20042004 AztecAztec BaseballBaseball SAN DIEGO STATE AZTEC MEDIA RELATIONS OFFICE • AZTEC ATHLETICS CENTER • ROOM 3014 •SAN DIEGO, CA 92182-4309 BASEBALL CONTACT: DAVE KUHN PHONE: (619) 594-5547 FAX: (619) 582-6541 2004 SCHEDULE March 17, 2004 For Immediate Release Record: 10-17 (6-7 Home; 4-8 Away; 0-2 Neutral) HIS EEK IN ZTEC ASEBALL Date Opponent Time. T W A B Jan. 24 ....at Hawai’i-Hilo..................W......6-3 Date Opponent Site City Time Jan. 24 ....at Hawai’i-Hilo..................L ...13-15 Jan. 25 ....at Hawai’i-Hilo..................W......9-2 March 19 Air Force Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, Calif. 6:00 p.m. Jan. 25 ....at Hawai’i-Hilo..................L .......3-5 March 20 Air Force Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, Calif. 1:00 p.m. Jan. 26 ....at Hawai’i-Hilo (10)..........W......6-2 March 21 Air Force Tony Gwynn Stadium San Diego, Calif. 12:00 p.m. Jan. 30 ....Sacramento State...............L .......5-6 Jan. 31 ....Sacramento State...............L .....8-10 Feb. 1 .....Sacramento State...............W....11-7 Feb. 6 .....UC Santa Barbara..............L .......2-8 THIS WEEK Feb. 7 .....UC Santa Barbara..............W......8-5 San Diego State will open its 2004 Mountain West Conference season by hosting a three-game series with Feb. 8 .....UC Santa Barbara..............L .......0-2 Air Force this weekend. Feb. 13 ...at Santa Clara.....................L .......2-6 Feb. 14 ...at Santa Clara.....................L .......5-7 The first contest is scheduled for Friday, March 19, at 6:00 p.m. at Tony Gwynn Stadium. The series Feb. 15 ...at Santa Clara.....................W......4-0 continues with games on Saturday (March 20) and Sunday (March 21) at 1:00 p.m. and noon respectively. Feb. 20 ...Notre Dame + ....................L .......1-7 This is the 66th season of Aztec baseball since the sport was elevated to major status in 1936. The school Feb. 21 ...Louisville +.........................L .....6-19 did not field varsity teams from 1943 to 1945. Feb. 24 ...CSU Northridge ................W......8-3 Feb. 27 ...at Texas...............................L .......0-6 Feb. 28 ...at Texas (10) .......................L .......2-3 BREAKING THE RECORD Feb. 29 ...at Texas...............................L .......0-9 San Diego State and Houston set a new NCAA collegiate single-game attendance mark as 40,106 fans Mar. 5.....North Carolina State.........L .......1-3 witnessed their contest at PETCO Park on Thursday, March 11. Mar. 6.....North Carolina State.........W......7-4 The game was the opener of the 2004 Aztec Invitational played at the new ballpark of the San Diego Mar. 7.....North Carolina State.........W......8-6 Padres. Mar. 9.....at CSU Northridge............L .....9-10 Mar. 11...Houston #...........................W......4-0 The attendance figure for the SDSU-Houston contest surpassed the previous collegiate single-game Mar. 13...Long Beach State #............L .......0-5 attendance mark of 27,673 set by LSU and Tulane in the New Orleans Superdome during the 2002 season. Mar. 14...Nebraska # .........................L .......2-6 Over the four days of the Aztec Invitational at PETCO Park, the total paid attendance was 105,500. Mar. 19...Air Force *..........................6:00 p.m. Mar. 20...Air Force *..........................1:00 p.m. Mar. 21...Air Force *..........................1:00 p.m. SERIES RECORDS Mar. 26...at New Mexico * ...............6:00 p.m. San Diego State leads the series with Air Force by a 48-15 margin. The teams first met in 1961, meeting a Mar. 27...at New Mexico * ...............6:00 p.m. few times during that decade before squaring off annually starting in 1981 when both were members of the Mar. 28...at New Mexico * .............12:00 p.m. Western Athletic Conference. Mar. 30...UCLA .................................6:00 p.m. The Aztecs have a record of 27-7 vs. the Falcons in San Diego and 18-8 at Air Force’s home field. SDSU Apr. 2.....UNLV *...............................6:00 p.m. is 3-0 in games at neutral sites. Apr. 3.....UNLV *...............................1:00 p.m. Apr. 4.....UNLV *.............................12:00 p.m. San Diego State has won six of the last seven meetings with the lone setback a 3-0 loss in Colorado Apr. 6.....at San Diego ......................2:00 p.m. Springs last season. Apr. 8.....at Air Force *......................2:00 p.m. Apr. 9.....at Air Force *......................2:00 p.m. SCOUTING THE FALCONS Apr. 10...at Air Force *....................12:00 p.m. Apr. 15...at Brigham Young * ..........7:00 p.m. Air Force comes into the weekend series with a record of 4-15 as it ended a nine-game losing streak by Apr. 16...at Brigham Young * ..........7:00 p.m. splitting a doubleheader at Northern Colorado on Tuesday. Apr. 17...at Brigham Young * ........12:00 p.m. The Falcons lead the Mountain West Conference in hitting with a .325 team batting average. Top hitters Apr. 23...Utah *..................................6:00 p.m. include third baseman Nathan DeRohan (.412, 17 RBI), second baseman Colton Walter (.355, 4 2B, 16 Apr. 24...Utah *..................................1:00 p.m. runs scored) and outfielder Mike Rose (.352, 16 RBI). Apr. 25...Utah *................................12:00 p.m. Apr. 27...Loyola Marymount ........12:00 p.m. Air Force’s number-one starter is sophomore right-hander Clayton Couch (2-1, 3.16), who is expected to Apr. 30...New Mexico *....................6:00 p.m. pitch Friday night vs. SDSU. Saturday’s starter will be lefty Blake Nixon (0-3, 13.24) with Sunday’s May 1.....New Mexico *....................1:00 p.m. pitcher projected to be sophomore right-hander Paul Vignola (1-3, 10.98). Freshman Mitch Brown has May 2.....New Mexico *..................12:00 p.m. recorded a pair of saves out of the bullpen. The Falcons’ team earned run average stands at 10.15. May 7.....at UNLV *...........................6:30 p.m. May 8.....at UNLV *...........................2:00 p.m. May 9.....at UNLV *.........................12:00 p.m. HEAD COACH TONY GWYNN May 11...California ...........................6:00 p.m. Tony Gwynn is in his second season as San Diego State’s head coach after being named to the position in May 13...Brigham Young * ..............6:00 p.m. Sept. 2001. May 14...Brigham Young * ..............6:00 p.m. In 2002, he served as a volunteer coach for the Aztecs under Jim Dietz, who retired at the end of that May 15...Brigham Young * ..............6:00 p.m. season. May 20...at Utah * .............................6:00 p.m. May 21...at Utah * .............................6:00 p.m. A former Aztec who played baseball at San Diego State from 1979 to 1981, Gwynn concluded a 20-year May 22...at Utah * ...........................12:00 p.m. major league career with the San Diego Padres in 2001. With a career batting average of .338, he won May 26-29.....MWC Tournament at UNLV eight National League batting titles, five Gold Gloves, and made 15 appearances in the annual All-Star + Public Storage Classic at USC Game. # Aztec Invitational at PETCO Park * Mountain West Conference Game MOST RECENTLY Shoemaker is the second Aztec to garner San Diego State went 1-2 at the Aztec Pitcher of the Week honors this season. Chris Aztecs on the Internet Invitational at PETCO Park last week, Hartshorn was awarded the accolade after his All of San Diego State's baseball games, defeating Houston and losing to Long Beach complete-game shutout in the Aztecs’ 4-0 win both home and away, can be heard live State and Nebraska. at Santa Clara on Feb. 15. on the internet at www.goaztecs.com by Last Thursday, SDSU got a complete-game clicking on the "Audio-Video" tab at the pitching performance from senior Scott ZAWADZKI HEATS UP top of the home page. Fans will need to Shoemaker as it defeated Houston, 4-0. The Freshman second baseman Lance Zawadzki have the latest version of Real Player on Aztecs scored two in the first on RBI’s by followed up his five-hit performance at Cal their computer prior to linking up to the James Guerrero and Rielly Embrey, then State Northridge (Mar. 9) by hitting a double broadcast. Real Player may be added two more in the fifth on a two-run in his first at bat vs. Houston at the Aztec downloaded free of charge at the Aztec homer by Embrey. Invitational. His hit was the first ever at web site's Audio-Video page as well. Fans Saturday saw San Diego State give up five PETCO Park. will also need to subscribe to College unearned runs in a 5-0 loss to eighth-ranked Three of Zawadzki’s hits at Northridge went Sports Pass, which provides access to the Long Beach State. SDSU was limited to just for doubles as he tied the Aztecs record for broadcasts of all SDSU events as well as two hits on the night (Embrey and Guerrero). two-baggers in a game. those of numerous colleges around the Pitcher Daryl Harang took the loss to drop to He has hit safely in five of San Diego State’s nation. Information on the College Sports 1-3 on the year. last six contests. Over that span he has gone Pass is on the SDSU Audio/Video page. On Sunday, 19th-ranked Nebraska scored 11-for-26 (.423) with four doubles, six runs Each broadcast will begin 10 minutes three times in the fifth to overcome a 2-1 and five RBI. before the scheduled game time with deficit and go on to a 6-2 win over the Aztecs. He has raised his batting average to.316, interviews and pre-game analysis.