2014 Cal Poly Baseball Weekly Release -- April 30, 2014 Cal Poly Athletics Media Relations • 1 Grand Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0388 (805) 756-6550 • (805) 756-2650 Fax • www.GoPoly.com • Contact: Eric Burdick ([email protected]) Cal Poly junior southpaw Taylor Chris 2014 Baseball Schedule (36-8) has not allowed an earned run in 18 Date Team Time 2/3 innings of conference play this Feb. 14 No. 22 Kansas State . .3-0 W Feb. 15 No. 22 Kansas State . .5-2 W season and his overall numbers Feb. 16 No. 22 Kansas State . .10-1 W include a 3-0 record and 0.95 ERA Feb. 18 at Santa Clara . .8-0 W with four saves. Chris has struck out Feb. 21 at No. 12 UCLA . .2-5 L 42 batters in 38 innings, has earned Feb. 22 at No. 12 UCLA . .8-0 W Feb. 23 at No. 12 UCLA . .9-1 W wins against Northern Illinois, UC Feb. 25 at San Jose State . .5-3 W Davis and Bakersfield and has picked Feb. 28 at No. 29 USC . .Canceled (Rain) up saves against Seattle, Wagner, Cal March 2 at No. 29 USC (Game 1) . .5-1 W March 2 at No. 29 USC (Game 2) . .0-16 L and UC Santa Barbara. Five times he March 4 Santa Clara (7 innings, fog) .6-0 W has pitched three or more innings March 7 at Seattle (Meridian Park) . .4-0 W without giving up a run. March 8 at Seattle (Edmonds CC) . .14-15 L March 9 at Seattle (Meridian Park) . .2-1 W Photo by Ray Ambler March 11 Northern Illinois . .4-2 W March 12 Northern Illinois . .10-1 W March 13 Northern Illinois . .11-9 W March 14 Wagner . .8-1 W March 15 Wagner . .3-1 W Cal Poly to Visit UC Riverside March 16 Wagner . .7-2 W March 21 California . .4-1 W March 22 California . .3-8 L for Weekend Big West Series March 23 California . .8-4 W March 24 California . .16-8 W No. 3 Mustangs (36-8) Lose Series for First Time This Season and Fall March 28 *UC Davis . .8-0 W to Pepperdine; Highlanders (19-21) Tied for Third in Big West Conference March 29 *UC Davis . .5-3 W March 30 *UC Davis . .9-1 W Cal Poly (36-8, 12-3 Big West), coming off its first series loss of the year, takes a three-game losing streak, longest April 1 Bakersfield . .6-1 W of the season, and concludes a seven-game road trip this weekend with a three-game Big West Conference series April 4 *No. 13 UC Santa Barbara . .6-8 L against UC Riverside (19-21, 7-5 Big West) at the Riverside Sports Complex (cap.: 2,500). April 5 *No. 13 UC Santa Barbara . .8-7 W First pitches are set for 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 1 o’clock Sunday. All three games of the series will be aired April 6 *No. 13 UC Santa Barbara . .1-0 W live on ESPN Radio 1280 with Tom Barket providing April 8 Saint Mary’s . .6-2 W the play-by-play. Sunday’s game also will be broad- April 11 *at Hawai’i . .3-2 W cast on ESPN3 with Trent Schlom serving as play- April 12 *at Hawai’i . .4-3 W by-play announcer. Links for live stats as well as an audio stream and Sunday’s video stream are available April 13 *at Hawai’i . .8-3 W at www.GoPoly.com. April 15 at Bakersfield . .9-1 W April 17 *No. 19 Cal St. Fullerton . .8-0 W Ranked No. 3 by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, No. 4 by Baseball America and the National No. 3/4/5 Cal Poly (36-8, 12-3) April 18 *No. 19 Cal St. Fullerton (13 inn.) 4-3 W Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, No. 5 in the April 19 *No. 19 Cal St. Fullerton . .3-0 W USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll and No. 9 by Perfect at UC Riverside (19-21, 7-5) April 22 San Jose State . .12-5 W Game this week, Cal Poly posted its first non-win- Riverside Sports Complex (Cap.: 2,500) April 25 *at Long Beach State . .6-3 W ning week of the year, going 2-2 with a 12-5 mid- April 26 *at Long Beach State . .2-7 L week win over San Jose State, then hitting the road Friday, 6 p.m. PDT April 27 *at Long Beach State . .0-1 L and dropping two of three games to Long Beach State CP -- LHP Matt Imhof (8-2, 2.08 ERA) April 29 at No. 17 Pepperdine . .4-11 L at Blair Field. The Mustangs won Friday’s opener 6- UCR -- RHP Jake Smigelski (5-5, 3.34 ERA) May 2 *at UC Riverside . .6 p.m. 3 before falling 7-2 and 1-0 on the weekend, losing a Saturday, 6 p.m. PDT May 3 *at UC Riverside . .6 p.m. series to the Dirtbags for the fourth straight year. The CP -- RHP Justin Calomeni (7-2, 3.67 ERA) May 4 *at UC Riverside (ESPN3) . .1 p.m. losing streak reached three games with an 11-4 loss at UCR -- RHP Zach Varela (5-2, 2.98 ERA) May 6 Pepperdine . .6 p.m. Pepperdine on Tuesday. May 9 *UC Irvine . .6 p.m. Cal Poly has won 10 of 11 series of three games or Sunday, 1 p.m. PDT (ESPN3) May 10 *UC Irvine . .6 p.m. more this season and split two games in a rain-short- CP -- RHP Casey Bloomquist (9-1, 1.27 ERA) May 11 *UC Irvine . .1 p.m. ened series at USC. The Mustangs also have won UCR -- LHP Ben Doucette (3-3, 4.40 ERA) May 13 at Saint Mary’s ............ .3 p.m. seven of their eight midweek games so far, including Radio: ESPN 1280 AM May 16 *at Cal State Northridge . .3 p.m. two shutouts against Santa Clara. Internet (Audio): www.GoPoly.com May 17 *at Cal State Northridge . .1 p.m. Past the halfway point of the 2014 season, the Internet (Video): None May 18 *at Cal State Northridge . .1 p.m. Mustangs are hitting .295, best in the Big West, and Live Stats: www.GoPoly.com M.30-J.2 NCAA Regionals . .TBA have outscored the opposition 267-143 while the pitching staff has compiled a 2.89 ERA with 389 strikeouts and June 6-9 NCAA Super Regionals . .TBA 148 walks in 392 innings. Cal Poly is No. 4 in the NCAA in strikeouts per nine innings, No. 2 in winning percent- June 14-25 College World Series (Omaha) .TBA age and No. 10 in fielding percentage. *Big West Conference game All times Pacific UC Riverside lost two of three games at UC Santa Barbara last weekend and is tied for third place with Long (Continued on Page 9) Quick Facts Location . .San Luis Obispo, CA 93407-0388 Mustang Notes Founded . .1901 Mustangs at the Plate ... Enrollment . 19,800 (Fall 2013) Cal Poly returns 67 percent of its at-bats and 67 percent of its hits from the 2013 squad which President . .Dr. Jeffrey Armstrong (Murray State ‘81) hit .279, No. 5 in the Big West Conference. The returnees include three regulars who hit .299 Director of Athletics . .Don Oberhelman (Kansas State ‘93) or above. Right fielder Nick Torres leads the group of returnees with a .333 mark, followed by Senior Associate Athletics Director . .Phil Webb center fielder Jordan Ellis (.323) and third baseman Jimmy Allen (.299). Senior Woman Administrator . .Barbara Martinez Faculty Athletics Representative . .Dr. Ken Walker Cal Poly hit .324 in sweeping Kansas State on the opening weekend of the 2014 season. The Athletics Department Phone . .(805) 756-2924 Nickname . .Mustangs Mustangs outhit Kansas State 33-11 and outscored the Wildcats 18-3. The Mustangs also hit Colors . .Forest Green (Pantone 3308) and Gold (Pantone 7402) .326 in sweeping Northern Illinois, .314 in the Wagner sweep, .311 in the Cal series and .320 Affiliation . .NCAA Division I in the Cal State Fullerton series. The Mustangs, who swept six series in 2012, opened the 2013 Conference . .Big West season with a pair of three-game sweeps and won 10 of 15 weekend series with five sweeps. Ticket Office . .(805) 756-4TIX / (866) GoStangs Cal Poly won nine of 14 weekend series in 2012 and has not been swept in a weekend series Cal Poly Radio Affiliate . .ESPN (1280 AM) since 2011. This spring, the Mustangs have won 10 of 11 series, including six sweeps, and split a rain-shortened two-game set at USC. Baggett Stadium Date Opened . .Jan. 21, 2001 (Cal Poly 6, Stanford 5; 12 innings) Cal Poly hit just .154 with one double in losing two of three games at Long Beach State over Capacity . .3,106 (768 permanent seats, 2,322 bleacher seats) the weekend. Sophomore shortstop Peter Van Gansen was 3-for-7 and junior right fielder Nick Dimensions . .335 (L & R foul poles), 385 (alleys), 405 (center) Torres went 3-for-12 with four RBI. Sophomore second baseman Mark Mathias saw his 14- Press Box Phone . .(805) 756-7456 game hitting streak come to an end while Torres had a nine-game streak snapped. Coaching Staff Mathias had a 17-game hitting streak snapped by Bakersfield on April 1 while sophomore des- Head Coach / Alma Mater . .Larry Lee / Pepperdine ‘83 ignated hitter Brian Mundell had a 12-game streak halted by Cal State Fullerton on April 18.