WSUCOUGARS.COM | Baseball Contact | Bobby Alworth | 509-335-5785 (O) | 951-452-6129 (C) | [email protected] 2020 SCHEDULE/RESULTS RUTGERS (4-3, 0-0 Big Ten) vs. WASHINGTON STATE (3-5, 0-0 Pac-12) (3-5, 0-0 Pac-12) Peoria, Ariz. Friday, 11:10 a.m. (PT) | Peoria Sports Complex (Friday) FEBRUARY 2/14 CSU Bakersfield Bakersfield, Calif. W, 5-2 Saturday, 5:35 p.m. (PT) | Sunday, 9:30 a.m. (PT) | Mariners Field #2 (Saturday-Sunday) 2/15 CSU Bakersfield Bakersfield, Calif. L, 2-3 RUTGERS PROBABLE STARTERS WASHINGTON STATE 2/16 CSU Bakersfield Bakersfield, Calif. L, 2-7 2/17 CSUN Northridge, Calif. L, 1-3 Harry Rutkowski | Jr. | LHP | 1-1, 3.00 ERA, 7 K, 12.0 IP Zane Mills | So. | RHP | 2-0, 1.59 ERA, 15 K, 11.1 IP 2/20 Hawai’i Honolulu W, 6-2 Tommy Genuario | 5th-Sr. | RHP | 1-1, 5.40 ERA, 7 K, 10.0 IP A.J. Block | Sr. | LHP | 0-1, 3.00 ERA, 14 K, 15.0 IP 2/21 Hawai’i Honolulu L, 2-4 2/22 Hawai’i Honolulu L, 3-4 Tevin Murray | Sr. | LHP | 1-1, 9.95 ERA, 8 K, 6.1 IP TBA 2/23 Hawai’i Honolulu W, 6-5 2/28 vs. Rutgers % Peoria, Ariz. 11:10 a.m. BROADCAST INFO SERIES HISTORY 2/29 vs. Rutgers % Peoria, Ariz. 5:35 p.m. AUDIOSTREAM: scarletknights.com SERIES HISTORY: WSU leads 2-0 MARCH SERIES STREAK: WSU +2 3/1 vs. Rutgers % Peoria, Ariz. 9:30 a.m. LIVESTATS: wsucougars.com PREVIOUS MEETINGS: WSU 16-3 (3/22/90 - Miami) 3/5 Niagara Pullman, Wash. 3:05 p.m. TWITTER: @wsucougarbsb WSU 3-1, 10 innings (6/18/50 - College World Series) 3/6 Niagara Pullman, Wash. 3:05 p.m. 3/7 Niagara Pullman, Wash. 1:05 p.m. INSTAGRAM: @wsucougarbsb 3/8 Niagara Pullman, Wash. 1:05 p.m. 3/10 Gonzaga Pullman, Wash. 3:05 p.m. 3/13 California * Pullman, Wash. 3:05 p.m. COUGARS HEAD TO ARIZONA FOR SERIES WITH RUTGERS 3/14 California * Pullman, Wash. 2:05 p.m. Washington State travels to Peoria, Ariz. to host a weekend series with Rutgers. Friday’s opener will be played 3/15 California * Pullman, Wash. 12:05 p.m. at the Peoria Sports Complex Main Field, the spring training home of the Seattle Mariners and San Diego Padres. 3/18 UC Riverside Riverside, Calif. 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday’s games will be played at Mariners Field #2 at the same complex. Admission is free all 3/20 UCLA * Los Angeles 6 p.m. 3/21 UCLA * Los Angeles 2 p.m. weekend. 3/22 UCLA * Los Angeles 1 p.m. 3/27 Washington * Seattle 7 p.m. (P12) ON DECK 3/28 Washington * Seattle 1 p.m. (P12) Following 11 straight road games to open 2020, the Cougars return to Pullman to host an eight-game homestand 3/29 Washington * Seattle Noon (P12) beginning with a four-game series against Niagara. 3/30 Portland Portland Noon FOLLOW ALONG APRIL Cougar baseball fans can follow all the season’s action on the Washington State baseball official twitter page 4/3 USC * Pullman, Wash. 3 p.m. (P12) 4/4 USC * Pullman, Wash. 1 p.m. (P12) @wsucougarbsb, instagram page @wsucougarbsb and wsucougars.com. Links to live stats and radio streams 4/5 USC * Pullman, Wash. Noon (P12) will be available at the baseball schedule page on wsucougars.com. 4/7 Gonzaga Spokane, Wash. 6 p.m. 4/9 Arizona * Tucson, Ariz. 6 p.m. ABOUT WASHINGTON STATE 4/10 Arizona * Tucson, Ariz. 6 p.m. Brian Green is in his first season in Pullman after spending the previous five at New Mexico State where he went 4/11 Arizona * Tucson, Ariz. 1 p.m. 158-122 capped by a 2019 WAC Regular Season title. Washington State went 3-5 on its season-opening road trip 4/17 UC Irvine Pullman, Wash. 3:05 p.m. to CSU Bakersfield, CSUN and Hawai’i. Kyle Manzardo paces the Cougars with a .379 batting average including 4/18 UC Irvine Pullman, Wash. 2:05 p.m. five doubles while sophomore righthander Zane Mills leads the pitching staff with a 2-0 record and 15 strikeouts 4/19 UC Irvine Pullman, Wash. 11:05 a.m. 4/21 Boise State Pullman, Wash. 5:05 p.m. in 11.1 innings. WSU went 11-42-1 including a 3-26-1 mark in Pac-12 Conference play last season. The Cougars 4/22 Boise State Pullman, Wash. 3:05 p.m. return 17 letterwinners from 2019 led by senior lefthander A.J. Block who returned to WSU after being selected in 4/24 Utah * Pullman, Wash. 3:05 p.m. the 17th round of the MLB Draft last June and also added 20 newcomers. 4/25 Utah * Pullman, Wash. 2:05 p.m. 4/26 Utah * Pullman, Wash. 12:05 p.m. ABOUT RUTGERS Rutgers enters the weekend with a 4-3 record after beating Wagner 15-3 Tuesday and sweeping a three-game MAY series at North Florida last weekend. The Scarlet Knights went 20-31 last season and went 9-14 in the Big Ten 5/1 Oregon * Eugene, Ore. 6 p.m. Conference. Head coach Steve Owens is in his first season at Rutgers. Washington State leads the all-time series 5/2 Oregon * Eugene, Ore. 6 p.m. 5/3 Oregon * Eugene, Ore. 1 p.m. with Rutgers 2-0 and will be meeting for the first time since 1990. The Cougars won the 1990 meeting 16-3 in Miami, 5/8 Arizona State * Pullman, Wash. 6:05 p.m. Fla. and won the initial meeting of the series, a 3-1 10-inning win over Rutgers in the 1950 College World Series. 5/9 Arizona State * Pullman, Wash. 2:05 p.m. 5/10 Arizona State * Pullman, Wash. 12:05 p.m. COUGAR QUICK HITS 5/13 Santa Clara Santa Clara, Calif. 6 p.m. 5/15 Stanford * Stanford, Calif. 6 p.m. (P12) TEAM 5/16 Stanford * Stanford, Calif. 2 p.m. (P12) 5/17 Stanford * Stanford, Calif. Noon (P12) • WSU beat CSU Bakersfield 5-2 in the Feb. 14 season-opener for its first season-opening win since 2011 5/21 Oregon State * Pullman, Wash. 6 p.m. (P12) • WSU recorded a program-best 3.05 team GPA in the fall semester, 22 players posted a semester GPA of 3.0+ 5/22 Oregon State * Pullman, Wash. 6 p.m. (P12) • WSU claimed the 2019 season series from Gonzaga, 2-1, for the first time since 2011 5/23 Oregon State * Pullman, Wash. 1:30 p.m. (P12) • WSU played its first 11 games on the road in 2019, the longest stretch to open the season since 2006 (12 games) • WSU is scheduled to play its first 11 games on the road in 2020 * Pac-12 Conference Game % Played at Peoria Sports Complex PLAYER Home games in Bold • Brian Green is in his first season at WSU after 5 seasons leading New Mexico State (158-122-1) ALL TIMES PACIFIC • 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 in 2019 • Senior LHP AJ Block was drafted in the 17th RD (Detroit) last season, elected to come back for senior season • WSU has broken ground on $10 millon clubhouse facility Project: BTO (Back To Omaha) WSUCOUGARS.COM 2020 COUGAR BASEBALL INSIDE THE NUMBERS PAC-12 CONFERENCE 13 - 13 players have made their WSU debuts in 2020 2020 STANDINGS 5 - 5 players have made their collegiate debuts in 2020 Pac-12 Overall 2 - WSU owns a pair of wins in their last at-bats (at CSU Bakersfield 2/14, at Hawaii 2/23) UCLA 0-0 7-0 Washington 0-0 5-2 BRIAN GREEN BEGINS FIRST SEASON LEADING COUGAR BASEBALL Arizona 0-0 5-2 Brian Green was named the 17th baseball coach in Washington State history, Director of Athletics Patrick Chun USC 0-0 5-2 announced June 3, 2019. Brian Green came to WSU after five seasons as the head coach at his alma mater New Arizona State 0-0 6-3 Mexico State where he led the Aggies to a 2019 Western Athletic Conference regular-season championship and Utah 0-0 3-4 an NCAA Regional appearance in 2018. Green led NMSU to an historic four-year stretch that saw the Aggies Oregon State 0-0 3-4 record 34 wins or more in each of the last four seasons and also signed four-straight nationally recognized re- Oregon 0-0 3-4 cruiting classes along the way. Green has appeared in nine NCAA Regionals as a head coach or assistant coach Washington State 0-0 3-5 at the Division I level. In his five years at NMSU, Green produced nine All-Americans including three first-team California 0-0 3-5 selections in 2019, 26 All-WAC honorees, a pair of Player of the Year selections, one Pitcher of the Year, one Stanford 0-0 1-7 Freshman of the Year, and 22 WAC All-Academic selections. Since 2016, Green has helped send 12 players to the professional ranks, including a trio of top six round picks the last three years. COUGARS IN THE CLASSROOM, COUGARS IN THE COMMUNITY Head coach Brian Green emphasized winning in the classroom and the community in his introductory press conference and the Cougs have backed him up.