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www.gohighlanders.com 2018 UCR Baseball Game Notes - Vol. 60, No. 13 2018 Baseball Schedule/Results 2018 Big West Baseball Standings Through May 9 Date Opponent Time/Result |------Conf-------| |-------------Overall-------------| February W L T Pct W L T Pct Friday 16 ^ Washington State W, 8-1 Cal State Fullerton 12 3 0 .800 25 20 0 .556 Friday 16 ^ Nebraska L, 3-8 UC Irvine 8 7 0 .533 27 19 0 .587 Saturday 17 ^ Nebraska W, 8-1 Cal Poly 8 7 0 .533 22 25 0 .468 Sunday 18 ^ Washington State L, 6-7 Hawaii 9 9 1 .500 23 19 0 .548 Saturday 24 @ Washington (DH) L, 0-8 CSUN 9 9 0 .500 21 26 0 .448 Saturday 24 @ Washington (DH) L, 2-5 Sunday 25 @ Washington W, 6-3 UC Santa Barbara 7 8 0 .467 22 22 1 .500 Tuesday 27 vs. UNLV L, 1-6 Long Beach State 7 8 0 .467 22 26 0 .458 March UC Davis 7 11 0 .389 15 28 0 .349 Saturday 3 vs. San Francisco W, 3-2 UC Riverside 5 10 0 .333 17 26 0 .395 Sunday 4 vs. San Francisco (DH) L, 1-2 Sunday 4 vs. San Francisco (DH) L, 1-4 Tuesday 6 vs. Valparaiso W, 4-3 This Week’s Schedule Wednesday 7 vs. Valparaiso W, 14-5 Friday 9 vs. Utah W, 2-1 Sunday 11 vs. Utah W, 3-2 Game 44: Friday, May 11, 7:00 pm Sunday 11 vs. Utah L, 4-7 UC Riverside (17-26, 5-10) at Cal State Fullerton (25-20, 12-3) Wednesday 14 vs. Grand Canyon W, 9-8 (14 inn) RHP Cole Percival (5-3, 3.37) vs. RHP Colton Eastman (7-3, 2.44) Sunday 18 @ Nevada (DH) L, 0-3 Sunday 18 @ Nevada (DH) W, 9-2 Game 45: Saturday, May 12, 6:00 pm Tuesday 27 @ Fresno State L, 5-11 UC Riverside (17-26, 5-10) at Cal State Fullerton (25-20, 12-3) Thursday 29 vs. UC Davis * W, 16-10 RHP Jared Morton (2-3, 3.63) vs. RHP Tommy Wilson (4-0, 3.21) Friday 30 vs. UC Davis * W, 6-2 Saturday 31 vs. UC Davis * L, 5-10 April Game 46: Sunday, May 13, 1:00 pm Friday 6 vs. CSUN * W, 6-4 UC Riverside (17-26, 5-10) at Cal State Fullerton (25-20, 12-3) Saturday 7 vs. CSUN * L, 2-3 (11 inn) RHP Trenton Toplikar (4-3, 4.90) vs. RHP Andrew Quezada (3-4, 3.97) Sunday 8 vs. CSUN * L, 1-6 Tuesday 10 vs. San Diego L, 2-11 Friday 13 @ Hawai’i * L, 4-5 SAN DIEGO RECAP Saturday 14 @ Hawai’i * W, 9-2 UC Riverside ended a four-game skid with a 6-5 win at San Diego on Tuesday, May 8, in Sunday 15 @ Hawai’i * L, 0-5 the Highlanders’ final non-conference outing of 2018. UCR did all of its damage in the third Wednesday 18 @ Grand Canyon L, 1-6 Friday 20 vs. San Jose State W, 8-7 inning, putting up six runs on seven hits. The pitching cominbation of Max Compton and Saturday 21 vs. San Jose State L, 3-5 (12 inn) Hazahel Quijada would close out the game strong, keeping Fullerton without a hit or a run Sunday 22 vs. San Jose State L, 3-14 over the final three innings to give Quijada his third save of the year. Tuesday 24 vs. San Diego State L, 1-19 Friday 27 @ UC Santa Barbara * L, 8-9 (12 inn) LEPRE ON A TEAR Saturday 28 @ UC Santa Barbara * L, 2-14 Sunday 29 @ UC Santa Barbara * W, 14-10 (11 inn) Junior catcher Anthony Lepre enters this weekend with a hit in 11 of his last 13 outings. May He has two hit streaks of seven or more games this season and ranks second on the team in Tuesday 1 @ San Diego State L, 6-8 RBI (29), home runs (5) and slugging percentage (.504). Friday 4 vs. Long Beach State * L, 2-6 Saturday 5 vs. Long Beach State * L, 3-8 THAT’S ONE WAY TO START Sunday 6 vs. Long Beach State * L, 4-5 Tuesday 8 @ San Diego W, 6-5 On Friday, Mar. 29, UC Riverside opened its 2018 Big West campaign with its hottest Friday 11 @ Cal State Fullerton * 7:00 p.m. start ever out of the conference gates. The Highlanders posted 16 runs, 20 hits and 14 RBI, Saturday 12 @ Cal State Fullerton * 6:00 p.m. shattering their previous records for runs (7 vs. UCSB in 2007), hits (15 vs. Cal Poly in Sunday 13 @ Cal State Fullerton * 1:00 p.m. 2003) and RBI (8, twice) in a conference season-opener since joining the Big West in 2002. Friday 18 @ UC Irvine * 6:30 p.m. It was also the Highlanders’ first 20-hit performance in over three years. Saturday 19 @ UC Irvine * 2:00 p.m. Sunday 20 @ UC Irvine * 1:00 p.m. Thursday 24 vs. Cal Poly * 6:00 p.m. Sophomore Connor Cannon led the way with three hits on a career-high tying five RBI, Friday 25 vs. Cal Poly * 6:00 p.m. which were split between a three-run homer and a two-run double. Five different Highlanders Saturday 26 vs. Cal Poly * 1:00 p.m. notched three hits for the first time this season as UCR enjoyed its third six-run inning of the year in the bottom of the third. Home Games in Bold * Big West Conference Game ^ Tempe, AZ www.gohighlanders.com 2018 UCR Baseball Game Notes - Vol. 60, No. 13 UC Riverside baseball 2018 QUICK FACTS UC RIVERSIDE INFORMATION BASEBALL COACHING STAFF ___________________________________________FOUNDED: 1954 ___________________________________________HEAD COACH: Tony Percival ___________________________________________NICKNAME: Highlanders ___________________________________________ ALMA MATTER: UC Riverside, 1991 ___________________________________________COLORS: Blue & Gold ___________________________________________ CAREER RECORD: 63-101 (4th) ___________________________________________LOCATION: Riverside, CA ___________________________________________ UCR RECORD: Same ___________________________________________HOME FIELD: Riverside Complex Sports ___________________________________________ASSISTANT COACH: Bryson LeBlanc ___________________________________________CONFERENCE: Big West ___________________________________________ SEASON: 7th ___________________________________________ENROLLMENT: 22,921 ___________________________________________ASSISTANT COACH: Curtis Smith ___________________________________________CHANCELLOR: Kim Wilcox ___________________________________________ SEASON: 4th ___________________________________________DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS: Tamica Smith Jones ___________________________________________ASSISTANT COACH: Justin Johnson ___________________________________________EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATE AD: Janet Lucas ___________________________________________ SEASON: 4th ___________________________________________SENIOR ASSOCIATE AD: Michael Boele ___________________________________________DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS: Trevor Hairgrove ___________________________________________COMMUNITY RELATIONS: Andy Lozano ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS TEAM INFORMATION ___________________________________________DIRECTOR: TBA ___________________________________________OFFICE PHONE: ___________________________________________2017 OVERALL RECORD: 22-32 ___________________________________________EMAIL ADDRESS: ___________________________________________ BIG WEST RECORD/FINISH: 8-16/ 9th ___________________________________________BASEBALL CONTACT: Michael Jorgenson ___________________________________________POST SEASON: N/A ___________________________________________OFFICE PHONE: 951-827-5438 ___________________________________________STARTERS RETURNING/LOST: 5/4 ___________________________________________EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] ___________________________________________STARTING PITCHERS RETURNING/LOST:2/1 ___________________________________________MEDIA RELATIONS FAX: 951-827-3569 ___________________________________________LETTERWINNERS RETURNING/LOST: 21/12 ___________________________________________WEBSITE: gohighlanders.com ___________________________________________2018 TRANSFERS/NEWCOMERS: 1/13 ___________________________________________OFFICE ADDRESS: ___________________________________________ University of California, Riverside ___________________________________________ Intercollegiate Athletics PROGRAM HISTORY ___________________________________________ 900 University Ave. ALL-TIME RECORD: 439-434 ___________________________________________ Riverside, CA 92521 ___________________________________________ ___________________________________________BIG WEST RECORD: 169-181 ___________________________________________NCAA POSTSEASON APPEARANCES: 11 ___________________________________________NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: 2 IN DIVISION II (1997, 1982) www.gohighlanders.com 2018 UCR Baseball Game Notes - Vol. 60, No. 13 TROY PERCIVAL UC Riverside Head Baseball Coach UC Riverside welcomed 2002 campaign where he went 4-1 Troy Percival ‘91 back to the with a 1.92 ERA and 40 saves. He Highlanders family as its new head also was credited with seven saves baseball coach on July 29, 2014. during the Angels 2002 postseason Percival was a catcher during his run, including Game 7 of the Halos’ three years with the Highlanders, World Series victory over the San and was drafted after his junior Francisco Giants. year by the California Angels in the By the time his professional sixth round of the 1990 Amateur career ended in 2009, Percival Draft. had 358 saves on his big-league Following a year as a catcher in résumé, which is still ninth on the minors, Percival was converted Major League Baseball’s all-time to a relief pitcher, and during his career list. rookie season of 1995, he finished Since his retirement from major fourth in American League Rookie league baseball, Percival has of the Year balloting, going 3-2 worked as a volunteer pitching with three saves and a 1.95 ERA, coach for Riverside Poly High striking out 94 batters in 74.0 School in Riverside (2010-12), innings. The Angels made him and for the past two seasons has their full-time closer in 1996, and been the head coach at his high he rewarded them by recording 36 school alma mater, Moreno Valley saves and striking out 100 batters in High School. He also spent a year 74.0 innings. Percival earned his first of four All-Star nods that season as he working in the Angels organization as a roving