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 CRUCIAL CONFERENCE CONCLUSION IN SPOKANE 19 San Diego State L, 14-7 20 San Diego State L, 19-18(10) With WCC Championship on the line, Toreros to finish regular season at Gonzaga 21 San Diego State W, 16-12 26 Cal State Fullerton+ W, 6-1 San Diego (31-11, 17-7 WCC) • Gonzaga (32-15, 19-5 WCC) 27 Cal State Fullerton+ W, 6-5 Patterson Baseball Complex (2,000) • Spokane, Wash. 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 SPOKANE, WASH. — San Diego baseball 31-11 (17-7 WCC) concludes its regular season schedule with a crucial 6 UC San Diego W, 10-2 West Coast Conference series this weekend at Gonzaga (32-15, 19-5 WCC), taking on the Bulldogs in a three-game set 7 UC San Diego W, 8-2 at the Patterson Baseball Complex that will determine the conference champion and advance one team to an NCAA 12 UC Riverside W, 16-4 Regional with the WCC’s automatic bid. 13 UC Riverside (DH) W, 7-0/W, 9-0 14 UC Riverside W, 5-4 (10) 19 at Saint Mary’s* W, 7-0 The conference showdown is set to begin on Thursday evening with a 6 p.m. start, followed by another 6 p.m. start in 20 at Saint Mary’s* L, 4-3 the series’ middle game on Friday and a 12 p.m. first pitch in both teams’ regular-season finale on Saturday afternoon. 21 at Saint Mary’s* W, 5-4 All three contests will be streamed live on the WCC Network. 23 USC W, 6-5 26 Pacific* W, 3-1 The Toreros were originally scheduled to play Gonzaga from April 30 to May 2 in Spokane, but the series was 27 Pacific* W, 15-3 28 Pacific* W, 5-1 postponed to May 27-29th due to COVID-19 protocols within the Zags program. 30 Vanguard W, 10-4 USD enters the weekend two games back of first-place Gonzaga in the WCC standings, and could claim the WCC title APRIL for the first time in six years with a sweep of the Bulldogs. 2 Cal State Fullerton L, 3-1 3 Cal State Fullerton W, 8-2 6 USC CANCELED San Diego last captured a regular-season WCC championship in 2015, when the team went 32-22 (19-8 WCC) to take 9 at LMU* L, 9-5 the conference crown, and last appeared in an NCAA Regional in 2013, when the Kris Bryant-led Toreros won the WCC 10 at LMU* W, 6-0 Tournament after going 37-25 (15-9 WCC) and went on to record a pair of victories in the postseason. 11 at LMU* L, 4-2 13 Concordia Irvine CANCELED At 31-11 (17-7 WCC) in 2021, USD is out to its best 42-game start since 2012, when the team went 32-10 through its 16 San Francisco* L, 12-1 17 San Francisco* W, 7-5 first 42 games before it finished the year 40-17 (15-9 WCC) and appeared in an NCAA Regional. 18 San Francisco* W, 8-1 20 San Diego Christian CANCELED ALL-TIME SERIES VS. GONZAGA 23 at Santa Clara * W, 2-1. • San Diego is 49-40-1 all time against the Bulldogs, with the two programs’ most recent meeting coming on March 24 at Santa Clara* W, 9-4 31, 2019, an 11-9 Gonzaga win in Spokane. 25 at Santa Clara* W, 6-4 30 Pepperdine* W, 8-2 • The Toreros are 4-6 in their last 10 matchups with the Zags, a span that dates back to May 2016. MAY 1 Pepperdine* W, 7-6 • USD is 6-15 in Spokane since the Patterson Baseball Complex opened in 2007. 2 Pepperdine* W, 10-9 6 BYU* L, 6-4 (10) 7 BYU* L, 10-11 8 BYU* W, 13-12 20 Portland* W, 7-1 21 Portland* L, 6-2 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 GONZAGA 5/27 RHP Jake Miller (6-1, 2.06 ERA) RHP Alek Jacob (6-1, 3.10 ERA) 5/28 TBA TBA All times are Pacific Home games in bold 5/29 TBA TBA + 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) AS OF 5/26/21 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.