UC Irvine Anteaters This Week: Games 25-28 Records Overall: 12-12 Big West: 1-2 2017 SCHEDULE & RESULTS UC Irvine finishes an 8-game homestand with a mid- Home: 8-8 Day Date Opponent Time/Result Away: 3-2 Fri. Feb. 17 Minnesota CCD week matchup against Bakersfield before heading to Neutral: 1-2 Sat. Feb. 18 Minnesota L, 9-8 Sun. Feb. 19 Minnesota W, 7-5 Oregon for a final non-conference weekend series Non-Conference: 11-10 Tue. Feb. 21 San Diego State W, 7-5 Tony Gwynn Classic (San Diego, Calif.) Upcoming Opponents Thurs. Feb. 23 vs. Notre Dame W, 18-4 Fri. Feb. 24 vs. Oregon L, 11-5 Sat. Feb. 25 at San Diego L, 14-6 Feb. 25 vs. Tennessee L, 10-9 vs. Bakersfield Roadrunners (12-11, WAC 1-5) Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark (3,408) - Irvine, Calif. Fri. Mar. 3 Portland W, 3-1 Sat. Mar. 4 Portland W, 6-3 Tuesday April 4 6:30 PM Sun. Mar. 5 Portland W, 5-3 18 RHP Cole Spear (2-2, 5.73) vs. TBD Tue. Mar. 7 at Loyola Marymount W, 7-6 Wed. Mar. 8 NC Dinos (Exhibition) L, 7-6 Fri. Mar. 10 #1 TCU W, 11-2 Sat. Mar. 11 #1 TCU W, 6-3 Sun. Mar. 12 #1 TCU L, 16-7 vs. Oregon Ducks (18-8, Pac-12 5-4) Tue. Mar. 14 at UCLA W, 5-3 PK Park (4,000) - Eugene, Ore. Fri. Mar. 17 at Seattle CCD Sun. Mar. 19 at Seattle W, 3-2 * - Probable starting pitcher at Seattle L, 8-2 Tue. Mar. 21 USC PPD Friday April 7 6:00 PM Fri. Mar. 24 Houston L, 4-3 38 RHP Jordan Bocko (0-1, 3.90)* vs. *(6-1, 2.14) LHP David Peterson 3 Sat. Mar. 25 Houston L, 5-4 Saturday April 8 2:00 PM Sun. Mar. 26 Houston L, 7-3 Tue. Mar. 28 Loyola Marymount L, 4-2 11 RHP Louis Raymond (3-2, 4.70)* vs. *(4-1, 1.76) RHP Matt Mercer 11 Fri. Mar. 31 * Cal Poly L(10), 3-2 Sunday April 9 12:00 PM 39 RHP Chris Vargas (0-1, 4.58)* vs. *(1-2, 8.76) RHP Zack Noll 19 Sat. Apr. 1 * Cal Poly W, 3-2 Sun. Apr. 2 * Cal Poly L, 6-5 Tue. Apr. 4 Bakersfield 6:30 PM Fri. Apr. 7 at Oregon 6:00 PM Cicerone Field at Sat. Apr. 8 at Oregon 2:00 PM Broadcast Information Anteater Ballpark Sun. Apr. 9 at Oregon 12:00 PM Opened: ........................ 2002 (16th year of operation) Tue. Apr. 11 at San Diego State 6:00 PM Thu. Apr. 13 * at UC Santa Barbara 3:00 PM Radio First Game: .............Jan. 25, 2002 (L, 5-8 vs. San Diego) Fri. Apr. 14 * at UC Santa Barbara 3:00 PM KUCI 88.9 FM with Capacity: ..................... 3,408 (908 Seats, 2,500 Anthill) Sat. Apr. 15 * at UC Santa Barbara 1:00 PM Mark Roberts and Tim Becwar (Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday) Mon. Apr. 17 USC 6:30 PM Dedicated: ...............................................May 19, 2009 Tue. Apr. 18 at USC 6:00 PM All games also available live on to Chancellor Ralph J. Cicerone for his revival of the Fri. Apr. 21 * Long Beach State 6:30 PM the internet at kuci.org and ucirvinesports.com baseball program that broke ground in January 2001 Sat. Apr. 22 * Long Beach State 2:00 PM Video Sun. Apr. 23 * Long Beach State 1:00 PM Dimensions: LF 335 - LC 380 - CF 408 - RC 380 - RF 335 All three games at Oregon this weekend Tue. Apr. 25 at San Diego 6:00 PM Fence: ....................................................... 12 feet high Fri. Apr. 28 * at Cal State Fullerton 7:00 PM will be live streamed online via the Surface: ........................................GN-1 Bermuda grass Sat. Apr. 29 * at Cal State Fullerton 7:00 PM Pac-12 Network. The link to each game Scoreboard: ............................................... 52 feet high Sun. Apr. 30 * at Cal State Fullerton 1:00 PM can be found on ucirvinesports.com. #TheCis Tue. May 2 at Bakersfield 6:00 PM Fri. May 5 * CSUN 6:30 PM Sat. May 6 * CSUN 2:00 PM Around The Horn Sun. May 7 * CSUN 1:00 PM Tue. May 9 San Diego 6:30 PM Fri. May 12 * at Hawai’i 9:35 PM Sun. May 14 * at Hawai’i 8:00 PM Mon. May 15 * at Hawai’i 9:35 PM Fri. May 19 * at UC Riverside 6:00 PM Sat. May 20 * at UC Riverside 6:00 PM 18 .985 24th Sun. May 21 * at UC Riverside 1:00 PM Tue. May 23 UCLA 6:30 PM Thu. May 25 * UC Davis 6:30 PM In the 10 years under The Anteater defense has UCI’s non-conference schedule Fri. May 26 * UC Davis 6:30 PM Head Coach Mike Gillespie, registered a .985 fielding stands as the 24th-toughest to Sat. May 27 * UC Davis 1:00 PM UCI has 18 wins away from percentage, the highest this point and includes 3 wins Home games in italics * - Big West game home against the Pac-12, percentage in the nation, over schools in the top 50 RPI and holds an overall record of committing 14 errors (2 vs. TCU, 1 vs. Minnesota) #TogetherWeZot | #RipEm 34-30 against the conference in 903 chances Baseball Contact: Alex Croteau | Office: (949) 824-8934 | Cell: (714) 397-6310 | Email: [email protected] Intercollegiate Athletics Building · 625 Humanities Quad · Irvine, CA 92697-4500 2017 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes 2016 Results Quick Facts Day Date Opponent Time/Result General Information Team Information Fri. Feb. 19 at San Jose State W, 3-2 City | Zip: Irvine, Calif. | 92697-4500 2016 Record ......................................................... 31-25 Sat. Feb. 20 at San Jose State L, 3-9 Founded: 1962 (opened 1965) Home ....................................................................... 18-11 at San Jose State L, 5-8 Enrollment: 32,000 Road ........................................................................ 13-14 Sun. Feb. 21 at San Jose State W, 11-0 Colors: Blue & Gold Big West Record ......................................... 11-13 (T7th) Tue. Feb. 23 San Diego State L, 2-4 Affiliation: NCAA Division I Home ........................................................................... 6-6 Thu. Feb. 25 NC Dinos (Exh.) L, 2-6 Conference: Big West Road ............................................................................ 5-7 Fri. Feb. 26 Nevada W, 4-1 Nickname: Anteaters Letterwinners Returning | Lost ............................... 22 | 9 Sat. Feb. 27 Nevada W(10), 8-7 Chancellor: Dr. Howard Gillman, Ph.D. (Stanford - 1974) Starting Position Players Returning | Lost ................. 8 | 4 Sun. Feb. 28 Nevada W, 6-0 Athletic Director: Mike Izzi (UCLA - 1984) Pitchers Returning | Lost ......................................... 11 | 3 Faculty Athletic Representative: David Snow Newcomers .................................................................. 13 Tue. Mar. 1 at Loyola Marymount W, 5-1 Athletics Phone: (949) 824-6931 Fri. Mar. 4 UT San Antonio W, 7-3 Top Returning Position Players Sat. Mar. 5 UT San Antonio L, 2-12 Baseball Staff Keston Hiura, Jr., OF 53 GS, .358, 41 R, 7 HR, 41 RBI UT San Antonio W, 8-3 Head Coach: Mike Gillespie (USC - 1962) Mikey Duarte, Sr., SS Redshirt in 2016 (2015 All-BWC, .345) Tue. Mar. 8 Bakersfield W, 9-6 E-mail address: [email protected] Cole Kreuter, Jr., INF All-Big West, 56 GS, .284, 14 2B, 26 RBI Fri. Mar. 11 at Tennessee L, 1-12 Record at UC Irvine: 338-192 (9 years) Adam Alcantara, Sr., OF All-Big West, 54 G, .337, 2 HR, 36 RBI Sat. Mar. 12 at Tennessee L, 4-14 Overall DI Record: 1101-663-2 (29 years) Evan Cassolato, Sr., OF 37 G, .345, 23 R, 15 RBI, 5 SB at Tennessee W, 2-0 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 20 (5 with UCI) Wed. Mar. 16 Maryland W, 9-5 Associate Head Coach Ben Orloff (4th season) Top Returning Pitchers Cameron Bishop, Jr., LHP 15 GS, 5-5, ERA 4.61, 70.1 IP, 79 K Fri. Mar. 18 Seattle W, 4-0 Email address: [email protected] Calvin Faucher, Sr., RHP 25 G, 3-1, ERA 0.71, 8 Sv, 34 K Sat. Mar. 19 Seattle W, 3-2 Assistant Coach: Danny Bibona (5th season) Alonzo Garcia, Jr., RHP 12 GS, 5-5, ERA 4.11, 70 IP, 51 K Sun. Mar. 20 Seattle W, 8-4 Email address: [email protected] Tue. Mar. 22 Loyola Marymount L, 2-7 Volunteer Assistant Coach: Eric Deragisch (7th season) Key Losses Tue. Mar. 29 at San Diego W, 9-2 Email address: [email protected] Elliot Surrey, Sr., LHP All-Big West, 14 GS, 4-6, 3.65 ERA, Fri. Apr. 1 at Hawai’i * L, 4-8 Director of Operations Bryce Stowell Mitchell Holland, Sr., 1B All-Big West, 55 G, .300, 2 HR, 32 RBI Sat. Apr. 2 at Hawai’i * L, 5-8 Email address: [email protected] Grant Palmer, RS-Sr., OF 49 G, .315, OBP .425, 21 RBI Sun. Apr. 3 at Hawai’i * W, 14-4 Baseball Office: Newkirk Pavilion John Brontsema, Jr., SS 47 G, .289, 35 R, HR, 18 RBI, 7 SB Fri. Apr. 8 UC Riverside * L, 1-3 Office Phone: (949) 824-9521 Jonathan Muñoz, RS-Sr., 3B 47 G, .266, 7 2B, HR, 13 RBI Sat. Apr. 9 UC Riverside * W, 2-1 Sun. Apr. 10 UC Riverside * W, 8-3 Baseball History Top Newcomers Tue. Apr. 12 at Bakersfield W, 7-6 First season: 1970 (DI in 1978) Christian Koss, Fr., INF 30 G, .347, 2 HR, 24 RBI Fri. Apr. 15 at Long Beach State * L(12), 2-3 All-Time Record: 1,184-908-17 Andre Pallante, Fr., RHP 12 G, 6-3, ERA 1.02, 75.1 IP, 100 K Sat.