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WSUCOUGARS.COM | Baseball Contact | Bobby Alworth | 509-335-5785 (O) | 951-452-6129 (C) | [email protected] 2021 SCHEDULE/RESULTS WASHINGTON STATE (0-0, 0-0 Pac-12) at UC DAVIS (0-0, 0-0 Big West) (0-0, 0-0 Pac-12) Davis, Calif. | Phil Swimley Field at Dobbins Stadium Friday, 2 p.m. | Saturday, 11:30 a.m. (DH) | Sunday, 1 p.m. FEBRUARY (0-0) 2/19 UC Davis Davis, Calif. 2 p.m. 2/20 UC Davis (7) Davis, Calif. 11:30 a.m. WASHINGTON STATE PROBABLE STARTERS UC DAVIS 2/20 UC Davis Davis, Calif. 2:30 p.m. 2/21 UC Davis Davis, Calif. 1 p.m. Zane Mills | Jr. | RHP | 3-0, 1.44 ERA, 32 K, 25.0 IP Brett Erwin | Jr. | RHP | 2-0, 2.14 ERA, 9 K, 21.0 IP 2/25 Dixie State St. George, Utah 5:05 p.m. Brandon White | Jr. | RHP | 0-0, 5.79 ERA, 9 K, 4.2 IP Jake Spillane | So. | RHP | 2-2, 3.81 ERA, 21 K, 26.0 IP 2/26 Dixie State St. George, Utah 2:05 p.m. Will Sierra | RS-Jr. | RHP | 1-0, 1.35 ERA, 21 K, 13.1 IP (JUCO) Zach Carrell | Fr. | LHP | 1-0, 3.81 ERA, 10 K, 10 IP 2/27 Dixie State St. George, Utah 1:05 p.m. 2/28 Dixie State St. George, Utah 11:05 a.m. TBA TBA MARCH (0-0) 3/5 Seattle U Seattle 4 p.m. BROADCAST INFO SERIES HISTORY 3/6 Seattle U Seattle 2 p.m. 3/7 Seattle U Seattle 1 p.m. WEBSTREAM: wsucougars.com SERIES HISTORY: WSU leads 5-4 3/11 Seattle U Seattle 1 p.m. LAST MEETING: 2008, in Pullman, split series 2-2 3/12 Seattle U Seattle 11 a.m. LIVESTATS: wsucougars.com UCD 12-5, WSU 6-4, WSU 7-5, UCD 13-11 3/12 Washington Seattle 7 p.m. 3/13 Washington Seattle 1 p.m. TWITTER: @wsucougarbsb SERIES HISTORY IN DAVIS: WSU leads 3-2 3/17 Portland Portland 3 p.m. INSTAGRAM: @wsucougarbsb LAST TIME IN DAVIS: 2007, UCD won series 2-1 3/19 Oregon State * Corvallis, Ore. 5:35 p.m. UCD 2-1 (10), WSU 9-6 (12), UCD 4-2 3/20 Oregon State * Corvallis, Ore. 1:35 p.m. 3/21 Oregon State * Corvallis, Ore. 1:05 p.m. 3/23 UNLV Las Vegas 12:05 p.m. SERIES HISTORY IN PULLMAN: Tied, 2-2 3/24 UNLV Las Vegas 12:05 p.m. LAST TIME IN PULLMAN: 2008, split series 2-2 3/26 Arizona State * Tempe, Ariz. 5:35 p.m. UCD 12-5, WSU 6-4, WSU 7-5, UCD 13-11 3/27 Arizona State * Tempe, Ariz. 5:35 p.m. 3/28 Arizona State * Tempe, Ariz. 11:35 a.m. COUGARS OPEN 2021 WITH WEEKEND SERIES AT UC DAVIS APRIL (0-0) Washington State opens the 2021 season with a four-game series at UC Davis beginning Friday at 2 p.m. The two 4/1 Stanford * Pullman, Wash. 3:05 p.m. teams will play a doubleheader Saturday starting with a seven-inning contest at 11:30 a.m. followed by a nine- 4/2 Stanford * Pullman, Wash. 2:05 p.m. inning matchup. Sunday’s finale is set for a 1 p.m. first pitch. 4/3 Stanford * Pullman, Wash. 12:05 p.m. 4/7 Utah Valley Orem, Utah 5 p.m. 4/9 Utah * Salt Lake City 5 p.m. ON DECK 4/10 Utah * Salt Lake City 3 p.m. The Cougars, who are scheduled to play their first 24 games on the road, will head to St. George, Utah for a 4/11 Utah * Salt Lake City Noon four-game series against Dixie State beginning Thursday. Dixie State is in their first year competing in the WAC. 4/13 Gonzaga Pullman, Wash. 3:05 p.m. 4/16 Arizona * Pullman, Wash. 3:05 p.m. FOLLOW ALONG 4/17 Arizona * Pullman, Wash. 2:05 p.m. Cougar baseball fans can follow all the season’s action on the Washington State baseball official twitter page 4/18 Arizona * Pullman, Wash. 12:05 p.m. @wsucougarbsb, instagram page @wsucougarbsb and wsucougars.com. Links to live stats and radio streams 4/23 California * Berkeley, Calif. 6 p.m. will be available at the baseball schedule page on wsucougars.com. 4/24 California * Berkeley, Calif. 3 p.m. 4/25 California * Berkeley, Calif. 1 p.m. 4/27 Gonzaga Spokane, Wash. TBA ABOUT WASHINGTON STATE 4/30 Oregon * Pullman, Wash. 6:05 p.m. Brian Green led the Cougars to a 9-7 mark in 2020, his first season in Pullman after spending the previous five at New Mexico State where he went 158-122 capped by a 2019 WAC Regular Season title. Washington State went MAY (0-0) 5-6 while opening the season playing the first three weeks on the road capped by a series-win over Rutgers in 5/1 Oregon * Pullman, Wash. 2:05 p.m. Arizona. WSU opened its home slate with a four-game sweep of Niagara and finished the season winners in 5/2 Oregon * Pullman, Wash. 12:05 p.m. seven of their last nine games. Kyle Manzardo paced the Cougars with a .435 batting average in en route to earn- 5/5 Seattle U Pullman, Wash. 6:05 p.m. ing All-America third-team honors from Collegiate Baseball while righthander Zane Mills led the pitching staff 5/7 UCLA * Pullman, Wash. 6:05 p.m. 5/8 UCLA * Pullman, Wash. 2:05 p.m. with a 3-0 record. 5/9 UCLA * Pullman, Wash. 12:05 p.m. 5/11 Portland Pullman, Wash. 1:05 p.m. 5/14 USC * Los Angeles 6 p.m. COUGAR QUICK HITS 5/15 USC * Los Angeles 2 p.m. 5/16 USC * Los Angeles 1 p.m. TEAM 5/21 TBA Pullman, Wash. TBA • WSU moved into its $10 million Cougar Baseball Complex (Project: BTO Back To Omaha) this January 5/22 TBA Pullman, Wash. TBA • WSU posted a program-best 3.05 team GPA in the 2019 fall semester, 22 players had a semester GPA of 3.0+ 5/23 TBA Pullman, Wash. TBA • WSU added the No. 29 rated recruiting class to the 2021 roster, No. 5 rated JUCO class 5/27 Washington * Pullman, Wash. 6:05 p.m. • WSU signed 4 of the Top-10 ranked 2021 High School prospects in Washington (Prep Baseball Report) 5/28 Washington * Pullman, Wash. 2:05 p.m. 5/29 Washington * Pullman, Wash. 1:05 p.m. • WSU took 2 of 3 from Rutgers in Arizona in 2020, WSU’s first series over a Big Ten opponent in program history • WSU beat CSU Bakersfield 5-2 in the 2020 season-opener for its first season-opening win since 2011 * Pac-12 Conference Game Home games in Bold PLAYER ALL TIMES PACIFIC • Brian Green completed his first season at WSU after 5 seasons leading New Mexico State (158-122-1) • Green produced 9 All-Americans, 26 All-WAC selections, 2 Players of Year, 1 Pitcher of the Year at NMSU • Cougar Legend John Olerud (1987-89) was inducted into the 2019 Pac-12 Hall of Honor • 1B Kyle Manzardo named to Preseason All-America Third Team (Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA) • Manzardo finished 2020 hitting .435, enters 2021 with 17-game hitting streak (tied for 6th-longest in WSU history) • RHP Zane Mills (3-0, 1.44 ERA, 32 K, 25 IP) named among Top-150 starting pitchers to watch (D1Baseball) WSUCOUGARS.COM 2021 COUGAR BASEBALL ABOUT UC DAVIS PAC-12 CONFERENCE UC Davis went 9-7 in a shortened 2020 season including a pair of wins over Pac-12 Conference foe Utah on open- 2020 FINAL STANDINGS ing weekend last year. WSU leads the all-time series 5-4 against the Aggies after splitting a four-game series Pac-12 Overall with UCD in Pullman in 2008, the last meeting between the two schools. The Cougars will be making their first trip UCLA 0-0 13-2 to Davis since 2007 where the Aggies claimed two in the three-game series. Arizona State 0-0 13-4 USC 0-0 10-5 KYLE MANZARDO NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN Arizona 0-0 10-5 Junior first baseman Kyle Manzardo was named to the 2021 Preseason All-America Third Team by Collegiate Washington 0-0 9-6 Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Manzardo, who earned All-American third- Washington State 0-0 9-7 team honors from Collegiate Baseball last season, finished a shorted 2020 season with a .435 batting average Oregon 0-0 8-7 with seven doubles, three home runs, 14 RBI, a .500 on-base percentage and a Pac-12 best 27 hits. The Coeur Utah 0-0 6-7 d’Alene, Idaho native tied for the league lead in doubles, was second in batting average and was fourth in Oregon State 0-0 5-9 slugging (.694) and runs scored (21). Manzardo recorded a hit in all 16 games Washington State played in 2020, California 0-0 5-11 finished the season with five straight multiple-hit games, led the team with nine multiple-hit games and will take Stanford 0-0 5-11 a 17-game hitting streak into the 2021 season, tied for the sixth-longest hitting streak in the program history. Manzardo also earned WSU’s first Pac-12 Player of the Week Award since 2016 following a monster weekend at the plate in the four-game series sweep of Niagara in Pullman.