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Trojans Host Arizona This Weekend
April 12, 2018 | Baseball, Features
THIS WEEK: The USC baseball team plays five games in the next six days, hosting Arizona for a three-game series starting on Friday, then welcoming UC Santa Barbara on Tuesday before heading to Loyola Marymount on Wednesday to make up a game that was called due to fog on March 13.
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GAME TIMES: vs. Arizona - Friday: 7 p.m., Saturday/Sunday: 2 p.m. | vs. UC Santa Barbara - Tuesday: 6 p.m. | vs. Loyola Marymount - Wednesday: 6 p.m.
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BROADCAST INFO: All games against Arizona will be televised on Pac-12 Network. Tuesday's game against UCSB will be streamed via Pac-12.com, and Wednesday's game will be shown on TheW.tv and can be heard on USCTrojans.com. Links to all of the broadcasts can be found on the baseball schedule at USCTrojans .com.
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FOLLOW: Fans can also follow all of the action for all four games through live stats on USCTrojans.com. Live, in-game updates will be available from @USC_Baseball on Twitter as well.
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GET SOCIAL: Follow USC Baseball on social media to get updates on everything going on with the team this season. The Trojans can be found at @USC_Baseball on Twitter, @sctrojans on Instagram and USC Trojans Baseball on Facebook.
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PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS:
Friday: USC: RHP Kyle Hurt (2-2, 2.81 ERA) vs. UA: RHP Cody Deason (3-2, 2.00 ERA)
Saturday: USC: RHP Solomon Bates (2-1, 3.23 ERA) vs. UA: RHP Michael Flynn (5-1, 3.72 ERA)
Sunday: USC: LHP Quentin Longrie (4-1, 3.35 ERA) vs. UA: TBA
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LAST TIME OUT: The Trojans took two of three games at Arizona State, breaking out the bats in the second two games of the series for 28 total hits and 18 runs. Solomon Bates twirled a gem in the Saturday game, going 7.2 innings, giving up three hits and just one run, while striking out a career-high nine batters.
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LAST MIDWEEK CONTEST: USC won its last midweek contest, beating UCSB 9-3 on the road behind three RBI from Blake Sabol and 6.0 strong innings from John Beller.
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HOT BATS: The Trojan bats heated up last week, putting up a total of 28 runs on 47 hits in four games. USC had at least 14 hits in three of the four games they played and had three of the teams six best run totals this season. Ben Ramirez and Blake Sabol were especially hot for the Trojans, with Ramirez hitting .500 (6-for-12) with six RBI and his first collegiate home run. Sabol went 8-for-17 (.477) at the plate, driving in five runs and hitting two doubles.
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BATES' BEST: Solomon Bates had a career outing against Arizona State on Saturday, giving up just one run in 7.2 innings pitched. He struck out a career-high nine batters, walked just two and allowed only one runner past first base while he was in the game. The lone run came around to score after Bates exited.
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NO-HITTING THE UTES: Kyle Hurt, Austin Manning and Connor Lunn combined to toss the seventh no-hitter in program history against Utah earlier this year, blanking the Utes 2-0 to start Pac-12 play. Hurt tossed 7.2 no-hit innings before giving way to Austin Manning for the final out of the eighth inning. Connor Lunn then tossed a perfect ninth to close out the feat. Hurt had tossed 117 pitches prior to exiting. It was the first no-hitter of any kind since USC tossed a five-inning no-no in 2000 against Mississippi State. The last nine-inning no-hitter was a combined no-no against Cal State Los Angeles in 1986. It was the first time in program history more than two USC pitchers have combined in a no-hitter and was just the third time the Trojans have no-hit a Pac-12/10 opponent.
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HURT NOTES: Hurt picked up Pac-12 and Collegiate Baseball National Pitcher of the Week honors for tossing the bulk of the no-hitter vs. Utah. He leads the USC starters with a 2.81 ERA and 41.2 innings pitched in his freshman season. Hurt took over the Friday starting role prior to the Utah Series and has started the series opener each week since.
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LONGRIE'S TOP OUTINGS: Quentin Longrie picked up one of the biggest wins of his career and the biggest road win of the season for the Trojans when he shut down then-No. 5 Arkansas in front of a record 13,472 in attendance at Baum Stadium on March 3. Longrie tossed 7.1 innings, scattering eight hits and giving up just one run in a 3-1 victory. Longrie tossed 7.0 scoreless against Utah in the first Pac-12 series of the year to lead USC to a 5-2 win.
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STAT QUICK HITS:
SERIES RECORDS: vs. Arizona - USC leads 124-105-1, first meeting: 1921 | vs. UCSB - USC leads 89-48-1, first meeting: 1921 | vs. LMU - USC leads 132-25-1, first meeting: 1922
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THE ROAD AHEAD: USC hits the road against crosstown rival UCLA after the upcoming five-game stretch.
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COLLEGIATE DEBUTS: Eight Trojans have made collegiate debuts this season; Ben Ramirez, Kyle Hurt, John Beller, Brian Gursky, Jamal O'Guinn, Trevor Halsema, Isaac Esqueda and Riley Lamb.
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DODGER STADIUM CLASSIC: USC once again played in the Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic this year, getting a 3-2 win over UCLA on March 11 in Chavez Ravine. Leading up to the final at Dodger Stadium, the Trojans lost to TCU, 10-1, on March 9 and had their game against Vanderbilt rained out on March 10. TCU and Vanderbilt will played at Dodger Stadium prior to the Trojans and Bruins, with Vanderbilt picking up a 7-4 win.
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CELEBRATE THE 8'S: 2018 marks a special anniversary year, with the Trojans having five championship milestones to celebrate. The USC program won NCAA College World Series titles in 1948, 1958, 1968, 1978 and 1998. USC is the only school that can boast such a feat, with the five titles part of the Trojans' NCAA best 12 overall championships. The program will be celebrating all five of the milestones at a game later in the season and will have content from each one over the course of the year.
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GAME TIMES: vs. Arizona - Friday: 7 p.m., Saturday/Sunday: 2 p.m. | vs. UC Santa Barbara - Tuesday: 6 p.m. | vs. Loyola Marymount - Wednesday: 6 p.m.
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BROADCAST INFO: All games against Arizona will be televised on Pac-12 Network. Tuesday's game against UCSB will be streamed via Pac-12.com, and Wednesday's game will be shown on TheW.tv and can be heard on USCTrojans.com. Links to all of the broadcasts can be found on the baseball schedule at USCTrojans .com.
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FOLLOW: Fans can also follow all of the action for all four games through live stats on USCTrojans.com. Live, in-game updates will be available from @USC_Baseball on Twitter as well.
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GET SOCIAL: Follow USC Baseball on social media to get updates on everything going on with the team this season. The Trojans can be found at @USC_Baseball on Twitter, @sctrojans on Instagram and USC Trojans Baseball on Facebook.
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PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS:
Friday: USC: RHP Kyle Hurt (2-2, 2.81 ERA) vs. UA: RHP Cody Deason (3-2, 2.00 ERA)
Saturday: USC: RHP Solomon Bates (2-1, 3.23 ERA) vs. UA: RHP Michael Flynn (5-1, 3.72 ERA)
Sunday: USC: LHP Quentin Longrie (4-1, 3.35 ERA) vs. UA: TBA
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LAST TIME OUT: The Trojans took two of three games at Arizona State, breaking out the bats in the second two games of the series for 28 total hits and 18 runs. Solomon Bates twirled a gem in the Saturday game, going 7.2 innings, giving up three hits and just one run, while striking out a career-high nine batters.
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LAST MIDWEEK CONTEST: USC won its last midweek contest, beating UCSB 9-3 on the road behind three RBI from Blake Sabol and 6.0 strong innings from John Beller.
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HOT BATS: The Trojan bats heated up last week, putting up a total of 28 runs on 47 hits in four games. USC had at least 14 hits in three of the four games they played and had three of the teams six best run totals this season. Ben Ramirez and Blake Sabol were especially hot for the Trojans, with Ramirez hitting .500 (6-for-12) with six RBI and his first collegiate home run. Sabol went 8-for-17 (.477) at the plate, driving in five runs and hitting two doubles.
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BATES' BEST: Solomon Bates had a career outing against Arizona State on Saturday, giving up just one run in 7.2 innings pitched. He struck out a career-high nine batters, walked just two and allowed only one runner past first base while he was in the game. The lone run came around to score after Bates exited.
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NO-HITTING THE UTES: Kyle Hurt, Austin Manning and Connor Lunn combined to toss the seventh no-hitter in program history against Utah earlier this year, blanking the Utes 2-0 to start Pac-12 play. Hurt tossed 7.2 no-hit innings before giving way to Austin Manning for the final out of the eighth inning. Connor Lunn then tossed a perfect ninth to close out the feat. Hurt had tossed 117 pitches prior to exiting. It was the first no-hitter of any kind since USC tossed a five-inning no-no in 2000 against Mississippi State. The last nine-inning no-hitter was a combined no-no against Cal State Los Angeles in 1986. It was the first time in program history more than two USC pitchers have combined in a no-hitter and was just the third time the Trojans have no-hit a Pac-12/10 opponent.
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HURT NOTES: Hurt picked up Pac-12 and Collegiate Baseball National Pitcher of the Week honors for tossing the bulk of the no-hitter vs. Utah. He leads the USC starters with a 2.81 ERA and 41.2 innings pitched in his freshman season. Hurt took over the Friday starting role prior to the Utah Series and has started the series opener each week since.
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LONGRIE'S TOP OUTINGS: Quentin Longrie picked up one of the biggest wins of his career and the biggest road win of the season for the Trojans when he shut down then-No. 5 Arkansas in front of a record 13,472 in attendance at Baum Stadium on March 3. Longrie tossed 7.1 innings, scattering eight hits and giving up just one run in a 3-1 victory. Longrie tossed 7.0 scoreless against Utah in the first Pac-12 series of the year to lead USC to a 5-2 win.
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STAT QUICK HITS:
- Lars Nootbaar is third in the Pac-12 wtih 23 total walks and 0.82 walks/game.
- Hurt's 5.83 hits allowed/9 are fifth in the Pac-12 and his 2.81 ERA is 13th in the conference.
- Brian Gursky's 15 pitching appearances are ninth in the league.
- Brandon Perez's four sac flies are third in the Pac-12.
- Bates' 5.43 strikeout/walk ratio is fourth in the league and his 11.15 K/9 are second in the conference.
- Bates' 1.01 WHIP is seventh in the Pac-12 and his 2.05 walks/9 are 10th.
- Longrie's four wins ar eighth in the league.
- USC's .982 fielding percentage is first in the Pac-12 and ninth in the country.
- The Trojans' 1.71 double/game is fifth in the Pac-12.
- USC's two shutouts are fourth in the league.
- Trojan pitchers' 8.4 K/9 are second in the Pac-12.
SERIES RECORDS: vs. Arizona - USC leads 124-105-1, first meeting: 1921 | vs. UCSB - USC leads 89-48-1, first meeting: 1921 | vs. LMU - USC leads 132-25-1, first meeting: 1922
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THE ROAD AHEAD: USC hits the road against crosstown rival UCLA after the upcoming five-game stretch.
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COLLEGIATE DEBUTS: Eight Trojans have made collegiate debuts this season; Ben Ramirez, Kyle Hurt, John Beller, Brian Gursky, Jamal O'Guinn, Trevor Halsema, Isaac Esqueda and Riley Lamb.
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DODGER STADIUM CLASSIC: USC once again played in the Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic this year, getting a 3-2 win over UCLA on March 11 in Chavez Ravine. Leading up to the final at Dodger Stadium, the Trojans lost to TCU, 10-1, on March 9 and had their game against Vanderbilt rained out on March 10. TCU and Vanderbilt will played at Dodger Stadium prior to the Trojans and Bruins, with Vanderbilt picking up a 7-4 win.
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CELEBRATE THE 8'S: 2018 marks a special anniversary year, with the Trojans having five championship milestones to celebrate. The USC program won NCAA College World Series titles in 1948, 1958, 1968, 1978 and 1998. USC is the only school that can boast such a feat, with the five titles part of the Trojans' NCAA best 12 overall championships. The program will be celebrating all five of the milestones at a game later in the season and will have content from each one over the course of the year.
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