USC12-Time National ChampionsTrojans Baseball 1948 · 1958 · 1961 · 1963 · 1968 · 1970 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1978 · 1998 2021 GAME NOTES Games 1-3: USC vs. Loyola Marymount (Feb. 19-21) 2021 Schedule/Results TEAM INFO Overall: 0-0 (Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0) Pac-12: 0-0 (Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0) Date Opponent Time/Res. Feb. 19 LMU 5 p.m. Feb. 20 LMU 2 p.m. Feb. 21 at LMU 1 p.m. Feb. 26 CAL POLY 5 p.m. Feb. 27 CAL POLY 2 p.m. LMU USC Feb. 28 CAL POLY 1 p.m. March 5 CS FULLERTON# 5 p.m. Lions Trojans March 6 PEPPERDINE# 2 p.m. 2021 Record: 0-0, 0-0 WCC 2021 Record: 0-0, 0-0 Pac-12 March 7 at UCLA# 1 p.m. 2020 Record: 8-8, 0-0 WCC 2020 Record: 10-5, 0-0 Pac-12 March 9 at Pepperdine 1:30 p.m. Head Coach: Nathan Choate (2nd yr) Head Coach: Jason Gill (2nd yr) March 12 NEVADA 5 p.m. March 13 NEVADA 2 p.m. March 14 NEVADA 1 p.m. NOTES March 19 at Washington* TBD March 20 at Washington* TBD THIS WEEK: The USC baseball team opens the 2021 season this week, with three games against March 21 at Washington* TBD the LMU Lions. USC and LMU will play the first two games at Dedeaux Field and then head to March 23 SAN DIEGO 6 p.m. Westchester for Sunday’s finale. March 26 UCLA* 6 p.m. March 27 UCLA* 2 p.m. GAME SCHEDULE: March 28 UCLA* 1 p.m. Friday - USC vs. LMU (Dedeaux Field), Feb. 19, 5 p.m. (USC Live Stream) March 30 at LMU TBD Saturday - USC vs. LMU (Dedeaux Field), Feb. 20, 2 p.m. (USC Live Stream) April 1 at Cal* 6 p.m. Sunday - USC at LMU (Page Stadium), Feb. 21, 1 p.m. April 2 at Cal* 3 p.m. April 3 at Cal* 1 p.m. April 6 at San Diego 5 p.m. BROADCAST INFO: The two games at USC will be streamed live on Pac-12+ via USCTrojans.com April 9 DIXIE STATE 6 p.m. with Ted Enberg on the call. Links to all of the broadcasts are available on the baseball schedule April 10 DIXIE STATE 2 p.m. page at USCTrojans.com. April 11 DIXIE STATE 1 p.m. April 13 FRESNO STATE 6 p.m. FOLLOW: Fans can also follow the action through live stats on USCTrojans.com. Live, in-game April 16 OREGON* 6 p.m. updates will be available for all games from @USC_Baseball on Twitter as well. April 17 OREGON* 2 p.m. April 18 OREGON* 12 p.m. GET SOCIAL: Follow USC Baseball on social media to get updates on everything going on with the April 20 LMU 6 p.m. April 23 at Arizona* 6 p.m. team this season. The Trojans can be found at @USC_Baseball on Twitter, @sctrojans_baseball April 24 at Arizona* 6 p.m. on Instagram and USC Trojans Baseball on Facebook. April 25 at Arizona* TBD April 27 PEPPERDINE 6 p.m. FAN POLICY: In accordance with the Pac-12 and Los Angeles County Public Health Department April 30 STANFORD* 6 p.m. policies, USC will not have fans in attendance at its home games this spring. May 1 STANFORD* 2 p.m. May 2 STANFORD* 1 p.m. MEDIA POLICY: Limited media members will be allowed to apply for credentials to USC baseball May 7 at Oregon State* 5:30 p.m. home games. Credentialed media members will only have access to a designated media May 8 at Oregon State* 1:30 p.m. area, and no in-person interviews will be allowed. All postgame and weekly interviews will be May 9 at Oregon State* 1 p.m. May 14 WASHINGTON ST* 6 p.m. conducted virtually and upon request. Please contact Jacob Breems ([email protected]) for more May 15 WASHINGTON ST* 2 p.m. media information and to apply for credentials. May 16 WASHINGTON ST* 1 p.m. May 18 at Fresno State 5 p.m. PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS May 21 ARIZONA STATE* 6 p.m. May 22 ARIZONA STATE* 2 p.m. May 23 ARIZONA STATE* 1 p.m. Friday May 27 at Utah* TBD USC: LHP Isaac Esqueda (0-0, 0.00 ERA) May 28 at Utah* TBD LMU: RHP CJ Fernandezees (0-0, 0.00 ERA) May 29 at Utah* TBD Saturday * Pac-12 Conference game USC: RHP Chandler Champlain (0-0, 0.00 ERA) #Southern California College Baseball Classic LMU: RHP Jimmy Galicia (0-0, 0.00 ERA) ^Televised on Pac-12 Networks Sunday Dates and times are subject to change USC: LHP Alex Cornwell (0-0, 0.00 ERA) All times Pacific LMU: LHP Will Grimm (0-0, 0.00 ERA) University of Southern California Baseball •usctrojans.com1 THE MANAGER FILE Jason Gill 2nd year as USC Head Coach 13th year overall Jason Gill, who has College World Series experience as both a player and coach, and guided Loyola Marymount to the brink of a 2019 NCAA Super Regional appearance, was named USC baseball’s head coach on June 14, 2019. His first year at the helm with the Trojans was cut short due to the Dedeaux Field Covid-19 pandemic, with USC finishing the abbreviated season 10-5. He You knew there had to be something special about Dedeaux owns a career record of 332-291-1 heading into 2021. Field from the day it first opened its gates on March 30, 1974. Righthander Russ McQueen threw a no-hitter that afternoon in the Gill comes to USC after 11 seasons at Loyola Marymount, where he posted first game ever played at Dedeaux Field as USC swept a doubleheader a 322-286-1 (.530) overall record. He led the Lions to a 34-25 record and from California. The Trojans went on to win the national championship into the 2019 NCAA postseason, with LMU reaching the final of the Los Angeles Regional after wins over Baylor and UCLA, before narrowly falling that year and Dedeaux Field has been their home ever since. to the top-seeded Bruins. The 2021 season marks the 47th year of play at Dedeaux Field. The facility has continually been improved over the years with Gill’s LMU teams have made the West Coast Conference Tournament the grandest project taking place before the 2002 season. A $4 million (top four teams in the conference) five of the last six years, with the Lions project signified the largest improvement made to the facility as a winning the tournament title this past season and a regular season title new clubhouse and players’ lounge were added on the first base side. in 2017. Expanded offices for the coaching staff and new Hall of Fame were also part of the project, along with a new restroom pavilion. He has made a total of four trips to Omaha as a player and coach, reaching A new bleacher section was added on the first base side, pushing the College World Series as a player with Cal State Fullerton in 1994 and then returning as an undergraduate assistant under legendary coach capacity to 2,500 at Dedeaux Field. Augie Garrido with the Titans’ 1995 National Championship squad. Gill The 2008 season brought a new scoreboard, along with the later served under George Horton as an assistant coach at his alma mater, million-dollar Rod Dedeaux Research for Baseball Institute (RDRBI) helping to lead the Titans to CWS appearances in 2006 and 2007. In total, which added batting cages, a new weight room and state-of-the-art Gill has been to the postseason nine times as a coach. video motion analysis. Prior to the 2011 season, a $600,000 project added new lights Known as an outstanding recruiter and developer of talent, Gill has seen to Dedeaux Field to bring the facility to NCAA-mandated standards 31 Lions selected in the MLB Draft during his tenure at LMU and three for hosting postseason play. of them have reached the big leagues, including David Fletcher with the With dimensions of 335 feet down the right and left field lines, Angels. Over the entirety of his coaching career, both as an assistant and head coach, Gill has worked with 24 players who went on to make it to 365 in the right field power alley and 375 to the left field power alley, the majors. Notable names on that list include Khris Davis, Justin Turner, and 395 to straightaway center, Dedeaux Field is a natural grass field. Lyle Overbay, Aaron Rowand, Mike Lamb, Mark Kotsay and Jeremy Giambi. Dedeaux Field has also been used extensively by the entertainment industry. It has been the site of MTV’s “Rock-and-Jock” softball game Gill brought in a pair of Top 25 recruiting classes while at LMU, something and was used in the production and filming of several motion pictures, that hadn’t been done in 15 years at the school. In total during his time including “Mr. Baseball,” “The Big Leaguer,” “A League of Their Own” as an assistant, Gill served as a collegiate recruiting coordinator for seven and “For Love of the Game.” seasons, recording six recruiting classes in the Top 30 and two in the Top (prior to 2020) 10 over that span to solidify his place as one of the top recruiters in the USC at Dedeaux Field - Year-by-Year country. In his 11 years as a head coach at LMU, Gill helped develop 62 All- 1975............................