 2-0

Current losing streak: 2 Longest winning streak: 12 Longest losing streak: 2

Home attendance : 35814 ( 26 dates avg = 1377 ) Away attendance : 18927 ( 17 dates avg = 1113 ) Total attendance: 54741 ( 43 dates avg = 1273 )