USC Baseball Hosts No. 2 Oregon State at UC Irvine

THIS WEEK: The USC baseball team hosts No. 2 Oregon State for a three-game at UC Irvine starting on Thursday. The Trojans then travel to San Diego for a midweek matchup on Tuesday.

GAME SCHEDULE:
Thursday - USC vs. Oregon State (UC Irvine), Mar. 28, 6:30 p.m. (USC Live Stream)
Friday - USC vs. Oregon State (UC Irvine), Mar. 29, 6:30 p.m. (USC Live Stream)
Saturday - USC vs. Oregon State (UC Irvine), Mar. 30, 1 p.m. (USC Live Stream)
Tuesday - USC at San Diego (San Diego, Calif.), April 2, 6 p.m. (ESPN+)

PROBABLE PITCHERS:
Thursday - USC: RHP Caden Aoki (2-3, 5.28 ERA) vs. OSU: RHP Aiden May (1-0, 2.92 ERA)
Friday - USC: RHP Jared Feikes (1-1, 4.50 ERA) vs. OSU: RHP Jacob Kmatz (3-0, 2.08 ERA)
Saturday - USC: RHP Will Watson (0-0, 2.35 ERA) vs. OSU: RHP Eric Segura (4-0, 4.06 ERA)
Tuesday - USC: TBD vs. USD: TBD

BROADCAST INFO: All three of this week's games against Oregon State will be broadcast on the USC live stream. Tuesday's game at San Diego will be on ESPN+. Links to the broadcasts are available on the baseball schedule page at USCTrojans.com.

FOLLOW: Fans can also follow the action through live stats on USCTrojans.com. Live, in-game updates will be available for all games from @USC_Baseball on X as well.

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SERIES VS OSU: USC holds a 57-43 lead in the all-time series between the teams, dating back to 1951. Oregon State has swept the last two series between the teams, winning all three in Corvallis last season.

SERIES VS USD: USC is 20-5 all-time against the Toreros, with the teams last playing in 2021. USD won the 2021 midweek matchup in Los Angeles, 8-3. The Trojans' last win against USD came in 2008 when USC beat the then 17th-ranked Toreros 3-2 in San Diego.

TUESDAY VS FRESNO STATE: The Trojans picked up a dominant midweek win over Fresno State their last time out, beating the Bulldogs 10-1 at Great Park in Irvine. Four USC pitchers combined to hold Fresno State to one run on six hits and two walks. USC broke a 1-1 tie with a six-run sixth inning.

SERIES AT UCLA: USC had a promising start to its rivalry series at UCLA last weekend, beating the Bruins 15-2 in the opener. The Trojans lost a tight one on Saturday, 7-6, and then fell in the finale, 6-3, however. The 15 runs in the opening game win were the most for a USC team against UCLA since 2002 and the 13-run margin of victory was also the best since 2002.

PLAYER/TEAM NOTES:

The Austin Overn triple machine keeps rolling as he has four triples this season, good for the 3rd most in the country and 1st in the Pac-12. Overn set USC's single season triples as a freshman last year with 14, and is now just two away from tying the program's career record at 20.
Overn also has 27 runs scored on the season, good for 2nd in the Pac-12. His 10 stolen bases are 3rd most in the Pac-12.
Jacob Galloway has been leading the Trojans at the plate all season, hitting a team-high .356 on the year. Galloway also leads the team with 25 RBI and a 1.022 OPS.
Caden Aoki has now put together back-to-back stellar starts following the worst start of his career three weeks ago against Arizona (2.2 IP, 9 ER). He had his best start of the season in a 5-2 win at Stanford, tossing 6.0 innings and giving up just one run on four hits on Friday night. After giving up a run in the second inning, Aoki allowed only one runner past first base the rest of his outing. He followed that up with 6.0 IP, 5H, ER, 2BB, 4K last week against UCLA. Over his last two starts, Aoki has lowered his ERA by nearly 2.5 runs. His 1.76 walks/9 are 2nd best in the Pac-12.
Xavier Martinez leads USC with 12 pitching appearances this year, good for 41st in the nation and 4th in the Pac-12.
USC is 2nd in the Pac-12 with 29 stolen bases this year.
After starting the year 3-11, USC has won 6 of its last 10.

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Players Mentioned

Caden Aoki

Jared Feikes

Jacob Galloway

Xavier Martinez

Austin Overn