SAN DIEGO—San Diego will travel to the Pacific Northwest this weekend for the Seattle Baseball Showcase at T-Mobile Park.
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The Toreros (9-4) will face Coastal Carolina (12-2) on Friday, Minnesota (2-8) on Saturday and Indiana (6-5) on Sunday at the home ballpark of the Seattle Mariners. All games are scheduled for 11 a.m. PT.
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Live statistics will be available via USDToreros.com.
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LAST TIME OUT
• San Diego set a new school record for runs scored in a 31-3 victory over UC Riverside on Tuesday afternoon in Riverside, Calif.
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• The Toreros (9-4) batted around four different times, recording 25 hits and one error, while the USD pitching staff limited UCR to just four hits. The Highlanders (6-7) gave up 13 walks and committed five errors, using nine different pitchers in the contest.
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Jeff Houghtby hit 4-for-4 with a double, a stolen base, three runs scored and three RBIs.
Caleb Ricketts and
Cody Jefferis both finished the day 3-for-5 with three runs scored. Ricketts drove in five RBIs and Jefferis added two.
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Tora Otsuka finished the day 3-for-6 with two runs scored and four RBIs. In total, seven different Toreros recorded multi-hit games for USD.
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Josh Hendrickson got the start for USD, throwing 3.0 innings, giving up two hits with no walks and one strikeout. The Torero bullpen recorded five strikeouts giving up three runs on two hits with four walks in relief of Hendrickson.
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Cade Brown (1-0) was credited with the win for USD, coming in during the bottom of the fifth and pitching 1.2 innings with no runs, no hits, no walks and a strikeout.
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• San Diego scored in every inning but the fifth and eighth, tallying five runs in first, third, fourth and ninth. USD score one run in the second, six in the sixth and four in the seventh on the record-setting day.
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ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST COASTAL CAROLINA
• The all-time series between the Toreros and the Chantileers is tied 3-3.Â
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ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST MINNESOTA
• The all-time series between the Toreros and the Golden Gophers is tied 2-2.
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ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST INDIANA
• Toreros lead the all-time series with the Hoosiers, 4-2.
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PROBABLE STARTERS
USD vs Coastal Carolina
• Toreros LHP
Anthony Donatella (1-0, 2.08 ERA) vs. Chanticleers RHP Zach McCambley(2-0, 3.77 ERA)
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USD vs Minnesota
• Toreros LHP
Chris Murphy (1-1, 2.45 ERA) vs GophersRHP Patrick Fredrickson(1-2, 3.86 ERA)
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USD vs Indiana
• Toreros TBA vs Hoosiers LHP Andrew Saalfrank(0-0, 3.38 ERA)
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FRESH FACES
• Eleven newcomers (7 position players, 4 pitchers) have made starts for the Toreros in the early part of the season. Collectively USD's freshmen are hitting .310 with a .426 on-base percentage and have combined for 34 RBIs.
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• Freshman
Cody Jefferis has started all 13 games for San Diego, leading the team in hits (19), doubles (4) and RBIs (14) and runs (11). Jefferis is hitting .388 with a .469 slugging percentage and .484 on-base percentage.
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• Cal graduate transfer
Ripken Reyes has also started all 13 games for USD, hitting .348 including three doubles and two triples for the Toreros. Reyes has a slugging percentage of .500 and an on-base percentage of .409.
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• Freshman
Jake Miller (1-0, 0.00 ERA) pitched a gem in his first career start for the Toreros. The righthander went 7.0 shutout innings, giving up three hits and no walks, with four strikeouts in a 4-0 win against Long Beach State (Feb. 19). He's made two starts and four appearances for USD, pitching 16.0 shutout innings.
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