www.longbeachstate.com | 1250 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach, CA 90840 | (562) 985-8569 4 College World Series Appearances ( ‘89, ‘91, ‘93, ‘98 ) 19 NCAA Regionals NCAA leader for most MLB players in 2010, 11, 12 Long Beach State Vanderbilt February Friday 15 Vanderbilt 2 p.m. 0-0 0-0 Saturday 16 Vanderbilt Noon Big West: 0-0 SEC: 0-0 Sunday 17 Vanderbilt 11 a.m. Tuesday 19 Arizona 6 p.m. Wednesday 20 Arizona 3:30 p.m Highest Ranking Highest Ranking Friday 22 Valparaiso 6 p.m. CB - RV BA - 2 Saturday 23 Valparaiso 2 p.m. Sunday 24 Valparaiso Noon Tuesday 26 USC 6 p.m. March PROBABLE STARTERS Friday 1 Seattle 6 p.m. RHP Jon Maciel RHP T.J. Pecoraro Saturday 2 Seattle 2 p.m. 0-0, 0.00 ERA FRIDAY 0-0, 0.00 ERA Sunday 3 Seattle 1 p.m. Tuesday 5 UCLA 6:30 p.m. RHP Shane Carle LHP Kevin Ziomek Friday 8 Arizona State 5:30 p.m. SATURDAY Saturday 9 Arizona State 5:30 p.m. 0-0, 0.00 ERA 0-0, 0.00 ERA Sunday 10 Arizona State 11:30 a.m. LHP Landon Hunt RHP Tyler Beede Tuesday 12 Loyola Marymount 3 p.m. SUNDAY Friday 15 Wichita State 6 p.m. 0-0, 0.00 ERA 0-0, 0.00 ERA Saturday 16 Wichita State 2 p.m. Sunday 17 Wichita State 1 p.m. Leading Off Tuesday 19 San Diego State 6 p.m. Long Beach State opens up the 2013 season with a tremendous road trip, traveling Friday 22 CS Fullerton 6 p.m. to Nashville, Tenn., to take on No. 2 Vanderbilt in a three-game series beginning on Saturday 23 CS Fullerton 2 p.m. Sunday 24 CS Fullerton 1 p.m. Friday, February 15. The first game is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Pacific Time, with Thursday 28 • CS Northridge 6 p.m. Saturday’s contest to follow at Noon and a Sunday start at 11 a.m. All Dirtbag games Friday 29 • CS Northridge 6 p.m. can be followed through live audio or Gametracker at www.longbeachstate.com. Sunday 30 • CS Northridge 2 p.m. April Coming Back Friday 5 • Pacific 6 p.m. The Dirtbags have a strong core of position players returning, as seven of the ten that Saturday 6 • Pacific 6 p.m. had over 50 at-bats in 2012 are on the roster for 2013. That group combined for a Sunday 7 • Pacific 1 p.m. Tuesday 9 San Diego State 6 p.m. .274 batting average a year ago, started a combined 289 games. Juan Avila tied for Friday 12 • UC Davis 6 p.m. the team lead in hits, and was second in RBI and doubles, while Ino Patron and Jeff Saturday 13 • UC Davis 2 p.m. McNeil each played in all 55 games for the Dirtbags last season. Patron was second Sunday 14 • UC Davis 1 p.m. on the team with a .379 OBP, and both players walked more than they struck out a Friday 19 • UC Santa Barbara 3 p.m. season ago. Junior Jeff Yamaguchi added 27 starts, while the Dirtbags bring back Saturday 20 • UC Santa Barbara 2 p.m. Sunday 21 • UC Santa Barbara 1 p.m. two sophomores who started over 15 games in Josh Guerra and Richard Prigatano. Tuesday 23 UCLA 6 p.m. Guerra hit .313 with 10 RBI in Big West play, while Prigatano hit .278 with five doubles Friday 26 • Cal Poly 6 p.m. and a home run. Saturday 27 • Cal Poly 2 p.m. Sunday 28 • Cal Poly 1 p.m. Tuesday 30 Loyola Marymount 6 p.m. Yes, We’re Really Called That The OFFICIAL nickname of the Long Beach State baseball program is the Dirtbags. May Friday 3 • CS Fullerton 7 p.m. Saturday 4 • CS Fullerton 6 p.m. Sunday 5 • CS Fullerton 5 p.m. Tuesday 7 Pepperdine 3 p.m. Friday 10 • Hawai’i 6 p.m. Upcoming Games: Saturday 11 • Hawai’i 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15 - LBSU at Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. 2 p.m. Sunday 12 • Hawai’i 1 p.m. (Gametracker, Live Audio) Tuesday 14 Pepperdine 6 p.m. Friday 17 • UC Riverside 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16 - LBSU at Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. Noon Saturday 18 • UC Riverside 2 p.m. Sunday 19 • UC Riverside 1 p.m. (Gametracker, Live Audio) Thursday 23 • UC Irvine 6:30 p.m. Friday 24 • UC Ivrine 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17 - LBSU at Vanderbilt Nashville, Tenn. 11 a.m. Saturday 25 • UC Irvine 1 p.m. (Gametracker, Live Audio) All Times Pacific • Designates Big West Opponent Tuesday, Feb. 19 - Arizona at LBSU Blair Field 6 p.m. (Gametracker, Live Audio) BEACH NOTEBOOK PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP University Information Quick Hits: Lots of questions for Long Beach State in the early part of the season, but the Dirtbags will get an Name of School ........................................ Long Beach State Location ....................................................Long Beach, Calif. opportunity to learn on the fly with eight games in ten days to start the season. Long Beach State will need to re- Founded ........................................................................1949 place their entire starting rotation from a year ago, and while the team has a number of returning position players, Enrollment ..................................................................33,419 their placement in both position and order will be a work in progress during the early season. Plus, Long Beach Nickname..................................................................Dirtbags State will look to those players to show improvement after a year or two in the lineup. School Colors ................................................Black and Gold Conference ..............................................................Big West Position-Player AVG H RBI NOTES President .............................................Dr. F. King Alexander C-Royce Murai .000 0 0 Threw out over half of base stealers in 2012 Athletics Director ..................................................Vic Cegles 1B-Jeff Yamaguchi .000 0 0 .992 fielding pct. in 2012. SWA ................................................................Cindy Masner 2B-Jeff McNeil .000 0 0 One of nation’s toughest Ks in 2012 Media Relations 3B-Juan Avila .000 0 0 .288 AVG. and 30 RBI high among returners Assistant AD/Media Relations ...............Stephanie Sampson Associate Director (Baseball Contact) ..................Roger Kirk SS-Michael Hill .000 0 0 Gets early nod at SS Office Phone ................................................. (562) 985-7565 LF-Josh Guerra .000 0 0 Hit .282 over 31 games in 2012 Cell Phone .................................................... (562) 505-0975 CF-Colby Brenner .000 0 0 46 SB over two seasons at Consumnes. Email....................................................roger.kirk@csulb.edu RF-Richard Prigatano .000 0 0 Started 44 games as a freshman. Media Relations Fax ..................................... (562) 985-1549 DH-Ino Patron .000 0 0 105 career hits LBSU active leader Website.........................................www.longbeachstate.com Troy Buckley Coaching Facts Head Coach....................................... Troy Buckley,3rd Year Starting Pitchers W-L ERA IP/K NOTES Alma Mater ...............................................Santa Clara, 1990 Shane Carle 0-0 0.00 0.0/0 10 wins as a Juco starter Career Record ........................................................ 57-54 (2) Jon Maciel 0-0 0.00 0.0/0 A 2nd-Team All-Big West selection in 2012 School Record ..............................................................Same Landon Hunt 0-0 0.00 0.0/0 Posted a 2.08 ERA last season NCAA Tournament Appearances ........................................0 Ryan Millison 0-0 0.00 0.0/0 2.97 ERA at Sierra College Big West Championships ....................................................0 Blair Field Capacity........................................................................3,000 Relievers W-L ERA APP NOTES Dimensions .................................348 • 387 • 400 • 387 • 348 David Hill 0-0 0.00 0 Drafted in the 17th Round out of HS Baseball Information Eddie Magallon 0-0 0.00 0 Has 11 career saves 2012 Record .................................................................28-27 Jake Stassi 0-0 0.00 0 29 appearances in two seasons 2012 Conference Record/Finish ...............................15-9/3rd Josh Frye 0-0 0.00 0 2.31 career ERA at LBSU Letterwinners R/L .........................................................19/12 Starters R/L ......................................................................7/3 Starting Pitchers R/L.........................................................1/3 COACHES: Head Coach: #34 Troy Buckley (3rd year, 57-54 record) Pitchers R/L ......................................................................8/4 Assistant Coach: #10 Jesse Zepeda Newcomers........................................................................14 Assistant Coach: #12 Shawn Gilbert Program History Volunteer Assistant Coach: #15 Justin Ramsey College World Series Appearances.....................................4 Undergraduate Assistant Coach: #17 David Roberts .......................................................(1989, 1991, 1993, 1998) NCAA Regionals ...............................................................19 .............................(1964, 1970, 1989-99, 2001-05, 2007-08) Scouting Vanderbilt Super Regionals ..................................................................2 Vanderbilt enters 2013 as one of the top contenders for a national title, ranked as high as ...........................................................................(2003, 2004) Big West Titles.....................................................................8 No. 2 by Baseball America and No. 2 by Collegiate Baseball. Friday starter Kevin Ziomek ......................... (1989, 1992-1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2008) 2012 Major Leaguers.........................................................14 and position players Spencer Navin, Conrad Gregor, and Tony Kemp were all named ...............Andrew Carpenter (TOR), Danny Espinosa (WAS) preseason All-Americans, and the Commodores also welcome in one of the nation’s high- .........................