2019 PAC-12 BASEBALL STANDINGS NCAA REGIONALS PAC-12 OVERALL RESULTS W L T Pct
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For Immediate Release \\ Wednesday, June 5, 2019 Contact \\ Carly Fasciglione ([email protected]) 2019 PAC-12 BASEBALL STANDINGS NCAA REGIONALS PAC-12 OVERALL RESULTS W L T Pct. W L T Pct. L10 Streak UCLA*#$ 24 5 0 .828 51 9 0 .850 9-1 W 3 May 31 Stanford#$ 22 7 0 .759 45 12 0 .789 7-3 W 3 Cincinnati 7, Oregon State 6 UCLA 5, Omaha 2 Oregon State# 21 8 0 .724 36 20 1 .640 4-6 L 3 Southern Miss 15, Arizona State 3 California# 17 11 0 .607 32 20 0 .615 5-5 L 2 Stanford 11, Sacramento State 0 Arizona State# 16 13 0 .552 38 19 0 .667 3-7 L 1 TCU 13, California 2 Arizona 15 14 0 .517 32 24 0 .571 10-0 W 10 USC 13 15 1 .466 25 29 1 .464 5-5 W 1 June 1 Washington 12 17 0 .414 28 24 0 .538 5-5 L 5 Arizona State 13, Stony Brook 5 Oregon 10 19 0 .345 27 29 0 .482 3-7 L 4 Central Connecticut 7, California 4 Utah 6 24 0 .200 16 33 0 .327 4-6 W 2 Creighton 4, Oregon State 1 Washington State 3 26 1 .117 11 42 1 .213 1-9 L 3 Loyola Marymount 3, UCLA 2 Fresno State 7, Stanford 2 * Pac-12 Champion, # NCAA Regional, $ NCAA Super Regional June 2 NCAA SUPER REGIONALS SCHEDULE UCLA 11, Baylor 6 Stanford 8, Fresno State 6 DATE MATCHUP TIME (PT) TV UCLA 6, Loyola Marymount 1 Fri., June 7 Michigan at #1 UCLA 6 p.m. ESPN2 Southern Miss 13, Arizona State 12 Stanford 12, Sacramento State 3 Sat., June 8 #11 STANFORD at #6 Mississippi State 12 p.m. ESPN2 Sat., June 8 Michigan at #1 UCLA 6 p.m. ESPN2 June 2 Stanford 9, Fresno State 7 Sun., June 9 Michigan at #1 UCLA* 6 p.m. ESPN2 UCLA 6, Loyola Marymount 3 Sun., June 9 #11 STANFORD at #6 Mississippi State 6 p.m. ESPNU Mon., June 10 #11 STANFORD at #6 Mississippi State* 4 p.m. ESPN2 * If necessary National top sixteen seeds listed PAC-12 POSTSEASON HONORS PAC-12 PLAYER OF THE YEAR/BATTING CHAMPION/CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: ADLEY RUTSCHMAN, OREGON STATE A year after being named the NCAA College World Series Most Outstanding Player, Rutschman claims the 2019 Pac-12 Player of the Year and 2019 Pac-12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year awards. Rutschman claimed the Pac-12 batting title with a .419 batting average, which ranks fourth in the nation, and leads the country with an impressive .580 on-base percentage. Rutschman is just the second student-athlete and the first since fellow Beaver Nick Madrigal in 2017 to be named both Pac-12 Player of the Year and a Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year. PAC-12 CO-DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE YEAR: MAVERICK HANDLEY, STANFORD Junior Stanford catcher Maverick Handley has been named the 2019 Pac-12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year along with Oregon State's Adley Rutschman. Hand- ley has been dominant behind the plate for Stanford this year, leading the Pac-12 in pickoffs with seven. The 2019 All-Pac-12 selection has thrown out 10-of-26 stolen base attempts against him and ranks sixth in the conference with 402 putouts on the year. PAC-12 PITCHER OF THE YEAR: RYAN GARCIA, UCLA UCLA's Ryan Garcia wins the Bruins' first Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year award after leading the Pac-12 and ranking fifth in the country with a 1.42 ERA. He is a perfect 9-0 with a conference-best .158 opposing batting average, 101 strikeouts and just 12 earned runs allowed the entire season. PAC-12 FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: AUSTIN WELLS, ARIZONA Arizona catcher Austin Wells takes home 2019 Pac-12 Player of the Year honors, the first wildcat to win the award. He led all Division I freshman with 72 runs scored, which leads the Pac-12 this season, and are the most-ever logged by an Arizona freshman and the most by any Pac-12 player since 2009. Wells batted an impressive .353, the highest mark among freshmen in Power 5 conferences. PAC-12 COACH OF THE YEAR: JOHN SAVAGE, UCLA UCLA's John Savage takes home Pac-12 Coach of the Year honors after leading the Bruins to arguably their best regular season in school history. The Bruins won their 10th all-time Pac-12 title and fourth since Savage became head coach in 2005. The Bruins set new program records for regular season wins with 47 and conference wins with 24. This is just the sixth team in UCLA history to reach 45 wins, and five of those squads have come during the John Savage era. 1 2019 PAC-12 BASEBALL // PAC-12 CONFERENCE 2019 PAC-12 BASEBALL // PAC-12 CONFERENCE PAC-12 HONORS PAC-12 NOTES SUPER REGIONALS PREVIEW: No. 1-overall seed UCLA and No. 11-seed Stanford advanced to the NCAA PAC-12 ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM Baseball Super Regionals. Both the Bruins and the Cardinal battled through the elimination bracket of the regional Hunter Bishop, ASU OF Jr. round and won three-straight games to clinch a spot at this week’s super regionals, marking the second-straight Cameron Cannon, ARIZ IF Jr. year two Pac-12 teams have advanced to the second weekend. Chris Clarke, USC RHP Jr. As the top seed in the tournament, UCLA is one of the eight Super Regional hosts and welcome Michigan for a Andrew Daschbach, STAN IF/OF Jr. best-of-three series on Friday, June 7 - Sunday, June 9. No. 11 Stanford heads south to face No. 6 Mississippi State Oliver Dunn, UTAH IF Jr. and plays on Saturday, June 8 - Monday, June 10. Ryan Garcia, UCLA RHP Jr. Maverick Handley, STAN C Jr. UCLA is in the Super Regionals for the first time since 2013 when it went on to win its first NCAA College World Jared Horn, CAL RHP Jr. Series title. This is the sixth time in program history the Bruins earned a spot in the Super Regional, advancing to the CWS each of the last three times (2010, 2012, 2013). The Pac-12 Champion Bruins recently matched a Nick Kahle, WASH C Jr. program record with their 51st win of the season and boast the best ERA in the nation at 2.58. UCLA is also the Ryan Kreidler, UCLA IF Jr. only program in the country to rank in the top 10 in both ERA and fielding percentage (4th, .982). The UCLA vs. Korey Lee, CAL C Jr. Michigan best-of-three series will be broadcast on ESPN2. Lyle Lin, ASU C Jr. Jack Little, STAN RHP Jr. Stanford reaches the Super Regionals for the 11th time in program history and the first time since 2014. The Connor Lunn, USC RHP Jr. Cardinal aims to reach the CWS for the first time since 2008. Stanford holds a 2-0 all-time advantage over Super Regional-host Mississippi State. The Cardinal’s offense has led the way this postseason, as it hit 12 home runs in Alec Marsh, ASU RHP Jr. five games during the regional round, the most home runs in the postseason of any other team. It has hit multiple Will Matthiessen, STAN RHP/IF Jr. home runs in 17 of its last 29 games with 71 homers in 33 games. Saturday’s game and the potential third game Alex McGarry, OSU IF/OF So. on Monday will be on ESPN2, while Sunday’s game will be broadcast on ESPNU. Garrett Mitchell, UCLA OF So. Jake Mulholland, OSU LHP Jr. The Pac-12 earned five NCAA bids this season, including Arizona State, California and Oregon State, the most for the Conference since 2015 when six teams were selected. Ryne Nelson, ORE RHP Jr. Clay Owens, USC C/3B Fr. PAC-12 THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP: Pac-12 baseball is far and away the most successful conference in terms Holden Powell, UCLA RHP So. of NCAA titles and postseason success. With Oregon State’s 2018 NCAA crown, the Pac-12 has won 29 NCAA Nick Quintana, ARIZ IF Jr. titles all-time, including three of the last seven. Pac-12 baseball teams have reached the CWS title series in four Jack Ralston, UCLA RHP Jr. of the last seven years (Oregon State 2018; Arizona 2016, 2012; UCLA 2013); eight of the last 15; and 12 of the last 20. The Pac-12’s 29 NCAA titles nearly triple the amount of all other conferences with the Big 12 being next Adley Rutschman, OSU C/IF Jr. closest at 10. With Washington’s first program appearance in the 2018 NCAA College World Series, all 11 league Quentin Selma, CAL IF So. programs made an appearance in the CWS. The only other league to have all of its baseball programs reach the Spencer Steer, ORE IF Jr. CWS is the SEC. Jack Stronach, UCLA OF Jr. Chase Strumpf, UCLA 2B Jr. ALL-AMERICANS: Collegiate Baseball named 10 Pac-12 student-athletes to its All-American team, and OSU’s Michael Toglia, UCLA IF Jr. Adley Rutschman claimed National Player of the Year. He is the fifth league player to earn the honor and the first since 2011. The 10 All-Americans is the most for the Conference since 2000 when the Pac-12 garnered 11. Join- Spencer Torkelson, ASU IF So. ing Rutschman on the first team is Pac-12 Pitcher of the YearRyan Garcia of UCLA.