USC Trojans Baseball 12-Time National Champions 1948 · 1958 · 1961 · 1963 · 1968 · 1970 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1978 · 1998 2019 Game Notes Games 1-3: USC vs. Omaha (Feb. 15-17) 2019 Schedule/Results TEAM INFO Overall: 0-0 (Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0) SCHEDULE Pac-12: 0-0 (Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0) Game 1 Date Opponent Time/Res. Fri. - Feb. 15 - 6 PM Feb. 15 Omaha 6 p.m. Feb. 16 Omaha 2 p.m. Game 2 Feb. 17 Omaha 12 p.m. Sat. - Feb. 16 - 2 PM Feb. 21 Arkansas 7 p.m. Feb. 22 Arkansas 6 p.m. Game 3 Omaha USC Feb. 23 Arkansas 6 p.m. Sun. - Feb. 17 - 12 PM Feb. 26 UC Santa Barbara 6 p.m. Mavericks Trojans March 1 Grand Canyon 6 p.m. 2019 Record: 0-0 2019 Record: 0-0 March 2 Grand Canyon 2 p.m. @ DEDEAUX 2018 Record: 15-35, 10-17 SUM 2018 Record: 26-28, 15-15 PAC12 March 3 Grand Canyon 1 p.m. 2018 Postseason: None 2018 Postseason: None March 5 Loyola Marymount 6 p.m. Head Coach: Evan Porter Head Coach: Dan Hubbs March 8 Oklahoma State 6 p.m. FIELD March 9 Michigan 6 p.m. March 10 UCLA (Dodger Stad.) 3 p.m. NOTES March 12 at Cal State Fullerton 6 p.m. THIS WEEKEND: The Trojans open the 2019 season this weekend with a three-game March 15 at California* 7 p.m. March 16 at California* 3 p.m. non-conference series at home against Omaha. March 17 at California* 1 p.m. March 19 Long Beach State 6 p.m. GAME TIMES: Friday, 6 p.m. | Saturday, 2 p.m. | Sunday, 12 p.m. March 22 at Washington* 6 p.m. March 23 at Washington* 2 p.m. BROADCAST INFO: All three games will be streamed live, with links available on the March 24 at Washington* 1 p.m. March 26 at Long Beach State 6 p.m. USCTrojans.com baseball schedule page. March 29 UCLA* 7 p.m. March 30 UCLA* 4 p.m. FOLLOW: Fans can also follow all of this weekend’s action through live stats on March 31 UCLA* 4 p.m. USCTrojans.com. Live, in-game updates will be available from @USC_Baseball on April 2 at UC Santa Barbara 3 p.m. Twitter as well. April 5 Arizona State* 6 p.m. April 6 Arizona State* 2 p.m. April 7 Arizona State* 1 p.m. GET SOCIAL: Follow USC Baseball on social media to get updates on everything going April 9 Cal State Fullerton 6 p.m. on with the team this season. The Trojans can be found at @USC_Baseball on Twitter, April 11 at Utah* 5 p.m. @sctrojans on Instagram and USC Trojans Baseball on Facebook. April 12 at Utah* 10:30 a.m. April 13 at Utah* 10:30 a.m. April 16 Pepperdine 6 p.m. SERIES VS. OMAHA: This will be the first meeting between the Trojans and Mavericks. April 18 Washington State* 6 p.m. April 19 Washington State* 6 p.m. THE SCHEDULE: USC plays its first 13 games at Dedeaux Field before facing UCLA at April 20 Washington State* 1 p.m. Dodger Stadium before finally hitting the road for the first time in the third week of April 23 UC Irvine 6 p.m. April 26 at Cal Poly 6 p.m. March. The Trojans play 32 games at home and 24 games on the road this season. April 27 at Cal Poly 6 p.m. The 56 game slate features seven teams that made the NCAA Tournament last year April 28 at Cal Poly 1 p.m. and three that were in the College World Series, including both of the teams from the May 3 Stanford* 7 p.m. championship final, Arkansas and Oregon State. May 4 Stanford* 6 p.m. May 5 Stanford* 2 p.m. May 10 at Arizona* 7 p.m. May 11 at Arizona* 6 p.m. Probable Starting Pitchers Probable Starting Lineup May 12 at Arizona* 12 p.m. Game 1 C - #3 CJ Stubbs May 14 at Loyola Marymount. 6 p.m. USC: RHP Kyle Hurt (0-0, 0.00 ERA) May 17 Oregon* 6 p.m. vs. 1B - #25 John Thomas May 18 Oregon* 1 p.m. May 19 Oregon* 12 p.m. UNO: RHP Joey Machado (0-0, 0.00 ERA) 2B - #4 Brandon Perez May 21 at UC Irvine 6:30 p.m. Game 2 3B - #27 Emilio Rosas May 23 at Oregon State* 6 p.m. USC: LHP John Beller (0-0, 0.00 ERA) SS - #15 Chase Bushor May 24 at Oregon State* 6 p.m. vs. May 25 at Oregon State* 12 p.m. UNO: LHP Spencer Koelewyn (0-0, 0.00 ERA) LF - #5 Blake Sabol * Pac-12 Conference game Game 3 CF - #6 Matthew Acosta Home games in bold USC: RHP Chandler Champlain (0-0, 0.00 ERA) RF - #16 Jamal O’Guinn All times PT vs. Dates and times are subject to change UNO: RHP Payton Kinney (0-0, 0.00 ERA) DH-#18Halsema/#23Shockey University of Southern California Baseball •usctrojans.com1 THE MANAGER FILE Dan Hubbs 6th year as Head Coach 7th year at USC Dan Hubbs enters his seventh season as head coach for the Trojans in 2018. Hubbs holds a career head coaching record of 163-171 (6 seasons) entering the 2019 campaign. He coached the Trojans to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 10 seasons in 2015 as the Trojans advanced to the Regional Final of the Lake Elsinore Regional. Dedeaux Field Hubbs was elevated to head coach from associate head coach on You knew there had to be something special about Dedeaux February 13, 2013, when he was named the sixth head baseball Field from the day it first opened its gates on March 30, 1974. coach at USC since 1930. Hubbs spent the 2012 season as the Righthander Russ McQueen threw a no-hitter that afternoon in the associate head coach of Troy, and prior to that he spent 12 seasons first game ever played at Dedeaux Field as USC swept a doubleheader as the pitching coach at California. from California. The Trojans went on to win the national championship that year and Dedeaux Field has been their home ever since. Hubbs was a three-year (1991-93) letterman at USC and currently ranks fourth on the Trojans’ career saves list (22) and eighth on the The 2019 season marks the 45th season of play at Dedeaux Field. career strikeouts per inning chart (9.19). He posted a career record One of the country’s finest collegiate baseball structures, Dedeaux of 19-13 with a 3.58 ERA in 81 appearances (64 in relief). Field has continually been improved over recent years with the grandest project taking place before the 2002 season. A $4 million In his 12-year (2000-11) tenure at Cal, the 47-year-old Hubbs regularly project signified the largest improvement made to the facility as a produced team ERAs among the lowest in the Pac-10. Three times, new clubhouse and players’ lounge were added on the first base side. his pitching staff set a school record for season strikeouts, including Expanded offices for the coaching staff and new Hall of Fame were 475 in 2011 when the Golden Bears--a program that was slated to be also part of the project, along with a new restroom pavilion. discontinued after 2011 due to budget cuts but was saved through A new bleacher section was added on the first base side, pushing fundraising efforts--advanced to the College World Series for the first time since 1992. His 2011 staff was second in the Pac-10 with a capacity to 2,500 at Dedeaux Field. 2.90 team ERA, posted 11 shutouts and at one point went 47 innings The 2008 season brought a new scoreboard, along with the without allowing an earned run. million-dollar Rod Dedeaux Research for Baseball Institute (RDRBI) which adds batting cages, a new weight room and state-of-the-art Besides being a top recruiter, he helped develop some of the greatest video motion analysis. pitchers in Cal history, including current major leaguers Brandon Prior to the 2011 season, a $600,000 project added new lights Morrow, who became the school’s highest draft pick ever (fifth in to Dedeaux Field to bring the facility to NCAA-mandated standards 2006), and Tyson Ross, Freshman All-Americans Kevin Miller (2008), for hosting postseason play. Justin Jones (2010) and Kyle Porter (2011) and 2011 All-Pac-10 first With dimensions of 335 feet down the right and left field lines, teamer Erik Johnson. He produced Pac-10 save leaders in 2001 (Matt Brown) and 2004 (Jesse Ingram) and the school’s career strikeout 365 in the right field power alleys and 375 to the left field power alleys, leader (Trevor Hutchinson). He had four pitchers drafted in 2011 and and 395 to straightaway center, Dedeaux Field is a natural grass field. three in 2008. Between his time at Cal and USC, 28 of his pitchers Dedeaux Field has also been used extensively by the entertainment sign professional baseball contracts. industry. It has been the site of MTV’s “Rock-and-Jock” softball game and was used in the production and filming of several motion pictures, Before going to Cal, Hubbs was the pitching coach of the Yakima including “Mr. Baseball,” “The Big Leaguer,” “A League of Their Own” Bears (a short-season single A minor league Los Angeles Dodgers and “For Love of the Game.” affiliate in Yakima, Wash.) and assisted Pepperdine during the 1999 season.