2019 NORTHWESTERN BASEBALL GAME NOTES 2019 SCHEDULE/RESULTS • (0-0, 0-0 B1G) DAY DATE OPPONENT RESULT/TIME FEBRUARY (7 GAMES) Fri. Feb. 15 Brigham Young (Mesa, AZ) 7 p.m. Sat. Feb. 16 Brigham Young (Mesa, AZ) 2 p.m. Sat. Feb. 16 Brigham Young (Mesa, AZ) 5:30 p.m. Sun. Feb. 17 California (Tempe, AZ) 12 p.m. Fri. Feb. 22 Duke 3 p.m. Sat. Feb. 23 Duke 12 p.m. Sun. Feb. 24 Duke 12 p.m. MARCH (17 GAMES) NORTHWESTERN VS. BRIGHAM YOUNG* (FEB. 15-16) Fri. Mar. 1 Georgia Tech 3 p.m. Sat. Mar. 2 Georgia Tech 1 p.m. NORTHWESTERN VS. CALIFORNIA^ (FEB. 17) Sun. Mar. 3 Georgia Tech 12 p.m. TUES. MAR. 5 UIC 3 P.M. *SLOAN PARK (MESA, AZ) • ^TEMPE DIABLO STADIUM COMPLEX (TEMPE, AZ) Fri. Mar. 8 Missouri 6:30 p.m. Sat. Mar. 9 Missouri 2 p.m. Sun. Mar. 10 Missouri 1 p.m. Fri. Mar. 15 Kent State 3 p.m. Sat. Mar. 16 Kent State 12 p.m. Sat. Mar. 16 Kent State 3 p.m. FRI. MAR. 22 PURDUE* 3 P.M. SAT. MAR. 23 PURDUE* 2 P.M. SUN. MAR. 24 PURDUE* 1 P.M. Weds. Mar. 27 Chicago State 3 p.m. BRIGHAM YOUNG COUGARS CALIFORNIA BEARS FRI. MAR. 29 SAN JOSÉ STATE 3 P.M. SAT. MAR. 30 SAN JOSÉ STATE 2 P.M. 2018 RECORD ........................................................22-28 2018 RECORD ........................................................32-22 SUN. MAR. 31 SAN JOSÉ STATE 12 P.M. RANKING D1BASEBALL ......................................................NR RANKING D1BASEBALL ......................................................NR HEAD COACH ............................................Mike Littlewood HEAD COACH ..................................................... Mike Neu APRIL (17 GAMES) CAREER RECORD ............................179-143 (7th season) CAREER RECORD ................................72-87 (4th season) TUES. APR. 2 CHICAGO STATE 3 P.M. RECORD AT BYU ..............................179-143 (7th season) RECORD AT CAL .................................32-22 (2nd season) Weds. Apr. 3 UIC 6:30 p.m. Fri. Apr. 5 Ohio State* 5:35 p.m. PROBABLE PITCHERS Sat. Apr. 6 Ohio State* 2:05 p.m. FRIDAY: BYU RHP JORDAN WOOD (0-0, -.-- ERA) VS. NORTHWESTERN RHP HANK CHRISTIE (0-0, -.-- ERA) Sun. Apr. 7 Ohio State* 12:05 p.m. SATURDAY (G1): BYU RHP JUSTIN STERNER (0-0, -.-- ERA) VS. NORTHWESTERN LHP SAM LAWRENCE (0-0, -.-- ERA) Tues. Apr. 9 Milwaukee 6 p.m. SATURDAY (G2): BYU RHP DREW ZIMMERMAN (0-0, -.-- ERA) VS. NORTHWESTERN LHP RYAN BADER (0-0, -.-- ERA) FRI. APR. 12 MARYLAND* 3:30 P.M. SUNDAY: CAL TBD VS. NORTHWESTERN LHP QUINN LAVELLE (0-0, -.-- ERA) SAT. APR. 13 MARYLAND* 2 P.M. SUN. APR. 14 MARYLAND* 12 P.M. SERIES VS. BRIGHAM YOUNG Tues. Apr. 16 Notre Dame 7:05 p.m. Fri. Apr. 19 Michigan* 3 p.m. ALL-TIME SERIES: NORTHWESTERN LEADS, 2-0 | LAST MEETING: NORTHWESTERN WON, 1-0, 2/15/2003 IN EVANSTON: N/A | IN PROVO: N/A | NEUTRAL SITE: NORTHWESTERN LEADS, 2-0 Sat. Apr. 20 Michigan* 1 p.m. Sun. Apr. 21 Michigan* 12 p.m. SERIES VS. CALIFORNIA TUES. APR. 23 UIC 3:30 P.M. Fri. Apr. 26 Michigan State* 5:35 p.m. ALL-TIME SERIES: CALIFORNIA LEADS, 6-0 | LAST MEETING: CALIFORNIA WON, 15-0, 5/16/2016 Sat. Apr. 27 Michigan State* 3:05 p.m. IN EVANSTON: CALIFORNIA LEADS, 4-0 | IN BERKELEY: N/A | NEUTRAL SITE: CALIFORNIA LEADS, 2-0 Sun. Apr. 28 Michigan State* 1:05 p.m. TUES. APR. 30 ILLINOIS STATE 3:30 P.M. 144 AND COUNTING: Northwestern is beginning its 144th season MR. 305: Junior infielder Alex Erro hit .296 last year and, in 196 of intercollegiate competition with a three-game series against at-bats, only struck out 21 times ... That is 10.7 percent of the Brigham Young and a game against California. time ... In his career, he’s only struck out 39 times in 429 at-bats MAY (11 GAMES) (9.1 percent). WEDS. MAY 1 IOWA† 7:05 P.M. A BIT ABOUT THE SKIP: Spencer Allen is in his fourth season SAT. MAY 4 NEBRASKA* 2 P.M. as the head coach of the Northwestern baseball team ... He was ADDED PRODUCTION: Northwestern added seven rookies to their SUN. MAY 5 NEBRASKA* 1 P.M. named the 26th head baseball coach in NU history on June 14, roster, highlighted by catcher/outfielder Michael Trautwein, the son MON. MAY 6 NEBRASKA* 3:30 P.M. 2015 ... In 2017, Allen led the Wildcats to its first appearance in the of Northwestern alumni and former relief pitcher for the Boston Fri. May 10 Rutgers* 1 p.m. Big Ten Tournament since 2010 and a run to the Big Ten Tourna- Red Sox, John Trautwein ... NU will also welcome back David Dunn, ment Championship game for the first time since 1984. who played in 10 games last season, batting .324 with a .939 OPS, Sat. May 11 Rutgers* 12 p.m. before suffering a season-ending injury and received a redshirt ... Sun. May 12 Rutgers* 11 a.m. DOING SOME RECON: After back-to-back seasons finishing in first David is the younger brother of Wildcat stalwart, Jack. TUES. MAY 14 NOTRE DAME 3:30 P.M. place in the West Coast Conference, BYU finished in 10th place last THURS. MAY 16 MINNESOTA* 3:30 P.M. season with an 11-16 mark in-conference ... The Cougars return LIMITING THE HITS, BIG AND SMALL: Sophomore left-handed FRI. MAY 17 MINNESOTA* 3:30 P.M. their best hitter from last year, Brock Hale, who hit .342 with eight pitcher Jack Pagliarini led the Wildcats last season with a 6.85 hits SAT. MAY 18 MINNESOTA* 1 P.M. home runs and 31 RBI. per nine innings rate last year ... He started eight games and com- piled a 3.99 ERA ... He also allowed only two home runs all season, Cal is led by second-year head coach Mike Neu, who pitched in finishing with a 0.38 HR/9 rate, one of the best on the squad ... The May 22-26 Big Ten Tournament (Omaha, NE) the majors for the Oakland Athletics and the Florida Marlins ... After Ohio native seeks to be a solid part of the Wildcat rotation for his hitting .402 and posting a 1.350 OPS in 54 games en route to the second-straight year. All Times Central. Home games in BOLD. Golden Spikes Award in 2018, Andrew Vaughn is set again to be a *Big Ten Conference game. †Played at Impact Field in Rosemont, IL. major contributor for the Golden Bears. NATIONAL RECOGNITION: D1Baseball.com picked three ’Cats in Rankings from D1Baseball. their 2019 Draft Big Ten top prospects list — infielders Jack Dunn NOT DUNN YET: Senior infielder Jack Dunn has started every game (No. 25) & Alex Erro (No. 31) plus right-handed pitcher Nick Pacio- since coming to Evanston, a 160-game streak entering the season rek (No. 37) ... Outfielder David Dunn is No. 14 on the 2020 list. BASEBALL CONTACT: PRESTON MICHELSON ... Dunn hit a career-best .314 last season while stealing a ca- PHONE: (305) 609-9630 reer-high 21 bases while only getting caught three times. EMAIL: [email protected] ROAD WARRIORS: The ’Cats are on the road for the first 10 games HEAD COACH SPENCER ALLEN 2018 QUICK FACTS of the season and for 16 of the first 17 games of the season. SPENCER ALLEN is in his fourth season as the head coach at Northwestern. LOCATION EVANSTON, ILLINOIS CHECK IT OUT, ROOK: D1Baseball.com listed a pair of Wildcats on He was named the 26th head baseball coach on June 14, 2015. ABBREVIATION NU their Big Ten “Impact Freshman” list — catcher/outfielder Michael In 2017, Allen coached Northwestern to its first appearance in the Big Ten Tour- Trautwein (No. 17) and infielder Shawn Goosenberg (No. 31). nament since 2010 and a run to the Big Ten Tournament championship game for SCHOOL COLOR PURPLE (PANTONE 268) the first time since 1984. The Wildcats were one win away from the program’s first FOUNDED 1851 NCAA Tournament appearance since 1957. GOING STREAKING: Senior infielder Jack Dunn has reached base Allen turned the team around from a 6-18 start and posted a 21-12 record the ENROLLMENT 8,400 safely in 26-consecutive games, dating back to April 7, 2018 vs. rest of the way, including a 13-11 record in Big Ten play. PRESIDENT MORTON O. SCHAPIRO Michigan ... Junior infielder Alex Erro is on a 14-game hitting Following the 2016 season, Allen was VP FOR ATHLETICS & RECREATION JIM PHILLIPS streak, dating to April 28, 2018 at Penn State ... His career-longest tabbed by USA Baseball to lead one of hitting skein was a 16-game stretch between Feburary 24, 2017 its teams at the 2016 Tournament of SENIOR WOMAN ADMINISTRATOR JANNA BLAIS and March 21, 2017. Stars. The tournament featured the top U-18 talent in the country and was used TEAM ADMINISTRATORS TRAVIS GOFF to help select the USA Baseball 18U Na- YOUTH MOVEMENT: Last year, six underclassmen position players MARK WESOLOSKI tional Team. made 15 or more starts, while 45-of-49 games started by pitchers Allen came to Northwestern after HOME FACILITY ROCKY & BERENICE MILLER PARK were made by underclassmen ... Overall, the Wildcats return 22 serving as an assistant coach at Illinois CAPACITY 720 letterwinners. in 2015. Prior to his stint with Illinois, Allen served a two-year stretch as the DIMENSIONS LF-326, LCF-375, CF-408, RCF-375, RF-310 associate head coach and recruiting co- HOMEGROWN: Of the Wildcats’ 30-man roster, one third hail from TWITTER/INSTAGRAM @NUCATSBASEBALL ordinator at Creighton.