No. 22/21 USC Hosts Loyola Marymount Before Televised Series at No. 9/10 Arizona

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1 12-Time National Champions Schedule/Results Overall: Pac-10: 8-4 Home: 13-3 Road: 10-7 Neutral: 3-2 Date Opponent Time/Res. 2/8 San Diego State W 6-0 2/12 at #17 Long Beach State W 4-3 2/13 #17 Long Beach State W 7-5 2/15 San Diego W 7-5 2/20 at #3 Cal State Fullerton (Halted) 7-2 (T-8th) 2/25 at #13 Stanford L 0-6 2/26 at #13 Stanford L 3-4 2/27 at #13 Stanford W 8-2 3/1 UC Riverside W /4 (15/20) Texas A&M $ L 1-3 3/5 (12/7) Rice $ L 1-12 (7) 3/6 (NR/21) Nebraska $ W 5-4 3/8 at UC Riverside L 3-8 3/11 (23/21) Texas Tech # W 6-1 3/12 (NR/19) Wichita State # W 6-4 3/13 UC Irvine # L 2-8 3/15 at San Diego W 6-1 3/18 Nevada % W 6-5 (10) 3/19 Stony Brook % W /20 UC Irvine % W 5-0 3/24 Arizona State * W 9-8 3/25 Arizona State * L /26 Arizona State * L 1-2 (10) 3/29 at Loyola Marymount W /1 at Washington * W 2-1 4/2 at Washington * (FOX-Northwest) W 5-1 4/4 at Washington * L 3-7 4/5 Pepperdine W 4-3 4/8 UCLA * W /9 UCLA * (FSN West) W 9-0 4/10 UCLA * W 6-0 4/12 (2/2) Cal State Fullerton (2/18) W 4-2 4/13 at UC Santa Barbara (2/23) L 8-9 4/19 UC Santa Barbara W 8-2 4/20 at (2/2) CS Fullerton (2/20) W /20 at (2/2) CS Fullerton (2/19) L 3-5 4/22 at California * W 7-4 4/23 at California * W 5-4 4/24 at California * L 0-9 4/26 Loyola Marymount 7 p.m. 4/29 at (9/10) Arizona * (ESPNU) 7 p.m. 4/30 at (9/10) Arizona * (FSN) 1 p.m. 5/1 at (9/10) Arizona * (ESPN) 12:30 p.m. 5/7 Cal State Northridge (3/22-Pepp) 2:30 p.m. 5/10 at San Diego State 6 p.m. 5/13 Washington State * 7 p.m. 5/14 Washington State * 2 p.m. 5/15 Washington State * Noon 5/17 at Notre Dame 6:05 p.m. 5/18 at Notre Dame 6:05 p.m. 5/20 at Oregon State * 5 p.m. 5/21 at Oregon State * 1 p.m. 5/22 at Oregon State * Noon 5/25 Long Beach State (2/11) 7 p.m. 5/27 Stanford * 7 p.m. 5/28 Stanford * 2 p.m. 5/29 Stanford * 1 p.m. 6/3-5 NCAA Regionals TBA 6/10-12 NCAA Super Regionals TBA 6/17-26/27 College World Series TBA All times local * Pac-10 game $ 2005 Round Rock Classic (Round Rock, TX) # 2005 USC/Public Storage Baseball Classic % OCYSF-UC Irvine Tournament (Irvine, CA) & Halted game played first with another game after (Baseball America/ESPN-USA Today Baseball Weekly) rankings at time of game UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BASEBALL DEDEAUX FIELD LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA TELEPHONE: (213) FAX: (213) BASEBALL SPORTS INFORMATION DIRECTOR: JASON POMMIER pommier@usc.edu TELEPHONE: (213) FAX: (213) For Release: April 26, 2005 No. 22/21 USC Hosts Loyola Marymount Before Televised Series at No. 9/10 Arizona Upcoming Games Schedule Tuesday, April 26 vs. Loyola Marymount - - 7:00 p.m. RHP Anthony Encinas (3-2, 3.63) vs. LHP Gabe Bueno (2-0, 3.98) Friday, April 29 at No. 9/10 Arizona - Frank Sancet Field - 7:00 p.m. (ESPNU) RHP Ian Kennedy (7-1, 2.84) vs. RHP John Meloan (7-0, 3.30) Saturday, April 30 at No. 9/10 Arizona - Frank Sancet Field - 1:00 p.m. (FSN West) LHP Jack Spradlin (4-1, 3.54) vs. RHP Kevin Guyette (6-4, 3.96) Sunday, May 1 at No. 9/10 Arizona - Frank Sancet Field - 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) RHP Anthony Encinas (3-2, 3.63) vs. LHP David Coulon (2-2, 5.09) All rankings are Baseball America/ESPN-USA Today Sports Weekly All times local All games broadcast on LOS ANGELES The No. 22/21 USC baseball team (26-12, 8-4) winners of 12 NCAA championships, more than twice as many as any other school will host Loyola Marymount (16-23) on Tuesday (April 26) at 7 p.m. before traveling to No. 9/10 Arizona (27-14, 10-2) for a Pac-10 Conference series, beginning on Friday (April 29) at 7 p.m. The series continues on Saturday (April 30) at 1 p.m. and Sunday (May 1) at 12:30 p.m. All four games will be broadcast live, along with Gametracker live stats, on usctrojans.com. Friday s game will be televised on ESPNU with Saturday s game on FSN and Sunday s game on ESPN. RANKINGS USC is ranked No. 21 in the nation by ESPN/USA Today Sports Weekly and No. 22 by Baseball America. Arizona is ranked No. 9 by Baseball America and No. 10 by ESPN/USA Today Sports Weekly. Loyola Marymount not ranked. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT NOTES Loyola Marymount is on the season after being swept last weekend at San Francisco. Frank Cruz, a former assistant under Mike Gillespie, is in his ninth season at Loyola Marymount. The team is batting.281 while the pitching staff has a 6.01 ERA. Chris Pettit is batting.313 (47-for-150) with seven home runs and 30 RBI. USC leads the all-time series with Loyola Marymount by a margin. ARIZONA NOTES No. 9/10 Arizona is on the season and leading the Pac-10 with a 10-2 record. Head coach Andy Lopez is in his fourth season at Arizona. The team is batting.328 while the pitching staff has a 4.44 ERA. Trevor Crowe is batting.415 with seven home runs and 43 RBI. Friday s starter John Meloan is 7-0 with a 3.30 ERA (71 IP, 70 H, 26 ER, 39 BB, 90 SO,.255 opponents batting average). USC leads the all-time series with Arizona by a margin, but the Wildcats have won fi ve of the last seven meetings. Pos C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF DH RHP LHP RHP USC Probable Starters Name (2005 Stats)...Notes Jeff Clement ( )...Johnny Bench Award candidate continues solid season at the plate Matt Cusick ( )...Seven-game hitting streak for the freshman Hector Estrella ( )...Career-high five RBI on April 20 against Fullerton s Ricky Romero Blake Sharpe ( )...Named most outstanding hitter at Public Storage Classic Billy Hart ( )...Third on the team with a.317 batting average Cyle Hankerd ( )...Earned UCI Tournament most valuable player honors Dale Legaspi ( ) or...first start of the season on 3/29, walking four times and hitting a triple Roberto Lopez ( )...Freshman has been battling at the plate as of late for the Trojans Darin Vieira ( )...Broke tie on 4/24 at Cal with two-run homer in a 7-4 victory Baron Frost ( )...After a tough offensive start, he has hit better for the Trojans Ian Kennedy (7-1, 2.84)...Only allowed five runs in last five starts (37 2/3 innings) Jack Spradlin (3-1, 3.36)...Only allowed five runs in last five starts (37 2/3 innings) Anthony Encinas (3-2, 3.63)...Freshman gets first weekend start on Sunday 2005 USC Baseball 1

2 National Polls (April 25) Baseball America 1. Texas 2. Cal State Fullerton 3. Tulane 4. Florida 5. Miami 6. Oregon State 7. Georgia Tech 8. Nebraska 9. Arizona 10. North Carolina 11. Baylor 12. Long Beach State 13. Alabama 14. Missouri 15. Rice 16. LSU 17. Arizona State 18. Tennessee 19. South Carolina 20. Stanford 21. Louisiana-Lafayette 22. USC 23. Arkansas 24. Florida State 25. Vanderbilt ESPN/USA Today Sports Weekly 1. Texas 2. Tulane 3. Cal State Fullerton 4. Miami 5. Florida 6. Nebraska 7. North Carolina 8. Georgia Tech 9. LSU 10. Arizona 11. Oregon State 12. Long Beach State 13. South Carolina 14. Rice 15. Arkansas 16. Baylor 17. Louisiana-Lafayette 18. Stanford 19. Florida State 20. Arizona State 21. USC 22. Mississippi 23. Alabama 24. Missouri 25. Vanderbilt You knew there had to be something special about from the day it first opened its gates on March 30, Righthander Russ McQueen threw a no-hitter that afternoon in the first game ever played at as USC swept a doubleheader from California. The Trojans went on to win the national championship that year and has been their home ever since. The 2005 season will mark the 31st season of play at. One of the country s finest collegiate baseball structures, has continually been improved over recent years with the grandest project taking place before the 2002 season. A $4 million project signified the largest improvement made to the facility as a new clubhouse and players lounge were added on the first base side. Expanded offices for the coaching staff and new Hall of Fame were also part of the project, along with a new restroom pavilion. A new bleacher section was added on the first base side, pushing capacity to 2,500 at. With dimensions of 335 feet down the right and left field lines, 365 in the right field power alleys and 375 to the left field power alleys, and 395 to straightaway center, is a natural grass field and seats more than 1,800. The outfield fences stand 10 feet high. The lighting is comparable to most professional baseball fields (with footcandle power of 82 in the infield and 71 in the outfield). has also been used extensively by the entertainment industry. It has been the site of MTV s Rock-and-Jock softball game and was used in the production and filming of several motion pictures, including Mr. Baseball, The Big Leaguer, A League of Their Own and For Love of the Game USC at - Year-by-Year All-Time (.688) PAC-10 PRESEASON POLL In a preseason poll of the Pac-10 coaches, USC was picked to finish fifth in the conference. Stanford (four first-place votes) was picked to win the conference followed by Washington (two votes), Arizona State (two votes), Arizona (one vote), USC, Oregon State, California, UCLA and Washington State. LOOK, MA!...I M ON TV! The entire Arizona series (April 29-May 1) in Tucson will be televised on three different networks. The Friday game will be televised on ESPNU, Saturday s game on FSN West and Sunday s game on ESPN. USC is 4-0 this season in televised games. SCHEDULE CHANGE Due to scheduling conflicts, the March 22 game between USC and Pepperdine which was rained out has been cancelled. Instead, the Trojans will host Cal State Northridge on Saturday (May 7) in a 2:30 p.m. game at. TROJANS ON THE NET All USC baseball games this season will be broadcast live on A rotation of USC students Kevin Shaw, Dan Page, Rob McPherson, Corey Slutsky, Jordan Moore and former Trojan Josh Persell will handle the majority of the broadcasts while baseball sports information director Jason Pommier will handle selected road games. COACH S CORNER Mike Gillespie, in his 19th season as the Trojans head coach, has a (.628) career record and has led USC to the 1998 national championship, five conference titles (1991, 1995, 1996, 2001, 2002), 14 trips to the NCAA Regionals in 18 years (reaching the regional finals 12 times), and trips to the 1995, 1998, 2000 and 2001 College World Series (Troy finished as the nation s runner-up in 1995). He was named the 1998 National Coach of the Year, the Pac-10 Coach of the Year four times ( ) and the West Region Coach of the Year twice ( ). The starting leftfielder on USC s 1961 NCAA-winning team, he is one of just two men who have both coached and played on championship teams. Gillespie also was named by the United States Olympic Committee as the baseball coach of the year after serving as the head coach for the 2000 U.S. National Team, which posted a record and the best winning percentage in club history (until it was surpassed by the 2003 squad). During his tenure at USC, Gillespie has coached 22 players who have played in the major leagues, including Aaron Boone, Bret Boone, Geoff Jenkins, Jacque Jones, Mark Prior and Barry Zito. RAIN RAIN GO AWAY The Trojans 2005 schedule has been a wreck with the rain storms that have hammered the southern California region. Seven games have been postponed due to rain, including one halted game at Cal State Fullerton. The updated schedule is as follows: Tuesday (April 12) vs. Cal State Fullerton at 7 p.m. (Feb. 18 makeup), Wednesday (April 13) at UC Santa Barbara at 2 p.m. (Feb. 22/23 makeup), Wednesday (April 20) at Cal State Fullerton at 5 p.m. (Feb. 20 halted game completion with Feb. 19 makeup after) and Wednesday (May 25) vs. Long Beach State at 7 p.m. (Feb. 11 makeup). The April 3 game at Washington was delayed and played the following day in Seattle. WHEN A WIN IS NOT A WIN USC had a 7-2 lead in the eighth at No. 3 Cal State Fullerton on Feb. 20 before the game was halted due to rain. The game was resumed on April 20 with the Trojans earning an 11-2 win. USC knocked out Fullerton ace Ricky Romero with seven runs, including Hector Estrella s career-high, five-rbi performance with a three-run homer. Ian Kennedy struck out 10 batters in eight innings for the Trojans. ON THE MEND First baseman Lucas Duda is out a minimum of 1-3 weeks after suffering a fractured left wrist during the March 25 game against Arizona State. Duda collided with a runner during a close play after a sacrifice bunt was made. Pitcher Brett Bannister is being held out for precautionary reasons due to inflammation in his right elbow and is listed as week-to-week. Outfielder Daniel Perales injured his back prior to the Arizona State series and will be out for the remainder of the season. THE 700 CLUB Head coach Mike Gillespie registered his 700th win for the Trojans on Feb. 13 in a 7-5 win against No. 17 Long Beach State at USC Baseball 2

3 The Mike Gillespie File Mike Gillespie, one of the nation s top baseball coaches, is in very select company. By leading USC to the 1998 College World Series championship, he became one of only two people to both play for and coach an NCAA championship baseball team. The head coach at Troy was also the leftfielder on USC s NCAA title-winning team in Gillespie is in his 19th season at the helm of the Trojans program. When Gillespie took over at USC in 1987, he inherited a Trojan baseball program that had made just one postseason appearance in eight years. Since then, he has led USC to playoff spots in 14 of his 18 seasons, including the Trojans record-setting 12th national title in USC has also made four College World Series appearances in the last seven years, beginning in 1995 when the team made its first trip to Omaha in 17 years. His teams have also won five Pacific-10 titles (winning Southern Division titles in 1991 Troy s first league crown since 1978 and back-to-back crowns in 1995 and 1996 and 2001 and 2002). Gillespie was named the 1998 National Coach of the Year (by both Collegiate Baseball and the American Baseball Coaches Association), the Pac-10 Coach of the Year four times ( ) and the West Region Coach of the Year twice (1996 and 1998) by the American Baseball Coaches Association. Gillespie s Coaching Benchmarks 1998 National Champions 5 Pacific-10 Titles 13 NCAA Regional Appearances 4 College World Series Appearances 1995 College World Series finalist 1998 National Coach of the Year 2000 USA National Team Head Coach 4-Time Pacific-10 Coach of the Year 2-Time West Region Coach of the Year 42 All-American Selections 16 Freshman All-American Selections 28 All-Region Selections 9 Pacific-10 Players/Pitchers of the Year 65 All-Pacific-10 First Team Selections 3 All-Academic Honorees 10 Major League All-Stars 22 Major Leaguers 89 Players Drafted Professionally (6 first-rounders and 3 second-rounders) Gillespie s Victory Milestones No. 100 vs. Stanford (10-4) April 16, 1989 No. 200 vs. Portland (3-0) Feb. 21, 1992 No. 300 vs. Washington St. (8-0) Feb. 2, 1995 No. 400 vs. UC Santa Barbara (11-8) Feb. 11, 1997 No. 500 vs. San Diego State (13-0) March 30, 1999 No. 600 vs. Long Beach St. (10-2) May 15, 2001 No. 700 vs. Long Beach St. (7-5) Feb. 13, 2005 Gillespie s Record at USC OVERALL PAC-10 YEAR W L T PCT. W L PCT. FINISH T-5th th rd rd st th th rd st st rd nd nd th st st T-5th T-6th TOTALS OPENING WITH A BANG With a 6-0 win on Feb. 8 against San Diego State at, the Trojans opened the season with a shutout for the first time since 1988 when USC defeated Cal Poly, 4-0. The Trojan pitching staff recorded 16 strikeouts while allowing just one walk. ORANGE BOWL OFFENSE It was not Matt Leinart, Pete Carroll and the USC football team at, but it was awfully close. On March 1 against UC Riverside, the Trojans rallied from an 8-2 deficit in the fourth to score 19 unanswered runs for a 21-8 victory. It was the most runs scored by USC since a 26-4 win at UCLA on Feb. 23, Both teams stranded 13 runners and accounted for one grand slam. Catcher Jeff Clement went 1-for-4 with a grand slam and five RBI. As a note, UC Riverside s Matt Cunningham came to bat in three consecutive innings with the bases loaded, hitting a three-run double in the third, a grand slam in the fourth and lining out to second in the fifth for a seven-rbi night. BACK-TO-BACK SHUTOUTS The Trojan pitching staff recorded its first back-to-back shutouts on March against Stony Brook (10-0) and UC Irvine (5-0) since USC accomplished the feat on Feb. 6-8, Brett Bannister had a complete game shutout against Stony Brook, the first individual CG shutout by a Trojan since Anthony Reyes on May 29, 2001, against Fresno State at the 2001 NCAA First-Round Regional. With another back-to-back performance (April 9-10 against UCLA), the Trojans threw back-to-back shutouts twice in a season for the first time since PLAYING FOR THE USA Junior catcher Jeff Clement and sophomore pitcher Ian Kennedy were members of the 2004 U.S. National Team last summer. Clement and Kennedy won the gold medal at the FISU II World University Baseball Championship in Taiwan. Clement batted.275 (19-for-69) with three home runs and 15 RBI. He aided the team in the 5-2 semifinal win against Chinese Taipei with a grand slam in the bottom of the eighth and was named most valuable player for Team USA in the 33rd Annual USA vs. Japan Collegiate All-Star Game Series in Japan, batting.429 (6-for-14) with a home run and two RBI. Kennedy went 3-1 with a 3.86 ERA (26 IP, 21 H, 10 BB, 40 SO,.219 opponent s batting average). His 40 strikeouts led Team USA. During the tournament, he earned the win in a 5-3 victory against Japan. Kennedy had a no-hitter working through 7 1/3 innings and did not allow a hit until his 100th pitch. CATCH A RISING STAR Catcher Jeff Clement (Marshalltown, Iowa/ Marshalltown HS) is batting.354 (46-for-130) with 11 doubles, 10 home runs and 33 RBI this season and a candidate for the Johnny Bench Award as the nation s top collegiate catcher. He has 31 walks and leads the team with a.491 on-base percentage. Behind the plate, Clement has thrown out 14 of 35 runners (40%) and had one pickoff at second base. Clement went 4-for-5 with a double and home run on April 23 at Cal. He had a season-high, 15-game hitting streak snapped on April 12 against Cal State Fullerton. He went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI in an 8-2 win on Feb. 27 at No. 13 Stanford. It was the second time he hit two doubles in a game (March 17, 2004, at Tulane). He clubbed his first home run of the season with a grand slam on March 1 against UC Riverside. Clement hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh on March 6 in a 5-4 win against No. 21 at the Maxwell Auto Group Round Rock Classic. He went 2-for-3 with two home runs and four RBI on March 11 in a 6-1 win over No. 21 Texas Tech at the Public Storage Classic at. His sixth homer of the season came on March 29 at Loyola Marymount in a 3-for-4 performance with a single, double and two RBI. After playing for the 2003 and 2004 U.S. National Team, Clement will be viewed as a possible first-round selection in the 2005 major league draft in June. Clement is a 2005 Baseball America Preseason All-America first team selection and is rated as the fifth best junior prospect among college players in the nation. On Feb. 12 against No. 17 Long Beach State, he held on to the ball during a collision at home plate to end the eighth inning on a double play. After a fly ball to center with the game-tying run on third, Clement showed another reason why his defensive skills have improved USC Baseball 3

4 Pac-10 Standings (as of April 26) Pac-10 Overall W L Pct. GB W L Pct. Arizona Oregon State Arizona State USC Stanford California Washington UCLA Washington State *includes a tie This Week s Games Tue., April 26 UC Davis at CALIFORNIA, 2:30 p.m. STANFORD at Santa Clara, 6 p.m. UC Irvine at UCLA, 6 p.m. Loyola Marymount at USC, 7 p.m. Wed., April 27 WASHINGTON STATE at Lewis-Clark State, 6:30 p.m. Fri., April 29 ARIZONA STATE at OREGON STATE, 5 p.m.* WASHINGTON at WASHINGTON STATE, 6 p.m.* CALIFORNIA at UCLA, 7 p.m.* USC at ARIZONA, 7 p.m.* Sat., April 30 ARIZONA STATE at OREGON STATE, 1 p.m.* USC at ARIZONA, 1 p.m. * WASHINGTON at WASHINGTON STATE, 1 p.m.* CALIFORNIA at UCLA, 6 p.m.* Sun., May 1 USC at ARIZONA, Noon * ARIZONA STATE at OREGON STATE, 1 p.m.* CALIFORNIA at UCLA, 1 p.m.* WASHINGTON at WASHINGTON STATE, 1 p.m.* Mon., May 2 STANFORD at UC Davis, 2:30 p.m. CLEMENT (2003 & 2004) In his 2004 sophomore season, Clement batted.293 (58-for-198) with 10 home runs and 43 RBI while also being named as a semifinalist for the 2004 Johnny Bench Award. He missed the first four games of the season after being diagnosed with mononucleosis in late January. Clement broke his 2004 home run drought with a three-run shot on March 16 at No. 14 Tulane and added another three-run homer on March 19 at South Alabama. On April 4 at No. 14 Arizona State, he went 4-for-5 with a double, home run and two RBI. He homered in back-to-back games on May 1 and 2 at UCLA. Behind the dish, he threw out 27 of 66 runners this season (41%), including four of five runners on March 6 against No. 1 Stanford. As a 2003 freshman, he earned 2003 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year honors. He batted.298 (62-for-208) and led the Trojans in home runs (21), RBI (53), walks (32), runs (53) and slugging percentage (.649). During the South Alabama series (Feb ) last year, he hit four home runs and eight RBI (two home runs on Friday and two on Saturday), which earned him Pac-10 Conference Player of the Week honors. During the week of March 18-23, he went 7-for-16 (.438) with three home runs, a double and nine RBI, along with five walks and eight runs scored against San Diego and Arizona, earning him Pac-10 Conference Player of the Week honors for the second time. On March 21 at Arizona, he hit two home runs in the same inning as the Trojans scored eight runs in the third. Clement registered three home runs in the May 16th game against Washington State in a game that was broadcast regionally on television. He earned national attention as a high school senior when he set the national high school career mark with 75 home runs. CLEMENT S CAREER CLUBBINGS Catcher Jeff Clement would need a ton of homers to catch USC career leader Mark McGwire, but he is now in fifth place on the all-time list: USC Career Home Runs 1 Mark McGwire, Geoff Jenkins, Eric Munson, Jeff Clement, Morgan Ensberg, BE LIKE IKE Sophomore pitcher Ian Kennedy (Huntington Beach/La Quinta HS), nicknamed Ike, returns as the Trojans No. 1 starter and is a 2005 Baseball America Preseason All-America third team selection. This season, he is 7-1 with a 2.84 ERA (66 2/3 IP, 50 H, 21 ER, 25 BB, 94 SO,.209 opponents batting average). In Pac-10 games this season, he is 4-0 with a 2.20 ERA (28 2/3 IP, 23 H, 7 ER, 8 BB, 44 SO,.223 OBA). Kennedy recorded two victories in two days on April 20 at No. 2 Cal State Fullerton and April 22 at Cal. In the resumption of a halted game from Feb. 20, Kennedy went eight against against the defending national champion Titans, allowing two runs on six hits with a walk and 10 strikeouts. He pitched seven innings on Feb. 20 and one inning on April 20 for the win. He improved to 7-1 on the season at Cal with seven innings as he allowed two earned runs with no walks and seven strikeouts. On April 9 against UCLA on a televised broadcast, Kennedy threw his first complete game with a three-hit shutout, walking two and striking out a career-high 15 batters in a 9-0 victory. He earned Pac-10 Pitcher of the Week honors for his efforts against UCLA. Kennedy struck out a then career-high 13 batters on April 1 at Washington in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out six straight batters in a 2-1 win against the Huskies. He took the loss on March 4 against Texas A&M at the Maxwell Auto Group Round Rock Classic, but opened the game by striking out the first seven batters he faced and finishing with 10 strikeouts for the game. He struck out the side in the ninth inning in his first appearance on Feb. 8 against San Diego State and outdueled 2004 USA National Team cohort Cesar Ramos in a 4-3 win on Feb. 12 at No. 17 Long Beach State. Against the Dirtbags, Kennedy went six innings, allowing just four hits with one unearned run, two walks and six strikeouts. KENNEDY (2004) Last year, Ian Kennedy was the first freshman to be the No. 1 pitcher since Randy Flores in He went 7-2 with a 2.91 ERA and one save (92 2/3 IP, 86 H, 30 ER, 31 BB, 120 SO,.244 opponents batting average). Kennedy was a selection on the 2004 Baseball America Midseason Freshman All-America team. He pitched six innings, allowing two runs to earn the win at No. 1 Stanford on May 21 with the Trojans 9-3 victory. Kennedy snapped a personal two-game losing streak on April 16 at Washington State, allowing a run in seven innings of work on six hits with a walk and eight strikeouts. He struck out the side in the third and the seventh innings against the Cougars. In a televised game on March 27 against UCLA, Kennedy threw 7 1/3 scoreless innings, scattering seven hits and striking out eight with one walk in a 5-0 win against the Bruins. On March 12 at No. 22 Mississippi State, he earned the victory with 6 2/3 innings, allowing only one run on five hits with two walks and nine strikeouts. He struck out the side in the ninth on March 2 to earn his first collegiate save in a 2-0 win at UC Irvine. Kennedy struck out 10 batters in five innings on Feb. 27 to earn the win against No. 5 Georgia Tech, allowing two runs on five hits. On Feb. 20 against Louisville, Kennedy struck out 11 batters in seven shutout innings of work while giving up two hits and not allowing a walk. He was a member of the 2002 U.S. Junior National Team and started for the team at the 2002 IBAF World Junior Championships in the bronze medal game, but did not get a decision in a 12-3 win (7 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 10 SO) USC Baseball 4

5 2005 Superlatives Team Batting At bats: vs Stony Brook (March 19) Hits: vs Stony Brook (March 19) RBIs: vs UC Riverside (March 1) Doubles: (3 times - Last: at Cal State Fullerton, April 20) Triples: (2 times - Last: at Loyola Marymount, March 29) Home runs: (2 times - Last: at Loyola Marymount, March 29) Total bases: at Loyola Marymount, March 29 Walks: vs UC Riverside (March 1) Strikeouts: at Stanford (Feb 25) Sac hits: (2 times - Last: vs Arizona State, March 24) Stolen bases: vs UC Riverside (March 1) Hit by pitch: at Loyola Marymount, March 29 Caught stealing: vs Wichita State (March 12) Runners LOB: vs UC Riverside (March 1) Hit into DP: (3 times - Last: at Cal State Fullerton, April 20) Team Fielding Errors: at Stanford (Feb 25) DPs turned: at Loyola Marymount, March 29 Team Pitching Walks allowed: (6 times - Last: at Cal St. Fullerton, April 20) Strikeouts: at Washington (April 1) Hits allowed: vs UCLA (April 9) Wild pitches: vs Rice (March 5) Hit batters: (2 times - Last: at UC Santa Barbara, April 13) Individual Batting At bats: billy Hart vs UC Riverside (March 1) Runs scored: (6 times) Hits: Blake Sharpe vs Wichita State (March 12) RBIs: (2 times - Last: Hector Estrella at CS Fullerton, April 20) Doubles: (6 times) Triples: (10 times) Home runs: jeff Clement vs Texas Tech (March 11) Total bases: jeff Clement vs Texas Tech (March 11) Walks: (2 times - Last: Jeff Clement at Washington, April 1) Sac hits: (27 times) Sac flies: (13 times) Stolen bases: jeff Clement at California (April 22) Hit by pitch: blake Sharpe at Stanford (Feb 26) Caught stealing: Blake Sharpe vs Wichita State (March 12) Individual Fielding Putouts: Jeff Clement at Washington (April 1) Assists: (2 times - Last: Billy Hart vs Nevada, March 18) Errors: (2 times - Last: Hankerd/Perales at Stanford, Feb 25) Individual Pitching Innings pitched: (3 times - Last: Ian Kennedy vs UCLA, April 9) Strikeouts: Ian Kennedy vs UCLA (April 9) Miscellaneous Longest Winning Streak:...5 games (3/15-24, 4/5-12) Longest Losing Streak:...2 games (4 times - Last: 3/25-26) Largest Margin of Victory:...13 runs (vs UC Riverside, March 1) Largest Margin of Defeat:...16 runs (vs Arizona State, March 25) Most Runs:...21 runs (vs UC Riverside, March 1) Most Runs, Opponent:...17 runs (vs Arizona State, March 25) Most Runs, Inning:...7 runs (vs Stony Brook, 7th on March 19) Most Runs, Inning, Opponent...9 runs (vs Arizona State, 4th on March 25) Longest Game:...4:24 (March 1 vs UC Riverside) Shortest Game:... 2:17 (March 5 vs Rice) Largest Home Crowd:...1,276 (April 10 vs UCLA) Smallest Home Crowd: (Feb 15 vs San Diego) Largest Road Crowd:... 2,196 (Feb 26 at Stanford) Smallest Road Crowd: (April 13 at UC Santa Barbara) CADDYJACK Junior pitcher Jack Spradlin (Bonita/Eastlake HS/ Southwestern College) would be a great addition to anyone s golfing foursome. His father, Jack, played golf at San Diego State and has played on the PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour. This season, Spradlin is serving as a long reliever and spot starter. He has an 4-1 record with a 3.54 ERA (68 2/3 IP, 64 H, 27 ER, 18 BB, 53 SO,.248 opponents batting average). He has been on an impressive streak, allowing exactly one run in each of his last five starts for a 1.19 ERA (37 2/3 IP, 28 H, 5 ER, 7 BB, 29 SO). He scattered four hits in eight innings for his third victory of the season on April 8 against UCLA. Spradlin threw his first complete game on April 2 at Washington in a 5-1 victory, scattering nine hits with two walks and four strikeouts. He struck out six batters in three scoreless innings on Feb. 8 against San Diego State, including striking out the side in the fifth. Last season at Southwestern College, Spradlin earned 2004 All-America and all-conference honors after going 7-1 with a state-best 0.58 ERA (six earned runs). He made 14 starts and allowed 65 hits in 93 innings with 24 walks and 92 strikeouts. KOSS AND EFFECT Sophomore Paul Koss (Orange/Orange Lutheran HS) is a key reliever on the Trojans staff. He is 2-1 this season with a 1.16 ERA and nine saves (31 IP, 20 H, 4 ER, 13 BB, 23 SO,.190 opponents batting average). He threw a perfect inning on April 23 at Cal for his ninth save. On April 5 against Pepperdine, he allowed just one run in 2 2/3 innings for the save despite facing bases-loaded situations twice. He threw 2 2/3 scoreless innings to earn the save on March 24 against Arizona State. Koss retired four straight batters with two strikeouts to earn his third save of the year on March 12 against No. 19 Wichita State. He earned his first collegiate win on March 6 against No. 21 Nebraska, throwing a career-high 3 1/3 innings. Koss earned saves in back-to-back contests against No. 17 Long Beach State on Feb. 12 and 13. HAMMERIN HANK(ERD) Sophomore outfielder Cyle Hankerd (Covina/ South Hills HS) is batting.324 (44-for-136) this season with a home run and 26 RBI. On April 12 against No. 2 Cal State Fullerton, he hit a bases-loaded double with two outs in the eighth for USC s 4-2 win. Hankerd earned most valuable player honors at the 2005 OCYSF-UC Irvine Tournament (March 18-20) after going 7-for-11 (.636) with two doubles and six RBI. On March 18 vs. Nevada, he went 3-for-4 with two RBI and 2-for-3 with three RBI on March 20 against UC Irvine. He hit a bases-loaded triple on Feb. 13 in a 2- for-4 performance against No. 17 Long Beach State and 3-for-5 with a double, triple and three RBI on March 1 against UC Riverside. Last season, he made 49 starts in 50 appearances as a freshman last year, finishing second on the team with a.333 (47-for-141) batting average with a home run and 29 RBI. He recorded seven RBI during the Arizona State series (April 2-4) and collected his first college home run on April 13 at Pepperdine. HART OF A LION Junior third baseman Billy Hart (Tustin/Mission Viejo HS) had a surprising sophomore season, leading the Trojans with a.367 (58-for-158) average. This season, he is batting.317 (45-for-147) with two home runs and 20 RBI. He hit his first home run of the season on March 11 in a 6-1 win against No. 21 Texas Tech. On March 29 against Loyola Marymount, he knocked in four RBI with a two-run homer and two-run triple. Last season, he had two home runs and 29 RBI. He started the season in the outfield and switched to third base, making 34 starts at the hot corner. During the Trojans eight-game road trip to the South, Hart led the team with a.476 average (10-for-21) including a 3-for-4 day on March 20 at South Alabama, where he hit two doubles with a bases-loaded triple and career-high four RBI in the 12-7 win. He had a season-long 10-game hitting streak from March 17-April 3, batting.429 (15-for-35) with seven RBI. Hart also played as a reserve quarterback for the USC football team during its back-to-back national championship run. SHARPE AS A TACK Junior Blake Sharpe (Moorpark/L.A. Pierce College) has shown versatility this season after being a middle infielder last season. Sharpe has played in four positions for the Trojans this season (right field, first base, shortstop and second base). He is batting.286 (42-for-147) with 13 doubles, a home run and 17 RBI. He went 4-for-4 with a leadoff homer on April 10 in a 6-0 shutout against UCLA. On March 12 against No. 19 Wichita State, he recorded his first career five-hit game with a 5-for-5 effort and two doubles. He went 2-for-3 with two doubles and four RBI on March 1 against UC Riverside. Last season, Sharpe batted.316 (74-for-234) with two home runs and 28 RBI as a middle infielder. He batted.500 (9-for-18) in four games March 31-April 4, including a 4-for-5 performance on April 2 at No. 14 Arizona State. On Feb. 14 against No. 9 Long Beach State, he went 4-for-4 with a home run and four RBI in a 6-4 win USC Baseball 5

6 WELCOME BACK, KALTER Junior pitcher/outfielder Zack Kalter (Phillips Ranch/Western Christian HS/Pasadena CC) is a talented two-player for the Trojans. On the mound for the Trojans this season, Kalter is 2-3 with a 2.25 ERA (36 IP, 42 H, 9 ER, 13 BB, 26 SO,.302 opponents batting average). At the plate, Kalter is batting.156 (5-for-32). In his 2004 sophomore season at Pasadena (Calif.) CC, Kalter went 7-5 in 14 starts with a 4.15 ERA (95 1/3 IP, 22 BB, 78 SO) and batted.400 (56-for-140) with six home runs, 17 doubles, three triples, 18 stolen bases and 39 RBI. Kalter was rated as the top pro prospect last summer in the New England Collegiate League after batting.353 with five home runs, 21 RBI and 15 stolen bases while going 1-1 with a 1.47 ERA on the mound (43 IP, 35 H, 7 ER, 12 BB, 34 SO). CUE BALL Infielder Matt Cusick (Mission Viejo/Santa Margarita HS) became the first freshman to be the Trojans leadoff hitter in a season opener since Wes Rachels did it in Cusick impressed the coaching staff with a strong fall performance. This season, Cusick is batting.272 (37-for-136) with three home runs and 18 RBI. On Feb. 15 against San Diego, he delivered a cue shot in the bottom of the ninth with a walkoff, two-run homer with two outs in USC s 7-5 win. He struck out only five times in 95 at-bats during his senior season at Santa Margarita High and batted.389 with three home runs and 21 RBI. He earned Orange County Register All-County first team honors as Santa Margarita went on to win the 2004 CIF Southern Section Division IV championship. STAR OF THE INFIELD Sophomore Hector Estrella (Rosemead/Northview HS) earned the starting shortstop spot with an excellent fall for the Trojans. Estrella is batting.250 (17-for-76) with three home runs and 15 RBI. He had a career-high five RBI, along with a home run, on April 20 at No. 2 Cal State Fullerton with all five runs coming off Fullerton ace Ricky Romero. Estrella s two-run homer in the second inning held up in a 2-1 win on April 1 at Washington. Last season, Estrella made 16 starts in 27 games and batted.216 (11-for-51) with six RBI and three stolen bases as a 2004 freshman. He batted.345 (40-for-116) with 10 doubles and 26 RBI last summer for the Wenatchee AppleSox of the Pacific International League. THE RED BARON This season, junior Baron Frost (San Diego/St. Augustine HS) will be utilized in the outfield or as a designated hitter. He is batting.246 (28-for-114) with 15 RBI for the Trojans. Frost batted.303 (64-for-211) last year with four home runs and 32 RBI. He led the Trojans with 20 doubles. Frost went 8-for-15 in the Arizona State series (April 2-4) with two doubles, a home run and seven RBI. On April 3 against No. 14 Arizona State, he went 3-for-6 with a double, home run and six RBI. Frost has recorded two doubles in a game four times this season (last: March 20 at South Alabama). THERE S ALWAYS ROOM FOR R LO Freshman Roberto Lopez (La Mesa/Rancho Bernardo HS) has made an early impact in his 2005 freshman season. Lopez is batting.186 (11-for-59) with seven RBI. While playing in center field in the Feb. 13 game against No. 17 Long Beach State, Lopez started a double play to end the eighth inning when he threw a one-hop bullet to the plate to prevent the game-tying run. MEET YOU IN WILLIAMSPORT USC has three players who played in the Little League World Series. In the 1996 LLWS, catcher Jeff Clement played for Marshalltown, Iowa, while infielder Blake Sharpe played for the Moorpark, Calif, team. Infielder Matt Cusick played for the South Mission Viejo squad in the 1997 LLWS. MAKING IT TO THE MAJORS During the history of the USC baseball program, a total of 90 former players have made it to the majors. In fact, during the 2004 season, USC could lay claim to having more former players in the majors than any other university in the nation. A total of 14 former Trojans played or were a part of major league rosters (Aaron Boone, Bret Boone, Jeff Cirillo, Morgan Ensberg, Randy Flores, Geoff Jenkins, Randy Johnson, Jacque Jones, Jason Lane, Justin Lehr, Chad Moeller, Eric Munson, Mark Prior and Barry Zito). OPERATION: OMAHA From 1948 to 1978, USC dominated the world of college baseball with 11 national championships in 17 appearances at the College World Series (the 1948 CWS was held in Kalamazoo, Mich., with the CWS moving to Omaha, Neb., in 1949). After the 1978 season, the Trojans went through a drought and did not return to Omaha until 1995, when Troy reached the national championship game. Since 1995, the Trojans have made four trips to Omaha ( ), winning their 12th CWS title in USC has the most wins (74) at the CWS and is second for most appearances (21) behind Texas (30). The Trojans also have the highest winning percentage for all teams (.740) that have played at least 20 games at the CWS. BASEBALL HALL OF FAME On Feb. 1, 2003, the USC Baseball Hall of Fame opened to the public for the first time. The Hall of Fame was the final part of a $4 million renovation project that included a new locker room, seating pavilion on the first base side and stadium seating. All 12 national championship trophies will be permanently displayed as well as the awards won by former Trojan and current Chicago Cub pitcher Mark Prior during his 2001 national player of the year season. The major league uniforms of former Trojans are also on display. Home Run Breakdown Multi-hit Games Multi-RBI Games Player Solo 2R 3R GS Total Last HR 2H 3H 4H 5H Total 2BI 3BI 4BI 5BI 6+BI Total Ryan Broderick 1 1 Jeff Clement /23 at California Matt Cusick /10 vs UCLA Lucas Duda 1 1 3/19 vs Stony Brook Hector Estrella /22 at California Baron Frost Cyle Hankerd 1 1 4/20 at CS Fullerton Billy Hart 2 2 3/29 at Loyola Mary Zack Kalter Dale Legaspi 1 1 Roberto Lopez Daniel Perales 1 1 3/15 at San Diego Blake Sharpe 1 1 4/10 vs UCLA Darin Vieira /22 at California Team Totals USC Baseball 6

7 2005 Miscellaneous Stats Starting Lineups by Batting Order Game Date Opponent Result /8 San Diego St. W 6-0 Cusick Sharpe Clement Hankerd Frost Hart Perales Duda Estrella 2 Long Beach St. W 4-3 Cusick Sharpe Clement Frost Hart Hankerd Lopez Perales Estrella 3 2/13 Long Beach St. W 7-5 Cusick Sharpe Clement Frost Hart Hankerd Duda Lopez Estrella 4 2/15 San Diego W 7-5 Cusick Sharpe Clement Hankerd Hart Lopez Frost Duda Estrella 5 Stanford L 0-6 Cusick Sharpe Clement Hankerd Hart Frost Lopez Perales Estrella 6 Stanford L 3-4 Cusick Sharpe Clement Hart Duda Kalter Lopez Perales Estrella 7 Stanford W 8-2 Cusick Sharpe Clement Hart Lopez Hankerd Frost Duda Estrella 8 3/1 UC Riverside W 21-8 Cusick Sharpe Clement Hart Hankerd Frost Perales Vieira Estrella 9 3/4 vs. Texas A&M L 1-3 Cusick Sharpe Clement Hankerd Hart Perales Lopez Vieira Estrella 10 3/5 vs. Rice L 1-12 Cusick Sharpe Clement Vieira Hankerd Perales Hart Kalter Duda 11 3/6 vs. Nebraska W 5-4 Cusick Sharpe Clement Hart Hankerd Vieira Frost Perales Duda 12 UC Riverside L 3-8 Cusick Sharpe Clement Hankerd Perales Hart Vieira Estrella Duda 13 3/11 Texas Tech W 6-1 Cusick Sharpe Clement Hankerd Hart Vieira Perales Kalter Duda 14 3/12 Wichita State W 6-4 Cusick Sharpe Clement Hankerd Hart Perales Vieira Frost Duda 15 3/13 UC Irvine L 2-8 Cusick Sharpe Clement Hankerd Perales Hart Vieira Frost Estrella 16 San Diego W 6-1 Cusick Sharpe Clement Hankerd Hart Perales Frost Kalter Duda 17 3/18 vs. Nevada W 6-5 (10) Vieira Sharpe Clement Hart Cusick Hankerd Perales Lopez Duda 18 3/19 vs. Stony Brook W 10-0 Vieira Sharpe Clement Hart Duda Hankerd Perales Estrella Frost 19 UC Irvine W 5-0 Vieira Sharpe Clement Hart Cusick Hankerd Duda Perales Frost 20 3/24 Arizona State* W 9-8 Cusick Sharpe Clement Hart Hankerd Duda Frost Vieira Lopez 21 3/25 Arizona State* L 1-17 Cusick Sharpe Clement Hart Hankerd Duda Frost Vieira Kalter 22 3/26 Arizona State* W 2-1 (10) Hart Sharpe Clement Hankerd Frost Vieira Estrella Cusick Lopez 23 Loyola Mary. W 12-4 Sharpe Clement Hankerd Hart Cusick Estrella Vieira Frost Legaspi 24 Washington* W 2-1 Sharpe Clement Hankerd Hart Cusick Frost Vieira Estrella Legaspi 25 Washington* W 5-1 Sharpe Clement Hankerd Hart Frost Cusick Vieira Estrella Legaspi 26 Washington* L 3-7 Sharpe Clement Hankerd Frost Hart Cusick Estrella Legaspi Kalter 27 4/5 Pepperdine W 4-3 Sharpe Clement Hankerd Frost Hart Kalter Estrella Cusick Legaspi 28 4/8 UCLA* W 11-1 Sharpe Clement Hankerd Hart Frost Estrella Cusick Vieira Lopez 29 4/9 UCLA* W 9-0 Sharpe Clement Hankerd Hart Frost Cusick Estrella Vieira Lopez 30 4/10 UCLA* W 6-0 Sharpe Clement Hankerd Hart Vieira Cusick Frost Estrella Legaspi 31 4/12 Cal St. Fullerton W 4-3 Sharpe Clement Hart Hankerd Cusick Estrella Vieira Frost Lopez 32 UC Santa Barbara L 8-9 Sharpe Clement Hart Hankerd Cusick Frost Vieira Estrella Kalter 33 4/19 UC Santa Barbara W 8-2 Sharpe Clement Hart Hankerd Cusick Frost Vieira Estrella Lopez 34 Cal St. Fullerton W 11-2 Cusick Sharpe Clement Hankerd Hart Frost Lopez Perales Estrella 35 Cal St. Fullerton L 3-5 Sharpe Clement Hart Hankerd Cusick Frost Vieira Estrella Kalter 36 California* W 7-4 Sharpe Clement Hart Hankerd Cusick Frost Vieira Estrella Legaspi 37 California* W 5-4 Sharpe Clement Vieira Cusick Hart Hankerd Frost Estrella Legaspi 38 California* L 0-9 Sharpe Clement Hart Cusick Hankerd Vieira Frost Estrella Legaspi * - Pac-10 Conference game Note: Game 34 was completion of Feb. 20 halted game 2005 USC Baseball 7

8 2005 Miscellaneous Stats Starting Lineups by Position Game Date Opponent Result 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF C DH 1 2/8 San Diego St. W 6-0 Duda Cusick Estrella Hart Hankerd Perales Sharpe Clement Frost 2 Long Beach St. W 4-3 Sharpe Cusick Estrella Hart Hankerd Perales Lopez Clement Frost 3 2/13 Long Beach St. W 7-5 Duda Cusick Estrella Hart Hankerd Lopez Sharpe Clement Frost 4 2/15 San Diego W 7-5 Duda Cusick Estrella Hart Hankerd Lopez Sharpe Clement Frost 5 Stanford L 0-6 Sharpe Cusick Estrella Hart Hankerd Perales Lopez Clement Frost 6 Stanford L 3-4 Duda Cusick Estrella Hart Lopez Perales Sharpe Clement Kalter 7 Stanford W 8-2 Duda Cusick Estrella Hart Hankerd Lopez Sharpe Clement Frost 8 3/1 UC Riverside W 21-8 Sharpe Cusick Estrella Hart Hankerd Perales Vieira Clement Frost 9 3/4 vs. Texas A&M L 1-3 Sharpe Cusick Estrella Hart Vieira Perales Lopez Clement Hankerd 10 3/5 vs. Rice L 1-12 Duda Sharpe Cusick Hart Vieira Perales Kalter Clement Hankerd 11 3/6 vs. Nebraska W 5-4 Duda Cusick Sharpe Hart Hankerd Perales Vieira Clement Frost 12 UC Riverside L 3-8 Sharpe Cusick Estrella Hart Hankerd Perales Vieira Clement Duda 13 3/11 Texas Tech W 6-1 Duda Cusick Sharpe Hart Vieira Perales Kalter Clement Hankerd 14 3/12 Wichita State W 6-4 Duda Cusick Sharpe Hart Hankerd Perales Vieira Clement Frost 15 3/13 UC Irvine L 2-8 Sharpe Cusick Estrella Hart Hankerd Perales Vieira Clement Frost 16 San Diego W 6-1 Duda Cusick Sharpe Hart Hankerd Perales Kalter Clement Frost 17 3/18 vs. Nevada W 6-5 (10) Duda Cusick Sharpe Hart Vieira Perales Lopez Clement Hankerd 18 3/19 vs. Stony Brook W 10-0 Duda Estrella Sharpe Hart Hankerd Perales Vieira Clement Frost 19 UC Irvine W 5-0 Duda Cusick Sharpe Hart Hankerd Perales Vieira Clement Frost 20 3/24 Arizona State* W 9-8 Duda Cusick Sharpe Hart Hankerd Lopez Vieira Clement Frost 21 3/25 Arizona State* L 1-17 Duda Cusick Sharpe Hart Frost Vieira Hankerd Clement Frost 22 3/26 Arizona State* W 2-1 (10) Vieira Estrella Sharpe Hart Frost Lopez Hankerd Clement Cusick 23 Loyola Mary. W 12-4 Vieira Estrella Sharpe Hart Frost Legaspi Hankerd Clement Cusick 24 Washington* W 2-1 Cusick Estrella Sharpe Hart Hankerd Legaspi Vieira Clement Frost 25 Washington* W 5-1 Cusick Estrella Sharpe Hart Hankerd Legaspi Vieira Clement Frost 26 Washington* L 3-7 Cusick Estrella Sharpe Hart Frost Legaspi Hankerd Clement Kalter 27 4/5 Pepperdine W 4-3 Cusick Estrella Sharpe Hart Frost Legaspi Hankerd Clement Kalter 28 4/8 UCLA* W 11-1 Cusick Estrella Sharpe Hart Hankerd Lopez Vieira Clement Frost 29 4/9 UCLA* W 9-0 Cusick Estrella Sharpe Hart Hankerd Lopez Vieira Clement Frost 30 4/10 UCLA* W 6-0 Cusick Estrella Sharpe Hart Hankerd Legaspi Vieira Clement Frost 31 4/12 Cal St. Fullerton W 4-3 Cusick Estrella Sharpe Hart Hankerd Lopez Vieira Clement Frost 32 UC Santa Barbara L 8-9 Cusick Estrella Sharpe Hart Frost Vieira Hankerd Clement Kalter 33 4/19 UC Santa Barbara W 8-2 Cusick Estrella Sharpe Hart Hankerd Lopez Vieira Clement Lopez 34 Cal St. Fullerton W 11-2 Sharpe Sharpe Estrella Hart Hankerd Perales Lopez Clement Frost 35 Cal St. Fullerton L 3-5 Cusick Estrella Sharpe Hart Cusick Vieira Hankerd Clement Kalter 36 California* W 7-4 Cusick Estrella Sharpe Hart Hankerd Legaspi Vieira Clement Frost 37 California* W 5-4 Cusick Estrella Sharpe Hart Hankerd Legaspi Vieira Clement Frost 38 California* L 0-9 Cusick Estrella Sharpe Hart Hankerd Legaspi Vieira Clement Frost * - Pac-10 Conference game Note: Game 34 was completion of Feb. 20 halted game 2005 USC Baseball 8

9 2005 Game Recaps 1 Feb. 8 - San Diego State SDSU USC x WP - Bannister (1-0) LP - Scott (0-1) Records: USC (1-0), SDSU (0-4) Five Trojan pitchers combined for USC s first opening day shutout since 1988 and struck out 16 batters. Brett Bannister, in his first appearance in two years, earned the win while Jack Spradlin struck out six in three innings of work. 2 Feb #17 Long Beach State Long Beach, Calif. USC LBS WP - Kennedy (1-0) LP - Ramos (2-1) S - Koss (1) Records: USC (2-0), LBS (5-2) Kennedy outduels Cesar Ramos in matchup of 2004 US National Team members (Kennedy- 6 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO). USC jumps out to early 4-0 lead and holds off late rally. 3 Feb #17 Long Beach State LBS USC x WP - Kalter (1-0) LP - Evans (0-1) Records: USC (3-0), LBS (5-3) Trojans get the two-game sweep as Dirtbags strand 11 runners. Cyle Hankerd hits bases-loaded triple in five-run third. USC gets key double play in the eighth with a play at the plate to prevent the game-tying run. 4 Feb San Diego USD USC WP - Friedman (1-0) LP - Boman (2-1) Records: USC (4-0), USD (7-5-1) Matt Cusick delivers walk-off, two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the ninth for the Trojans win. Michael Friedman gets the win with 1 1/3 scoreless innings while Jack Spradlin allows one earned run in 4 1/3 innings of relief. 5 Feb. 25-#13 Stanford Stanford, Calif. USC STAN x WP - Romanczuk (3-0) LP - Kalter (1-1) Records: USC (4-1), STAN (8-5) Mark Romanczuk throws complete game shutout with 12 K s. Four errors by the Trojans lead to five unearned runs as USC suffers its first loss of the season. 6 Feb. 26-#13 Stanford Stanford, Calif. USC STAN WP - Holler (3-0) LP - Spradlin (0-1) Records: USC (4-2), STAN (9-5) John Mayberry, Jr., beat out a potential inning-ending double play in the bottom of the ninth for the game-winner. Stanford had the bases loaded with one out when he hit a chopper to short. Billy Hart goes 3-for-4 at the plate. 7 Feb. 27-#13 Stanford Stanford, Calif. USC STAN WP - Bannister (2-0) LP - Gallagher (0-2) Records: USC (5-2), STAN (9-6) Brian Bannister throws five shutout innings, allowing just three hits to earn the victory. Jeff Clement goes 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBI as Trojans salvage the series. 8 March 1-UC Riverside UCR USC x WP - Aguilar (1-0) LP - Cassa (1-3) Records: USC (6-2), UCR (7-8) Trojans score 19 unanswered runs in a rout as Richard Aguilar records first collegiate win with 2 1/3 scoreless innings. Jeff Clement gets first HR of the season with a grand slam and five RBI night. 9 March 4-(#15/20) Texas A&M Round Rock, Texas USC TAMU x WP - Meyer (4-0) LP - Kennedy (1-1) S - Whelan (1) Records: USC (6-3), TAMU (10-4) Ian Kennedy strikes out first seven batters, but Aggies solve him with three runs in the fourth. Coby Mavroulis hits two-run homer for Texas A&M. March 5-(#15/7) Rice 10 Round Rock, Texas RU USC Game halted due to 10-run mercy rule WP - Geer (4-0) LP - Bannister (2-1) Records: USC (6-4), RU (12-3) Owls use a 15-hit attack against the Trojans while Josh Geer throws seven strong innings for Rice. Nate Smith throws 2 1/3 no-hit innings in relief for the Trojans. 11 March 6-(NR/#21) Nebraska Round Rock, Texas USC NU WP - Koss (1-0) LP - Watson (1-1) S - Smith (1) Records: USC (7-4), NU (8-2) Jeff Clement provides go-ahead runs in the seventh with a two-run homer to left. Paul Koss earns his first collegiate win while Nate Smith gets his first collegiate save with 1 1/3 perfect innings. March 8-UC Riverside 12 Riverside, Calif. USC UCR x WP - Shaw (1-0) LP - Friedman (1-1) Records: USC (7-5), UCR (9-10) Highlanders exact revenge from previous week s loss as Matt Cunningham hits two more homers in a 3-for-3 day. Cyle Hankerd goes 2-for-4 with two RBI. 13 March 11-(#23/21) Texas Tech USC TT WP - Kennedy (2-1) LP - Wyatt (2-1) Records: USC (8-5), TT (14-4) Jeff Clement goes 2-for-3 with two home runs and four RBI while Ian Kennedy strikes out nine in 6 2/3 innings. Billy Hart also homers as Trojan pitchers allow just five hits against potent Texas Tech offense. 14 March 12-(NR/#19) Wichita State USC WSU WP - Bannister (3-1) LP - Booth (2-2) S - Koss (3) Records: USC (9-5), WSU (15-3) After allowing two runs and four hits in the WSU first, Brett Bannister retires 16 of the next 17 batters for the victory. He goes 6 1/3 innings and strikes out seven while Blake Sharpe turns in a 5-for-5 night with two doubles. 15 March 13-UC Irvine UCI USC WP - Schroer (3-2) LP - Kalter (1-2) S - Erickson (4) Records: USC (9-6), UCI (11-8) UC Irvine wins the Public Storage Classic, thanks to seven strong innings from Steve Schroer. The Trojans almost tie in the fifth, down 4-2, but Jeff Clement s basesloaded shot down the first base line turns into an inning-ending double play. 16 March 15-San Diego San Diego, Calif. USC USD WP - Spradlin (1-1) LP - Warlop (0-2) Records: USC (10-6), USD ( ) Jack Spradlin throws six strong innings for the Trojans while Daniel Perales hits his first home run of the season. Michael Friedman and Paul Koss combine for 2 1/3 no-hit innings in relief. March 18-Nevada 17 Irvine, Calif. NEV USC WP - Koss (2-0) LP - Dorsett (0-1) Records: USC (11-6), NEV (9-8) USC rallies with three in the eighth as Cyle Hankerd wins the game in the 10th with an RBI single. Paul Koss throws two no-hit innings for the win while Hankerd goes 3-for-4 with two RBI. 18 March 19-Stony Brook Irvine, Calif. USC SBU WP - Bannister (4-1) LP - Bakey (1-1) Records: USC (12-6), SBU (5-7) Brett Bannister throws first career CG shutout, allowing just three hits. Trojans break game open with seven-run seventh for a 19-hit attack as Billy Hart and Blake Sharpe get three hits each. 19 March 20-UC Irvine Irvine, Calif. USC UCI WP - Kalter (2-2) LP - Cassel (3-1) Records: USC (13-6), UCI (12-11) USC returns the favor by winning UC Irvine s home tournament as Zack Kalter throws 7 1/3 scoreless innings. Cyle Hankerd wins tournament MVP honors after finishing 7-for-11, going 2-for-3 with three RBI against UCI. March 24-Arizona State 20 ASU USC x WP - Kennedy (3-1) LP - B. Bordes (1-3) WP - Koss (4) Records: USC (14-6, 1-0), ASU (16-13, 0-1) The first seven USC batters reach base safely as part of a four-run fifth as the Trojans open up Pac-10 play with a victory. Blake Sharpe goes 3- for-4 while Paul Koss throws 2 2/3 scoreless innings to earn his fourth save. 21 March 25-Arizona State ASU USC WP - Bresnehan (2-2) LP - Bannister (4-2) Records: USC (14-7, 1-1), ASU (17-13, 1-1) A nine-run fourth breaks the game open for the Sun Devils as Tuffy Gosewisch goes 5-for-6 with four RBI. ASU gets homers from Colin Curtis and Jeff Larish and Pat Bresnehan throws a complete game to snap USC s five-game winning streak. 22 March 26-Arizona State ASU USC WP - B. Bordes (2-3) LP - Koss (2-1) S - Zinicola (2) Records: USC (14-8, 1-2), ASU (18-13, 2-1) Jeff Larish hits a home run and sacrifice fly in the 10th as the Sun Devils win the series. Jeff Clement hits a solo shot in the bottom of the eighth for the Trojans. USC s Jack Spradlin goes 7 2/3 innings with 7 K s. March 29-Loyola Marymount 23 Los Angeles, Calif. USC LMU WP - Williams (1-0) LP - Huddy (1-2) Records: USC (15-8), LMU (9-15) Dale Legaspi makes his first start of the season and draws four walks to go with a two-run triple. Jeff Clement goes 3-for-4 with his sixth homer of the season while Billy Hart collects four RBI off a home run and triple. 24 April 1-Washington Seattle, Wash. USC UW WP - Kennedy (4-1) LP - Lincecum (4-4) S - Koss (4) Records: USC (16-8, 2-2), UW (17-11, 1-3) Ian Kennedy strikes out a career-high 13 batters in 6 2/3 innings, including striking out six in a row. Hector Estrella hits a two-run homer in the second to provide all the offense needed for USC USC Baseball 9

10 2005 Game Recaps 25 April 2-Washington Seattle, Wash. USC UW WP - Spradlin (2-1) LP - Parker (4-4) Records: USC (17-8, 3-2), UW (17-12, 1-4) Jack Spradlin throws first complete game in a regionally televised contest. Spradlin scatters nine hits as each member of the Huskies starting lineup records one hit each. Jeff Clement goes 2-for-4 with two RBI for the Trojans. 26 April 4-Washington Seattle, Wash. USC UW x WP - Kasser (3-2) LP - Encinas (0-1) S - Conover (4) Records: USC (17-9, 3-3), UW (18-12, 2-4) Washington gets a win by jumping out to a 5-0 lead after the third inning as Zach Clem goes 3-for-4. Matt Kasser holds off a late Trojans rally as Josh Conover throws two no-hit innings to earn the save. 27 April 5-Pepperdine PEP USC x WP - Encinas (1-1) LP - Saberhagen (0-1) S - Koss (6) Records: USC (18-9), PEP (19-10) After taking the loss the previous day, Anthony Encinas earns his first collegiate victory with 3 1/3 scoreless innings in relief. Paul Koss earns his sixth save with 2 2/3 innings as the Waves could only muster one run against Koss with the bases loaded twice. Billy Hart and Matt Cusick have three-hit games for USC. 28 April 8-UCLA UCLA USC x WP - Spradlin (3-1) LP - Schroeder (0-3) Records: USC (19-9, 4-3), UCLA (7-19, 0-4) Jack Spradlin throws his fourth straight start where he allows just one run, going eight innings against the Bruins. Darin Vieira hits his first career home run with a career-high three RBI while Jeff Clement hits a late three-run homer for his seventh of the season. 27 April 9-UCLA UCLA USC x WP - Kennedy (5-1) LP - Ambriz (2-3) Records: USC (20-9, 5-3), UCLA (7-20, 0-5) Ian Kennedy throws his first complete game and sets another personal record with 15 strikeouts. He allows just three hits with only two walks. The bottom third of the order, Hector Estrella, Darin Vieira and Roberto Lopez, goes a combined 6- for-11 with eight of the team s nine RBI. 30 April 10-UCLA UCLA USC x WP - Encinas (2-1) LP - Beck (0-6) Records: USC (21-9, 6-3), UCLA (7-21, 0-6) USC completes the sweep, outscoring UCLA by a combined 26-1 margin for the weekend. Blake Sharpe goes 4- for-4, including a leadoff homer on the first pitch in the Trojans first. Anthony Encinas earns his second win in as many appearances with four shutout innings. 31 April 12-(#2) Cal State Fullerton CSF USC x WP - Friedman (2-1) LP - Pestano (2-2) S - Koss (7) Records: USC (22-9), CSF (23-9) Cyle Hankerd hits a bases-loaded double with two outs in the eighth as Paul Koss holds off a ninth inning rally for the Trojans. Jack Spradlin, throwing on three days rest, goes seven innings and allows just one run on four hits with no walks and a season-high eight strikeouts. 32 April 13-UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Calif. USC UCSB x WP - Fraser (3-2) LP - Encinas (2-2) S - McRobbie (7) Records: USC (22-10), UCSB (17-17) The Gauchos snap the Trojans fivegame winning streak, jumping out to an early 4-0 lead. Jeff Clement hits a tworun homer in the ninth with two outs as USC s rally falls short. Matt Wilkerson and Bill Rowe homer for the Gauchos. 33 April 19-UC Santa Barbara UCSB USC x WP - Spradlin (4-1) LP - Fraser (3-4) S - Koss (8) Records: USC (23-10), UCSB (19-19) Jeff Clement hit his ninth home run of the season while Baron Frost has his first three-hit game of the season. Jack Spradlin goes 5 1/3 for his fourth victory while Paul Koss throws two innings and allows just one hit for his eighth save. 34 April 20-#2 Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field (Game 1) USC CSF WP - Kennedy (6-1) LP - Romero (7-4) Records: USC (24-10), CSF (26-11) Both teams finish halted game from Feb. 20 with two innings. Ian Kennedy outduels Ricky Romero with eight innings, striking out 10 against one walk. Hector Estrella goes 3-for-5 with a home run and career-high five RBI. 35 April 20-#2 Cal State Fullerton Goodwin Field (Game 2) USC CSF x WP - Pherrin (1-0) LP - Friedman (2-2) S - Pestano (6) Records: USC (24-11), CSF (27-11) Titans jump out to 5-0 lead after the second in another makeup of a rained out game. Justin Turner and Trevor Mortensen get two RBI each as Dave Pherrin earns his first victory. Josh Fogel and Ryan Schlack throw two scoreless innings in first career appearances for the Trojans. 36 April 22-California Berkeley, Calif. USC CAL WP - Kennedy (7-1) LP - Gold (5-5) Records: USC (25-11, 7-3), CAL (25-17, 6-7) Darin Vieira breaks 3-3 tie in the sixth with a two-run shot, followed by Hector Estrella s solo shot. Ian Kennedy goes seven, scattering nine hits with no walks and seven strikeouts for his seventh win. 37 April 23-California Berkeley, Calif. USC CAL WP - Encinas (3-2) LP - Swanson (5-1) S - Koss (9) Records: USC (26-11, 8-3), CAL (25-18, 6-8) Matt Cusick s sacrifice fly in the ninth is the game-winner for the Trojans. Anthony Encinas throws 3 2/3 scoreless innings in relief for the win while Paul Koss earns his ninth save with a perfect inning. Jeff Clement goes 4-for-5 with his 10th homer. 38 April 24-California Berkeley, Calif. USC CAL x WP - Dworkis (4-5) LP - Kalter (2-3) Records: USC (26-12, 8-4), CAL (26-18, 7-8) Eric Dworkis goes the distance and strikes out 11 for a four-hit complete game. The Golden Bears avert a series sweep with an 18-hit attack as Allen Craig goes 4-for-4 in Cal s first shutout against USC since USC Baseball 10

11 Pitching Capsules 42 Anthony Encinas Pitcher Freshman Bats: Left Throws: Right Norwalk, California (Santa Fe HS) Notes Earned All-Del Rey League first team honors three years at Santa Fe High Threw a no-hitter in his senior high school season opener Encinas Career Statistics YEAR W-L SV ERA G-GS CG IP H R ER BB SO 2005 (Jr.) Encinas Game-By-Game Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB SO Mar 01, 2005 UC Riverside Mar 25, 2005 Arizona State Mar 29, 2005 at Loyola Marymount Apr 04, 2005 at Washington * Apr 05, 2005 Pepperdine Apr 10, 2005 UCLA Apr 13, 2005 at UC Santa Barbara * Apr 20, 2005 at Cal State Fullerton Apr 23, 2005 at California Totals Jack Spradlin Pitcher Junior Bats: Right Throws: Left Bonita, California (Eastlake HS/Southwestern College) Notes 2004 All-America and all-conference at Southwestern College after going 7-1 with a state-best 0.58 ERA (six earned runs) Made 14 starts last season, allowing 65 hits in 93 innings with 24 walks and 92 strikeouts Named Pacific Coast Conference Player of the Year last season Earned All-CIF and all-league honors in his senior season at Eastlake High His father, Jack, has played professionally on the PGA and Senior PGA Tours Spradlin s Career Statistics YEAR W-L SV ERA G-GS CG IP H R ER BB SO 2005 (Jr.) Spradlin s Game-By-Game Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB SO Feb 08, 2005 San Diego State Feb 12, 2005 at Long Beach State Feb 15, 2005 San Diego Feb 26, 2005 at Stanford Mar 01, 2005 UC Riverside * Mar 05, 2005 vs Rice University Mar 08, 2005 at UC Riverside Mar 11, 2005 at Texas Tech Mar 13, 2005 UC Irvine Mar 15, 2005 at San Diego * Mar 26, 2005 Arizona State * Apr 02, 2005 at Washington * Apr 08, 2005 UCLA * Apr 12, 2005 Cal State Fullerton * Apr 19, 2005 UC Santa Barbara * Apr 23, 2005 at California * Totals USC Baseball 11

12 Pitching Capsules 31 Ian Kennedy Pitcher Sophomore Bats: Right Throws: Right Huntington Beach, California (La Quinta HS) 2005 Season Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB SO Feb 08, 2005 San Diego State Feb 12, 2005 at Long Beach State * Feb 26, 2005 at Stanford * Mar 04, 2005 vs Texas A&M * Mar 11, 2005 at Texas Tech * Mar 18, 2005 vs Nevada * Mar 24, 2005 Arizona State * Apr 01, 2005 at Washington * Apr 09, 2005 UCLA * Apr 20, 2005 at Cal State Fullerton * Apr 22, 2005 at California * Totals Notes 2005 Baseball America Preseason All-America third team selection Listed on the 2005 Roger Clemens Award watch Member of the 2004 U.S. National Team and led the team with a team-high 40 strikeouts Posted a 3-1 record with a 3.81 ERA for Team USA (26 IP, 21 H, 10 BB, 40 SO) During the 2004 FISU II World University Championship in Taiwan, he had a no-hitter through 7 1/3 innings against Japan and did not allow a hit until his 100th pitch Earned All-Pac-10 and Baseball America Midseason Freshman All-America honors during his 2004 freshman season Named CIF Division IV co-most valuable player in his senior season at La Quinta HS in his junior season after recording 13 wins and leading the county with a 0.38 ERA (five earned runs in 90 2/3 innings) and strikeouts (168) while batting.373 with seven home runs and 31 RBI Kennedy's Career Statistics YEAR W-L SV ERA G-GS CG IP H R ER BB SO 2004 (Fr.) (So.) Totals Kennedy's Career Statistics vs. Pac-10 Teams YEAR W-L SV ERA G-GS CG IP H R ER BB SO Arizona Arizona State California Oregon State Stanford UCLA Washington Washington St Totals Kennedy's Game-By-Game 2004 Season Date Opponent GS IP H R ER BB SO Feb 13, 2004 at Long Beach State * Feb 20, 2004 at Louisville * Feb 27, 2004 vs Georgia Tech * Mar 02, 2004 at UC Irvine Mar 06, 2004 Stanford * Mar 12, 2004 at Mississippi State * Mar 19, 2004 at South Alabama * Mar 27, 2004 UCLA * Apr 02, 2004 at Arizona State * Apr 08, 2004 California * Apr 16, 2004 at Washington State * Apr 23, 2004 Oregon State * Apr 30, 2004 at UCLA * May 14, 2004 Washington * May 21, 2004 at Stanford * May 28, 2004 Arizona * Totals USC Baseball 12

13 2005 USC Baseball Radio/TV Roster 2 3 Matt Cusick Fr. IF 5-9/190 Mission Viejo, Calif. Baron Frost Jr. OF/C 6-0/185 La Jolla, Calif. 12 Scott Scharlach So. RHP 6-2/185 Pasadena, Calif. 34 Brandon Buxbaum So. LHP 6-5/205 Malibu, Calif. Nate Smith Fr. RHP 6-2/235 Clovis, Calif. 35 Matt Underwood So. LHP/1B 6-1/210 Saugus, Calif. Jeff Clement Jr. C 6-1/210 Marshalltown, Iowa 36 Josh Fogel So. IF 6-0/160 Saugus, Calif. 44 Richard Aguilar Sr. RHP 6-0/180 San Pedro, Calif. Jon Williams Sr. RHP 6-4/205 Alamo, Calif. 39 Spencer Pabst Fr. OF 5-11/170 Long Beach, Calif. 46 Brendan Kotler Fr. OF/C 5-11/200 Calabasas, Calif. Paul Koss Sr. RHP 6-4/215 Orange, Calif. 40 Andy Guy So. RHP 6-3/205 Redondo Beach, Calif. 48 Kyle Degener So. IF 5-10/185 Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. Ryan Broderick Jr. OF 6-3/205 Palm Desert, Calif. 31 Brett Bannister Jr. RHP 6-1/190 Paradise Valley, Ariz Ian Kennedy So. RHP 6-0/195 Huntington Beach, Calif. 42 Sebastian Salinas Fr. C 6-1/195 Riverside, Calif. Garrett Gipe So. IF 6-2/160 Santa Ana, Calif. 21 Blake Sharpe Jr. IF 6-1/180 Moorpark, Calif Lucas Duda Fr. RHP/1B 6-4/220 Riverside, Calif. 20 Michael Friedman Sr. LHP 6-2/170 Fremont, Calif Roberto Lopez Fr. 3B/OF 6-0/180 La Mesa, Calif. 16 Cyle Hankerd So. OF 6-2/205 Covina, Calif Dale Legaspi Sr. IF 5-8/155 Burbank, Calif. 15 Hector Estrella So. IF 5-10/170 Rosemead, Calif Jack Spradlin Jr. LHP 6-1/175 Bonita, Calif. 14 Billy Hart Jr. 3B 6-2/215 Tustin, Calif Darin Vieira Jr. UT 5-10/165 San Jose, Calif. 13 Daniel Perales So. OF 6-0/185 Orange, Calif Zack Kalter Jr. RHP/OF 6-1/190 Phillips Ranch, Calif. 43 Anthony Encinas Fr. RHP 5-11/200 Norwalk, Calif. Steve Martlaro Fr. RHP 6-2/235 Diamond Bar, Calif. 51 Ryan Schlack Fr. UT 6-1/175 Long Beach, Calif. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 19 Mike Gillespie Head Coach 19th year 17 Dave Lawn Assistant Coach 5th year 11 Andy Nieto Assistant Coach 9th year 27 Rob Klein Volunteer Asst.Coach 18th year Chad Kreuter Director of Baseball Operations 1st year CLEMENT, Jeff... CLEHM-ent CUSICK, Matt... Q-sic DEDEAUX, Rod... DAY-dough ESTRELLA, Hector...eh-STRAY-yuh HANKERD, Cyle... KYE-ull GILLESPIE, Mike...guh-LES-pee NIETO, Andy...knee-EH-toe SCHARLACH, Scott... SHAR-lock VIEIRA, Darin...vee-ERROR-uh 2005 USC Baseball 13