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USC12-Time National ChampionsTrojans Baseball 1948 · 1958 · 1961 · 1963 · 1968 · 1970 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1978 · 1998 2021 GAME NOTES Games 49-51: USC at Utah (May 27-29) Ogden, Utah 2021 Schedule/Results TEAM INFO Overall: 23-25 (Home: 17-15 Road: 6-10 Neutral: 0-0) Pac-12: 11-16 (Home: 6-9 Road: 5-7) Date Opponent Time/Res. Feb. 19 LMU W, 3-2 Feb. 20 LMU W, 5-0 Feb. 21 at LMU L, 8-9 (11) Feb. 26 CAL POLY L, 1-2 Feb. 27 CAL POLY L, 4-9 Utah USC Feb. 28 CAL POLY W, 7-6 March 5 CS FULLERTON# L, 0-5 Utes Trojans March 6 PEPPERDINE# L, 5-11 2021 Record: 16-31, 6-21 Pac-12 2021 Record: 23-25, 11-16 Pac-12 March 7 at UCLA# L, 1-10 2020 Record: 6-7, 0-0 Pac-12 2020 Record: 10-5, 0-0 Pac-12 March 12 NEVADA W, 3-1 Head Coach: Bill Kinneberg (18th yr) Head Coach: Jason Gill (2nd yr) March 13 NEVADA W, 5-4 March 14 NEVADA W, 7-2 March 19 at Washington* W, 3-2 NOTES March 20 at Washington* W, 7-5 March 21 at Washington* W, 11-3 THIS WEEK: The USC baseball team hits the road for its final series of the season, March 23 SAN DIEGO L, 5-6 heading to Utah for a three-game Pac-12 set starting on Thursday. March 26 UCLA* W, 5-4 March 27 UCLA* L, 3-6 GAME SCHEDULE: March 28 UCLA* L, 1-13 March 30 at LMU W, 4-3 Thursday - USC at Utah (Ogden, Utah), May 27, 5 p.m. PT (Utah Live Stream) April 1 at Cal* W, 6-1 Friday - USC at Utah (Ogden, Utah), May 28, 5 p.m. PT (Utah Live Stream) April 2 at Cal* L, 3-4 Saturday - USC at Utah (Ogden, Utah), May 29, 10 a.m. PT (Utah Live Stream) April 3 at Cal* L, 1-5 April 9 DIXIE STATE W, 14-1 April 10 DIXIE STATE W, 10-3 BROADCAST INFO: All three games in Utah will be streamed on Pac-12+ via utahutes. April 11 DIXIE STATE W, 6-5 com. Links to all of the broadcasts are available on the baseball schedule page at April 13 FRESNO STATE W, 2-1 USCTrojans.com. April 16 OREGON* W, 9-5 April 17 OREGON* L, 4-13 FOLLOW: Fans can also follow the action through live stats on USCTrojans.com. Live, in- April 18 OREGON* L, 5-7 April 20 LMU W, 8-1 game updates will be available for all games from @USC_Baseball on Twitter as well. April 23 at Arizona* L, 5-8 April 24 at Arizona* L, 6-10 GET SOCIAL: Follow USC Baseball on social media to get updates on everything going April 25 at Arizona* L, 4-8 on with the team this season. The Trojans can be found at @USC_Baseball on Twitter, April 27 PEPPERDINE L, 2-5 April 30 STANFORD* L, 2-5 @sctrojans_baseball on Instagram and USC Trojans Baseball on Facebook. May 1 STANFORD* L, 2-3 May 2 STANFORD* W, 2-1 LAST WEEK: The Trojans hosted No. 25 Arizona State last weekend, dropping two of May 7 at Oregon State*^ L, 4-5 three to the Sun Devils. ASU took the opener and the finale, while the Trojans won May 8 at Oregon State*^ L, 7-9 May 9 at Oregon State*^ W, 5-3 Saturday’s contest behind a strong 6.1 innings on the mound from Chandler Champlain. May 14 WASHINGTON ST* W, 8-6 May 15 WASHINGTON ST* W, 3-2 SERIES VS. UTAH: USC leads the all-time series between the teams, 21-12, with the May 16 WASHINGTON ST* L, 2-13 programs first playing back in 1951. The teams last played in Utah back in 2019, with May 18 at Fresno State L, 10-13 the Utes taking two of three. May 21 ARIZONA STATE*^ L, 2-6 May 22 ARIZONA STATE*^ W, 6-1 PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS May 23 ARIZONA STATE*^ L, 7-10 May 27 at Utah* 5 p.m. May 28 at Utah* 5 p.m. Friday May 29 at Utah* 10 a.m. USC: LHP Isaac Esqueda (5-3, 3.43 ERA) UTAH: RHP Justin Kelly (1-9, 7.16 ERA) * Pac-12 Conference game #Southern California College Baseball Classic Saturday ^Televised on Pac-12 Networks USC: RHP Chandler Champlain (4-4, 5.45 ERA) Dates and times are subject to change UTAH: LHP Brayson Hurdsman (2-2, 3.86 ERA) All times Pacific Sunday USC: LHP Alex Cornwell (5-6, 5.04 ERA) UTAH: RHP David Watson (2-8, 5.68 ERA) University of Southern California Baseball •usctrojans.com1 THE MANAGER FILE Jason Gill 2nd year as USC Head Coach 13th year overall Jason Gill, who has College World Series experience as both a player and coach, and guided Loyola Marymount to the brink of a 2019 NCAA Super Regional appearance, was named USC baseball’s head coach on June 14, 2019. His first year at the helm with the Trojans was cut short due to the Dedeaux Field Covid-19 pandemic, with USC finishing the abbreviated season 10-5. He You knew there had to be something special about Dedeaux owns a career record of 332-291-1 heading into 2021. Field from the day it first opened its gates on March 30, 1974. Righthander Russ McQueen threw a no-hitter that afternoon in the Gill comes to USC after 11 seasons at Loyola Marymount, where he posted first game ever played at Dedeaux Field as USC swept a doubleheader a 322-286-1 (.530) overall record. He led the Lions to a 34-25 record and from California. The Trojans went on to win the national championship into the 2019 NCAA postseason, with LMU reaching the final of the Los Angeles Regional after wins over Baylor and UCLA, before narrowly falling that year and Dedeaux Field has been their home ever since. to the top-seeded Bruins. The 2021 season marks the 47th year of play at Dedeaux Field. The facility has continually been improved over the years with Gill’s LMU teams have made the West Coast Conference Tournament the grandest project taking place before the 2002 season. A $4 million (top four teams in the conference) five of the last six years, with the Lions project signified the largest improvement made to the facility as a winning the tournament title this past season and a regular season title new clubhouse and players’ lounge were added on the first base side. in 2017. Expanded offices for the coaching staff and new Hall of Fame were also part of the project, along with a new restroom pavilion. He has made a total of four trips to Omaha as a player and coach, reaching A new bleacher section was added on the first base side, pushing the College World Series as a player with Cal State Fullerton in 1994 and then returning as an undergraduate assistant under legendary coach capacity to 2,500 at Dedeaux Field. Augie Garrido with the Titans’ 1995 National Championship squad. Gill The 2008 season brought a new scoreboard, along with the later served under George Horton as an assistant coach at his alma mater, million-dollar Rod Dedeaux Research for Baseball Institute (RDRBI) helping to lead the Titans to CWS appearances in 2006 and 2007. In total, which added batting cages, a new weight room and state-of-the-art Gill has been to the postseason nine times as a coach. video motion analysis. Prior to the 2011 season, a $600,000 project added new lights Known as an outstanding recruiter and developer of talent, Gill has seen to Dedeaux Field to bring the facility to NCAA-mandated standards 31 Lions selected in the MLB Draft during his tenure at LMU and three for hosting postseason play. of them have reached the big leagues, including David Fletcher with the With dimensions of 335 feet down the right and left field lines, Angels. Over the entirety of his coaching career, both as an assistant and head coach, Gill has worked with 24 players who went on to make it to 365 in the right field power alley and 375 to the left field power alley, the majors. Notable names on that list include Khris Davis, Justin Turner, and 395 to straightaway center, Dedeaux Field is a natural grass field. Lyle Overbay, Aaron Rowand, Mike Lamb, Mark Kotsay and Jeremy Giambi. Dedeaux Field has also been used extensively by the entertainment industry. It has been the site of MTV’s “Rock-and-Jock” softball game Gill brought in a pair of Top 25 recruiting classes while at LMU, something and was used in the production and filming of several motion pictures, that hadn’t been done in 15 years at the school. In total during his time including “Mr. Baseball,” “The Big Leaguer,” “A League of Their Own” as an assistant, Gill served as a collegiate recruiting coordinator for seven and “For Love of the Game.” seasons, recording six recruiting classes in the Top 30 and two in the Top (prior to 2020) 10 over that span to solidify his place as one of the top recruiters in the USC at Dedeaux Field - Year-by-Year country. In his 11 years as a head coach at LMU, Gill helped develop 62 All- 1975............................. 24-7 1999........................... 24-10 WCC players, four WCC Defensive Players of the Year, two WCC Pitchers of 1976..........................