San Diego (25-13, 11-7 WCC)  •  Cal State Fullerton (15-22, 9-6 Big West)

Goodwin Field (3,500) • Fullerton, California

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FULLERTON, Calif. — Two days after securing a hard-fought series win at West Coast Conference foe BYU, San Diego baseball (25-13, 11-7 WCC) will conclude its road stint with a midweek matchup at Cal State Fullerton (12-22, 9-6 Big West).

First pitch on Tuesday night at Goodwin Field is set for 6 p.m., and the game will be streamed live on ESPN+. Live statistics will be available on FullertonTitans.com

LAST TIME OUT

• The Toreros took two of three from BYU at Miller Park last weekend, bouncing back after an 11-7 defeat on Thursday night for 8-3 and 4-3 wins on Friday and Saturday to take the series.

• USD's game one loss came despite scoring first and plating a trio of runs in the top of the ninth inning.

• Every player in the San Diego lineup notched a hit in game two as it put up five runs in the top of the second and three in the seventh, and Ivran Romero, Kyle Carr, and Ian Churchill teamed up for a strong collective effort on the mound.

• Reigning WCC Pitcher of the Week Brycen Mautz made his first start in a series finale on Saturday and turned in a solid outing, throwing six strong frames while scattering 10 hits.

• Chase Meidroth hammered a late-game homer as part of three total RBIs on the day and Ryan Kysar set forth a gutsy performance on the mound to close it out, securing the 4-3 victory by inducing a game-ending double play in the bottom of the ninth with runners on first and second base.

ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST THE TITANS

• The Toreros are 19-63-3 against the Titans all-time but are 7-3 in their last 10 matchups versus CSUF, including a wild 11-10 win earlier this season on March 15 at Fowler Park.

• Graduate left-hander Ian Churchill turned in a solid start on the mound that evening, settling in after allowing a run in the top of the first for four scoreless frames.

• Three Toreros turned in three-hit performances (Meidroth, Jefferis, and Ricketts), one San Diego player had two (Allen), and seven notched at least one hit on the night.

• USD plated a run in the first, two in the second, six in the seventh, and one in the eighth to build what was at one point a 10-4 lead, but Cal State Fullerton pulled within one in the ninth.

• Sophomore left-handed pitcher Cole Colleran (Canyon Crest Academy) finished the game on the mound for the Toreros and was able to work his way out of trouble, allowing a single run on a bases-loaded walk before he retired the next three batters in order to end it.

BIG BATS

• Eight San Diego players enter Tuesday night's action with a .300 batting average or better, and the Toreros lead the West Coast Conference with a .287 (378-for-1319) team batting average.

Players batting .300 or better include:

• True freshman infielder Thomas Rollauer (.400, 2-for-5)

• Graduate student RJ Teijeiro (.385, 25-for-65)

• Junior catcher Caleb Ricketts (.342, 51-for-149)

• Sophomore infielder Chase Meidroth (.340, 51-for-150)

• Redshirt sophomore outfielder Camden Vasquez (23-for-68)

• Sophomore infielder Kevin Sim (.327, 48-for-147)

• Sophomore utility player Angelo Peraza (.327, 18-for-55)

• Sophomore utility player Jack Costello (.318, 50-for-157)

• San Diego's .380 on-base percentage also leads the WCC, and its .415 slugging percentage is just behind BYU's conference-high mark of .419.

MEIDROTH LEADS THE WAY

•Sophomore Chase Meidroth continued to anchor the top of the San Diego lineup last week, going 6-for-16 (.375) with four runs scored, four runs batted in, two doubles, two walks, a home run, and a stolen base across a game at crosstown rival San Diego State and three at BYU.

• He went 1-for-2 with two runs scored, an RBI, and a walk last Monday against the Aztecs before notching hits in all three games in Provo.

• The infielder was 1-for-5 with a run scored and a double in game one, was 1-for-4 with another run scored, a walk, and a double in game two, and erupted for a 3-for-5 performance with a run scored, three RBIs, and a crucial late-game two-run homer that proved to be the difference in a series finale at Miller Park that was decided by just one run.

•Meidroth, who was selected to the 2021 Northwoods League All-Star Game last summer, is batting .340 (51-for-150) with 29 runs scored, 10 doubles, five home runs, 28 RBIs, and a tied-for-team-leading 26 walks so far in 2022.

• He has reached base in 34 of his 37 games so far, is tied with sophomore utility player Jack Costello for the Toreros' second-longest hit streak so far this season (10 games), leads the team in multi-hit games (16) and boasts a team-high .441 on-base percentage in addition to a .507 slugging percentage on the year, which ranks third among qualified San Diego players.

•Meidroth, who enters Tuesday night's action on a five-game hit streak, is one of three USD players to be named WCC Player of the Week this season (March 21).

TEIJEIRO TAKES CONTROL

• Graduate utility player RJ Teijeiro stayed hot last week against SDSU and BYU, going 7-for-17 (.411) with four RBIs, three runs scored, two walks, a double, and a home run across a game against the Aztecs and three against the Cougars.

• The Foster City, California native was 3-for-6 with two runs scored, a pair of RBIs, and a home run on Monday at Tony Gwynn Stadium, and had two hits in each of the Toreros' first two games in Provo, compiling two RBIs, three walks, a double, and a run scored.

• For the season Teijeiro is batting .385 (25-for-65) with four doubles, a triple, and three home runs along with 13 RBIs and 37 total bases.

•On March 25, he pushed San Diego to an extra-innings win over Saint Mary's with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th, a two-run shot that marked his first college longball.

SIM STILL RAKING

•Sophomore infielder Kevin Sim has put together a strong start to the 2022 season, batting .327 (48-for-147) through all 38 of the Toreros' games thus far with a team and conference-high 10 home runs along with a team-high 38 runs batted in that ranks second in the WCC.

•The San Diego, California native (Torrey Pines High School) kept things rolling last week against San Diego State and BYU, going 5-for-14 (.357) with four runs scored, four RBIs, two walks, two doubles, and a sacrifice fly.

• He notched hits in three of the Toreros' four games, going 1-for-2 with a run scored, three RBIs, and a walk against the Aztecs on Monday, 2-for-5 with three runs scored and a double on Thursday in Provo, and 2-for-4 with an RBI and a double on Friday before adding another walk in the series finale on Saturday.

• Sim, who was named the WCC Player of the Week on March 14, leads San Diego with a .592 slugging percentage, and his .427 on-base percentage is second among qualified USD batters.

CONSISTENCY FROM COSTELLO

• Sophomore utility player Jack Costello has picked up right where he left off this season after a dynamic college debut a year ago, hitting safely in all but seven of the Toreros' 38 games so far in 2022.

•Costello, who has hit safely in 63 of the 81 games he has played in so far at USD and has reached base in 36 of the Toreros' 38 games in 2022, was 7-for-16 (.437) with four runs scored, five RBIs, two doubles, and a walk last week across a matchup at San Diego State and three at BYU.

• The Simi Valley, California native, who enters Tuesday night's action on a five-game hit streak,  was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBIs on Monday at Tony Gwynn Stadium, was 2-for-4 with three RBIs on Thursday night in Provo via a bases-clearing double in the top of the ninth inning, was 1-for-4 with two runs scored and a walk on Friday, and added another single as part of a 1-for-4 performance in the series finale on Saturday.

•Since going hitless in his first two college appearances on February 21 and 27, 2021, he's been hitless just 16 times, and 32 of his 81 college games so far have resulted in a multi-hit performance, including 15 multi-hit games out of 38 total contests so far in 2022, a mark that's one game off the team lead (Chase Meidroth, 16).

• Costello, who was named a Freshman All-American (2021), an All-WCC Freshman Team  member, an All-WCC Honorable Mention (2021), and a 2022 All-WCC Preseason Team selection, is batting .318 (50-for-157) so far this season with a tied-for-team-high 11 doubles, three home runs, 25 RBIs, and 70 total bases.

•His .446 slugging percentage and .383 OBP both rank fourth among qualified USD batters, and his 10-game hit streak earlier this season is one game shy of the Toreros' season-long (Caleb Ricketts, 11).

RICKETTS IS ROLLING
•Junior catcher Caleb Ricketts continued his hot streak last weekend, notching a hit in each of the Toreros' games against BYU as he went 5-for-14 (.357) in Provo with a run scored, two RBIs, a home run, and a double.

•The Newport Beach, California native was 3-for-5 with a run scored, two RBIs, and a home run on Thursday, 1-for-5 with a double on Friday, and added another hit on Saturday as part of a 1-for-4 performance.

•Ricketts enters Tuesday night's action batting a team-high .342 (51-for-149) with a tied-for-team-high 10 doubles, seven home runs, two triples, and 27 RBIs, and has hit safely in 29 of the Toreros' 38 games so far this season while putting together 14 multi-hit performances.

• His 11-game hit streak from March 22 to April 9 is the longest by any San Diego player this season.

•Ricketts, who was named to the 2022 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Watch List on March 10, has thrown out 13 of 22 would-be base stealers so far this season.

PERAZA HEATING UP IN RETURN FROM INJURY

• Sophomore utility player Angelo Peraza (St. Augustine High School), who enters Tuesday night's action on season-long seven game hit streak, stayed hot with a 6-for-15 (.400) performance last week that saw him score four runs, notch five RBIs, walk twice, and double across a game at crosstown rival San Diego State and three at BYU

• The Chula Vista, California native, who missed 20 games from March 8 to April 9 before making his return last Tuesday versus San Diego State, went 2-for-3 with two runs scored, two RBIs, and a double on Monday at Tony Gwynn Stadium, was 1-for-3 with two runs scored and two walks in game one at Miller Park, was 1-for-4 with two RBIs on Friday, and was 2-for-5 with an RBI in the series finale on Saturday.

• Peraza is batting .327 (18-for-55) this season with four doubles, a home run, and 11 RBIs.

GOLD GLOVES

• USD leads the conference and ranks 18th in the nation with a .979 fielding percentage through its 38 total games so far in 2022.

FOWLER MAGIC

• San Diego's five total walk-off wins (March 4 vs. Dallas Baptist, March 22 vs. UC Irvine, March 25 vs. Saint Mary's, and April 14 and 15 vs. Loyola Marymount) so far this season has already surpassed the team's remarkable walk-off total from 2021 (4).

• USD has twice walked-off in back-to-back contests (March 22 and March 25, April 14 and 15) and has done so via a bases-clearing double (Kevin Sim, March 4), an RBI fielder's choice (Justin DeCriscio, March 22), a two-run homer (RJ Teijeiro, March 25), and a pair of RBI singles (Dustin Allen and Angelo Peraza, April 14 and 15).

• Three of the five walk-off winners for San Diego in 2022 have come in extra innings (the team is 3-1 in extra-innings contests) and USD has rallied for a combined nine runs from the bottom of the ninth inning on in those games.

CHURCHILL AND HYDE CONTINUE TO EXCEL OUT OF 'PEN
•Graduate left-handed pitcher Ian Churchill and sophomore right-handed pitcher Jack Hyde continued their success out of the bullpen last week as they each set forth strong outings.

• Churchill tossed 3.2 pivotal frames in middle game of the Toreros' series at BYU, allowing a single run on three hits as he walked none and struck out two.

• Churchill, who joined San Diego as a transfer from the University of Arizona, has allowed just five earned runs in his last 27 innings pitched (two starts and seven relief appearances) and has racked up 31 strikeouts across that timeframe.

• He threw six no-hit, shutout innings on April 14 in USD's extra-innings win over Loyola Marymount, striking out three against just two walks after he entered in the top of the eighth.

•For the season he's 2-2 with a 3.86 ERA in 37.1 total innings and has 38 strikeouts to his credit in 2022 against just eight walks.

•Hyde threw 1.2 scoreless frames in the series' first game on Thursday, an outing that marked his fourth scoreless appearance in his last five times out.

• He's surrendered just one run in his last nine innings pitched, a span that dates back to April 5 at UC San Diego and has seen him notch seven strikeouts against just five walks.

• For the season Hyde is 3-1 with a 4.50 ERA and has 22 strikeouts to his credit against just eight walks so far in 2022.

KYSAR COMES UP BIG

•Redshirt freshman righty Ryan Kysar earned both a save and a win last week as he bookended a busy San Diego week with a pair of outstanding pitching performances, helping the Toreros to a 15-1 win at crosstown rival San Diego State on Monday and a hard-fought 4-3 victory in the series finale at BYU on Saturday afternoon as USD took two of three.

•Kysar, who transferred to San Diego after redshirting at Arizona, matched a career-high with 5.0 innings pitched at Tony Gwynn Stadium on Monday evening, holding the Aztecs to just one run on three hits as he walked a single batter and struck out four enroute to his first career college win.

•He appeared again for a high-leverage outing on Saturday afternoon at BYU, entering in the bottom of the seventh as he was tasked with preserving a 4-2 San Diego lead.

•Though he yielded a run on a solo homer, he buckled down and got it done when it counted, stranding both the tying and winning runs on the basepaths in the bottom of the ninth when he induced a ground ball for a game-ending double play.

•His final line against the Cougars: 3.0 IP, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K, and his first career college save.

•For the season Kysar is 1-0 with a 4.65 ERA and has 29 strikeouts under his belt against 13 walks in 31.0 total innings pitched.

ROMERO SOLID AT BYU

•Sophomore righty Ivran Romero turned in a solid outing on Friday in what marked his first start of 2022 (second career), tossing 3.0 innings while surrendering one run, walking three, and striking out three.

•For the season the San Diego, California native (Poway High School) is 2-2 with a 2.36 ERA in 26.2 total innings pitched and has 23 strikeouts to his credit against just nine walks in 2022.

ROBINSON KEEPS ON ROLLING OUT OF BULLPEN

•Redshirt junior righty Ryan Robinson has allowed just two runs in his last 12 innings pitched and has racked up 13 strikeouts against just two walks in that span, which dates back to March 29 at California Baptist.

•For the season he's 3-0 with a 2.19 ERA in 24.2 total innings pitched with 28 strikeouts to his credit against just eight walks in 2022.

BEST IN THE WEST (COAST CONFERENCE)

• From the beginning of the 2019 season until now, no team in the West Coast Conference has had a better record than San Diego baseball. Combining their 2019 record (32-21), their abbreviated 2020 totals (12-4), their 33-12 mark in 2021, and their 25-13 record so far in 2022, the Toreros are a conference-best 102-50 (.671) in that 152-game span.

•Next best within that timeframe are Gonzaga (98-62, .612), BYU (87-69, .557) and Saint Mary's (93-77, .547).