2018 Baseball Season Release #4 February 27, 2018 Contact: Andrew Wagner [email protected] • (805) 893-8603 • 2018 Gaucho Record Gauchos Trek North for Fresno Midweek, Host First Series 2-5 Overall, 0-0 Big West 1-0 Home, 0-4 Away, 1-1 Neutral UCSB looking to repeat last week’s win over Bulldogs • 2018 Schedule/Results Date Opponent Time/Result Feb. 16 at San Diego State L, 1-9 • The Schedule Feb. 17 at San Diego State L, 4-8 Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 6:05 p.m. PT vs. Fresno State (7-2) Feb. 18 at San Diego State L, 5-7 at Bennett Stadium in Fresno, Calif. Feb. 21 Fresno State W, 7-2 All-time record vs. Bulldogs: 38-29 Record vs. FSU in Checketts era: 9-2 (won six straight) Feb. 23 vs. No. 21 Mississippi State# L, 4-7 Last meeting: UCSB 7-2 FSU (2/21/18 @ UCSB) Feb. 24 at Texas A&M Corpus Christi# L, 1-2 Feb. 25 vs. Nicholls State# W, 8-6 Saturday, Mar. 3 at 2:00 p.m. PT vs. Penn State (3-3) Sunday, Mar. 4 at 2:00 p.m. PT vs. Penn State Feb. 28 at Fresno State 6:05 PM Monday, Mar. 5 at 2:00 p.m. vs. Penn State Mar. 3 Penn State 2 PM at Caesar Uyesaka Stadium Mar. 4 Penn State 2 PM All-time record vs. the Nittany Lions: first meeting Mar. 5 Penn State 2 PM UCSB home record / PSU away record (2017) : 16-14 / 6-21 Mar. 9 Texas State 2 PM UCSB Streak / Last 10: Won 1 / 2-5 Mar. 10 Texas State 2 PM PSU Streak / Last 10: Lost 3 / 3-3 Mar. 11 Texas State 12 PM Projected Starting Pitchers Mar. 14 Dartmouth 3 PM Mar. 16 Sacramento State 3 PM Pitcher Last Start Counterpart Mar. 17 Sacramento State 2 PM Wed ....R Luke Andrews (1-0, 1.13) ........ W, 7 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 4 K, 0 BB ............................LHP Nikoh Mitchell (1-0, 4.32) Mar. 18 Sacramento State 1 PM Sat ........L Jack Dashwood (0-1, 7.20) ...... L, 5.2 IP, 5 ER, 7 H, 3 K, 0 BB .......................RHP Justin Hagenman (1-0, 0.82 Mar. 23 San Jose State 3 PM Mar. 24 San Jose State 2 PM Sun .......R Noah Davis (0-1, 16.88) ........... L, 1.2 IP, 5 ER, 3 H, 1 K, 4 BB ...........................LHP Taylor Lehman (1-0, 1.80) Mar. 25 San Jose State 1 PM Mon.....L Ben Brecht (0-0, 4.26) ................ ND, 5 IP, 0 R, 6 H, 7 K, 2 BB ................................LHP Dante Biasi (0-1, 15.43) Mar. 27 at Pepperdine 3 PM Mar. 29 Cal State Fullerton* 3 PM • The Week Ahead Mar. 30 Cal State Fullerton* 3 PM This weekend, UCSB drives north to Fresno State for a rematch of last week’s home opener at Caesar Mar. 31 Cal State Fullerton* 2 PM Uyesaka Stadium, a contest in which the Gauchos emerged victorious 7-2 behind a standout start from Luke Andrews for the team’s first win of the year. After that midweek clash, UCSB returns to Caesar Uye- Apr. 3 USC 3 PM saka Stadium to host Penn State – in the first ever matchup between the two schools – for a three-game Apr. 6 UTRGV 3 PM series starting on Saturday. All games are slated for 2:00 p.m. starts. Apr. 7 UTRGV 2 PM Apr. 8 UTRGV 1 PM • The Week in Review UCSB last week traveled to Corpus Christi, Tex. to take part in the 2018 Kleberg Bank College Classic, Apr. 10 Loyola Marymount 3 PM hosted by Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Whataburger Field, home of the Double-A Hooks (Houston). Apr. 13 at UC Irvine* 6:30 PM The Gauchos opened with narrow losses to No. 21 Mississippi State on Friday and TAMCC on Saturday, Apr. 14 at UC Irvine* 2 PM but recovered with an 8-6 triumph over Nicholls State on Sunday. Five Gaucho regulars hit over .300 for Apr. 15 at UC Irvine* 1 PM the tourney, led by outfielder/catcher Thomas Rowan’s .385 mark, while UCSB starting pitchers held the Apr. 17 at USC 6 PM opposition to one earned run or fewer in two of three games. Apr. 20 at UC Davis* 2:30 PM • Last Time Out Apr. 21 at UC Davis* 2 PM UCSB put it all together in last week’s victory over Fresno State, receiving a breakout debut start from Apr. 22 at UC Davis* 1 PM Andrews and scoring a then-season-high seven runs. A Bakersfield College transfer, Andrews pounded the Apr. 27 UC Riverside* 3 PM strike zone en route to his first D1 win, throwing 57 of 79 pitches for strikes including first-pitch strikes to 20 of the 25 batters he faced. His only blemish was a solo homer in the seventh, his final inning of work. Apr. 28 UC Riverside* 2 PM Clay Fisher (3-4) was the top offensive performer as the Gauchos built a 7-0 lead by the sixth inning. Apr. 29 UC Riverside* 1 PM May 1 at CSU Bakersfield 6 PM • WHIP It Good May 4 CSUN* 3 PM Thanks to his four-hit, no-walk outing, Andrews finds himself with the lowest WHIP (walks, hits per inning May 5 CSUN* 2 PM pitched) in the Big West at 0.50. He is also tied – with 69 other people – for the national lead in BB/9 (0.0) May 6 CSUN* 1 PM • In Control May 8 Pepperdine 3 PM To this point of the season, the UCSB pitching staff has issued just 18 walks. That is the fewest free passes May 11 at Long Beach State* 6 PM allowed through the first seven games of a season in the Checketts era. Last week, the Gauchos went two May 12 2 PM straight games (vs. Fresno St, vs. Mississippi St.) without walking a batter, a first in the Checketts era. The at Long Beach State* Gauchos have issued just six bases on balls in the last four games, just missing the program’s best four-game May 13 at Long Beach State* 1 PM stretch since 2012 (four: May 6-11, 2014 vs. CSU Bakersfield and CSUN). May 15 CSU Bakersfield 3 PM May 18 at Cal Poly* 6 PM • Non-Conference, No Problem UCSB has traditionally excelled against out-of-league competition, posting a 100-45 record against non- May 19 at Cal Poly* 1 PM conference opponents since the beginning of 2014, a .690 winning percentage. May 29 at Cal Poly* 1 PM May 21 Portland 3 PM • Program on the Rise May 24 Hawai’i* 3 PM Though the Gauchos recorded a sub-.500 record last season – the first losing season in Checketts’ six May 25 Hawai’i* 3 PM years at the helm – observers around the country still recognize that UCSB is a program on the rise, evi- denced by the team’s three trips to the postseason, first-ever College World Series berth (2016), and first- May 26 Hawai’i* 2 PM ever Regional hosting appointment (2015) in the past five seasons. Because of that, D1Baseball pegged Jun. 1-4 NCAA Regionals TBA UCSB as the No. 38 program in the country, second-best in the Big West and fourth-best in California. Jun. 8-11 NCAA Super Regionals TBA Jun. 16-27 College World Series TBA • Rolling on the Recruit Trail While UCSB has experienced a golden age of on-field success over the past five years, the program has done equally well on the recruiting trail. This past offseason, recruiting coordinator Eddie Cornejo, Check- * - Big West Conference game #Kleberg Bank Classic etts, and the rest of the staff brought in the No. 19 recruit class (per Collegiate Baseball). The Gauchos All home games in bold • Rankings are as of date of game were the only Big West program to appear in every major recruit class rankings this offseason. UCSB has All times PST/PDT put together a nationally-ranked recruiting class five of the past six seasons, including three top-20 groups. UCSBgauchos.com Page 1 2018 UCSB Roster # Name Pos. Year B/T Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School 1 Tommy Jew UT RSophomore R/R 6-1 180 San Ramon, Calif. / Dougherty Valley HS 3 Marcos Castanon INF Freshman R/R 6-0 185 Rialto, Calif. / Carter HS 4 Armani Smith UT Sophomore R/R 6-3 215 Martinez, Calif. / De La Salle HS 5 Blake Mann OF Freshman R/R 6-1 185 Porter Ranch, Calif. / Chaminade College Prep 6 Tevin Mitchell INF Junior R/R 6-1 170 Clovis, Calif. / Clovis HS 9 McClain O’Connor INF Sophomore R/R 5-10 165 Pioche, Nev. / Lassen College (Calif.) 11 Chris Clements RHP RJunior R/R 6-1 200 Pacific Grove, Calif. / Pacific Grove HS 12 Conner Roberts RHP Sophomore R/R 6-2 160 Martinez, Calif. / De La Salle HS 13 Andrew Martinez INF RFreshman R/R 5-11 175 San Francisco, Calif. / St. Francis HS 14 Cole Mueller INF RFreshman R/R 6-2 210 Solana Beach, Calif. / Cathedral Catholic HS 15 Thomas Rowan C/RHP RJunior R/R 6-1 200 Santa Ynez, Calif. / Santa Ynez Valley Union HS 16 Chad Plant RHP Freshman R/R 6-1 170 Upland, Calif. / Upland HS 17 Clay Fisher INF RJunior R/R 6-1 185 La Quinta, Calif. / La Quinta HS 18 Joshua Candau LHP Freshman L/L 6-2 170 Walnut Creek, Calif.