BASEBALL AT WASHINGTON SEATTLE, WASH. | HUSKY BALLPARK WESTGAME COAST CENTER CONFERENCE | Live video/stats: TOURNAMENT GoZags.com SCHEDULE (O: 22-13; C: 11-4 H: 8-2; A: 12-9; N:2-2) February 19 (Fri) New Mexico ! W, 4-3 February 20 (Sat) Kansas State University ! W, 17-5 February 21 (Sun) Oregon State ! L, 4-20 February 22 (Mon) Kansas State University ! L, 1-6 GONZAGA (22-13) WASHINGTON (15-16) February 25 (Thur) at Dallas Baptist W, 10-7 Head Coach: Mark Machtolf Head Coach: Lindsay Meggs February 26 (Fri) at Dallas Baptist L, 2-13 February 27 (Sat) at Dallas Baptist W, 19-7 February 28 (Sun) at Dallas Baptist L, 7-8 Probables March 5 (Fri) vs Portland L, 0-2 April 20 | 3 p.m. PT March 6 (Sat) vs Portland W, 7-0 RHP Alec Gomez (3-1, 4.97 ERA, 25.1 IP, 14K) vs. RHP Gabe Smith (2-1, 5.00 ERA, 27.0 IP, 17K) March 7 (Sun) vs Portland W, 8-1 March 9 (Tue) at #7 Texas Tech L, 4-5 Pac-12 Track Record March 10 (Wed) at #7 Texas Tech L, 4-5 Gonzaga has faced Pac-12 opponents numerous times over the years---563 times to be exact. Against March 12 (Fri) at #11 TCU W, 13-8 current members of the conference, the Zags carry a 217-345-1 record. Of the 12 current member insti- March 13 (Sat) at #11 TCU L, 1-7 tutions, GU has faced Washington State the most with an 88-126 overall record in the series. The next March 14 (Sun) at TCU W, 10-7, 11 inn. March 19 (Fri) at Santa Clara * W, 2-0 opponent the Zags have played the most out of the Pac-12 is Washington with 140 meetings between March 20 (Sat) at Santa Clara * W, 10-4, 13 inn. the two programs with the most recent meeting coming March 23 of this season, a 7-2 win in favor of March 21 (Fri) at Santa Clara * W, 5-2 GU. March 23 (Tue) vs Washington W, 7-2 So far this season, Gonzaga carries a 3-2 overall record against Pac-12 opponents with two losses March 26 (Fri) at Loyola Marymount * L, 1-7 to Oregon State and victories against OSU, Washington and Washington State. Including Tuesday’s March 27 (Sat) at Loyola Marymount * L, 4-8 matchup at Washington, the Zags have five more outings against Pac-12 opponents. March 28 (Sun) at Loyola Marymount * W, 14-2 Perfect time for a No No April 1 (Thur) vs Pacific * W, 9-0 April 2 (Fri) vs Pacific * W, 6-0 RHP Alek Jacob pitched a no-hitter in Gonzaga’s 10-0 rout of Pepperdine on Friday, April 16. It marked April 3 (Sat) vs Pacific * W, 2-1 the first no-hitter since 1990 and just the fifth in program history. On 124 pitches, the 6-foot-3 righty April 5 (Mon) at Oregon State L, 3-11 struck out a career-tying 12, finishing the game with a 61.3 strike percentage with only two walks. Gon- April 6 (Tue) at Oregon State W, 5-2 zaga’s infield collected 11 flyouts and four ground balls in an errorless nine frames to seal the deal. April 9 (Fri) vs Saint Mary’s * L, 6-10 The last time GU saw a no-hitter was back in 1990; Billy Walker completed the feat against Central April 10 (Sat) vs Saint Mary’s * W, 21-3 Washington back on March 4, 1990. Other no-hitters in program history: Gregg Harris vs. Eastern April 11 (Sun) vs Saint Mary’s * W, 2-1 Oregon, March 3, 1985; Tom Gorman vs. Northern Arizona, March 15, 1980; Mike Davey vs. Idaho, April April 13 (Tue) at Washington State W, 9-0, 5 inn. 9, 1973. April 16 (Fri) at Pepperdine * W, 10-0 April 17 (Sat) at Pepperdine * L, 3-4 April 18 (Sun) at Pepperdine * W, 11-6 Racking Up the Honors April 20 (Tue) at Washington 3 p.m. Gonzaga’s Alek Jacob and Brett Harris swept the West Coast Conference awards this week as Jacob April 22 (Thur) vs BYU * 6 p.m. earned his second WCC Pitcher of the Week while Harris picked up his first honor of the season. April 23 (Fri) vs BYU * 6 p.m. Jacob’s no-hitter with 12Ks helped the Zags to a 10-0 win at Pepperdine to open the WCC series. The April 24 (Sat) vs BYU * 6 p.m. Spokane, Wash., native was also selected as the Golden Spikes Award April 27 (Tue) vs Washington State 6 p.m. April 30 (Fri) vs San Diego * 6 p.m. Harris helped the Zags to a 3-1 mark on the week with a .583 batting average, seven hits, six runs, May 1 (Sat) vs San Diego * 6 p.m. three RBI, three doubles and one home run. Harris added a 1.083 slugging percentage with just one May 2 (Sun) vs San Diego * 12 p.m. strikeout in 12 at bats. The junior infielder added six putouts and four assists with a perfect 1.00 fielding May 3 (Mon) vs. Oregon 1 p.m. percentage. May 7 (Fri) vs Seattle U 6 p.m. May 8 (Sat) vs Seattle U 6 p.m. Nationally Speaking... May 9 (Sun) vs Seattle U 3 p.m. - Gonzaga jumped up to 25th in the RPI rankings (as of Apirl 19), the highest of any team in the WCC. May 11 (Tue) at Oregon 4 p.m. San Diego ranks 67th, while Pepperdine ranks 91st. May 12 (Wed) at Oregon 4 p.m. - Brett Harris has been hit by pitches 16 times on the year to rank tied for fourth nationally. May 14 (Fri) at Portland * 1 p.m. May 15 (Sat) at Portland * 1 p.m. - As a team, GU batters have been hit by pitches 75 times; that number ranks second in the country and May 16 (Sun) at Portland * 1 p.m. leads the West Coast Conference. May 21 (Fri) vs San Francisco * 6 p.m. - Gonzaga ranks fourth nationally and leads the WCC in doubles with 78. Four players recorded doubles May 22 (Sat) vs San Francisco * 6 p.m. for the Zags over the last week, led by Brett Harris with three. Gabriel Hughes added two, while May 23 (Sun) vs San Francisco * 12 p.m. Grayson Sterling and Mason Marenco added one apiece. - The Bulldogs also rank among the top 10 nationally in fielding percentage with a .984 fielding percent- age. That number ranks ninth nationally. All times Pacific - With six shutouts on the year, Gonzaga ranks first in the WCC and second nationally. * West Coast Conference game ! Sanderson Ford Baseball Classic (Surprise, Ariz.) Last Time Out 1 @zagbaseball Gonzaga earned the series win at Pepperdine drove in 21 runs off 21 hits--including seven in with a 2-1 overall record on the weekend. It the sixth--for a lopsided 21-3 win. GU’s 21 runs marked the first series win for the Zags against scored ranks tied for third all-time in single the Waves since 2018. GU opened the series game runs in program history. The record is 23, with a 10-0 stomp behind Alek Jacob’s no-hitter, which the Zags put up at Utah Valley on March then fell 4-3 in the second game of the series 25, 2010. In 2019, GU scored 22 runs at Lamar to after giving up the go-ahead socre in the bot- rank second all-time. This isn’t the first time this tom of the ninth. On Sunday, the Zags’ bat were season the Bulldogs have driven in a top ten hot once again as they finished with 11 runs off runs performance; GU’s 17-5 win over Kansas 13 hits for the 11-6 win and 2-1 series win. State on Feb. 20 then ranked tied for 10th (now 12th), while its 19 runs at Dallas Baptist ranks GENERAL INFORMATION Zags at a Glance tied for fifth. Location: Spokane, Wash. - Brett Harris leads the Zags in batting average - In Saturday’s offensive show, the Bulldogs Founded: 1887 (.371) and OPS (1.053), while Ernie Yake ranks also collected four homers, one each from Enrollment: 7,501 second with a .321 batting average. Grayson Sterling, Brett Harris, Stephen Lund Nickname: Bulldogs Colors: Blue (R-0 G-41 B-103), Red (R-179 G-25 B-52), - Tyler Rando leads the fielding effort with a and Guthrie Morrison. The Zags’ four home White (R-255 G-255 B-255), and Gray (R-195, G-199, team-high 241 putouts with 14 assists and a runs ranks tied for third all-time for home runs B-203) .996 fielding percentage. Andrew Orzel ranks ina single game. The top mark is seven, which Facility (Capacity): Patterson Baseball Complex and Coach Steve Hertz Field Presented by Washington Trust second with 143 putouts, 30 assists and a .994 GU posted back on March 10, 2010 at Texas (1,500) fielding percentage while Guthrie Morrison has Tech. Dimensions (L to R): 328, 370, 400, 370, 328 85 putouts. - Junior Ernie Yake finished with three doubles Conference (Affiliation): West Coast (NCAA Div. I) - On the mound, Alek Jacob leads the team and on the day, which ranks tied for first all-time President: Dr. Thayne M. McCulloh Athletic Director: Mike Roth the West Coast Conference in strikeouts with 68 for doubles in a single game.