@UCIbsb /UCIBSB 2019 BASEBALL GAME NOTES @UCIbsb CONTACT: Alex Croteau // OFFICE: (949) 824-5814 // CELL: (949) 410-3346 // EMAIL: [email protected] // www.ucirvinesports.com No. 22 UC IRVINE ANTEATERS VS WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS 2019 SCHEDULE & RESULTS MARCH 22-24, 2019 // CICERONE FIELD AT ANTEATER BALLPARK (3,408) - IRVINE, CALIF. Record: 12-4 Home: 4-2 2019 Record 6-13 (Pac 12, 0-3) Friday Probables 6:00 PM Big West: 0-0 Away: 8-2 Head Coach Marty Lees 41 Jr. RHP Andre Pallante (3-1, 2.51) vs. Record at Washington State 65-110-1, 4th year 26 Fr. RHP Brandon White (2-1, 5.06) Day Date Opponent Time/Result Career Record Same Saturday Probables 6:00 PM Sat. Feb. 16 Washington (G1) L, 5-9 39 Jr. RHP Tanner Brubaker (1-1, 2.37) vs. Washington (G2) W, 2-1 2019 Record 12-4 (T3rd in 2018 Big West) 20 Jr. LHP A.J. Block (0-2, 5.21) Sun. Feb. 17 Washington W, 6-4 Head Coach Ben Orloff Sunday Probables 1:00 PM Tue. Feb. 19 at San Diego State L, 3-9 Record at UCI 12-4, 1st year 1 So. RHP Trenton Denholm (3-0, 1.54) vs. Fri. Feb. 22 at Rice W, 11-5 Career Record First year as head coach, 6th with program 24 So. RHP Hayden Rosenkrantz (2-1, 3.24) Sat. Feb. 23 at Rice W, 7-0 Sun. Feb. 24 at Rice W, 11-4 No. 22 UC IRVINE ANTEATERS VS SAN DIEGO TOREROS Tue. Feb. 26 at Loyola Marymount L, 3-9 MARCH 26, 2019 // CICERONE FIELD AT ANTEATER BALLPARK (3,408) - IRVINE, CALIF. Fri. Mar. 1 at Missouri State (G1) W(7), 3-2 at Missouri State (G2) W(11), 4-1 2019 Record 14-6 (WCC, 1-2) Tuesday Probables 6:00 PM Sun. Mar. 3 at Missouri State Canceled Head Coach Rich Hill 16 RS-Sr. RHP Alonzo Garcia (1-2, 7.71) vs. Wed. Mar. 6 #16 Michigan Canceled Record at San Diego 661-451-4, 20th year TBD Fri. Mar. 8 St. John’s W, 3-0 Career Record 993-675-4, 31st year Video None Sat. Mar. 9 St. John’s L, 3-4 Radio KUCI 88.9 FM Sun. Mar. 10 St. John’s W, 3-0 2019 Record 12-4 (T3rd in 2018 Big West) Live Stats ucirvinesports.com Fri. Mar. 15 at Utah Valley W, 15-0 Head Coach Ben Orloff All-Time Series 105th meeting, UCI leads 56-47-1 Sat. Mar. 16 at Utah Valley W (10), 17-4 Record at UCI 12-4, 1st year 2018 matchups W (11), 2-1 at USD (Apr. 3) Sun. Mar. 17 at Utah Valley W, 17-4 Career Record First year as head coach, 6th with program W, 10-7 at Irvine (Apr. 24) Fri. Mar. 22 Washington State 6:00 PM Sat. Mar. 23 Washington State 6:00 PM Sun. Mar. 24 Washington State 1:00 PM Cicerone Field at Tue. Mar. 26 San Diego 6:00 PM Broadcast Information Anteater Ballpark Fri. Mar. 29 at Hawai’i* 9:35 PM Sat. Mar. 30 at Hawai’i* 9:35 PM Opened: ............ Jan. 25, 2002 (18th year of operation) Sun. Mar. 31 at Hawai’i* 4:05 PM Radio Capacity: ..................... 3,408 (908 Seats, 2,500 Anthill) KUCI 88.9 FM with Rated 4.14 out of 5 stars by StadiumJourney.com Fri. Apr. 5 Long Beach State* 6:00 PM Mark Roberts and Tim Becwar Sat. Apr. 6 Long Beach State* 6:00 PM Sun. Apr. 7 Long Beach State* 1:00 PM All games also available live on Dedicated: .............................................. May 19, 2009 Tue. Apr. 9 at UCLA 6:00 PM the internet at kuci.org and to Chancellor Ralph J. Cicerone for his revival of the Fri. Apr. 12 at UC Santa Barbara* 3:00 PM ucirvinesports.com baseball program that broke ground in January 2001 Sat. Apr. 13 at UC Santa Barbara* 2:00 PM Sun. Apr. 14 at UC Santa Barbara* 1:00 PM Game Updates Dimensions: LF 335 - LC 380 - CF 408 - RC 380 - RF 335 Tue. Apr. 16 San Diego State 6:00 PM All UC Irvine baseball games can be Fence: ........................................................ 12 feet high Fri. Apr. 18 CSUN* 6:00 PM followed via live stats with links found on Surface: ....................................... GN-1 Bermuda grass Sat. Apr. 19 CSUN* 6:00 PM ucirvinesports.com and the UCI Athletics app. Scoreboard: ................................ 52 feet high - 22’x46’ Sun. Apr. 20 CSUN* 6:00 PM Each game is also live tweeted at @UCIbsb Video Display: .......................... 12’x21.6’ (295” screen) Tue. Apr. 23 at USC 6:00 PM #TheCis Fri. Apr. 26 at Cal State Fullerton* 7:00 PM Sat. Apr. 27 at Cal State Fullerton* 6:00 PM Sun. Apr. 28 at Cal State Fullerton* 1:00 PM Tue. Apr. 30 Cal State Fullerton 6:00 PM Around The Horn Fri. May 3 at Iowa 4:05 PM Sat. May 4 at Iowa 12:05 PM Sun. May 5 at Iowa 11:05 AM Tue. May 7 at San Diego 6:00 PM Fri. May 10 Cal Poly* 6:00 PM Sat. May 11 Cal Poly* 6:00 PM 9th 49 2 Sun. May 12 Cal Poly* 1:00 PM Ben Orloff begins his head coaching The Anteater offense awoke scoring The Anteaters have now been sad- Tue. May 14 UCLA 6:00 PM Fri. May 17 UC Davis* 6:00 PM career in 2019 as the 9th head 49 runs in the series at Utah Valley, dled with 2 cancellations due to Sat. May 18 UC Davis* 6:00 PM coach in program history taking over surpassing the previous records for weather after dropping a contest at Sun. May 19 UC Davis* 1:00 PM for Mike Gillespie who led the pro- runs in a weekend series (44) and in Missouri State and now a midweek Tue. May 21 USC 6:00 PM gram to 393 of his 1,156 career any three-game stretch in program meeting with Michigan. Thurs. May 23 at UC Riverside* 6:00 PM wins. For the program, it’s the 41st history (47) both set in 1974. After Fri. May 24 at UC Riverside* 6:00 PM season of Anteater baseball, 33rd in not getting 10 hits in a game all Another duo that impressed were Sat. May 25 at UC Riverside* 1:00 PM Division I, and 18th since the pro- season, UCI averaged 15 hits a game Mike Peabody and Andre Pallante gram returned in 2002. over the weekend. The ‘Eaters also helping UCI win 2 Big West Player of Home games in italics * - Big West game set a program record with 13 runs in the Week awards thanks to their an inning in the 10th on Saturday performances at Utah Valley #TogetherWeZot | #RipEm 2019 UC Irvine Baseball Game Notes Quick Facts General Information Baseball Staff School: UC Irvine Head Coach: Ben Orloff (UC Irvine, 2009) City | Zip: Irvine, Calif. | 92697-4500 E-mail address: [email protected] Founded: 1962 (opened 1965) Record at UC Irvine: First Season Enrollment: 36,742 Overall DI Record: First Season Colors: Blue & Gold Assistant Coach JT Bloodworth (1st season) Affiliation: NCAA Division I Email address: [email protected] Conference: Big West Assistant Coach: Danny Bibona (7th season) Nickname: Anteaters Email address: [email protected] Chancellor: Howard Gillman, Ph.D. (Stanford - 1974) Volunteer Assistant: Cory Vanderhook (1st season) Interim Athletic Director: Paula Smith Email address: [email protected] Faculty Athletic Representative: David Snow Director of Operations Bryce Stowell Athletics Phone: (949) 824-6931 Email address: [email protected] Baseball Office: Newkirk Pavilion Baseball History Office Phone: (949) 824-9521 First season: 1970 (DI in 1978) Anteater baseball seasons: 41st season (33 as DI, 18 since 2002) Team Information All-Time Record: 1,250-967-19 2018 Record 32-24 NCAA Tournament Appearances: 13 (DI - 8, DII - 5) Home 16-13 CWS Appearances: 2 (2007, 2014) Road 16-11 Big West Conference Titles: 1 (2009) Big West Record 13-11 (T3rd) National Championships: DII - 1973, 1974 Home 5-7 Road 8-4 Cicerone Field at Anteater Ballpark Letterwinners Returning | Lost 20 | 12 Opened: January 25, 2002 Starting Position Players Returning | Lost 4 | 5 Dedicated: May 19, 2009 Pitchers Returning | Lost 10 | 6 To Chancellor Ralph J. Cicerone for his revival of the Newcomers 10 baseball program that broke ground in January 2001 Seating Capacity: 3,408 (908 Seats, 2,500 Anthill) Top Returning Position Players Dimensions (LF-LC-CF-RC-RF): 335-380-408-380-335 Christian Koss, Jr., INF .287, 52 games, 3 3B, HR, 17 RBI Fence: 12 feet high Brendan Brooks, So., INF/OF .308, 46 games, HR, 23 RBI Surface: GN-1 Bermuda grass Konnor Zickefoose, Jr., OF .306, 54 games, 13 2B, 5 HR, 27 RBI Jake Palmer, So., OF .298, 51 games, 36 R, 17 RBI, 22 BB Media Relations Associate AD/Director Stacey King Top Returning Pitchers Andre Pallante, Jr., RHP 15 starts, 10-1, 1.60, 101.1 IP, 115 K Office Phone: (949) 824-7350 Jordan Bocko, Sr., RHP 25 games, 5-2, 2.98, 8 saves, 47 K Asst. Director/Baseball Contact: Alex Croteau Trenton Denholm, So., RHP 15 starts, 4-8, 4.72, 74.1 IP, 48 K Office Phone: (949) 824-5814 Cell Phone: (949) 410-3346 Key Losses E-mail address: [email protected] Cole Kreuter, Sr., INF 56 games, .286, 15 2B, 8 HR, 39 RBI Radio: KUCI 88.9 FM & kuci.org Ryan Fitzpatrick, Sr., 1B/DH 56 games, .307, 14 2B, 8 HR, 44 RBI Play-by-Play / Color: Mark Roberts / Tim Becwar Parker Coss, Sr., INF 51 games, .276, HR, 14 RBI Press Box Phone: (949) 824-9905 Website: www.ucirvinesports.com Top Newcomers Facebook: Facebook.com/UCIbsb Brandon Lewis, Jr., INF .399, 17 HR, 55 RBI, summer league MVP Twitter: @UCIbsb Tanner Brubaker, Jr., RHP 13-3, 1.70, 121.2 IP, 96 K at Saddleback JC John Jensen, Jr.