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 CONFERENCE CLASH WITH COUGARS UP NEXT 19 San Diego State L, 14-7 20 San Diego State L, 19-18(10) Out to best 36-game start since 2012, San Diego set to take on BYU at Fowler Park 21 San Diego State W, 16-12 26 Cal State Fullerton+ W, 6-1 San Diego (28-8, 14-4 WCC) • BYU (17-23, 9-9 WCC) 27 Cal State Fullerton+ W, 6-5 Fowler Park (1,700) • San Diego, CA 28 Cal State Fullerton+ L, 6-1 Live Stream • WCC Network | Live Statistics • USDToreros.com Social • Twitter.com/USDBaseball • Instagram.com/USDBaseball MARCH 4 UC San Diego W, 12-4 5 UC San Diego W, 15-10 SAN DIEGO — San Diego baseball (28-8, 14-4 WCC) continues West Coast Conference play this weekend against BYU 6 UC San Diego W, 10-2 (17-23, 9-9 WCC), taking on the Cougars for a three-game series at Fowler Park. 7 UC San Diego W, 8-2 12 UC Riverside W, 16-4 The conference clash is set to begin on Thursday evening with a 6 p.m. first pitch, followed by another 6 p.m. start on 13 UC Riverside (DH) W, 7-0/W, 9-0 Friday and a 1 p.m. series finale on Saturday. 14 UC Riverside W, 5-4 (10) 19 at Saint Mary’s* W, 7-0 20 at Saint Mary’s* L, 4-3 All three games will be broadcast on the WCC network, with longtime Torero broadcaster Jack Murray on the call. 21 at Saint Mary’s* W, 5-4 23 USC W, 6-5 The Toreros moved into a tie for first place in the WCC with Gonzaga last weekend after a decisive sweep of 26 Pacific* W, 3-1 Pepperdine that concluded with a five-run comeback and a walk-off win on Sunday afternoon. 27 Pacific* W, 15-3 28 Pacific* W, 5-1 30 Vanguard W, 10-4 Entering Thursday’s action, BYU sat alone in fifth place in the conference, five games back of the Bulldogs and Toreros. APRIL USD is out to its best 36-game start since 2012, when the team also began the season 28-8 before it finished the year 2 Cal State Fullerton L, 3-1 40-17 (15-9 WCC) and appeared in an NCAA Regional. 3 Cal State Fullerton W, 8-2 6 USC CANCELED 9 at LMU* L, 9-5 Heading into this weekend’s action the Toreros have won eight straight games, three straight conference series, and 10 at LMU* W, 6-0 have earned sweeps in back-to-back weekends. 11 at LMU* L, 4-2 13 Concordia Irvine CANCELED ALL-TIME SERIES VERSUS BYU 16 San Francisco* L, 12-1 17 San Francisco* W, 7-5 • The Toreros are 23-7 against the Cougars all-time, with the two programs’ most recent meeting coming on April 6, 18 San Francisco* W, 8-1 2019, a 17-4 USD loss in San Diego. 20 San Diego Christian CANCELED 23 at Santa Clara * W, 2-1. • San Diego is 6-4 in its last 10 matchups with BYU, a span that dates back to April of 2016. 24 at Santa Clara* W, 9-4 25 at Santa Clara* W, 6-4 30 Pepperdine* W, 8-2 • The Toreros are 9-3 at home versus the Cougars since Fowler Park opened in 2013. MAY FOR STARTERS (PROBABLE) 1 Pepperdine* W, 7-6 THURSDAY: Sophomore right-hander Jake Miller is slated to make his team-best eighth start in game one of a series 2 Pepperdine* W, 10-9 when he takes the mound on Thursday night versus the Cougars. 6 BYU* 6 p.m. 7 BYU* 6 p.m. 8 BYU* 1 p.m. • Miller is 5-1 with a 2.05 ERA in nine appearances so far this season (all starts), and ranks second on the USD roster in 20 Portland* 6 p.m. both strikeouts (57) and innings pitched (44.0). 21 Portland* 6 p.m. 22 Portland* 6 p.m. 27 at Gonzaga* 6 p.m. 28 at Gonzaga* 6 p.m. 29 at Gonzaga* 12 p.m. PROBABLE STARTERS SAN DIEGO BYU 5/6 RHP Jake Miller (5-1, 2.05 ERA) RHP Easton Walker (2-4, 2.35 ERA) 5/7 RHP Conner Thurman (5-2, 3.42 ERA) RHP Jack Sterner (0-2, 3.48 ERA) All times are Pacific 5/8 TBA TBA Home games in bold + Tony Gwynn Legacy (Fowler Park) * WCC opponent FOLLOW TORERO 2021 SAN DIEGO ROSTER No. Player Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Yr. 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-vrin) 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 ELEVEN 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.