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San Francisco Texas Tech # Oklahoma State # Texas Tech # Oregon State # San Francisco @ Loyola Marymount Columbia Columbia Columbia @ UC Santa Barbara @ UC Santa Barbara * Cal State Fullerton * Cal State Fullerton * Cal State Fullerton San Diego
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* @ Long Beach State * @ Long Beach State * @ Long Beach State TBD @ CSU Bakersfield @ CSU Bakersfield @ CSU Bakersfield Loyola Marymount * UC Irvine * UC Irvine * UC Irvine UCLA * @ Cal State Northridge * @ Cal State Northridge * @ Cal State Northridge @ San Diego
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UC Riverside (0-0) at Cal (0-0) - Feb. 20, 1:30 pm PT
Time / Result
Jr. LHP Paul Bargas (2-5, 6.19) vs. So. RHP Kevin Miller (6-1, 2.90)
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Date
UC Riverside (0-0) at Cal (0-0) - Feb. 21, 1:00 pm PT Fr. RHP Matt Andriese (0-0, 0.00) vs. Jr. LHP Chris Petrini
UC Riverside (0-0) at No. 25 Stanford (0-0) - Feb. 22, 12:00 pm PT Jr. LHP Paul Applebee (3-5, 4.46) vs. TBD
UC Riverside (0-0) at No. 25 Stanford (0-0) - Feb. 22, ~ 3:00 pm PT TBD vs. TBD TO BE THE BEST, YOU HAVE TO BEAT THE BEST One year after finishing the season with the 10th most difficult schedule in the nation, the Highlanders have done it again entering the 2009 season with the 14th strongest schedule in the country as ranked by www.boydsworld.com. The 2009 UCR Baseball schedule features 13 games against teams ranked in Baseball America’s preseason Top-25 poll released in January including eight at the Riverside Sports Complex. No. 5 Cal State Fullerton comes to Riverside from March 27-29 for a three-game Big West series to start conference play, and No. 9 UC Irvine heads up I-91 for a three-game set from April 17-19. The Highlanders play single-game, home-and-home series with No. 11 San Diego (at UCR on March 31) and No. 12 UCLA (at UCR on April 21), while facing No. 15 Stanford on the road in a February 22 doubleheader and taking on No. 25 Oregon State at the Palm Springs Baseball Invitational on March 7. EVERYBODY’S ALL-AMERICAN Baseball America released its 2009 Preseason All-America Teams on Monday, February 16, and Highlanders relief pitcher Joseph Kelly was honored with a Third Team selection. The Preseason All-America Teams are voted on by Major League Baseball scouting directors. Kelly enters his junior season with UC Riverside tapped as the team’s primary closer for the third straight year. His 12 career saves rank fourth on the Highlanders’ list, and the Corona, CA native has a 5-1 record in 39 career appearances. As a freshman, Kelly appeared in 22 games, posting a 1.32 earned run average with six saves earning Freshman All-American honors in the process from both Collegiate Baseball and Ping!. Rivals.com named him to its All-America Second Team, and the Big West named him Conference Freshman Pitcher of the Year. . . . continued
2008 Big West Baseball Standings School Cal State Fullerton Long Beacg State UC Irvine UC Santa Barbara UC Riverside UC Davis Cal State Northridge Cal Poly Pacific
W 16 16 14 14 14 13 8 8 5
|------Conf-------| L T Pct 8 0 .667 8 0 .667 10 0 .583 10 0 .583 10 0 .583 11 0 .542 16 0 .333 16 0 .333 19 0 .208
|-------------Overall-------------| W L T Pct 41 22 0 .651 38 21 0 .644 42 18 0 .700 35 21 0 .625 21 33 0 .389 35 24 0 .593 24 32 0 .429 24 32 0 .429 14 41 0 .255
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UC RIVERSIDE BASEBALL
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
Quick Facts
By Position
University Information Full Name ................. University of California, Riverside Preferred Abbreviations ................. UC Riverside, UCR .................... not Cal-Riverside, no hyphens or commas Nickname .................................................. Highlanders Location .................................................. Riverside, CA Founded ............................................................... 1954 Enrollment ......................................................... 18,079 Colors .................................................... Blue and Gold Chancellor ......................................... Timothy P. White Vice Chancellor / Administration ........................ Al Diaz Director of Athletics ................................ Stan Morrison NCAA Affiliation ............................................. Division I Conference ..................................................... Big West Asst AD/Dir of Sports Medicine ............. Tony Ontiveros Team Physicians ...............................Drs. Aaron Rubin, .......... Robert Huggins, Gregory Heinen, Lauren Simon Asst. Athletic Trainers ........................... Mark Espinosa, ................................. Ryan Giangregorio, Jessika Hunt, ...........................................................Rene Hendershot Asst AD/Baseball SID Contact ................ John Maxwell Team Information Head Coach: .............................................. Doug Smith Alma Mater: .................................. UC Riverside (1975) Record at School (Years): ..... 116-106 (Fourth Season) Career Record: ....................................................Same Assistant Coaches: .................................. Randy Betten ................................. Nathan Choate, Rusty McNamara Facility: .................... Riverside Sports Complex (2,500) Dimensions: ............ 330’ Lines, 380’ Gaps, 400’ Center 2008 Overall Record: ...........................................21-33 2008 Conference Record/Finish: ................. 14-10/T3rd Letter Winners R/L: ................................................ 22/7 Starting Position Players R/L: ................................... 8/2 Starting Pitching R/L: ................................................ 2/2 Newcomers (HS/TR) .........................................10 (7/3) Historic Information First Year of Baseball: ........................................... 1958 Overall Record: ..........................................1,184-956-7 Record at Division I (First Season): ...... 220-175 (2002) Record in Big West Conference: .......................... 85-68 NCAA Postseason Appearances (Last): ......... 11 (2007) NCAA National Championships (Years): ..................... 2 ..........................................(1977 and 1982 - Division II)
Pos C 1B 2B SS 3B OF OF OF DH
Name Year Dan Pellegrino So. Brian McConkey Jr. Brian Horst Jr. Trevor Hairgrove So. Ryan Goetz Jr. Tony Nix So. Carl Uhl Sr. Joey Gonzales Jr. Mike Hur Jr. Mike Nesbitt Jr.
B/T R/R L/R R/R R/R L/R R/R S/L L/L R/R L/R
2008 Statistics Avg OBP SLG OPS R RBI 2B 3B HR SB .207 .286 .230 .516 7 8 2 0 0 0-1 at Cuesta Junior College .300 .370 .350 .720 5 6 2 0 0 0-0 .278 .312 .340 .652 25 6 8 1 0 1-2 .265 .308 .367 .675 24 33 11 3 1 5-8 .189 .291 .367 .658 9 10 4 3 2 0-2 .272 .352 .347 .699 54 23 6 2 2 23-28 .330 .401 .460 .861 48 29 10 3 4 15-18 at Riverside Community College at Cypress College
FEELING A DRAFT UC Riverside had four players selected in Major League Baseball’s 2008 FirstYear Player Draft on June 5 and 6 – Rob Waite (Detroit Tigers), Drew Garcia (Chicago White Sox), Stephen Penny (Seattle Mariners) and Carl Uhl (Colorado Rockies). Three incoming freshmen for the Highlanders were also selected in the Draft. Waite (RHP), a 6-3 junior from San Ramon, CA, led the Highlanders in appearances in 2008 taking the hill on 27 occasions. In 39.2 innings, he struck out 31 hitters and finished the season with a 2-4 record and a 6.35 ERA. Garcia (2B) was the leading hitter for the Highlander a year ago posting a .344 average, .406 on base percentage and .472 slugging percentage. The 6-0 junior from El Cajon, CA also led the team in doubles (14) and RBIs (51) and was third in runs scored (33). At season’s end, Garcia was named to the All-Big West First Team. Penny (RHP) made 19 appearances on the mound for UCR in 2008 including eight starts finishing the year with a 2-6 record and an ERA of 6.21. The 6-7 junior from San Diego, CA struck out 43 hitters in 62.1 innings of work. Uhl (CF), a 5-9 junior from Phelan, CA paced the team in steals (23) and runs scored (54) in 2008 while hitting .272 with a .352 on base percentage. In 2007, he was named to the NCAA All-Regional Team after hitting .364 during the Highlanders three games. The three incoming Highlanders selected in the Draft were Eddie Young, a middle infielder from Christian High School who was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 33rd round; Matthew Andriese, a pitcher from Redlands East Valley High School who was chosen by the Texas Rangers in the 37th round; and Robert Brantley, a catcher from Chaparall High School who was selected by the Washington Nationals in the 46th round. 2008 ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES A the end of the conference regular season, the Big West announced that Drew Garcia and Aaron Wible each earned Easton Big West All-Conference first team honors and Joey Gonzales was named to the second team. It was the first career honor for Garcia and second consecutive honor for both Wible and Gonzales.
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DOUG SMITH UC Riverside Head Baseball Coach Doug Smith was appointed as the fourth head baseball coach in UC Riverside history in September of 2004, following 25 years as the top assistant and hitting coach at his alma mater. Entering his fifth season, Smith has raised expectations after winning the schools first ever Big West Conference title and earning a trip to the NCAA Regionals in 2007. After finishing the season with a program best 16-5 in conference, Smith was awarded Big West Coach of the Year honors. In his first season at the helm, UCR posted a 28-27 record, the program’s fourth consecutive winning season. The team improved upon that record the next year, going 29-25. In 2008, the Highlanders finished the season with their third straight 20-pluswin campaign against the 10th strongest schedule in the country according to the Collegiate Baseball Website Boyd’s World. In a collegiate coaching career spanning over 1,500 games, Smith has helped the Highlanders to 10 postseason appearances, including one Division II National Championship, one Big West Conference Title, and two NCAA Division I West Regional appearances. As the Highlanders’ hitting coach, Smith has seen his teams set nearly every significant offensive school record. In addition, the 2003 Highlanders led the Big West in batting average and homers and had the fourth highest team batting average in Division I. In his career, Smith has coached over 150 all-conference selections and 34 AllAmerica selections. During that time, nearly 100 of his players have been signed to professional contracts including 2007 Oakland A’s first round pick, James Simmons. Smith graduated from UC Riverside in 1975 with degrees in sociology and political science. An outstanding catcher, his senior year was highlighted by his performance in the All-Riverside Baseball Invitational Tournament, where he helped the Highlanders to their first-ever title and was the leading hitter at .471. Following the season he was named All-CCAA First Team. Smith served as a part-time assistant coach from 1976 through 1980 while he pursued a master’s degree in physical education from Cal Poly Pomona. After taking three years off to venture into private business, Smith returned to the Highlanders in 1983 and has been on the staff ever since. In 1989 Smith led the Kenai Peninsula Oilers of the Alaska Summer Baseball League to a third-place finish at the National Baseball Congress Tournament in Wichita, KS. Smith is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association and enjoys playing golf in his free time. He and his wife, Ruthan, reside in Riverside with their daughters, Traci and Kelly.
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2009 UC RIVERSIDE BASEBALL Numerical Roster No 1 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 33 34 35 36 38 42 44 48
Player Bryan Horst Joey Gonzales Carl Uhl Trent Jemmett Ryan Goetz Brandon Schnebly Daniel Pellegrino Trevor Hairgrove Robert Brantly Paul Applebee Tony Nix Jordan Opdyke Joseph Kelly Matt Larkins Paul Bargas Eddie Orozco Michael Nesbitt Kevin Dickey Eddie Young Michael Hur Kyle Secciani DJ Smith Matt Montgomery Brian McConkey Kolby Moore Ryan Platt Justin Shultz Dustin Emmons Matt Andriese Bart Steponovich Zac Bishop Mike Wolford Tommy Mackoul Andrew Mistone Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Athletic Trainer
Pos INF OF OF INF INF OF C INF C LHP OF C RHP RHP LHP RHP OF RHP INF OF OF RHP RHP 1B RHP RHP 1B/OF RHP RHP C RHP RHP LHP INF
HT 5-10 5-10 5-9 5-10 5-10 6-0 5-10 6-0 6-2 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-4 6-1 6-3 5-10 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-3 6-3 6-1
WT 180 185 175 175 180 180 175 175 190 170 175 190 178 215 205 200 190 185 185 195 180 190 205 205 195 185 190 205 175 190 200 190 190 200
YR Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Fr. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr.
Doug Smith (#12) Randy Betten (#7) Nathan Choate (#22) Rusty McNamara (#30) Mark Espinoza
B/T R/R L/L S/L R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R L/R R/R L/R R/R L/L R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R
Hometown / Previous School Riverside, CA / Martin Luther King HS Riverside, CA / Martin Luther King HS Phelan, CA / Serrano HS San Diego, CA / La Jolla HS Temple City, CA / Bishop Amat HS Placentia, CA / El Dorado HS Poway, CA / Poway HS Highland, CA / Redlands East Valley HS Temecula Valley, CA / Chappral HS Upland, CA / Damien HS Poway, CA / Poway HS Yucaipa, CA / Yucaipa HS Corona, CA / Corona HS Corona, CA / Temescal Canyon HS Riverside, CA / North HS Riverside, CA / Rubidoux HS Yorba Linda, CA / Cypress College Mission Viejo, CA / Capistrano Valley HS El Cajon, CA / Christian HS Stevenson Ranch, CA / Riverside CC El Cajon, CA / Grossmont HS Simi Valley, CA / Royal HS Sun City, CA / Paloma Valley HS Santa Maria, CA / Cuesta College Corona, CA / Centennial HS Chatsworth, CA / LA Pierce College Valencia, CA / Valencia HS La Crescenta, CA / Crescenta Valley HS Redlands, CA / Redlands East Valley HS Columbia, MO / Hickman HS Hemet, CA / Hemet West Valley Hemet, CA / Hemet HS San Clemente, CA / Capistrano Valley HS La Verne, CA / Bishop Amat HS 5th season (UC Riverside, ’75) 5th season (Thomas Edison Statea, ’98) 2nd season (Cal Poly, ’02) 2nd season (Oklahoma State, ’98)
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2008 UC RIVERSIDE BASEBALL Record 21-33
Statistics Home 13-12 Away 8-21
5 3 25 10 4 6 8 16 9
Player Garcia, Drew Gonzales, Joey Wible, Aaron Hairgrove, Trevor Uhl, Carl Goetz, Ryan Schnebly, Brandon Opdyke, Jordan Price, Ben
AVG .344 .330 .303 .278 .272 .265 .253 .239 .150
GP-GS 54-54 54-52 51-51 45-42 53-53 52-48 33-20 33-32 41-36
AB 218 215 201 162 213 196 83 109 120
R 33 48 32 25 54 24 10 11 10
H 75 71 61 45 58 52 21 26 18
2B 14 10 6 8 6 11 4 3 6
1 18 34 33 29 15 24
Horst, Bryan Hambright, Brett Emmons, Dustin Shultz, Justin Pellegrino, Danie Nix, Tony Samuelson, Mark
.300 .235 .222 .220 .207 .189 .184
14-13 11-9 5-2 25-13 27-23 32-25 14-13
40 34 9 50 87 90 49
5 2 0 5 7 9 7
12 8 2 11 18 17 9
2 0 0 2 2 4 1
0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Totals Opponents
.269 .334
54-54 1876 282 504 79 54-54 1960 395 655 123
15 23
3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% 1 4 51 103 .472 18 9 51 1 .406 3 4 29 99 .460 22 4 43 2 .401 2 8 45 95 .473 18 1 42 2 .360 1 0 6 55 .340 6 2 35 3 .312 2 2 23 74 .347 24 4 36 2 .352 3 1 33 72 .367 13 0 32 4 .308 0 0 5 25 .301 7 5 29 0 .347 0 2 12 35 .321 11 4 30 1 .325 0 1 11 27 .225 15 3 38 1 .259 0 2 0 0 0 2 2
6 6 0 3 8 10 3
14 14 2 13 20 33 16
Player Applebee, Paul Bargas, Paul Penney, Stephen Larkins, Matt
ERA 4.46 6.19 6.21 6.79
W-L APP GS CG SHO 3-5 16 9 2 0/1 2-5 14 13 2 0/0 2-6 19 8 0 0/1 6-5 13 11 0 0/0
23 27 32 11 34 42 17 21 31
Dickey, Kevin Smith, D.J Platt, Ryan Waite, Rob Emmons, Dustin Wolford, Mike Kelly, Joe Orozco, Eddie Moore, Kolby
0.00 5.75 6.10 6.35 6.35 6.52 9.35 9.76 9.90
0-0 1-1 2-3 2-4 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-2 1-1
1 16 22 27 13 10 17 13 6
0 3 2 2 0 0 1 4 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0/0 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Totals Opponents
6.36 4.48
21-33 33-21
54 54
54 54
4 4
2/2 0/0
.350 .412 .222 .260 .230 .367 .327
28 251 697 46 348 962
4 3 0 7 8 6 6
.372 168 .491 140
1 1 0 0 2 7 0
SH 0 3 3 3 7 3 2 2 6
7 4 1 17 11 21 15
1 2 0 1 2 1 1
.370 .316 .222 .310 .286 .291 .273
1 0 0 1 1 0 0
1 0 0 2 4 3 0
43 412 65 319
24 24
.339 .391
20 34
39 38
SV 0 0 1 0
IP 74.2 75.2 62.1 62.1
H 94 94 81 100
R 43 54 45 58
ER 37 52 43 47
BB 12 19 13 15
SO 55 35 43 34
2B 21 17 14 15
3B 3 5 1 5
HR 5 10 5 5
0 1 2 0 0 0 6 0 0
1.2 36.0 41.1 39.2 17.0 9.2 17.1 27.2 10.0
0 50 47 50 26 18 24 54 17
0 27 31 36 13 10 23 38 17
0 23 28 28 12 7 18 30 11
2 9 21 18 5 2 10 11 3
2 33 35 31 9 3 8 21 10
0 12 10 5 4 6 3 11 5
0 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 2
0 4 3 1 3 0 5 4 1
140 319 123 168 412 79
23 15
10 475.1 7 484.0
SF 6 1 2 0 3 2 0 2 1
SB-ATT 5-9 15-18 4-6 1-2 23-28 5-8 0-2 0-0 2-3 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-3 0-1 0-2 2-2
PO A E FLD% 93 170 6 .978 87 5 2 .979 246 11 2 .992 62 128 12 .941 150 3 5 .968 221 34 6 .977 5 0 0 1.000 153 23 4 .978 22 75 9 .915 17 48 2 37 109 55 96
39 5 4 2 28 0 5
7 1 1 0 2 2 1
.889 .981 .857 1.000 .986 .965 .990
60-85 1426 607 74-106 1452 535
69 77
.967 .963
DPs turned - Team (46), Opp (42) CI - Team (1), Hambright, B 1 Picked off - Uhl, C 2, Price, B 1, Hambright, B 1, Hairgrove, T 1, Gonzales, J 1.
LOB - Team (412), Opp (417) IBB - Team (6), Garcia, D 6, Opp (3)
14 20 35 38
Big West 14-10
655 395 336 504 282 241
AB B/Avg 298 .315 295 .319 252 .321 270 .370
WP HBP BK SFA SHA 1 4 0 3 7 3 7 3 3 10 8 9 0 4 4 10 9 1 6 1
4 147 162 170 72 41 77 125 47
.000 .340 .290 .294 .361 .439 .312 .432 .362
1 6 11 11 0 2 2 3 1
0 8 8 6 3 1 5 2 3
0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0
0 2 3 3 1 2 0 5 2
1 5 2 3 0 0 1 4 0
46 1960 28 1876
.334 .269
59 39
65 43
9 6
34 20
38 39
PB - Team (13), Opdyke, J 7, Pellegrino 4, Hambright, B 2, Opp (10) Pickoffs - Team (1), Bargas, P 1, Opp (6) SBA/ATT - Opdyke, J (29-40), Pellegrino (28-37), Hambright, B (17-22), Penney, S (13-16), Orozco, E (9-14), Applebee, P (9-12), Waite, R (11-12), Bargas, P (7-11), Smith, D (4-10), Larkins, M (5-10), Platt, R (7-9), Kelly, J (4-4), Moore, K (3-4), Emmons, D (2-4).
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San Francisco Texas Tech # Oklahoma State # Texas Tech # Oregon State # San Francisco @ Loyola Marymount Columbia Columbia Columbia @ UC Santa Barbara @ UC Santa Barbara * Cal State Fullerton * Cal State Fullerton * Cal State Fullerton San Diego
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* @ Long Beach State * @ Long Beach State * @ Long Beach State TBD @ CSU Bakersfield @ CSU Bakersfield @ CSU Bakersfield Loyola Marymount * UC Irvine * UC Irvine * UC Irvine UCLA * @ Cal State Northridge * @ Cal State Northridge * @ Cal State Northridge @ San Diego
6:30 pm 2:00 pm 1:00 pm TBD 2:00 pm 2:00 pm 1:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 2:00 pm 6:00 pm 3:00 pm 1:00 pm 1:00 pm 3:00 pm
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1:30 pm 1:00 pm 12:00 pm 6:00 pm 3:00 pm 6:00 pm 2:00 pm 1:00 pm 6:00 pm 7:00 pm 10:00 am 7:00 pm 4:00 pm 3:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 2:00 pm 2:00 pm 2:00 pm 6:00 pm 2:00 pm 1:00 pm 6:00 pm
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Pacific Pacific Pacific UNLV UC Davis UC Davis UC Davis UNLV UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Barbara UC Santa Barbara USC Cal Poly Cal Poly Cal Poly
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UC Riverside (0-0) at Cal (0-0) - Feb. 20, 1:30 pm PT
Time / Result
Jr. LHP Paul Bargas (2-5, 6.19) vs. So. RHP Kevin Miller (6-1, 2.90)
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Date
UC Riverside (0-0) at Cal (0-0) - Feb. 21, 1:00 pm PT Fr. RHP Matt Andriese (0-0, 0.00) vs. Jr. LHP Chris Petrini
UC Riverside (0-0) at No. 25 Stanford (0-0) - Feb. 22, 12:00 pm PT Jr. LHP Paul Applebee (3-5, 4.46) vs. TBD
UC Riverside (0-0) at No. 25 Stanford (0-0) - Feb. 22, ~ 3:00 pm PT TBD vs. TBD TO BE THE BEST, YOU HAVE TO BEAT THE BEST One year after finishing the season with the 10th most difficult schedule in the nation, the Highlanders have done it again entering the 2009 season with the 14th strongest schedule in the country as ranked by www.boydsworld.com. The 2009 UCR Baseball schedule features 13 games against teams ranked in Baseball America’s preseason Top-25 poll released in January including eight at the Riverside Sports Complex. No. 5 Cal State Fullerton comes to Riverside from March 27-29 for a three-game Big West series to start conference play, and No. 9 UC Irvine heads up I-91 for a three-game set from April 17-19. The Highlanders play single-game, home-and-home series with No. 11 San Diego (at UCR on March 31) and No. 12 UCLA (at UCR on April 21), while facing No. 15 Stanford on the road in a February 22 doubleheader and taking on No. 25 Oregon State at the Palm Springs Baseball Invitational on March 7. EVERYBODY’S ALL-AMERICAN Baseball America released its 2009 Preseason All-America Teams on Monday, February 16, and Highlanders relief pitcher Joseph Kelly was honored with a Third Team selection. The Preseason All-America Teams are voted on by Major League Baseball scouting directors. Kelly enters his junior season with UC Riverside tapped as the team’s primary closer for the third straight year. His 12 career saves rank fourth on the Highlanders’ list, and the Corona, CA native has a 5-1 record in 39 career appearances. As a freshman, Kelly appeared in 22 games, posting a 1.32 earned run average with six saves earning Freshman All-American honors in the process from both Collegiate Baseball and Ping!. Rivals.com named him to its All-America Second Team, and the Big West named him Conference Freshman Pitcher of the Year. . . . continued
2008 Big West Baseball Standings School Cal State Fullerton Long Beacg State UC Irvine UC Santa Barbara UC Riverside UC Davis Cal State Northridge Cal Poly Pacific
W 16 16 14 14 14 13 8 8 5
|------Conf-------| L T Pct 8 0 .667 8 0 .667 10 0 .583 10 0 .583 10 0 .583 11 0 .542 16 0 .333 16 0 .333 19 0 .208
|-------------Overall-------------| W L T Pct 41 22 0 .651 38 21 0 .644 42 18 0 .700 35 21 0 .625 21 33 0 .389 35 24 0 .593 24 32 0 .429 24 32 0 .429 14 41 0 .255
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University Information Full Name ................. University of California, Riverside Preferred Abbreviations ................. UC Riverside, UCR .................... not Cal-Riverside, no hyphens or commas Nickname .................................................. Highlanders Location .................................................. Riverside, CA Founded ............................................................... 1954 Enrollment ......................................................... 18,079 Colors .................................................... Blue and Gold Chancellor ......................................... Timothy P. White Vice Chancellor / Administration ........................ Al Diaz Director of Athletics ................................ Stan Morrison NCAA Affiliation ............................................. Division I Conference ..................................................... Big West Asst AD/Dir of Sports Medicine ............. Tony Ontiveros Team Physicians ...............................Drs. Aaron Rubin, .......... Robert Huggins, Gregory Heinen, Lauren Simon Asst. Athletic Trainers ........................... Mark Espinosa, ................................. Ryan Giangregorio, Jessika Hunt, ...........................................................Rene Hendershot Asst AD/Baseball SID Contact ................ John Maxwell Team Information Head Coach: .............................................. Doug Smith Alma Mater: .................................. UC Riverside (1975) Record at School (Years): ..... 116-106 (Fourth Season) Career Record: ....................................................Same Assistant Coaches: .................................. Randy Betten ................................. Nathan Choate, Rusty McNamara Facility: .................... Riverside Sports Complex (2,500) Dimensions: ............ 330’ Lines, 380’ Gaps, 400’ Center 2008 Overall Record: ...........................................21-33 2008 Conference Record/Finish: ................. 14-10/T3rd Letter Winners R/L: ................................................ 22/7 Starting Position Players R/L: ................................... 8/2 Starting Pitching R/L: ................................................ 2/2 Newcomers (HS/TR) .........................................10 (7/3) Historic Information First Year of Baseball: ........................................... 1958 Overall Record: ..........................................1,184-956-7 Record at Division I (First Season): ...... 220-175 (2002) Record in Big West Conference: .......................... 85-68 NCAA Postseason Appearances (Last): ......... 11 (2007) NCAA National Championships (Years): ..................... 2 ..........................................(1977 and 1982 - Division II)
Pos C 1B 2B SS 3B OF OF OF DH
Name Year Dan Pellegrino So. Brian McConkey Jr. Brian Horst Jr. Trevor Hairgrove So. Ryan Goetz Jr. Tony Nix So. Carl Uhl Sr. Joey Gonzales Jr. Mike Hur Jr. Mike Nesbitt Jr.
B/T R/R L/R R/R R/R L/R R/R S/L L/L R/R L/R
2008 Statistics Avg OBP SLG OPS R RBI 2B 3B HR SB .207 .286 .230 .516 7 8 2 0 0 0-1 at Cuesta Junior College .300 .370 .350 .720 5 6 2 0 0 0-0 .278 .312 .340 .652 25 6 8 1 0 1-2 .265 .308 .367 .675 24 33 11 3 1 5-8 .189 .291 .367 .658 9 10 4 3 2 0-2 .272 .352 .347 .699 54 23 6 2 2 23-28 .330 .401 .460 .861 48 29 10 3 4 15-18 at Riverside Community College at Cypress College
FEELING A DRAFT UC Riverside had four players selected in Major League Baseball’s 2008 FirstYear Player Draft on June 5 and 6 – Rob Waite (Detroit Tigers), Drew Garcia (Chicago White Sox), Stephen Penny (Seattle Mariners) and Carl Uhl (Colorado Rockies). Three incoming freshmen for the Highlanders were also selected in the Draft. Waite (RHP), a 6-3 junior from San Ramon, CA, led the Highlanders in appearances in 2008 taking the hill on 27 occasions. In 39.2 innings, he struck out 31 hitters and finished the season with a 2-4 record and a 6.35 ERA. Garcia (2B) was the leading hitter for the Highlander a year ago posting a .344 average, .406 on base percentage and .472 slugging percentage. The 6-0 junior from El Cajon, CA also led the team in doubles (14) and RBIs (51) and was third in runs scored (33). At season’s end, Garcia was named to the All-Big West First Team. Penny (RHP) made 19 appearances on the mound for UCR in 2008 including eight starts finishing the year with a 2-6 record and an ERA of 6.21. The 6-7 junior from San Diego, CA struck out 43 hitters in 62.1 innings of work. Uhl (CF), a 5-9 junior from Phelan, CA paced the team in steals (23) and runs scored (54) in 2008 while hitting .272 with a .352 on base percentage. In 2007, he was named to the NCAA All-Regional Team after hitting .364 during the Highlanders three games. The three incoming Highlanders selected in the Draft were Eddie Young, a middle infielder from Christian High School who was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the 33rd round; Matthew Andriese, a pitcher from Redlands East Valley High School who was chosen by the Texas Rangers in the 37th round; and Robert Brantley, a catcher from Chaparall High School who was selected by the Washington Nationals in the 46th round. 2008 ALL-CONFERENCE HONOREES A the end of the conference regular season, the Big West announced that Drew Garcia and Aaron Wible each earned Easton Big West All-Conference first team honors and Joey Gonzales was named to the second team. It was the first career honor for Garcia and second consecutive honor for both Wible and Gonzales.
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DOUG SMITH UC Riverside Head Baseball Coach Doug Smith was appointed as the fourth head baseball coach in UC Riverside history in September of 2004, following 25 years as the top assistant and hitting coach at his alma mater. Entering his fifth season, Smith has raised expectations after winning the schools first ever Big West Conference title and earning a trip to the NCAA Regionals in 2007. After finishing the season with a program best 16-5 in conference, Smith was awarded Big West Coach of the Year honors. In his first season at the helm, UCR posted a 28-27 record, the program’s fourth consecutive winning season. The team improved upon that record the next year, going 29-25. In 2008, the Highlanders finished the season with their third straight 20-pluswin campaign against the 10th strongest schedule in the country according to the Collegiate Baseball Website Boyd’s World. In a collegiate coaching career spanning over 1,500 games, Smith has helped the Highlanders to 10 postseason appearances, including one Division II National Championship, one Big West Conference Title, and two NCAA Division I West Regional appearances. As the Highlanders’ hitting coach, Smith has seen his teams set nearly every significant offensive school record. In addition, the 2003 Highlanders led the Big West in batting average and homers and had the fourth highest team batting average in Division I. In his career, Smith has coached over 150 all-conference selections and 34 AllAmerica selections. During that time, nearly 100 of his players have been signed to professional contracts including 2007 Oakland A’s first round pick, James Simmons. Smith graduated from UC Riverside in 1975 with degrees in sociology and political science. An outstanding catcher, his senior year was highlighted by his performance in the All-Riverside Baseball Invitational Tournament, where he helped the Highlanders to their first-ever title and was the leading hitter at .471. Following the season he was named All-CCAA First Team. Smith served as a part-time assistant coach from 1976 through 1980 while he pursued a master’s degree in physical education from Cal Poly Pomona. After taking three years off to venture into private business, Smith returned to the Highlanders in 1983 and has been on the staff ever since. In 1989 Smith led the Kenai Peninsula Oilers of the Alaska Summer Baseball League to a third-place finish at the National Baseball Congress Tournament in Wichita, KS. Smith is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association and enjoys playing golf in his free time. He and his wife, Ruthan, reside in Riverside with their daughters, Traci and Kelly.
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2009 UC RIVERSIDE BASEBALL Numerical Roster No 1 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 32 33 34 35 36 38 42 44 48
Player Bryan Horst Joey Gonzales Carl Uhl Trent Jemmett Ryan Goetz Brandon Schnebly Daniel Pellegrino Trevor Hairgrove Robert Brantly Paul Applebee Tony Nix Jordan Opdyke Joseph Kelly Matt Larkins Paul Bargas Eddie Orozco Michael Nesbitt Kevin Dickey Eddie Young Michael Hur Kyle Secciani DJ Smith Matt Montgomery Brian McConkey Kolby Moore Ryan Platt Justin Shultz Dustin Emmons Matt Andriese Bart Steponovich Zac Bishop Mike Wolford Tommy Mackoul Andrew Mistone Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Athletic Trainer
Pos INF OF OF INF INF OF C INF C LHP OF C RHP RHP LHP RHP OF RHP INF OF OF RHP RHP 1B RHP RHP 1B/OF RHP RHP C RHP RHP LHP INF
HT 5-10 5-10 5-9 5-10 5-10 6-0 5-10 6-0 6-2 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-1 6-1 6-1 6-4 6-1 6-3 5-10 6-1 6-0 6-3 6-4 6-3 6-4 6-1 6-2 6-1 6-2 6-0 6-0 6-3 6-3 6-1
WT 180 185 175 175 180 180 175 175 190 170 175 190 178 215 205 200 190 185 185 195 180 190 205 205 195 185 190 205 175 190 200 190 190 200
YR Jr. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. So. So. Fr. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. So. Jr. So. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. So. So. Fr. Fr. Fr. So. Fr. Fr.
Doug Smith (#12) Randy Betten (#7) Nathan Choate (#22) Rusty McNamara (#30) Mark Espinoza
B/T R/R L/L S/L R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R L/R L/L R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R L/R R/R L/R R/R L/L R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R L/R R/R R/R R/R R/R R/R L/L R/R
Hometown / Previous School Riverside, CA / Martin Luther King HS Riverside, CA / Martin Luther King HS Phelan, CA / Serrano HS San Diego, CA / La Jolla HS Temple City, CA / Bishop Amat HS Placentia, CA / El Dorado HS Poway, CA / Poway HS Highland, CA / Redlands East Valley HS Temecula Valley, CA / Chappral HS Upland, CA / Damien HS Poway, CA / Poway HS Yucaipa, CA / Yucaipa HS Corona, CA / Corona HS Corona, CA / Temescal Canyon HS Riverside, CA / North HS Riverside, CA / Rubidoux HS Yorba Linda, CA / Cypress College Mission Viejo, CA / Capistrano Valley HS El Cajon, CA / Christian HS Stevenson Ranch, CA / Riverside CC El Cajon, CA / Grossmont HS Simi Valley, CA / Royal HS Sun City, CA / Paloma Valley HS Santa Maria, CA / Cuesta College Corona, CA / Centennial HS Chatsworth, CA / LA Pierce College Valencia, CA / Valencia HS La Crescenta, CA / Crescenta Valley HS Redlands, CA / Redlands East Valley HS Columbia, MO / Hickman HS Hemet, CA / Hemet West Valley Hemet, CA / Hemet HS San Clemente, CA / Capistrano Valley HS La Verne, CA / Bishop Amat HS 5th season (UC Riverside, ’75) 5th season (Thomas Edison Statea, ’98) 2nd season (Cal Poly, ’02) 2nd season (Oklahoma State, ’98)
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2008 UC RIVERSIDE BASEBALL Record 21-33
Statistics Home 13-12 Away 8-21
5 3 25 10 4 6 8 16 9
Player Garcia, Drew Gonzales, Joey Wible, Aaron Hairgrove, Trevor Uhl, Carl Goetz, Ryan Schnebly, Brandon Opdyke, Jordan Price, Ben
AVG .344 .330 .303 .278 .272 .265 .253 .239 .150
GP-GS 54-54 54-52 51-51 45-42 53-53 52-48 33-20 33-32 41-36
AB 218 215 201 162 213 196 83 109 120
R 33 48 32 25 54 24 10 11 10
H 75 71 61 45 58 52 21 26 18
2B 14 10 6 8 6 11 4 3 6
1 18 34 33 29 15 24
Horst, Bryan Hambright, Brett Emmons, Dustin Shultz, Justin Pellegrino, Danie Nix, Tony Samuelson, Mark
.300 .235 .222 .220 .207 .189 .184
14-13 11-9 5-2 25-13 27-23 32-25 14-13
40 34 9 50 87 90 49
5 2 0 5 7 9 7
12 8 2 11 18 17 9
2 0 0 2 2 4 1
0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Totals Opponents
.269 .334
54-54 1876 282 504 79 54-54 1960 395 655 123
15 23
3B HR RBI TB SLG% BB HBP SO GDP OB% 1 4 51 103 .472 18 9 51 1 .406 3 4 29 99 .460 22 4 43 2 .401 2 8 45 95 .473 18 1 42 2 .360 1 0 6 55 .340 6 2 35 3 .312 2 2 23 74 .347 24 4 36 2 .352 3 1 33 72 .367 13 0 32 4 .308 0 0 5 25 .301 7 5 29 0 .347 0 2 12 35 .321 11 4 30 1 .325 0 1 11 27 .225 15 3 38 1 .259 0 2 0 0 0 2 2
6 6 0 3 8 10 3
14 14 2 13 20 33 16
Player Applebee, Paul Bargas, Paul Penney, Stephen Larkins, Matt
ERA 4.46 6.19 6.21 6.79
W-L APP GS CG SHO 3-5 16 9 2 0/1 2-5 14 13 2 0/0 2-6 19 8 0 0/1 6-5 13 11 0 0/0
23 27 32 11 34 42 17 21 31
Dickey, Kevin Smith, D.J Platt, Ryan Waite, Rob Emmons, Dustin Wolford, Mike Kelly, Joe Orozco, Eddie Moore, Kolby
0.00 5.75 6.10 6.35 6.35 6.52 9.35 9.76 9.90
0-0 1-1 2-3 2-4 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-2 1-1
1 16 22 27 13 10 17 13 6
0 3 2 2 0 0 1 4 1
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0/0 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Totals Opponents
6.36 4.48
21-33 33-21
54 54
54 54
4 4
2/2 0/0
.350 .412 .222 .260 .230 .367 .327
28 251 697 46 348 962
4 3 0 7 8 6 6
.372 168 .491 140
1 1 0 0 2 7 0
SH 0 3 3 3 7 3 2 2 6
7 4 1 17 11 21 15
1 2 0 1 2 1 1
.370 .316 .222 .310 .286 .291 .273
1 0 0 1 1 0 0
1 0 0 2 4 3 0
43 412 65 319
24 24
.339 .391
20 34
39 38
SV 0 0 1 0
IP 74.2 75.2 62.1 62.1
H 94 94 81 100
R 43 54 45 58
ER 37 52 43 47
BB 12 19 13 15
SO 55 35 43 34
2B 21 17 14 15
3B 3 5 1 5
HR 5 10 5 5
0 1 2 0 0 0 6 0 0
1.2 36.0 41.1 39.2 17.0 9.2 17.1 27.2 10.0
0 50 47 50 26 18 24 54 17
0 27 31 36 13 10 23 38 17
0 23 28 28 12 7 18 30 11
2 9 21 18 5 2 10 11 3
2 33 35 31 9 3 8 21 10
0 12 10 5 4 6 3 11 5
0 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 2
0 4 3 1 3 0 5 4 1
140 319 123 168 412 79
23 15
10 475.1 7 484.0
SF 6 1 2 0 3 2 0 2 1
SB-ATT 5-9 15-18 4-6 1-2 23-28 5-8 0-2 0-0 2-3 0-0 1-1 0-0 2-3 0-1 0-2 2-2
PO A E FLD% 93 170 6 .978 87 5 2 .979 246 11 2 .992 62 128 12 .941 150 3 5 .968 221 34 6 .977 5 0 0 1.000 153 23 4 .978 22 75 9 .915 17 48 2 37 109 55 96
39 5 4 2 28 0 5
7 1 1 0 2 2 1
.889 .981 .857 1.000 .986 .965 .990
60-85 1426 607 74-106 1452 535
69 77
.967 .963
DPs turned - Team (46), Opp (42) CI - Team (1), Hambright, B 1 Picked off - Uhl, C 2, Price, B 1, Hambright, B 1, Hairgrove, T 1, Gonzales, J 1.
LOB - Team (412), Opp (417) IBB - Team (6), Garcia, D 6, Opp (3)
14 20 35 38
Big West 14-10
655 395 336 504 282 241
AB B/Avg 298 .315 295 .319 252 .321 270 .370
WP HBP BK SFA SHA 1 4 0 3 7 3 7 3 3 10 8 9 0 4 4 10 9 1 6 1
4 147 162 170 72 41 77 125 47
.000 .340 .290 .294 .361 .439 .312 .432 .362
1 6 11 11 0 2 2 3 1
0 8 8 6 3 1 5 2 3
0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 0
0 2 3 3 1 2 0 5 2
1 5 2 3 0 0 1 4 0
46 1960 28 1876
.334 .269
59 39
65 43
9 6
34 20
38 39
PB - Team (13), Opdyke, J 7, Pellegrino 4, Hambright, B 2, Opp (10) Pickoffs - Team (1), Bargas, P 1, Opp (6) SBA/ATT - Opdyke, J (29-40), Pellegrino (28-37), Hambright, B (17-22), Penney, S (13-16), Orozco, E (9-14), Applebee, P (9-12), Waite, R (11-12), Bargas, P (7-11), Smith, D (4-10), Larkins, M (5-10), Platt, R (7-9), Kelly, J (4-4), Moore, K (3-4), Emmons, D (2-4).
