UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BASEBALL MEDIA INFORMATION

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1 12-Time National Champions UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BASEBALL MEDIA INFORMATION Los Angeles, California Telephone: (213) Fax: (213) Baseball Sports Information Director: Jason Pommier Telephone: (213) Fax: (213) Schedule/Results Overall: Pac-10: Home: Road: 7-15 Neutral: 1-0 Date Opponent Time/Result 2011 USC Tournament February 19 Missouri W 9-3 Cal Poly W 5-2 (5 innings) February 20 North Carolina L 7-11 February 22 at UC Riverside W 6-3 February 25 at No. 22 Rice L 7-10 February 26 at No. 22 Rice L 5-6 February 27 at No. 22 Rice L 2-3 March 1 at Long Beach State L 4-5 March 4 at No. 7 Cal State Fullerton L 1-10 March 5 at No. 7 Cal State Fullerton L 3-7 March 6 No. 7 Cal State Fullerton L 1-2 March 8 at UC Santa Barbara L Dodgertown Classic March 11 St. Mary s W 6-2 March 12 Georgia L 3-5 March 13 vs. No. 13 UCLA (Dodger Stadium) W 2-0 March 15 Louisville W 4-3 March 16 Louisville W 9-4 March 18 Pacific W 8-2 March 19 Pacific (DH) L 9-10 Pacific (DH) L 2-7 March 22 UC Santa Barbara L 2-5 March 25 No. 24 UCLA * L 4-8 March 26 No. 24 UCLA * L 0-4 March 27 No. 24 UCLA * W 6-2 March 29 UC Irvine L 0-4 April 1 at No. 13 California * W 10-6 April 2 at No. 13 California * L 2-9 April 3 at No. 13 California * L 6-9 April 5 Loyola Marymount W 10-3 April 8 No. 11 Stanford * L 1-8 April 9 No. 11 Stanford * W 3-1 April 10 No. 11 Stanford * W 6-2 April 12 at Pepperdine Suspended, 5-5 (11) April 15 Oregon * L 2-4 April 16 Oregon * W 9-2 April 17 Oregon * W 3-1 April 19 at Loyola Marymount W 7-4 April 21 at Washington * W 2-1 April 22 at Washington * W 12-9 April 23 at Washington * L 2-8 April 26 Long Beach State L 1-7 April 29 at Arizona * L 3-4 (10) April 30 at Arizona * L 4-20 May 1 at Arizona * L 5-8 May 3 UC Riverside L 6-10 May 13 No. 6 Arizona State * W 5-1 May 14 No. 6 Arizona State * L 4-7 May 15 No. 6 Arizona State * W 6-2 May 17 at UC Irvine L 2-9 May 20 at No. 2 Oregon State * L 2-7 May 21 at No. 2 Oregon State * (ROOT TV) W 8-3 May 22 at No. 2 Oregon State * W 4-3 May 24 Pepperdine 3 p.m. & May 27 Washington State * 6 p.m. May 28 Washington State * 2 p.m. May 29 Washington State * Noon All times local * Pac-10 game (Baseball America ranking at time of game) & Resumption of 4/12 game, regular game starts 30 minutes after For Release: May 24, 2011 USC Finishes 2011 Season at Home Against Pepperdine and Washington State Games Games Upcoming Games Schedule Tuesday, May 24 Pepperdine at USC - - 3:00 p.m. LHP Jared Lee (2-1, 4.91) vs. RHP Ben Mount (1-2, 5.06) (resumption of 4/12 suspended game, regular game played 30 minutes after) Friday, May 27 Washington State at USC - - 6:00 p.m. LHP Adam Conley (6-6, 3.35) vs. RHP Andrew Triggs (4-4, 3.90) Saturday, May 28 Washington State at USC - - 2:00 p.m. All times local TBA vs. RHP Austin Wood (5-6, 5.13) Sunday, May 29 Washington State at USC - - Noon TBA vs. RHP Logan Odom (5-5, 3.50) All games broadcast on LOS ANGELES The USC baseball team (22-29, 12-12) concludes the 2011 regular season at home with a nonconference game on Tuesday (May 24) against Pepperdine (21-30). The Trojans and the Waves will resume a suspended game at 3 p.m. from April 12 after the game in Malibu was halted in the top of the 12th inning with a 5-5 score. A regularly-scheduled game will take place 30 minutes after the conclusion of the suspended game. USC finishes with a Pac-10 Conference series against Washington State (24-26, 8-16), Friday-Sunday (May 27-29). Game times are 6 p.m. on Friday, 2 p.m. on Saturday and noon on Sunday. All four games will be broadcast live on usctrojans.com (Saturday s game will be audio only). Probable Starters LF 3B Matt Foat HR - 25 RBI Recorded his first home run of the season on Sunday at No. 2 Oregon State SS Adam Landecker HR - 15 RBI Collected eight hits in the Arizona State series C Kevin Roundtree HR - 9 RBI Has thrown out 25 of 66 baserunners this season (37.9%) CF James Roberts Alex Glenn HR - 15 RBI Continuing a solid freshman season as the year progresses HR - 6 RBI Hit his third home run of the season on 5/14 vs. Arizona State SP SP Andrew Triggs 2B 4-4, 3.90 ERA His third CG of the season came on 5/13 against No. 3 Arizona State SP Austin Wood 5-6, 5.13 ERA Allowed just one run in 6 1/3 innings on 4/16 vs. Oregon Logan Odom 5-5, 3.50 ERA Threw a CG three-hitter on Sunday against No. 3 Arizona State RF Joe De Pinto HR - 22 RBI Batted.700 (7-for-10) during the Arizona series 1B Alex Sherrod HR - 32 RBI Now leading the team in batting average Ricky Oropesa HR - 38 RBI Junior All-America has 39 career homers at USC DH Brandon Garcia HR - 19 RBI Hit a home run in two straight games vs. Arizona State (5/14-5/15) 1 University of Southern California Baseball usctrojans.com1

2 National Polls (May 23) Baseball America 1. South Carolina 2. Texas 3. Florida 4. Vanderbilt 5. Virginia 6. Oregon State 7. Florida State 8. Arizona State 9. Cal State Fullerton 10. TCU 11. Georgia Tech 12. North Carolina 13. Texas A&M 14. Clemson 15. Connecticut 16. Rice 17. Miami 18. Oklahoma 19. Southern Mississippi 20. Arkansas 21. Troy 22. Florida International 23. UCLA 24. UC Irvine 25. East Carolina 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 2011 season marks the 38th 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. The 2008 season brought a new scoreboard, along with the million-dollar Rod Dedeaux Research for Baseball Institute (RDRBI) which adds batting cages, a new weight room and state-of-the-art video motion analysis. Prior to the 2011 season, a $600,000 project added new lights to to bring the facility to NCAA-mandated standards for hosting postseason play. 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. 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 Perfect Game USA 1. South Carolina 2. Virginia 3. Texas 4. Florida 5. Vanderbilt 6. Georgia Tech 7. Oregon State 8. Florida State 9. TCU 10. North Carolina 11. Texas A&M 12. Cal State Fullerton 13. Arizona State 14. Clemson 15. Rice 16. Oklahoma 17. Connecticut 18. Miami 19. Troy 20. Southern Mississippi 21. Kent State 22. Florida International 23. Arkansas 24. UCLA 25. Fresno State All-Time (.661) PEPPERDINE NOTES Pepperdine is on the season. Head coach Steve Rodriguez is in his eighth season at Pepperdine. The Waves are batting.246 as a team with a 4.00 staff ERA. Brian Humphries is batting.301 (56-for-186) with three home runs, 25 RBI and 11 stolen bases. USC leads the all-time series with Pepperdine by an margin. WASHINGTON STATE NOTES Washington State is on the season and 8-16 in Pac-10 Conference play after taking two of three at home last weekend against Oregon. Head coach Donnie Marbut is in his seventh season at Washington State. The Cougars are batting.272 as a team with a 5.04 staff ERA. Taylor Ard is batting.333 (61-for-183) with eight home runs and 50 RBI. Friday starter Adam Conley is 6-6 with a 3.35 ERA (102 IP, 104 H, 38 ER, 24 BB, 82 SO,.269 OBA). USC is all-time against Washington State with the Cougars possessing a five-game winning streak in the series. STATAPALOOZA As of May 24, USC is tied for fifth among Pac-10 Conference teams with a.272 average, eighth with a 4.77 pitching staff ERA and tied for fifth with a.974 fielding percentage. As of May 24, Ricky Oropesa is ninth among Pac-10 Conference players with 89 total bases, tied for fifth with 28 walks, tied for seventh with 38 RBI and tied for fifth with six home runs. Alex Sherrod is tied for fifth with six home runs and third with a.520 slugging percentage. The Trojans starting weekend rotation to begin the 2011 season (Andrew Triggs, Austin Wood and Logan Odom) did not have one pitcher from the state of California. Triggs is from Tennessee, Wood from Florida and Odom from Oregon. The Feb. 19 five-inning win against Cal Poly was the first game played by USC that was less than nine innings since Feb. 14, 2006, when the Trojans won at UC Santa Barbara (16-11) in eight innings. With a time of 1:52 in the March 6 game against Cal State Fullerton, it was the first game played under two hours since March 14, 2007, when USC played Portland at. Austin Wood is rated as the No. 26 college prospect in the nation by Baseball America. Ricky Oropesa is rated No. 33 overall while Andrew Triggs is rated No. 100 overall. Austin Wood is rated as the No. 22 junior in the nation by Baseball America while Ricky Oropesa is the No. 32-rated junior. Jake Hernandez is rated as the No. 37 freshman in the nation. The Trojans have four pitchers on the staff that stand 6-6 or taller: Chris Mezger (6-10), Ben Mount (6-8), Jordan Hershiser (6-8) and Logan Odom (6-6). TROJANS ON THE NET USC baseball games this season will be broadcast live on usctrojans.com with video webcasts for every home game, courtesy of Trojans All-Access. All road games will feature a live audio broadcast. Fans should note that video webcasts will no longer be archived. TROJANS PICKED NINTH IN PAC-10 USC was picked to finish ninth in the Pac-10 Conference, according to the preseason coaches poll. The Trojans were slotted behind UCLA, Stanford, Arizona State, Oregon, Arizona, California, Washington State and Oregon State and ahead of Washington. TROJANS IN THE MAJORS In the history of the USC baseball program, a total of 97 players have made it to the major leagues. PAC (12) TO THE FUTURE When the Pac-10 Conference expands to the Pac-12 Conference next year, the conference will expand to 11 teams with the addition of Utah (Colorado does not sponsor baseball). On April 8, after originally dropping the program following the end of the 2011 season, California announced it would reinstate baseball after supporters raised the necessary funds. GETTING TO THE (BB)COR OF THE MATTER The buzzword in college baseball for the 2011 season are the new BBCOR (Batted Ball Coefficient of Restitution) bats being used for play. NCAA-mandated levels for all aluminum bats have ensured that players using BBCOR-rated bats will be similar to that of hitting a wood bat. I think the majority of coaches believe it s going to be a lower-scoring game and a quicker game, said USC head coach Frank Cruz. They feel the pitchers will dominate because of the fact that the baseball is not coming off the barrel as it used to in the past. I think you will see a more fundamental team game. 2 University of Southern California Baseball usctrojans.com2

3 Frank Cruz Head Coach 1st year 7th year at USC Frank Cruz was named interim head coach for the 2011 season after two seasons as USC s volunteer assistant coach during his second tour of duty with the Trojans. On May 18, 2011, Cruz was named full-time head coach by USC athletic director Pat Haden. Cruz spent four seasons at Troy as an assistant coach ( ) under former head coach Mike Gillespie prior to his 12-year tenure as head coach at Loyola Marymount ( ). During his four years as an assistant coach at USC, the Trojans compiled a record and made four straight NCAA Tournament appearances. In 1995, USC made its first College World Series appearance in 17 years, reaching the championship game and finishing with a record. As LMU s head coach, he had a record. He finished ranked eighth in West Coast Conference history for overall victories and sixth in conference wins (170). The Lions won three straight WCC titles from as well as making three consecutive appearances in the NCAA Tournament. Cruz was named assistant coach for the 2000 United States National Team as the squad compiled a record, finishing the season with a 21-game unbeaten streak. Team USA beat Cuba twice to win the 2000 IBAF Tournament in the Netherlands. USA Baseball invited Cruz back to the program again in 2004, this time as the head coach for Team USA. The team won the program s first gold medal at the FISU World University Championships in Taiwan, winning 12 of its final 14 games. He was named 2004 IBF International Coach of the Year and U.S. National Development Coach of the Year. Before USC, he was the head coach at University High School in Los Angeles, posting a career record. He led University to the 1988 L.A. City baseball title, four Western League crowns ( ) and six trips to the city baseball playoffs. He attended Santa Monica College and transferred to Pepperdine, where he earned a bachelor s degree in 1983 in physical education and master s degree in 1989 in education. He is a graduate of St. Monica High School and resides in West Los Angeles. Cruz s Career Head Coaching Record OVERALL CONFERENCE YEAR SCHOOL W L PCT. W L PCT. FINISH 1997 Loyola Marymount th! 1998 Loyola Marymount st! 1999 Loyola Marymount Loyola Marymount Loyola Marymount Loyola Marymount rd ^ 2003 Loyola Marymount rd ^ 2004 Loyola Marymount Loyola Marymount Loyola Marymount th! 2007 Loyola Marymount T-4th! 2008 Loyola Marymount th! 2011 USC TOTALS * TAKING ANOTHER CRUZ In August 2010, new USC athletic director Pat Haden installed Frank Cruz as interim head coach for the 2011 season and was named full-time head coach on May 18, Cruz is in his second tour of duty at USC after 12 seasons as head coach at Loyola Marymount ( ) and his seventh overall year at USC. Cruz served as assistant coach at USC from under former head coach Mike Gillespie and was a volunteer assistant coach for USC in 2009 and He was an assistant coach for Team USA in 2000 and served as head coach in 2004, guiding the squad to the program s first-ever gold medal at the FISU World University Championships in Taiwan. HOG HEAVEN Doyle Wilson is in his fourth season at USC as assistant coach after seven seasons as the head coach at Chandler-Gilbert (Ariz.) Community College. With a lengthy scouting background, Wilson compiled a record at Chandler- Gilbert. He was a two-time all-conference catcher at Arkansas and played for the Razorbacks in the 1985 College World Series. Wilson is the recruiting coordinator and works as lead hitting coach. FULL HOUSE Tom House, who pitched for the Trojans in 1967, is in his fourth season as the pitching coach, serving as the pitching coach this season. He will serve as volunteer coach for the 2011 season. After spending eight seasons in the major leagues, House was the pitching coach for three major league teams before becoming the founder and CEO of the famed National Pitching Association in San Diego. His principles are based in three-dimensional motion analysis, mental and emotional profiles and nutritional assessments. In 2009, Collegiate Baseball expanded its Coach of the Year Award by renaming it the Tom House Teaching Professional Award for his lifetime research and coaching expertise. BACK AT TROY Former USC shortstop Gabe Alvarez is in his first season as assistant coach for the Trojans. Alvarez played at USC as a shortstop from and had a career.338 batting average for the Trojans with 28 home runs and 163 RBI. In 1994, he was a first team All-America pick by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association after batting.326 with seven home runs and 51 RBI. He was a second-round selection in the 1995 major league baseball draft by the San Diego Padres and played three seasons in the major leagues ( ). CITY OF ORO Junior infielder Ricky Oropesa (Rancho Cucamonga/Etiwanda HS) earned Baseball America All-America second team honors last year after leading the Trojans in the triple crown categories, batting.353 (83-for-253) with 20 home runs and 67 RBI (the first Trojan do lead in all three categories since Jeff Clement in 2005). This season, Oropesa is batting.317 (59-for-186) with 10 doubles, a triple, six home runs and 38 RBI. His sixth homer of the season came on April 22 at Washington with a two-run shot to center field. On April 1, he belted two home runs and tied his personal best with five RBI. It was the fourth time in his career that he had two or more home runs in a game and the fourth time he has recorded five RBI in a game. He earned Pac-10 Conference Player of the Week honors on March 28 after going 9-for-17 (.529) in four games, including a 6-for-13 series at home against No. 24 UCLA (March 25-27). Oropesa had two home runs and seven RBI against the Bruins, including a 3-for-5 day on March 27 with a home run. He tied a personal best with five RBI, the third time in his career he had five RBI in a game. He went 3-for-4 with one RBI on March 16 against Louisville and recorded his first three-hit game of the season on March 11 against St. Mary s. He had a seasonlong 10-game hitting streak snapped on March 19. He had a bases-loaded double against North Carolina on Feb. 20. Oropesa started the 2011 season with Baseball America Preseason and ESPN Preseason first team All-American and Louisville Slugger Preseason second team All-American honors. He is also on the 2011 Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List as announced by USA Baseball. *includes 3 ties! West Coast WCC (Coast Div.) ^ - WCC (West Div.) 3 University of Southern California Baseball usctrojans.com3

4 2011 Superlatives Team Batting Hits: at Oregon State (May 21) RBIs: at Washington (April 22) Doubles: times: last vs. Loyola Marymount (April 5) Triples: times: last vs. Oregon (April 17) Home runs: times: last vs. Arizona State (May 15) Total bases: vs. Arizona State (May 15) Walks: at Rice (Feb. 25) Strikeouts: times: last vs. UCLA (March 26) Stolen bases: times: last vs. Louisville (March 16) Hit by pitch: at Washington (April 22) Runners LOB: times: last vs. Oregon (April 16) Hit into DP: at UC Santa Barbara (March 8) Team Fielding Errors: times: last vs. Arizona State (May 15) DPs turned: times: last at Arizona (April 29) Team Pitching Walks allowed: times: last at Loyola Marymount (April 19) Strikeouts: vs. Stanford (April 10) Hits allowed: times: last vs. Arizona State (May 15) Wild pitches: at California (April 2) Hit batters: times: last at Washington (April 23) Individual Batting Runs scored: times (last: Ricky Oropesa at Washington, April 22) Hits: Adam Landecker vs. Arizona State (May 14) RBI: times (last: Ricky Oropesa at California, April 1) Doubles: Alex Sherrod vs. St. Mary s (March 11) Triples: times Home runs: Ricky Oropesa at California (April 1) Total bases: Ricky Oropesa at California (April 1) Walks: times (last: Ricky Oropesa vs. UC Riverside, May 15) Sac hits: Matt Hart at Long Beach State (March 1) Stolen bases: Joe De Pinto vs. Louisville (March 16) Hit by pitch: times (last: Kevin Roundtree at Loyola Marymount, April 19) Individual Pitching Innings pitched: times (last: L. Odom vs. Arizona St., May 15) Strikeouts: Andrew Triggs at Washington (April 21) Miscellaneous Longest Winning Streak:... 5 games (4/16-4/22) Longest Losing Streak:... 8 games (2/25-3/8) Largest Margin of Victory:... 7 runs (2 times: last vs. Oregon, April 16) Largest Margin of Defeat: runs (April 30 at Arizona) Most Runs: runs (at Washington on April 22) Most Runs, Opponent: runs (April 30 at Arizona) Most Runs, Inning:... 8 runs (at Oregon State, 1st on May 21) Most Runs, Inning, Opponent...7 runs (3 times-last: at Arizona, 4th on April 30) Longest Game:... 3:46 (March 19 vs. Pacific, Game 1 of DH) Shortest Game:... 1:52 (March 6 vs. Cal State Fullerton) Largest Home Crowd: vs. North Carolina (February 20) Smallest Home Crowd: vs. UC Riverside (May 3) Largest Road Crowd:... 3,811 at Rice (February 27) Smallest Road Crowd: at Loyola Marymount (April 19) ** USC and UCLA drew 11,680 on March 13 at Dodger Stadium His 20 home runs last year tied him for sixth place on USC s single-season list with Jason Lane (1999) while his 22 doubles put him in a tie for fifth on USC s single-season list with three other players. He earned his first All-Pac-10 Conference honor and led the team with seven stolen bases. He recorded three home runs for the first time in his career on May 28, 2010, against Washington, going 4-for-5 with a double and a season-high five RBI. He hit the walk-off homer in the 11th inning on May 18 in a 9-8 win against New Mexico State and went 4-for-5 with a double, home run and four RBI on May 14 at No. 11 UCLA. He hit a solo home run in back-to-back games on March 20 and 21 at Pacific, batting.545 (6-for-11) in the series. He earned Collegiate Baseball/Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America and Pac-10 Conference honorable mention honors in his 2009 freshman season. He batted.314 (58-for-185) while leading the team in home runs (13) and RBI (48). He hit two home runs in a game twice, both around a span of one week. He hit two on April 21 against Loyola Marymount with the second one coming on April 29 at No. 6 Cal State Fullerton, where he had five RBI. He hit home runs in back-to-back games on April 9 and 10 against Oregon. He hit an opposite-field home run against UCLA s highly-touted freshman Gerrit Cole on March 21. On March 14, he hit his first collegiate home run and had a season-high four RBI. As a 24th round draft selection in the 2008 draft by the Boston Red Sox, Oropesa batted.563 with six home runs, two triples and 16 RBI as a senior in high school and.547 as a junior with 11 home runs and 46 RBI. CAREER CHANGER Ricky Oropesa has 39 career home runs is currently in USC s all-time list for round trippers: 1. Mark McGwire, Jeff Clement, Geoff Jenkins, Eric Munson, Morgan Ensberg, Ricky Oropesa, Jason Lane, Mike Robertson, Joey Metropoulos, Pat Harrison, Brad Ticehurst, LOGAN S RUN Senior right-hander Logan Odom (Central Point, Ore./North Medford HS/Western Nevada CC) went 1-0 last season for the Trojans with a 7.01 ERA with four starts in 25 appearances (43 2/3 IP, 59 H, 34 ER, 21 BB, 28 SO,.324 OBA). He has a 5-5 record with a 3.50 ERA this season (79 2/3 IP, 64 H, 31 ER, 35 BB, 55 SO,.218 OBA). On May 22 at No. 2 Oregon State, he got the win with 6 1/3 innings and allowing two runs on five hits with three walks and eight strikeouts. He threw a complete-game three-hitter against No. 6 Arizona State on May 15, giving up two runs (one unearned) with three walks and three strikeouts. At one point, he retired 13 straight batters. Against Oregon on April 17, he gave up just one run in 7 2/3 innings, allowing seven hits with two walks and five strikeouts. He threw seven scoreless innings with a career-high eight strikeouts in a 6-2 win on April 10 against No. 11 Stanford. On March 27 against No. 24 UCLA, he allowed just one run on two hits in a seven-inning start with a season-high seven strikeouts. It was the second time he defeated UCLA and has a 0.63 ERA in two starts (14 1/3 innings) against the Bruins. He earned his first Pac-10 Conference Pitcher of the Week honor on March 14 after throwing 7 1/3 scoreless innings against No. 13 UCLA in the 2-0 shutout at Dodger Stadium. Odom allowed just four hits in the start. He was the hard-luck loser in a 2-1 pitchers duel on March 6 against No. 7 Cal State Fullerton as he allowed only three hits and two runs (one unearned) in 7 2/3 innings. He opened the game by retiring the first eight Titan batters he faced and later had a streak of 12 straight batters retired. Last season, he earned his first win on April 20 against UC Santa Barbara with one no-hit inning after the Trojans rallied from an 8-0 deficit to win, University of Southern California Baseball usctrojans.com4

5 Pac-10 Standings (as of May 24) Pac-10 Overall W L Pct. GB W L Pct. Oregon State Arizona State UCLA California Arizona Stanford USC Oregon *.527 Washington State Washington *includes 1 tie This Week s Games Tues., May 24 CALIFORNIA at Paci!c, 6 p.m. OREGON at Portland, 3 p.m. Cal Poly at STANFORD, 5:30 p.m. UCLA at UC Irvine, 6:30 p.m. Pepperdine at USC, 6 p.m. WASHINGTON vs. WASHINGTON STATE, 6 p.m. Fri., May 27 OREGON STATE at OREGON, 7 p.m. * STANFORD at CALIFORNIA, 2:30 p.m. * UCLA at ARIZONA STATE, 6:30 p.m. * WASHINGTON at ARIZONA, 6 p.m. * WASHINGTON STATE at USC, 6 p.m. * Sat., May 28 OREGON STATE at OREGON, 2 p.m. * STANFORD at CALIFORNIA, 1 p.m. * UCLA at ARIZONA STATE, 6:30 p.m. * WASHINGTON at ARIZONA, 6 p.m. * WASHINGTON STATE at USC, 2 p.m. * Sun., May 29 OREGON STATE at OREGON, 1 p.m. * STANFORD at CALIFORNIA, 1 p.m. * UCLA at ARIZONA STATE, 12:30 p.m. * WASHINGTON at ARIZONA, 12 p.m. * WASHINGTON STATE at USC, 12 p.m. * * Indicates Pac-10 game PULL THE TRIGGER Junior right-hander Andrew Triggs (Nashville, Tenn./ Montgomery Bell Academy) went 2-7 last season with a 3.95 ERA (70 2/3 IP, 71 H, 31 ER, 21 BB, 62 SO,.257 OBA) and earned Pac-10 Conference honorable mention. He was drafted in the 2010 major league draft in the 24th round by the Cleveland Indians. He has a 4-4 record with a 3.90 ERA this season (83 IP, 86 H, 36 ER, 26 BB, 59 SO,.277 OBA). His third complete game of the season came on May 13 in a 5-1 win over No. 6 Arizona State. He allowed seven hits and one unearned run with two walks and six strikeouts. He allowed only one earned run in 7 2/3 innings on April 29 at Arizona with two walks and four strikeouts. On April 21 at Washington, he registered a career-high 10 strikeouts in his second complete game of the season, allowing just one run on five hits with one walk in the 2-1 victory. He became the first Trojan since Anthony Vasquez in 2009 to record double-digit strikeouts in a game. He tied his then-career best with nine strikeouts on April 15 against Oregon, but still took the loss after giving up two runs in 6 2/3 innings. On March 18 against Pacific, he threw his third career complete game in an 8-2 win. Triggs allowed two runs (one earned) on six hits with no walks and five strikeouts. He picked up his first win of the season on March 11 against St. Mary s, allowing two runs on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. He recorded the no-decision in his season debut against Missouri with 4 2/3 innings and allowed just one earned run. Last season, he threw seven scoreless innings, giving up just three hits with a walk and eight strikeouts in the win on April 30, 2010, against No. 19 Arizona. He took the loss on March 28 at No. 19 Stanford, but allowed only three runs on five hits with two walks and three strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. He gave up just two runs (one earned) on five hits with a career-high nine strikeouts on March 5 against New Mexico. He allowed four runs in seven innings with a walk and seven strikeouts in a 9-4 win on Feb. 19 at Cal Poly, the season opener for both teams. Triggs earned Pac-10 Conference honorable mention recognition as a freshman, going 5-3 with a 3.96 ERA (75.0 IP, 79 H, 33 ER, 20 BB, 50 SO,.276 OBA). He earned the win on April 18, 2009, at No. 14 Oregon State, allowing just two runs in eight innings. On March 22 against UCLA in his second start, he threw seven scoreless innings against the Bruins, allowing just three hits with seven strikeouts for the win. He celebrated his 20th birthday on March 16 with his first collegiate win in his first start against Winthrop (7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 ER). He threw six strong innings in relief on March 7 at Tulane, allowing two runs on five hits with a walk and three strikeouts. Triggs had Tommy John surgery on his right elbow prior to his senior season of high school, but bounced back after two years on the sidelines. DE PINTO BEANS Senior infielder Joe De Pinto (Sunland, St. Francis HS) earned Pac-10 Conference honorable mention recognition last season after batting.286 (72-for-252) with 15 doubles, two home runs and 23 RBI, playing in every game. This season, he is batting.295 (51-for-173) with 10 doubles, two triples and 22 RBI. In the Arizona series (April 29-May 1), he batted.700 (7-for-10). He went 3-for-4 with two RBI on March 18 against Pacific and had three RBI on March 1 at Long Beach State. He opened the season with an eight-game hitting streak. He had an 11-game hitting streak snapped last weekend at Washington State last season. He hit his first home run of the season on May 2 against No. 19 Arizona. He went 4-for-6 on March 21 at Pacific. In 53 starts, he batted.277 (53-for-191) in 2009 with three home runs and 22 RBI while finishing second on the team with 11 stolen bases. De Pinto went 4-for-4 on March 25, 2009, in the first game of a doubleheader against Brown last year. He had a six-game hitting streak and recorded three-hit games on March 13 and 16 against Winthrop. He had an inside-the-park home run on March 8 at Tulane while his first collegiate home run came on Feb. 28 against Western Carolina, hitting a three-run shot to left at. 5 University of Southern California Baseball usctrojans.com5

6 In 2008 as a freshman, he made 34 starts in 42 games as he batted.203 (24-for-118) with five RBI and two stolen bases. SPARE THE ROD Junior outfielder/pitcher Alex Sherrod (Marrieta, Ga./Walton HS) batted.315 (41-for-130) last season with six home runs and 28 RBI. This season, he is batting.329 (50-for-152) with six home runs and 32 RBI. He was 2-for-4 with two RBI after hitting his sixth homer of the season on May 15 against No. 6 Arizona State. He went 7-for-13 with a home run in the series at Arizona (April 29-May 1). His RBI double snapped a 1-1 tie in the 8th inning on April 17 in the 3-1 win against Oregon. On March 15 against Louisville, he went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI and hit his fourth homer of the season on March 19 in the second game of a doubleheader against Pacific. He hit the team s first home runs of the season on Feb. 25 and Feb. 26 at No. 22 Rice. Last season, Sherrod had a triple and home run on May 7 against Utah. He hit a home run in the final two games of the series against No. 19 Arizona (May 1-2). He had a career-high five RBI in a 13-8 win on March 26 at No. 19 Stanford, hitting a three-run homer in the third. He went 4-for-6 on March 21 at Pacific. On March 2 at Long Beach State, he hit a three-run homer to start a seven-run third inning during the Trojans 10-5 win. He started in 31 games during his 2009 freshman season for the Trojans in right field. He batted.296 (34-for-115) with 11 RBI. He hit a two-run double in the ninth to help USC defeat No. 14 Oregon State on April 18 in Corvallis and set up a 9-2 double play in the bottom of the ninth on April 19 to send the game into extra innings. KNOCK ON WOOD Junior Austin Wood (Niceville, Fla./Florida State/St. Petersburg CC) was drafted in the fourth round of the 2010 major league draft by the Tampa Bay Rays and provides a power arm for the Trojans starting rotation. He is 5-6 this season with a 5.13 ERA (73 2/3 IP, 86 H, 42 ER, 32 BB, 47 SO,.302 OBA). On April 16 against Oregon, he got the win after giving up one run on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings with two walks and five strikeouts. He threw eight innings on April 9 against No. 11 Stanford, allowing just one unearned run on seven hits with two walks and a career-high eight strikeouts in the 3-1 win. After giving up a home run to Rice All-American Anthony Rendon on Feb. 26, Wood retired 13 of the next 15 batters and finished with allowing three runs on four hits in 6 2/3 innings. He earned the win in a rain-shortened, five-inning game on Feb. 19 against Cal Poly as he allowed two runs on six hits with a walk and six strikeouts in his Trojan debut. He pitched for the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League last summer and was selected to play in the All-Star Game. He posted a 3-0 record with a 0.58 ERA for the Kettleers. Last year, he had a 3-4 record with a 4.81 ERA at St. Petersburg College (43 IP, 45 H, 23 ER, 21 BB, 42 SO) after transferring from Florida State in his 2009 freshman season. He made five starts in nine games for the Seminoles and had a 6.35 ERA. In 22 2/3 innings at Florida State, he allowed 24 hits and 16 earned runs with 25 walks and 13 strikeouts. MOUNTAIN CLIMBER Junior right-hander Ben Mount (Coto de Caza/Tesoro HS) went 5-6 last season for the Trojans with a 4.32 ERA (91 2/3 IP, 105 H, 44 ER, 28 BB, 65 SO,.291 OBA) as he led the team for innings and strikeouts and earned Pac-10 Conference honorable mention. He has a 1-2 record with a 5.06 ERA and three saves this season (37 1/3 IP, 47 H, 21 ER, 15 BB, 23 SO,.320 OBA). He recorded his first collegiate save on April 17 in the 3-1 win against Oregon, throwing two-thirds of an inning in the ninth. He collected his first win on March 16 against Louisville with five innings, giving up one run on five hits with two walks and one strikeout. He threw 2 1/3 innings and allowed one unearned run on five hits on Feb. 22 at UC Riverside. Mount allowed two earned runs last season over six innings to pick up the win on May 1 vs. No. 19 Arizona. He threw seven innings without allowing an earned run on April 24 at No. 18 Oregon and giving up only four hits. He improved to 3-1 on the season with a win over No. 21 Oregon State on April 2, allowing just two runs (one earned) on four hits with a walk and seven strikeouts. He threw a complete game on March 13 at Hawai i in a 3-1 victory, allowing only one run on five hits with no walks and eight strikeouts. He earned his first collegiate win on March 7 in a 6-2 win against New Mexico, going 5 2/3 innings and allowed two runs (one earned) on six hits. YOU SPIN ME ROUND Junior catcher Kevin Roundtree (Glendora/Glendora HS) made 47 starts in 50 games last season and batted.288 (46-for-160) with one home run and 23 RBI, earning 2010 Pac-10 Conference honorable mention recognition. This season, Roundtree is batting.303 (56-for-185) with 11 doubles, one triple, one home run and nine RBI. Behind the plate, he has thrown out 25 of 66 baserunners (37.9%). He hit a three-run homer on April 22 in a 12-9 win at Washington. He was hit in the helmet by a pitch on Feb. 25 at Rice in the first inning, but was able to come back as a pinch hitter on Feb. 27. Last season, Roundtree collected five hits in the final two games of the Pacific series (March 20-21). He hit his first collegiate home run on March 14 at Hawai i and on March 12 in Honolulu, he went 3-for-3 at the plate with two stolen bases while throwing out two runners at second. VIVA LAS VEGAS Junior Brandon Garcia (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman HS) is batting.298 (37-for-124) this season with two home runs and 19 RBI. On the mound, he is 2-5 with an 8.70 ERA (30 IP, 43 H, 29 ER, 17 BB, 27 SO,.352 OBA). He hit a home run in back-to-back games on May 14 and 15 against No. 6 Arizona State. He picked up his first win of the season on March 15 against Louisville with 5 1/3 innings, allowing just one run on five hits with three walks and three strikeouts. Last season, he batted.182 (4-for-18) at the plate with one RBI while going 2-3 on the mound with a 4.17 ERA (45 1/3 IP, 45 H, 21 ER, 29 BB, 27 SO,.266 OBA). He made 19 appearances on the mound with three starts. He earned his first win as a starter on May 25, 2010, against No. 23 UC Irvine with a season-high 7 2/3 innings in the start, allowing just one run on three hits with four walks and a season-high six strikeouts. He earned his first collegiate win on March 21 at Pacific, going 4 1/3 innings and allowing two runs on four hits with two walks and three strikeouts. MISTER ROBERTS Freshman infielder James Roberts (Cupertino/Archbishop Mitty HS) will start the season as the Trojans shortstop, but expect to see him on the mound in late-inning situations. He is batting.284 (46-for-162) this season with four doubles, a home run and 15 RBI. His two-run double was the key in a 2-1 win on April 21 at Washington. On April 16 vs. Oregon, he registered his first three-hit and three-rbi game. He hit his first collegiate home run on March 25 against UCLA ace Gerrit Cole. He was hit three times by a pitch on Feb. 20 against North Carolina. He was selected to the 2010 Hawaii Collegiate Baseball League All-Star Game and was a member of the Archbishop Mitty High squad that won the 2010 mythical national championship by finishing first in the RivalsHigh Top 100 High School rankings. He was drafted in the 42nd round of the 2010 major league baseball draft by the San Francisco Giants. 6 University of Southern California Baseball usctrojans.com6

7 RESCUE ME Junior infielder/outfielder Matt Foat (Rescue/Ponderosa HS/Sierra College) earned 2010 Pac-10 Conference honorable mention after batting.275 (50-for-182) with five home runs and 33 RBI. He is batting.263 (41-for-156) this season with six doubles, one home run and 25 RBI. He had an 11-game hitting streak snapped on April 22, the longest for any Trojan this season. Last season, Foat recorded five RBI on March 21 in a 15-9 win at Pacific, including his fourth homer of the season. He went 8-for-17 (.471) in the four-game series at Hawai i (March 12-15) with five doubles, one triple, one home runs and six RBI. His key game was March 13 in a 3-1 win, knocking in two runs thanks to a double and triple. He started his Trojan career in style last season with a 4-for-5 and four RBI night in the season opener on Feb. 19 at Cal Poly. He hit.462 (6-for-13) for the weekend with five RBI. He earned 2009 All Big-8 Conference first team honors at Sierra College after batting.395 (70-for-177) with 18 doubles, six home runs, 36 RBI and nine stolen bases. RICHTER SCALE Freshman Kyle Richter (Mission Viejo/Santa Margarita HS) has made four midweek starts this season. He is 2-3 with a 4.61 ERA (27 1/3 IP, 24 H, 14 ER, 17 BB, 20 SO,.233 OBA). In a designated start, he threw two no-hit innings on April 19 at Loyola Marymount to pick up his second win on the year. He threw three no-hit innings in relief on March 22 against UC Santa Barbara with a walk and three strikeouts. His first collegiate win came on Feb. 22 at UC Riverside with 1 2/3 scoreless innings and striking out three. WELCOME MATT Sophomore Matt Munson (Irvine/Northwood HS/Saddleback College) is the nephew of former USC and major league catcher Eric Munson. He is 0-1 with a 4.70 ERA this season in 20 appearances (23 IP, 25 H, 12 ER, 7 BB, 15 SO,.309 OBA). NO STICK IN THE MUD Senior right-hander Chris Mezger (Boulder, Colo./Fairview HS) has a nickname of Stick as the team s tallest player at He has a 3.78 grade-point-average and is majoring in linguistics. He was named to the 2011 CoSIDA Academic District VIII first team in May. He is 1-0 this season with a 6.57 ERA (24 2/3 IP, 34 H, 18 ER, 8 BB, 16 SO,.343 OBA). He got the win on Feb. 19 in the season opener against Missouri with 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Last season, he went 4-2 with a 4.56 ERA (51 1/3 IP, 58 H, 26 ER, 17 BB, 40 SO,.289 OBA). Mezger made his first collegiate start on May 2 against No. 19 Arizona and earned the no-decision with five innings while allowing just two runs. He threw two scoreless innings on April 24 as USC defeated No. 18 Oregon, 5-4, in 10 innings. He threw four scoreless innings in relief and allowed only one hit to get the win on March 30 at Loyola Marymount and picked up his first collegiate win on March 2 at Long Beach State with 4 2/3 innings, allowing one run (unearned) on four hits. He was named to the 2010 CoSIDA Academic District VIII Team. THOUSAND POINTS OF LIGHT Junior right-hander Chad Smith (Thousand Oaks/ Thousand Oaks HS) has been the closer in 2011 for the Trojans, but will miss the remainder of the season after rupturing his ulner collateral ligament in his right elbow on April 17 against Oregon. He is not expected to require surgery and will rehab for during that time. He finishes the season with a 2.29 ERA and four saves (19 2/3 IP, 14 H, 5 ER, 6 BB, 26 SO,.200 OBA). His fourth save came on April 9 against No. 11 Stanford with one no-hit inning against the Cardinal. He threw 1 1/3 no-hit innings on March 15 against Louisville to notch his third save on the year. On March 13 against No. 13 UCLA at Dodger Stadium, he threw 1 1/3 perfect innings for the save with the key out being a strikeout with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth. He threw a scoreless innings to pick up his first save on the season (Feb. 22 at UC Riverside). Last season, he went 5-6 with a 4.47 ERA and two saves (56 1/3 IP, 50 H, 28 ER, 31 BB, 58 SO,.237 OBA). He made six starts in 23 appearances. Smith recorded a career-high nine strikeouts on April 1, 2010, against No. 21 Oregon State with five innings of relief. He picked up the save by pitching in the ninth inning on March 30 at Loyola Marymount. On March 15 at Hawai i, he allowed just two hits in six scoreless innings with two walks and eight strikeouts to earn his first victory of the season. Smith went 3-4 in 2009 with a 3.40 ERA (45 IP, 51 H, 17 ER, 16 BB, 38 SO,.273 OBA) with one save. He made four starts in 18 appearances. HOUTS IN THE HOUTFIELD Junior outfielder Garret Houts (Fort Collins, Colo./ Fort Collins HS) played in 43 games last season, batting.288 (23-for-80) with three home runs and nine RBI. He is batting.290 (18-for-62) this season with six RBI. He went 7-for-11 (.636) during the week of April 3, including a 3-for-4 day with a double on April 2 at No. 13 California. Last season, Houts hit home runs in back-to-back games on May 21 and 22 at Washington State. He recorded two doubles in a 3-for-5 game on March 20 at Pacific with one RBI. He made 19 starts in 33 games in 2009, batting.232 (13-for-56) with one home run and six RBI. Houts recorded his first collegiate home run last year on March 7 at Tulane in a 2-for-4 performance. ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SEA Sophomore infielder Adam Landecker (Calabasas/ Calabasas HS) made 43 starts last season, batting.265 (35-for-132) with one home run and 15 RBI to earn Pac-10 Conference honorable mention. He is batting.272 (37-for-136) this season with two triples and 15 RBI. He collected eight hits during the series against No. 6 Arizona State (May 13-15) and became the first Trojan to have a four-hit game this season with four singles on May 14. Landecker hit his first collegiate homer with a two-run shot to left over the Blue Monster on March 30, 2010, at Loyola Marymount. He went 0-for-1 in his collegiate debut on Feb. 21 at Cal Poly. KICKING IT INTO GEAR Freshman outfielder J.R. Aguirre (Palos Verdes Estates/ Palos Verdes HS) is batting.220 (13-for-59) in 14 starts this season for the Trojans with three RBI. He stole home on a botched bunt attempt on April 9 against No. 11 Stanford to score the first run in the eventual 3-1 win. GLENNGARRY GLENN ROSS Sophomore outfielder Alex Glenn (McDonough, Ga./ Henry County HS) made 14 starts in 39 games as a freshman last season, batting.193 with two home runs and 12 RBI. He is batting.188 (12-for-64) this season with three home runs and six RBI. He tallied his first home run of the season in a 2-for-3 day on March 16 against Louisville. Last season, he went 2-for-2 with a double and his first collegiate home run on April 18 at No. 3 Arizona State. He was a 2009 ESPN Rise Magazine all-area first team selection in his senior season and was drafted in the 37th round of the 2009 MLB draft by the Florida Marlins. 7 University of Southern California Baseball usctrojans.com7

8 BODY BY JAKE Freshman catcher Jake Hernandez (Rancho Cucamonga/Los Osos HS) made his collegiate debut on Feb. 20 against North Carolina, going 2-for-4 with a double and two RBI. He is batting.190 (11-for-58) this season with five RBI. BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE The 2011 recruiting class for the USC baseball team was ranked No. 16 in the nation by Baseball America. The incoming class includes: outfielder Omar Cotto Lozada (Guaynabo, Puerto Rico/ Bonneville HS); right-handed pitcher James Guillen (Covina/Damien HS); catcher Jake Hernandez (Rancho Cucamonga/Los Osos HS); left-handed pitcher Kyle Richter (Santa Margarita/Santa Margarita HS); shortstop/right-handed pitcher James Roberts (Cupertino/Archbishop Mitty HS); left-handed pitcher Bobby Wheatley (Villa Park/Orange Lutheran HS) and right-handed pitcher Austin Wood (Niceville, Fla./St. Petersburg College). DEDEAUX FIELD DEDICATIONS Prior to the start of the 2011 season, the scoreboard at was renamed the Mike Gillespie Scoreboard in honor of former USC player and head coach Mike Gillespie (now the head coach at UC Irvine). TROJAN 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 are permanently displayed as well as the awards won by former Trojan pitcher Mark Prior during his 2001 national player of the year season. Prior made a sizable donation to help complete the project. The major league uniforms of former Trojans are also on display. THE OTHER HALLS OF FAME Former USC pitcher Tom Seaver was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992 with a 98.8% vote, which remains the highest percentage ever for an inducted member. In the summer of 2006, legendary coach Rod Dedeaux (who passed away on January 5, 2006) was a member of the inaugural class for the College Baseball Hall of Fame in Lubbock, Texas. Another USC addition was made in 2007 when former outfielder Fred Lynn is inducted. He appeared on three consecutive USC national championship squads (1971, 1972 and 1973) and had a career.320 average with 28 home runs and 111 RBI. He also earned 1971 All-College World Series honors for the Trojans. Gillespie, who was a player on USC s 1961 national championship, spent 20 seasons as USC s head coach ( ). He led USC as head coach to the 1998 national championship, as well as four trips to the College World Series during his tenure. The batting cages were renamed for the Boone Family, in honor of the Boone family that included former USC players Aaron and Bret Boone. The Boone family became the first family in baseball history to send three generations to the major league All-Star Game (grandfather, Ray, and father, Bob). Bret Boone played at USC from while his brother Aaron played at USC from Both played in the 2003 All-Star Game as a total of five former Trojans (Geoff Jenkins, Barry Zito and Mark Prior) participated in the game. 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 second-most wins (74) at the CWS and is tied for third for most appearances (21). 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 J.R. Aguirre Joe De Pinto Matt Foat Brandon Garcia 2 2 5/15 vs. Arizona State Alex Glenn /14 vs. Arizona State Mike Greco Jake Hernandez Garret Houts Adam Landecker Ricky Oropesa /22 at Washington James Roberts 1 1 3/25 vs. UCLA Kevin Roundtree 1 1 4/22 at Washington Alex Sherrod /15 vs. Arizona State Kevin Swick 1 1 Team Totals University of Southern California Baseball usctrojans.com8