GAME NOTES Athletics Strategic Communications • Sports Center • 5998 Alcala Park • San Diego, CA • 92110 • USDToreros.com Baseball Contact • Anderson Haigler • c. 760.532.2791 • [email protected] 2021 SCHEDULE FEBRUARY BACK HOME TO FACE THE DONS 19 San Diego State L, 14-7 San Diego baseball returns to Fowler Park for first home games in nearly two weeks 20 San Diego State L, 19-18(10) 21 San Diego State W, 16-12 San Diego (20-7, 6-3 WCC) • San Francisco (13-16, 8-4 WCC) 26 Cal State Fullerton+ W, 6-1 Fowler Park (1,700) • San Diego, CA 27 Cal State Fullerton+ W, 6-5 Live Stream • WCC Network | Live Statistics • USDToreros.com 28 Cal State Fullerton+ L, 6-1 Social • Twitter.com/USDBaseball • Instagram.com/USDBaseball MARCH 4 UC San Diego W, 12-4 SAN DIEGO — San Diego baseball (20-7, 6-3 WCC) is set to return home for the first time in 13 days on Friday, 5 UC San Diego W, 15-10 continuing West Coast Conference play with a three-game series against San Francisco (13-16, 8-4 WCC) at Fowler 6 UC San Diego W, 10-2 Park. 7 UC San Diego W, 8-2 12 UC Riverside W, 16-4 13 UC Riverside (DH) W, 7-0/W, 9-0 The Toreros’ matchup with the Dons will begin on Friday with a 6 p.m. first pitch, Saturday’s contest will get started at 14 UC Riverside W, 5-4 (10) 4 p.m., and the series finale on Sunday will get going at 1 p.m. 19 at Saint Mary’s* W, 7-0 20 at Saint Mary’s* L, 4-3 All three games this weekend will be streamed live on the WCC Network, with longtime Torero broadcaster Jack 21 at Saint Mary’s* W, 5-4 23 USC W, 6-5 Murray on the call. 26 Pacific* W, 3-1 27 Pacific* W, 15-3 ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST SAN FRANCISCO 28 Pacific* W, 5-1 • San Diego is 86-59 all-time against San Francisco, with the two programs’ most recent meeting coming on March 30 Vanguard W, 10-4 24, 2019, a 6-4 USD win in San Diego. APRIL 2 Cal State Fullerton L, 3-1 • The Toreros are 6-4 in their last 10 matchups with the Dons, a span that dates back to April of 2016. 3 Cal State Fullerton W, 8-2 6 USC CANCELED • San Diego is an even 6-6 at home versus San Francisco since Fowler Park opened in 2013. 9 at LMU* L, 9-5 10 at LMU* W, 6-0 11 at LMU* L, 4-2 FOR STARTERS (PROBABLE) 13 Concordia Irvine CANCELED FRIDAY: Freshman Carter Rustad will make his first Friday night start of the 2021 season when he takes the mound in 16 San Francisco* 6 p.m. game one of the series against USF. 17 San Francisco* 4 p.m. 18 San Francisco* 1 p.m. • Rustad rejoined the Toreros’ starting rotation last week at LMU after a month-long stint in the bullpen. 20 San Diego Christian CANCELED 23 at Santa Clara * 3 p.m. 24 at Santa Clara* 1 p.m. • In that stint, which spanned five relief appearances and 13.1 innings pitched, Rustad did not allow an earned run, 25 at Santa Clara* 12 p.m. striking out seven against just three walks. 30 at Gonzaga* 6 p.m. • In his most recent start last Saturday against the Lions, the 6-5 right-hander threw five strong innings, allowing zero MAY 1 at Gonzaga* 6 p.m. runs while notching three strikeouts along the way to earn his third win of the season. 2 at Gonzaga* 6 p.m. 6 BYU* 6 p.m. • Rustad tossed 86 pitches in what marked his fourth start of 2021, matching his total from a year ago in the 7 BYU* 6 p.m. pandemic-shortened season. 8 BYU* 1 p.m. 20 Portland* 6 p.m. 21 Portland* 6 p.m. • A 2021 All-WCC Preseason team honoree, Rustad was a Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American last season and 22 Portland* 6 p.m. led USD with a 0.84 ERA, which ranked second in the WCC and 39th nationally. 27 Pepperdine* 6 p.m. 28 Pepperdine * 6 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS 29 Pepperdine* 1 p.m. SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO 4/16 RHP Carter Rustad (3-0, 3.90 ERA) RHP Landen Bourassa (3-2, 4.12 ERA) All times are Pacific 4/17 RHP Jake Miller (3-1, 2.63 ERA) RHP Josh Mollerus (0-2, 7.44 ERA) Home games in bold 4/18 TBA RHP Grant Nechak (0-1, 6.00 ERA) + Tony Gwynn Legacy (Fowler Park) * WCC opponent FOLLOW TORERO 2021 SAN DIEGO ROSTER No. Player Pos. 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Hometown/Previous School BASEBALL 1 Cody Jefferis UTL L/R 5-8 165 SO Valencia, CA (Hart) • Follow @USDBaseball on Twitter and Instagram 2 Tora Otsuka OF L/R 5-9 180 JR Rancho Bernardo, CA (Rancho Bernardo) 3 Camden Vasquez UTL L/R 5-9 165 RS FR Gilbert, AZ (Campo Verde) • A free live stream and live statistics will be 4 Thomas Luevano INF R/R 6-0 208 GR Santa Clarita, CA (Bishop Alemany HS/Creighton) available for all USD home games 5 Jack Hyde RHP R/R 6-2 190 FR La Mesa, CA (Grossmont HS) via USDToreros.com 6 Paul Kunst MIF/OF R/R 5-7 160 RS SR Novato, CA (Marin Catholic) 7 Will Worthington INF R/R 6-0 180 FR Phoenix, AZ (Brophy College Prep) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 8 Preston Miller UTL R/R 6-0 200 SO San Clemente, CA (JSerra Catholic) 9 Jake Reed RHP R/R 6-2 185 SO Dana Point, CA (JSerra Catholic) 1 Cody Jefferis | Jeff-reece 11 Kyle Carr OF/LHP L/L 6-1 185 FR San Marcos, CA (San Marcos HS) 2 Tora Otsuka | Tor-uh Oats-kuh 12 Dustin Allen OF L/L 6-1 180 FR Arcadia, CA (Arcadia HS) 4 Thomas Luevano | Lew-VON-oh 14 Angelo Peraza C/UTL R/R 5-9 170 FR Chula Vista, CA (St. Augustine HS) 5 Jack Hyde | like “hide-and-seek” 15 Chase Meidroth INF R/R 5-10 170 FR Manhattan Beach, CA (Mira Costa) 6 Paul Kunst | COON-st 16 Kevin Sim INF R/R 6-2 210 FR San Diego, CA (Torrey Pines HS) 17 Grady Miller LHP L/L 6-4 210 SR Wenatchee, WA (Wenatchee HS/Central Arizona College) 14 Angelo Peraza (Ann-jello Per-ah-zah) 18 James Sashin RHP L/R 6-5 245 RS FR Oak Bluffs, MA (Martha’s Vineyard Regional) 15 Chase Meidroth | My-drawth 19 Caleb Ricketts UTL L/R 6-4 205 SO Newport Beach, CA (Orange Lutheran) 18 James Sashin | s-ASH-in 20 Garrett Rennie RHP L/R 6-2 195 JR Los Alamitos, CA (Los Alamitos HS/Long Beach CC) 19 Caleb Ricketts | Rick-ITS 21 Shane McGuire C/1B L/R 6-0 195 JR Kent, WA (Kentwood) 24 Max Jung-Goldberg UTL L/R 6-0 195 SO Palo Alto, CA (Palo Alto) 20 Garrett Rennie | Ren-knee 26 Conner Thurman RHP R/R 6-0 205 RS FR Mesa, AZ (Red Mountain) 24 Max Jung-Goldberg | “Young”-Goldberg 27 Cole Colleran LHP L/L 6-0 185 FR Solana Beach, CA (Canyon Crest Academy) 27 Cole Colleran (Collar-rin) 28 Eddy Pelc LHP/OF L/L 5-10 185 FR Huntington Beach, CA (Huntington Beach HS) 28 Eddy Pelc | rhymes with “elk” 29 Lucas Braun RHP R/R 6-0 185 FR Los Angeles, CA (Palisades HS) 31 Drake Frize (Fries) 30 Michael Dixon II OF R/R 6-1 210 FR Oakland, CA (Berkeley HS) 31 Drake Frize RHP L/R 6-2 175 FR Orange, CA (Orange Lutheran HS) 34 Peter Abinanti (AB-i-nan-ty) 32 Jake Miller RHP R/R 6-2 210 SO Newbury Park, CA (Newbury Park) 35 Kieran Shaw (KEER-an) 34 Peter Abinanti OF L/L 5-9 175 GR West Hills, CA (Chatsworth HS/St. John’s) 36 Carter Rustad | ROO-sted 35 Kieran Shaw RHP R/R 6-0 205 GR San Jose, CA (Bellarmine College Prep/Harvard) 37 Ivran Romero (Eye-vran) 36 Carter Rustad RHP R/R 6-5 195 FR Kansas City, MO (Staley HS) 37 Ivran Romero RHP R/R 5-10 190 FR San Diego, CA (Poway High School) 40 Jack Dolak | Doe-lack 38 Ryan Robinson RHP R/R 6-3 205 RS SO Livermore, CA (Livermore HS/Ohlone College) 41 RJ Teijeiro (Tuh-jair-oh) 39 Jack Costello UTL R/R 6-1 195 FR Simi Valley, CA (Chaminade College Prep) 42 Brycen Mautz | BRY-son Motts 40 Jack Dolak RHP R/R 6-4 220 SO San Diego, CA (St. Augustine) 41 RJ Teijeiro INF L/R 6-1 185 JR Foster City, CA (Saint Francis HS/UCLA) COACHES 42 Brycen Mautz LHP L/L 6-3 190 FR San Diego, CA (Westview HS) 44 Adam Lopez 3B R/R 5-9 205 SR San Diego, CA (Grossmont HS/Southwestern College) Brock Ungricht | Un-GRITCH-t 45 Mike Yourg OF L/R 6-2 215 RS FR San Diego, CA (Francis Parker) Matt Bergandi | Berg-AND-ee WCC STANDINGS Head Coach: #10 Rich Hill (23rd year, Cal Lutheran ’85) Assistant Coach: #25 Brock Ungricht (3rd year, San Diego State ‘08) WEEK EIGHT Assistant Coach: #13 Matt Florer (3rd year, Loyola Marymount ‘13) WCC OVERALL Volunteer Assistant Coach: Matt Bergandi (2nd year, Fresno Pacific ‘18) TEAM W L PCT.