U N I V E R S I T Y O F W A S H I N G T O N HUSKY Phone: (206) 543-2230 Fax: (206) 543-5000 Web Site – www.gohuskies.com THIS WEEK . . . Feb. 24, 2004 Contact: Jeff Bechthold ([email protected]) Friday, February 27 Huskies the Road for Riverside; RBI Tournament Washington vs. Sacramento State, Sac. State, UCR, OSU Next Up Riverside, Calif., 7:00 p.m. WHAT’S UP?: The Washington baseball team (5-1 after a three-game sweep of Gonzaga last weekend) returns to Saturday, February 28 the road this weekend to play at the 25th annual RBI Tournament, hosted by UC Riverside. The Huskies, ranked No. 22 in Washington at UC Riverside, the latest Collegiate Baseball poll, will take on Sacramento State (9-5) Friday at 7:00 p.m., UC Riverside (5-8) Saturday at Riverside, Calif., 4:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. and Pac-10 rival Oregon State (6-0) Sunday at 11:00 a.m. The following weekend, March 5-7, the Diamond Dawgs return to Husky Ballpark for a three-game series vs. Missouri. Here’s a look at this weekend’s games: Sunday, February 29 Friday, February 27: Washington vs. Sacramento State, Riverside, Calif., 7:00 p.m. – RHP Richie Lentz (0-1, 6.00) Washington vs. Oregon State, Saturday, February 28: Washington at UC Riverside, Riverside, Calif., 4:00 p.m. – RHP Tim Lincecum (0-0, 4.35) Riverside, Calif., 11:00 a.m. Sunday, February 29: Washington vs. Oregon State, Riverside, Calif., 11:00 a.m. – RHP Keaton Everitt (2-0, 0.75) COMING UP . . . SERIES HISTORY: Washington has at least a little history against all three of this weekend’s opponents. The Huskies, however, have only played Sacramento State twice, with the UW winning both: a 12-2 win at Sacramento in Fri.-Sun., March 5-7 1979 a 10-5 win at San Jose in 1989. UC Riverside leads the all-time series vs. Washington, 8-6. The Huskies were semi- Three-game, non-conference series regular participants in the RBI Tournament in the 1980s, but the two teams have more recently met in regular-season vs. Missouri, 6:30 p.m., 1 p.m., 1 p.m. series. In 2002, the Highlanders won two of three against the UW in a series at Husky Ballpark. The previous season, Washington took three of four in a series at Riverside. However, prior to the 2001 series, the Dawgs hadn’t played Riverside since 1987. Washington and Oregon State, members of the same conference since 1916, have played each Fri.-Sun., March 12-14 other 381 times. OSU leads the series 208-172-1. Last year, the Huskies won four of five vs. the Beavers. Three-game, non-conference series vs. LMU, 6:30 p.m., 1 p.m., 1 p.m. “K”: Now in his 12th season in charge of the Washington baseball team, Ken Knutson has compiled an impressive list of accomplishments. Knutson has led the Dawgs to two Pac-10 championships, four Pac-10 Northern QUICK PITCH . . . Division titles, two other second-place finishes and five NCAA Regional berths. His career overall record now stands at 394-254-1 (.608). With 394 wins, he is the second-winningest coach in UW history, trailing only Bob MacDonald (422). • Washington has surrendered only 34 Before becoming the Husky head man in 1993, Knutson served as the Husky pitching coach for eight seasons. In 1985, his UW pitching staff led the nation with a 2.80 ERA. Knutson holds a 193-82-1 (.701) record in home games. He is 167-115 hits over six games so far this year, an (.592) in Pac-10 games. Knutson has coached 40 first-team All-Pac-10 selections in 11 seasons, and has been named average of 5.7 per game. Opponents are league coach of the year three times. A 1981 All-Pac-10 left-handed at the UW, he is joined by assistants Joe hitting only .178 vs. Husky pitching. Ross, Travis Jewett, and Gregg Swenson and undergrad assistant Scott Robertson. • All-America Will Fenton hasn’t PROBABLE STARTERS: Here’s a look at the probable starters at each position, with current stats and notes: surrendered a run (earned or not) in 42.1 Pos. Player, Year Avg.-HR-RBI Notes consecutive pitched. C – Aaron Hathaway, Jr. .276-1-6 Preseason 3rd-team All-American; HR in 11th inn. Sat. Matt Lane, Fr. .250-1-1 Slugging left-handed hitter was first-team All-State in 2003 1B – Kyle Larsen, Jr. .261-0-1 Three errors in 1,064 career chances; started 59 of 60 in 2003 2B – Greg Isaacson, Sr. .227-1-6 Started 54 of 60 in 2003; four of five hits for extra bases Matt Tucker, RFr. .000-0-0 Also DH, LF; Three pinch-hit appearances at San Diego SS – Brent Lillibridge, So. .480-2-5 Two homers to games in San Diego series 3B – John Otness, Sr. .370-2-6 Started 57 of 60 last year; team leader with 16 2Bs, 4 3Bs OF – Taylor Johnson, Jr. .211-1-5 Only to start all six; 2-run homer in 3-0 win Sun. OF – Ben Johnson, Sr. .062-0-1 Switch-hitter moves to RF after three years as backup C OF – Nick Batkoski, Jr. .222-0-2 2-run singled tied game Sat.; three starts so far (1 at DH) OF – Zach Clem, So. .278-0-0 Started five of six so far; former backup 3B and OF – Nick Burnham, So. .333-0-0 Started opening day at USD and went 1-for-2 with a steal DH – Tyler Mach, Fr. .333-1-2 Four starts as DH so far; homered in first college at bat THIS WEEK’S HUSKY BASEBALL PLANNER . . . Mon. 23 Tue. 24 Wed. 25 Thu. 26 Fri. 27 Sat. 28 Sun. 29

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University of Washington Athletics • Media Relations • 229 Graves Building • Box 354070 • Seattle, WA 98195-4070 NATIONAL RANKINGS WASHINGTON BASEBALL FEBRUARY 24, 2004 Baseball America Top 25 LAST WEEK: Washington pulled off its first series sweep of Gonzaga in 11 seasons last weekend, holding the Zags (updated Feb. 23, 2004) ★ to only 11 hits over the three games. Friday, GU took a 3-0 lead with a three-run homer in the first, but Washington came 1. Stanford 10-2 back to tie the game and take a lead on a homer from freshman Matt Lane. The Zags tied again at 5-5, but the UW got an 2. Rice 5-2 RBI double from Taylor Johnson in the seventh and a homer from John Otness in the eighth to win, 7-5. Saturday, the 3. Louisiana State 6-1 Dawgs once again trailed, 3-0, but got a homer from Greg Isaacson and a two-run single from Nick Batkoski to tie. 4. Miami 4-2 Aaron Hathaway led off the 11th with a home run to win, 4-3. Trent Baysinger threw 3.2 perfect innings of relief 5. Georgia Tech ★ 6-0 for the win. Sunday, Keaton Everitt allowed only one hit over seven innings and combined with two other UW for 6. Texas 11-2 a two-hit, 3-0 shutout. Taylor Johnson’s two run homer and Otness’ sacrifice fly provided the UW runs and Will Fenton 7. South Carolina 6-0 struck out two in the ninth for his second of the weekend. 8. Long Beach State 7-2 9. Tulane 5-1 SQUAD BREAKDOWN: Washington’s 36-man roster is pretty well balanced for a college baseball roster. The 10. Auburn 5-1 team includes five seniors, nine juniors, 10 sophomores and 12 freshmen (including two red-shirt freshmen). Twenty-five 11. Clemson 0-0 ★ players are returners while 11 are new (10 of those 11 are true freshmen). Washington’s returning players have competed 12. Arizona State 8-2 in a total of 906 games, and have combined for 2,340 career at bats and 357 and one-third career . 13. Cal State Fullerton 6-6 14. Wichita State 0-0 TOUGH SCHEDULE: Counting those in the “others receiving votes” category, the preseason Sports Weekly/ 15. Baylor 3-4 ★ ESPN coaches’ poll ranked 57 teams this season. Washington, which picked up 68 points to rank the equivalent of 27th in 16. Arizona 5-3 that poll, will play a total of 19 games against teams that received votes in the preseason ranking. Those 19 games come 17. North Carolina 3-0 against seven different teams, including four conference opponents. The Huskies will play a total of nine games against 18. Mississippi 3-0 three teams ranked in the top 10 in the preseason poll – three each against No. 4 Stanford, No. 7 Georgia Tech and No. 10 19. Notre Dame 2-0 Arizona State. Also as regards the schedule, the Huskies will play 39 home games this season (plus an exhibition vs. the 20. Texas A&M 7-0 University of British Columbia) and 27 on the road. Seventeen of the Huskies’ first 27 games will be played on the road 21. Florida Atlantic 10-0 while 20 of their final 29 will come at home. 22. Florida 6-3 23. Nebraska 3-0 NORTHWEST FLAVOR: As is usually the case, the Husky baseball roster is made up primarily of players from the 24. North Carolina State 4-0 state of Washington. In fact, 32 of the 36 players on the preseason roster are from the state of Washington, and another, 25. Florida State 7-3 Trent Baysinger, grew up in the city of Moscow, Idaho, just a mile or so from the Washington border. Aside from Washington and Idaho, only two other states are represented on the Husky roster as two players come from the state of Sports Weekly / ESPN Coaches’ Poll Colorado – RS-freshman Matt Tucker and sophomore Devin Warner – and other from Oregon, freshman James Allan. Top 25 (updated Feb. 23, 2004) ★ 1. Stanford 10-2 PRESEASON ACCOLADES: Perhaps more than in any other season since the 1999 merger of the Pac-10’s two 2. Rice 5-2 divisions, the preseason publications have a lot of good things to say about the 2004 Husky baseball team. The Huskies 3. Texas 11-2 were ranked no lower than 35th in the various preseason polls: No. 23 in Collegiate Baseball, No. 27 in the ESPN/Sports 4. Miami 4-2 Weekly coaches’ poll, No. 35 in Baseball America and No. 18 in the NCBWA (baseball writers) poll. Baseball America, in 5. Louisiana State 6-1 its extensive preview edition, tabbed the UW for a sixth-place finish, but included the Dawgs in its postseason projections. 6. Georgia Tech ★ 6-0 ★ The Huskies were represented by Will Fenton on the preseason All-Pac-10 team while Fenton was also named the No. 9 7. Arizona State 8-2 Pac-10 prospect for the 2004 draft. Junior 1B Kyle Larsen was No. 10 on that list while freshman RHP Tim Lincecum 8. South Carolina 6-0 was named the No. 5 newcomer in the league. Additionally, Fenton was tabbed for the best fastball and the best breaking 9. Long Beach State 7-2 ball in the league while junior C Aaron Hathaway earned best defensive catcher and best arm for a catcher. Sophomore 10. Tulane 5-1 SS Brent Lillibridge was named best infield arm in the league and Larsen was named best defensive 1B. 11. Clemson 0-0 12. Notre Dame 2-0 NOTES (in alphabetical order): 13. Wichita State 0-0 NICK BATKOSKI, Junior OF/ IF: Won a spot in the outfield after serving as a DH and backup 14. Auburn 5-1 the last two seasons ... started two of three in right field vs. Gonzaga ... his two-run single in the seventh tied the Feb. 21 15. North Carolina 3-0 game at 3-3 ... started Feb. 15 at DH, going 1-for-2 with two runs and a walk at San Diego ... started 10 of the last 13 last 16. Florida Atlantic 10-0 season at DH ... UW went 16-3 in the 19 games he started last year ... started three of four in the NCAA Regional last year. 17. Nebraska 3-0 18. Cal State Fullerton 6-6 ★ BRIAN BAUER, Soph. IF: The Huskies’ top backup at , can also play second and third base ... saw 19. Arizona 5-3-1 action Feb. 15 at USD (0-for-1) ... redshirted the 2002 season as a freshman at San Diego State before transferring to 20. Baylor 3-4 Washington last year ... saw action in six games last year and went 2-for-4 with a home run for the year ... hit a two-run 21. Mississippi 3-0 homer vs. Portland last May 6 ... a two-time 4A All-KingCo first-team selection at Woodinville High, the alma mater of 22. Florida State 7-3 current Husky freshman Richie Lentz ... MVP of the Washington State high school all-star game. 23. Texas A&M 7-0 24. North Carolina State 4-0 NICK BURNHAM, Soph. OF: Went 1-for-2 with a stolen base in a start opening day ... perhaps the Huskies’ 25. Florida 6-3 top backup at all three outfield positions ... appeared in four games as a freshman last year, getting three at bats ... hit .489 Others receiving votes: Lamar 61; East with 21 stolen bases and nine triples as a senior at Eastside Catholic High in 2002, when he was the Metro League MVP. Carolina 51; Arkansas 46; Texas Tech 43; Washington 43; Cal Poly 41; UC Irvine★ 38; ZACH CLEM, Soph. OF: Started season’s first five games, one at DH and four in LF ... 2-for-4 opening day at Oregon State★ 27; Richmond 17; Southern USD ... singled and scored in both starts vs. Gonzaga ... came to UW as a third baseman, but moved to catcher last year ... Mississippi 17; Oklahoma 15; USC★ 15; Virginia will serve as a and DH this year ... saw action in four games last season. 12; California★ 10; Alabama 9; Boston College AARON HATHAWAY, Junior C: Has started all six so far behind the plate ... led off the 11th inning of the 7; UNC-Greensboro 6; Oklahoma State 6; Houston 4; Mississippi State 4; Missouri★ 4; Feb. 21 win over Gonzaga (4-3) with a game-winning homer ... 6-for-14 in Gonzaga series ... two-run triple in 10th inning Miami-Ohio 3; UNLV 3; Tennessee 3; Vanderbilt Feb. 14 at San Diego has allowed only three stolen bases so far ... named a preseason, third-team All-American by 3; Georgia 2; Texas-Arlington 2; UCLA★ 2; Collegiate Baseball ... has been the Huskies’ starting catcher each of the last two seasons ... a career .328 hitter, he’s even Winthrop 2; Louisiana-Lafayette 1; Michigan better known for his defense ... picked off nine baserunners in 2003, triple the next highest total in the Pac-10 ... allowed 1; Minnesota 1; South Florida 1; Virginia only 17 stolen bases all season while starting 49 games behind the plate ... has made NCAA Regional all-tournament Commonwealth 1. teams in each of his first two seasons ... 8-for-17 (.471) at the regionals last year ... emerged as the UW’s No. 3 hitter the second half of last season, third in 27 of the Huskies’ last 29 games ... named the top defensive catcher and top ★ – 2004 opponent throwing catcher in the Pac-10 in Baseball America’s season preview edition. WASHINGTON BASEBALL FEBRUARY 24, 2004 UW Baseball in 2004 GREG ISAACSON, Senior 2B: Started all six so far ... all three hits in USD series were doubles ... solo homer Overall Record: 5-1 Feb. 21 vs. Gonzaga ... two-run double in the 10th Feb. 14 broke a 6-6 tie ... two RBI doubles in Feb. 15 win at San Diego Pac-10: 0-0 ... started 54 of 60 at second base last season and made only 10 errors in 271 chances on the year (a .963 fielding Non-Conference: 5-1 percentage) ... a career .316 hitter after batting .322 last year ... nine home runs were fourth on the team last season ... Home Games: 3-0 eight of his nine homers came in the season’s last 38 games, during which he batted .329 (50-for-152) ... top game at the Away Games: 2-1 plate came in the Huskies’ historic 26-2 win over USC, when he hit two homers, including a grand slam, and drove in six. Neutral Site Games: 0-0 NICK JILES, Freshman OF: Hit a solo home run in first (and so far, only) college at bat Feb. 15 at San Diego ... vs. Ranked Teams: 0-0 enters his first season at the UW as a backup outfielder and profiles as a ... two-time All-Big-9 pick at Davis vs. Unranked Teams: 5-1 High in Yakima ... twin brother, NaCoubi, plays baseball at Yakima Valley CC. Day Games: 5-1 BEN JOHNSON, Senior OF/C: Started two of three in both series so far ... RBI single gave UW its first run in Night Games: 0-0 Feb. 20 win over Gonzaga ... has served as the Huskies’ No. 2 catcher in each of the last three seasons but earned a spot On Natural Grass: 2-1 as the Huskies’ starting entering his senior season ... a switch-hitter ... started 19 games as a freshman, 12 as On Artificial Turf: 3-0 a sophomore and eight last year ... saw action in a total of 22 games last season and was error-free in 104 fielding vs. Right-Handed Starters: 1-1 chances ... drafted by the Astros in the 29th round of the 2000 draft. vs. Left-Handed Starters: 4-0

TAYLOR JOHNSON, Junior OF: Has started all six in center field ... had a good weekend vs. Gonzaga One-Run Games: 1-0 ...provided game-winning RBI in Friday’s win, singling to drive in Lillibridge in the eighth ... two-run homer Sunday in 3-0 Two-Run Games: 1-0 win ... after spending much of the last two seasons as the starter in right field, entered his junior season as the starting Extra Innings: 2-0 center fielder ... started 26 games as a freshman and 45 last season ... top day last season came in a double-header sweep UW Scores First: 3-1 of Hawaii-Hilo, when he went 6-for-7 with a grand slam and five RBI ... had a string of hits in seven straight ABs last year, Opponent Scores First: 2-0 and in another stretch, homered in three straight at bats. UW Scores in First Inning: 2-1 Opp. Scores in First Inning: 2-0 BRETT KILBORN, Freshman OF: Reserve outfielder who was a three-time All-Metro League pick at Ballard Largest Winning Margin: 10 High in Seattle ... pinch hit in Feb. 15 win at San Diego and drove in a run with a single in lone at bat thusfar. Largest Losing Margin: 4 MATT LANE, Freshman C: Made first start as DH Feb. 20 vs. Gonzaga ... solo homer in the fourth broke a 3- Ahead After Seven: 3-0 3 tie ... entered his first season at the UW as the Huskies’ No. 2 catcher ... left-handed .. named the 4A Trailing After Seven: 0-1 (highest level) all-state catcher last year after batting .648 at Port Angeles High. Tied After Seven: 2-0 Ahead After Eight: 3-0 KYLE LARSEN, Junior 1B: Started all six so far at first base ... has hit safely in five of six games ... started 59 Trailing After Eight: 1-1 of 60 games last year and 47 the year before ... named the top defensive in the Pac-10 by Baseball America ... has made only three errors in 1,064 career fielding chances ... went 621 chances before making his first career error ... Tied After Eight: 1-0 probably possesses the most power on the team ... hit seven of his eight homers last year in the season’s first 16 games, Out-hit Opponents: 4-0 including three HRs in the season’s first four games ... after struggling some at the plate last year and finishing with a .274 Out-hit by Opponents: 0-0 average, rebounded to hit .286 with a wood bat in the pitching-dominated Cape Cod League ... Freshman All-American in Equal Number of Hits: 1-1 2002 after hitting .342 ... drafted by the Mets in the 14th round of the 2001 draft. Fewer Errors Than Opp.: 3-0 BRENT LILLIBRIDGE, Soph. SS: Got the season started in style batting .462 (6-for-13) in the series at San More Errors Than Opp.: 1-1 Diego ... followed that by going 6-for-12 in Gonzaga series ... has hit safely in all six games so far and in 11 straight dating Equal Number of Errors: 1-0 back to last year ... 4-for-5 in last Friday’s win over Gonzaga ... homered in the season’s first at bat to lead off Feb. 13 at San Monday: 0-0 Diego and hit the first pitch of Feb. 15 game out for a homer ... has reached base 16 times in six games ... posted one of the Tuesday: 0-0 best freshman seasons in the nation last year and possibly the best premiere season in Husky history ... named first-team All-Pac-10 and first-team Freshman All-America after batting .388 with 13 homers last year ... played center nearly all of Wednesday: 0-0 last season, but moves back to his natural spot (shortstop) this year ... started in CF for the U.S. National Team last Thursday: 0-0 summer ... .388 average last year was No. 2 in the nation among freshmen and his .699 slugging mark was best among Friday: 1-1 Division I frosh ... named to the all-tournament team at NCAA Regional ... in Pac-10 games last season: 39-for-99 (.394) Saturday: 2-0 and slugged .758 with 12 doubles, eight homers, 26 runs and 21 RBI ... Baseball America tabbed him with the best infield Sunday: 2-0 arm in the Pac-10 and listed him as the No. 17 sophomore player in the country ... named third-team preseason All- February: 5-1 America by Collegiate Baseball and a preseason honorable mention All-America selection by collegebaseballinsider.com. March: 0-0 TYLER MACH, Freshman IF/OF: Homered on the first pitch of his first college at bat Feb. 14 at San Diego, April: 0-0 starting at DH ... 1-for-3 with two RBI that game ... has started four games at DH thusfar ... 2-for-4 in Sat. win over May: 0-0 Gonzgaa ... batted cleanup Sunday ... due to an off-season injury to Otness, saw a lot of action at third base during the fall and enters the year as the No. 2 player there ... could also see some action in the outfield or at DH after a strong fall at the Last 5 Games: 5-0 plate ... batted over .400 in each of three seasons at Kentlake High ... three-time All-South Puget Sound League. Last 10 Games: 7-3 Current Streak: Won 5 JOHN OTNESS, Senior 3B: Has started all six at 3B and has hit safely in last five ... 2-for-4 with a double and Longest Win Streak: 5 a homer last Fri. vs. Gonzaga ... at San Diego, went 6-for-16 (.375) with a homer and four RBI ... homered in the first Feb. Longest Loss Streak: 1 14, when he went 4-for-6 ... 2-for-6 with three RBI Feb. 15 at USD ... has been a regular in the Huskies’ starting lineup the last three years ... team after having served in that role last season as well ... started 55 games at third last year Largest Home Crowd: 1,052 and two others at DH ... made only seven errors in 145 chances in 2003 ... shared the team lead with 16 doubles and also vs. Gonzaga, Feb. 21 led with four triples in 2003 ... named to the all-tourney team at the NCAA Regional at Long Beach ... enters the season Largest Road Crowd: 558 with a .308 career batting average ... team’s most experienced player with 134 career games and 468 career at bats. at San Diego, Feb. 15 Shortest Game: 2:15 MATT TUCKER, RS-Freshman IF: Appeared as in all three games at San Diego ... struck out first vs. Gonzaga, Feb. 22 time and then walked and scored the next two ... searching for playing time in the veteran infield after strong offensive Longest Game: 4:02 showings in practice ... sat out his last season due to surgery on his left shoulder ... recovered in time to play summer ball, at San Diego, Feb. 14 batting .288 ... older brother, Michael Done, was UW’s starting third baseman for three seasons (2000-02). 2004 Washington WASHINGTON BASEBALL FEBRUARY 24, 2004 Schedule/Results PROBABLE NOTES: Feb. 13 at San Diego L, 5-1 FRI. – RICHIE LENTZ, Freshman RHP: Became the first freshman ever under coach Knutson to start Feb. 14 at San Diego W, 10-6 (10) opening day ... suffered the loss Feb. 13 at San Diego ... allowed three runs on four hits and three walks while striking out four in four-plus innings ... didn’t allow a run over first four innings ... no decision last Friday vs. Gonzaga (5.0 IP, Feb. 15 at San Diego W, 13-3 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 5 BB, 5 K) ... having been ranked among the nation’s top-50 players in his class, was perhaps the state’s Feb. 20 GONZAGA W, 7-5 top prospect last year ... a 4A all-state outfielder and pitcher at Woodinville High, which he helped lead to the 2002 Feb. 21 GONZAGA W, 4-3 (11) state title ... named the No. 38 freshman in the nation by Baseball America ... younger brother of former Husky Feb. 22 GONZAGA W, 3-0 starting third baseman Ryan Lentz and son of Mike Lentz, the No. 2 overall pick in the 1975 draft. Feb. 27 vs. Sacramento State+ 7:00 p.m. Feb. 28 at UC Riverside+ 4:00 p.m. SAT. – TIM LINCECUM, Freshman RHP: Last Sat. vs. Gonzaga, didn’t allow a hit in first four innings, Feb. 29 vs. Oregon State+ 11:00 a.m. but didn’t figure in the decision as UW won in 11 ... Feb. 21 vs. Gonzaga: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 7 BB, 7 Ks ... started Mar. 5 MISSOURI 6:30 p.m. Feb. 14, at San Diego, but again didn’t figure in the decision as the UW won in 10 ... at USD: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 5 Mar. 6 MISSOURI 1:00 p.m. BB, 5 Ks ... the Gatorade state player of the year for Washington last season after an unbelievable senior year ... led Mar. 7 MISSOURI 1:00 p.m. Liberty High to the 3A state title and was the state’s 3A MVP and first-team all-state pitcher ... as a senior, posted a 12-1 record and a 0.70 average while striking out 183 batters in 91.2 innings ... drafted by the Chicago Mar. 12 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 6:30 p.m. Cubs in the 49th round of the 2003 draft ... tabbed the No. 17 freshman in the nation by Baseball America. Mar. 13 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 1:00 p.m. Mar. 14 LOYOLA MARYMOUNT 1:00 p.m. SUN. – KEATON EVERITT, Sophomore RHP: Has been stellar in two starts thusfar, going 2-0 with Mar. 19 vs. Washington State# 1:00 p.m. a 0.75 ERA ... only three hits allowed in 12 innings ... Sun. vs. Gonzaga, allowed only one hit and no runs over seven Mar. 20 vs. Washington State# 1:00 p.m. innings for the win, combining on a two-hit shutout with two relievers ... picked up the win in his first career start Mar. 21 vs. Washington State# 1:00 p.m. Feb. 15, at San Diego ... allowed only two hits and one run over five innings, walking three and fanning two ... Mar. 22 at Gonzaga 2:00 p.m. entered that start with only three career college innings ... didn’t pitch until late in his high school career, then sat out Mar. 23 at Gonzaga 2:00 p.m. first year at UW due to injury ... made three one-inning appearances last season, and didn’t allow a hit or a run while Mar. 26 at Arizona State* 7:00 p.m. striking out five ... a tall, lanky pitcher with good velocity and a solid slider. Mar. 27 at Arizona State* 1:00 p.m. BULLPEN NOTES: Trent Baysinger (Sr. LHP) got the win Feb. 21 vs. Gonzaga, throwing 3.2 perfect innings Mar. 28 at Arizona State* 1:00 p.m. in an 11-inning UW win ... threw three innings Feb. 13 at USD, allowing two unearned runs ... led the Huskies in Apr. 2 at California* 2:00 p.m. appearances last year with 24, all but one in relief ... 2-1 with a 3.16 ERA in 25.2 innings of work against Pac-10 Apr. 3 at California* 1:00 p.m. competition ... .234 opponent batting average (Pac-10 only) was third in the conference in 2003 ... 5-0 with a 1.05 Apr. 4 at California* 1:00 p.m. ERA during summer ball, playing for Wenatchee (Wash.) ... Josh Conover (Jr. RHP) made a solid relief appearance Apr. 6 at Portland 2:00 p.m. at USD Feb. 14, allowing one unearned run on three hits and no walks over three innings ... made nine relief apperances Apr. 8 WASHINGTON STATE* 6:30 p.m. and five starts last season, going 4-0 with a 3.45 ... all four victories came in starting assign- Apr. 9 WASHINGTON STATE* 6:30 p.m. ments ... allowed only nine hits over 12.1 and compiled a 2.19 earned run average as a reliever ... David Dowling Apr. 10 WASHINGTON STATE* 1:00 p.m. (Jr. LHP) appeared Feb. 14 at USD, but threw only 0.1 innings ... served as the Huskies’ long relief specialist last year, Apr. 12 OREGON STATE# 6:30 p.m. making 19 appearances, 18 in relief ... posted a 7-2 record and worked 56.1 innings ... made lone start of the season Apr. 13 OREGON STATE# 2:30 p.m. in an elimination game vs. Minnesota in the NCAA Regionals ... threw six and one-third innings in that game, allowing an unearned runs on six hits for the win ... won his first five decisions in 2003 ... started four games for the Apr. 16 at Georgia Tech 7:00 p.m. UW as a freshman in 2002 and has therefore made five career starts entering the season, second-most (tied) on the Apr. 17 at Georgia Tech 1:00 p.m. team ... Will Fenton (Jr. RHP) got two saves last weekend vs. Gonzaga, throwing a total of three innings (two hits, Apr. 18 at Georgia Tech 1:00 p.m. no runs, no walks, three Ks) ... got the win Feb. 14 at USD with two scoreless innings of relief ... a third-third All- Apr. 23 ARIZONA* 6:30 p.m. American and first-team All-Pac-10 pick last year after leading the Pac-10 with 12 saves and finishing the season Apr. 24 ARIZONA* 1:00 p.m. without having allowed a single run (earned or not) in 32.1 innings ... hasn’t surrendered a run since May 26, 2002, a Apr. 25 ARIZONA* 1:00 p.m. string of 42.1 innings ... named the No. 39 junior prospect in the nation by Baseball America, which also listed both Apr. 28 BRITISH COLUMBIA (Exh.) 6:30 p.m. his fastball and breaking pitch as the best in the Pac-10 ... a Baseball America preseason All-Pac-10 pick ... named a Apr. 30 at Oregon State* 5:00 p.m. preseason second-team All-American this year by Collegiate Baseball and collegebaseballinsider.com ... Jamie May 1 at Oregon State* 1:00 p.m. Hawkins (Jr. LHP) emerged during the fall and spring practice as a top reliever for the Huskies and should see an May 2 at Oregon State* 1:00 p.m. increase in innings ... health problems limited his action in 2003, when he pitched in only five games, with one start May 7 STANFORD* 6:30 p.m. ... Hunter Hughes (RS-Fr. RHP) redshirted his first season at the UW last year ... a strike-thrower who has likely May 8 STANFORD* 1:00 p.m. earned a spot on the travel squad for the opening weekend ... led Mt. Rainier High to league titles his junior and senior seasons after last-place finishes the two years prior ... Matt Kasser (So. RHP) worked 1.2 scoreless innings May 9 STANFORD 1:00 p.m. of relief in Feb. 21 win over Gonzaga ... threw a 1-2-3 ninth Feb.13 at USD ... saw action in nine games (all in relief) May 11 PORTLAND 6:30 p.m. as a true freshman in 2003 ... a hard-thrower that will likely serve as a setup man or closer in 2004 ... all nine runs May 12 PORTLAND 6:30 p.m. allowed in 2003 came over two outings while the other seven were shutout appearances ... over those seven score- May 14 at USC* 7:00 p.m. less outings, allowed only three hits and no runs over 10.0 innings, striking out 15 ... had 10 over 18 batters May 15 at USC* 2:00 p.m. faced at one point ... Kyle Parker (Fr. RHP) threw an inning in the Feb. 22 two-hit shutout of Gonzaga ... also threw May 16 at USC* 1:00 p.m. one no-hit inning at USD Feb. 15 ... is likely a future starter but will start the year in the bullpen ... alongside current May 18 LEWIS-CLARK STATE 6:30 p.m. UW teammate Tim Lincecum, was one of two 3A all-state first-team pitchers ... attended West Valley High in Yakima May 21 UCLA* 6:30 p.m. ... 0.98 ERA with 135 Ks in 72 innings as a senior ... Jordan Ponzoha (Fr. RHP) is another member of the strong group May 22 UCLA* 1:00 p.m. of freshman pitchers ... a second-team 3A all-state pitcher ... 8-1 with a 1.54 ERA his senior year at Tumwater High May 23 UCLA* 1:00 p.m. ... Joel Villalobos (Jr. LHP) got the win in relief Feb. 20 vs. Gonzaga, throwing two innings and allowing one hit ... May 28 UC IRVINE 6:30 p.m. worked two perfect innings of relief Feb. 15 at San Diego in first UW action ... after missing last season due to an arm May 29 UC IRVINE 1:00 p.m. injury (non-surgical), returns as a top reliever and possible starter ... came to the UW from Bellevue CC ... was the May 30 UC IRVINE 1:00 p.m. team’s top hitter his freshman year and made all-league and all-region as an outfielder ... then as a sophomore, went 6-0 with a 1.40 ERA to make all-league and all-region as a pitcher. June 4-6 NCAA Regionals June 11-13 NCAA Super Regionals RANDOM NOTES: Two Husky freshmen hit homers in the first career at bat this year ... Tyler Mach homered June 18-28 NCAA College World Series on the first pitch he ever saw Feb. 14 at San Diego and Nick Jiles hit one out in his first AB the following day ... the UW has a total of 20 extra-base hits this year, including 10 homers, while opponents have only seven extra-base hits * – Pacific-10 Conference game ... a UW player has homered in every game so far this year and the Huskies have hit more than one homer in four of # – non-conference game vs. Pac-10 team six so far ... Husky pitchers allowed only 11 hits over three games last weekend vs. Gonzaga ... sophomore 1B Curt + – at RBI Tournament, Riverside, Calif. Rindal is out for the time being after dislocating his left elbow during a practice last week. The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Washington (as of Feb 24, 2004) (All games Sorted by Batting avg)

Record: 5-1 Home: 3-0 Away: 2-1 Pacific-10: 0-0

Player AVG GP-GS AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% SF SH SB-ATT PO A E FLD%

21 Curt Rindal...... 1.000 1-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1.000 12 Nick Jiles...... 1.000 2-0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 4.000 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 3 Brett Kilborn.... 1.000 1-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 11 Brent Lillibridge .480 6-6 25 7 12 2 0 2 5 20 .800 4 0 8 0 .552 0 0 2-3 8 14 2 .917 25 John Otness...... 370 6-6 27 5 10 2 0 2 6 18 .667 1 0 3 1 .379 1 0 0-0 5 12 0 1.000 18 Tyler Mach...... 333 4-4 15 4 5 0 0 1 2 8 .533 1 0 2 0 .375 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 10 Zach Clem...... 278 5-5 18 3 5 0 0 0 0 5 .278 2 0 5 0 .350 0 1 0-1 7 0 0 1.000 13 Aaron Hathaway... .276 6-6 29 3 8 0 2 1 6 15 .517 0 0 2 0 .276 0 0 1-1 42 6 0 1.000 23 Kyle Larsen...... 261 6-6 23 1 6 0 0 0 1 6 .261 2 1 3 0 .346 0 0 0-1 48 7 1 .982 26 Nick Burnham...... 250 5-1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 0 0 0 0 .250 0 0 1-1 3 0 0 1.000 24 Matt Lane...... 250 2-1 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 4 1.000 1 0 2 0 .400 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 .000 4 Greg Isaacson.... .227 6-6 22 3 5 3 0 1 6 11 .500 0 1 3 0 .250 1 0 0-1 13 18 1 .969 16 Nick Batkoski.... .222 4-3 9 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 .222 2 0 1 1 .364 0 0 0-0 3 0 1 .750 22 Taylor Johnson... .211 6-6 19 4 4 1 0 1 5 8 .421 4 1 5 0 .360 1 1 1-1 13 0 0 1.000 2 Ben Johnson...... 063 5-4 16 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 .063 0 0 4 0 .063 0 0 0-1 15 1 1 .941 9 Matt Tucker...... 000 3-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 1 0 .667 0 0 0-0 1 1 0 1.000 27 Brian Bauer...... 000 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0-0 2 0 0 1.000

Totals...... 292 6-6 216 38 63 8 2 10 38 105 .486 19 3 39 2 .353 3 2 5-10 168 63 7 .971 Opponents...... 178 6-6 191 22 34 4 0 3 21 47 .246 33 5 42 5 .310 3 3 3-4 162 62 6 .974

LOB - Team (43), Opp (45). DPs turned - Team (6), Opp (3).

(All games Sorted by Earned run avg)

Player ERA W-L APP GS CG SHO/CBO SV IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR AB B/Avg WP HBP BK SFA SHA

34 Trent Baysinger.. 0.00 1-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 6.2 3 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 22 .136 0 0 0 1 1 37 Will Fenton...... 0.00 1-0 3 0 0 0/1 2 5.0 3 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 17 .176 0 0 0 0 0 36 Josh Conover..... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 3.0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .273 1 0 0 1 0 39 Matt Kasser...... 0.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 2.2 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 10 .200 0 1 0 0 0 8 Kyle Parker...... 0.00 0-0 2 0 0 0/1 0 2.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 .000 0 0 0 0 0 32 Jamie Hawkins.... 0.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 1.0 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 .429 0 0 0 0 0 35 Keaton Everitt... 0.75 2-0 2 2 0 0/1 0 12.0 3 1 1 4 4 1 0 0 37 .081 0 1 1 0 1 14 Tim Lincecum..... 4.35 0-0 2 2 0 0/0 0 10.1 8 5 5 12 12 0 0 0 36 .222 3 1 0 1 0 29 Joel Villalobos.. 4.50 1-0 2 0 0 0/0 0 4.0 1 2 2 2 4 0 0 1 13 .077 0 0 0 0 0 6 Richie Lentz..... 6.00 0-1 2 2 0 0/0 0 9.0 6 6 6 8 9 0 0 1 30 .200 0 2 0 0 1 28 David Dowling.... 81.00 0-0 1 0 0 0/0 0 0.1 2 3 3 3 0 0 0 1 3 .667 1 0 0 0 0

Totals...... 2.73 5-1 6 6 0 1/1 2 56.0 34 22 17 33 42 4 0 3 191 .178 5 5 1 3 3 Opponents...... 5.83 1-5 6 6 0 0/0 1 54.0 63 38 35 19 39 8 2 10 216 .292 2 3 1 3 2

PB - Team (1), Hathaway 1, Opp (1). Pickoffs - Team (1), Hathaway 1, Opp (1). The Automated ScoreBook Overall Statistics for Washington (as of Feb 24, 2004) (All games Sorted by Fielding pct)

Player C PO A E FLD% DPs SBA CSB SBA% PB CI

13 Aaron Hathaway... 48 42 6 0 1.000 0 3 1 .750 1 0 25 John Otness...... 17 5 12 0 1.000 1 0 0 .000 0 0 22 Taylor Johnson... 13 13 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 10 Zach Clem...... 7 7 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 35 Keaton Everitt... 4 3 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 26 Nick Burnham..... 3 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 27 Brian Bauer...... 2 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 9 Matt Tucker...... 2 1 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 14 Tim Lincecum..... 2 1 1 0 1.000 0 1 1 .500 0 0 21 Curt Rindal...... 2 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 37 Will Fenton...... 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 36 Josh Conover..... 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 8 Kyle Parker...... 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 34 Trent Baysinger.. 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 23 Kyle Larsen...... 56 48 7 1 .982 6 0 0 .000 0 0 4 Greg Isaacson.... 32 13 18 1 .969 6 0 0 .000 0 0 2 Ben Johnson...... 17 15 1 1 .941 0 0 0 .000 0 0 11 Brent Lillibridge 24 8 14 2 .917 4 0 0 .000 0 0 16 Nick Batkoski.... 4 3 0 1 .750 0 0 0 .000 0 0 32 Jamie Hawkins.... 1 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 39 Matt Kasser...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 6 Richie Lentz..... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 18 Tyler Mach...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 24 Matt Lane...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 12 Nick Jiles...... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 3 Brett Kilborn.... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 28 David Dowling.... 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 .000 0 0 29 Joel Villalobos.. 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 1.000 0 0

Totals...... 238 168 63 7 .971 6 3 1 .750 1 0 Opponents...... 230 162 62 6 .974 3 5 5 .500 1 0

Game Results for Washington (as of Feb 24, 2004) (All games)

Game date Opposing team Score r h e/ r h e Inns Overall Pacific-10 Pitcher of record Attend Time ------/------Feb 13, 2004 at U. of San Diego 1-5 L 1 7 3/ 5 7 0 9 0- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Lentz (L 0-1) 421 2:47 Feb 14, 2004 at U. of San Diego W 10-6 10 11 1/ 6 11 2 (10) 1- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Fenton (W 1-0) 483 4:02 Feb 15, 2004 at U. of San Diego W 13-3 13 15 2/ 3 5 3 9 2- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Everitt (W 1-0) 558 2:58 Feb 20, 2004 Gonzaga W 7-5 7 14 0/ 5 4 0 9 3- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Villalobos (W 1-0) 729 2:39 Feb 21, 2004 Gonzaga W 4-3 4 9 1/ 3 5 0 (11) 4- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Baysinger (W 1-0) 1052 3:22 Feb 22, 2004 Gonzaga W 3-0 3 7 0/ 0 2 1 9 5- 1- 0 0- 0- 0 Everitt (W 2-0) 808 2:15

* Pac-10 Conference Game + RBI Tournament, Riverside, Calif. # non-conference game vs. Pac-10 team () extra inning game