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Weekly Release No. 7 March 19, 2012 (11-7, 0-3 Pac-12) baseball Contact: Rory Davis, Media Relations Assistant rdavis3@usfca.edu (415) 422-3221 (office); (415) 722-2831 (cell)
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California @ USF San Francisco State @ USF (11-7, 0-3) @ (10-11, 0-0) (11-11, 8-8) @ (10-11, 0-0) Wednesday, 3/18 • 2:00 pm Tuesday, 3/20 • 2:00 p.m. Benedetti Diamond Benedetti Diamond (11-11, 8-8 CCAA) San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Takes On Bay Area Foes Dons to face Cal for second time this year, welcome SF State for single game
Game Notes
2012 Schedule Overall: 10-11 WCC: 0-0 Home: 4-2 Road: 5-6 Neutral: 1-3 FEBRUARY 2/17 at San jose state 2/18 at San jose state 2/19 SAN JOSE STATE 2/21 nevada 2/24 missouri 2/25 missouri 2/26 missouri 2/28 at california
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W, 4-0 W, 5-1 L, 7-3 L, 7-3 W, 3-1 W, 3-1 W, 6-0 L, 5-3
MARCH 3/1 wisconsin-milwaukee ^ L, 6-5 3/2 cal state northridge ^ W, 6-5 3/3 AT san diego state ^ L, 6-1 3/4 cal poly ^ L, 11-9 3/6 pacific W, 10-2 3/8 at fresno state L, 2-1 3/9 at fresno state L, 6-2 3/10 at fresno state W, 6-3 3/11 at fresno state W, 6-1 3/13 At uc Davis PPD. 3/15 at hawaii L, 2-1 3/16 at hawaii W, 3-0 3/17 at hawaii L, 3-1 3/18 at hawaii L, 3-2 3/20 california 2:00 pm 3/21 san francisco state 2:00 pm 3/24 UC Santa barbara 11:15 am uc santa barbara (dh) 2:30 pm 3/25 uc santa barbara 1:00 PM 3/28 sacramento state 2:00 pm 3/30 san diego* 3:00 pm 3/31 san diego*# 1:00 pm APRIL 4/1 san diego* 1:00 pm 4/3 SAN JOSE STATE 3:00 pm 4/5 at portland* 12:00 pm at portland (DH)* 3:00 pm 4/7 at portland* 1:00 pm 4/9 at oregon 6:00 pm 4/10 at oregon 2:00 pm 4/13 at Loyola marymount* 3:00 pm 4/14 at Loyola marymount* 1:00 pm 4/15 at Loyola marymount* 1:00 pm 4/17 at nevada 2:00 pm 4/20 gonzaga* 3:00 pm 4/21 gonzaga* 1:00 pm 4/22 gonzaga* 12:00 pm 4/24 UC Davis 2:00 pm 4/26 byu* 3:00 pm 4/27 byu* 3:00 pm 4/28 byu* 1:00 pm MAY 5/1 at sacramento state 3:00 pm 5/4 at pepperdine* 3:00 pm 5/5 at pepperdine* 1:00 pm 5/6 at pepperdine* 1:00 pm 5/8 at pacific 6:00 pm 5/11 santa clara* 3:00 pm 5/12 santa clara* 1:00 pm 5/13 santa clara* 1:00 pm 5/15 at stanford 6:00 pm 5/25 at saint mary’s* 3:00 pm 5/26 at saint mary’s* 1:00 PM 5/27 at saint mary’s* 1:00 PM ALL HOME GAMES IN BOLD | * - WCC GAME | ^ - Aztec invitational # - benedetti classic (At&t park) | All times pacific standard time (pst)
WEEK THAT WAS: The Dons went 1-3 on their four-game roadtrip against Hawaii. After falling 2-1 in the first game, San Francisco ace Kyle Zimmer put the team on his back, pitching a complete game shutout en route to a 3-0 victory. Zimmer struck out a season-high 11 and lowered his ERA to an impressive 2.10. The Dons dropped the final two games, scoring just three total times. USF received dominant starting pitching performances from Alex Balog, Zimmer, Abe Bobb, and Christian Cecilio. Combined, the four starters ammassed a 1.37 ERA with 28 strikeouts and just eight walks in 26.3 innings pitched in the series. THIS WEEK: USF welcomes East Bay rival California for a single game at Bendetti Diamond on Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. Earlier this year, Cal beat USF in Berkeley, 5-3, on February 28. From there, USF plays host to inner city foe, San Francisco State, for a single game on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. LOOKING AHEAD: After two midweek games, the Dons will play host to UC Santa Barabara for a three-game weekend set. USF and the Gauchos will square off in a Saturday double header, the first of the year for the Dons, with the first game starting at 11:15 a.m. GIARRATANO MILESTONE: With the March 2nd win against Northridge, Head Coach Nino Giarrtano surpassed Legend of The Hilltop and former USF baseball coach, Dante Benedetti with 374 career WCC coaching victories. Giarratano is now the winningest baseball coach in San Francisco Dons history. 2012 DANTE BENEDETTI CLASSIC: USF will meet league rival University of San Diego in the Seventh Annual Dante Benedetti Baseball Classic on Saturday, March 31st, 2012 at 10:30 AM at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Tickets for the DBC are $10 each and can be purchased online at http://dantebenedetticlassic.eventbrite.com.
Probable STARTERS No.
Name
POS
2012 Stats (17 games)
#17 #45 #29 #2 #28 #9 #20 #5 #22
Mason Morioka Nik Balog Jason Mahood Aritz Garcia Adam Clear Ted LeMasters Justin Maffei Bradley Zimmer Brendan Hendriks
C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH
.268 BA, 11 R, 19 H, 4 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 15 BB, .398 OBP .255 BA, 13 H, 8 RBI, 1 HR .235 BA, 6 R, 19 H, 3 2B, 7 RBI, 5 BB .275 BA, 11 H, 3 2B, 5 RBI .314 BA, 11 R, 22 H, 4 2B, 4 RBI .227 BA, 8 R, 17 H, 1 HR, 6 RBI .366 BA, 14 R, 26 H, 5 2B, 2 HR, .521 SLG, 8-10 SB .227 BA, 7 R, 15 H, 2 2B, 5 RBI .297 BA, 3 R, 11 H, 1 2B, 4 RBI, .386 OBP
Probable STARting pitchers TUESDAY, 3/20
Andrew Pulido vs.
LHP - Michael Theofanopolous
WEDNESDAY, 3/21
Staff Day VS. LHP - Jack Jorgensen
SATURDAY 3/24
SATURDAY, 3/24
SUNDAY, 3/25
Kyle Zimmer
Alex Balog
Abe Bobb
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