San Diego Toreros (13-10, 1-2 WCC)  •  Pacific Tigers (5-19, 1-2 WCC)

Klein Family Field (2,500) • Stockton, California

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STOCKTON, Calif. — After scoring 29 runs on 23 hits across a pair of dominant wins at Fowler Park, San Diego baseball (13-10, 1-2 WCC) is back on the road this weekend to resume West Coast Conference play with a three-game series against Pacific (5-19, 1-2 WCC).

First pitch in game one at Klein Family Field on Thursday night is set for 6:00 p.m., followed by a 3:00 p.m. start on Friday and a 1:00 p.m. series finale on Saturday.

All three games will be streamed live on ESPN+, and live statistics will be provided on PacificTigers.com.

LAST TIME OUT - Costello, Gurevitch Punctuate Power Surge in 13-5 Win Over Titans
• A nine-run sixth inning that featured a pair of massive home runs from Jack Gurevitch highlighted another offensive eruption for San Diego baseball on Tuesday night, leading it past Cal State Fullerton by a 13-5 margin at Fowler Park.

• Gurevitch led off the game's pivotal sixth frame with a towering solo shot to right field that landed atop the Manchester Village Apartments. Eight batters later he sent an opposite-field two run shot to left, and by the end of the inning USD scored nearly 10 times on six hits and two Fullerton errors.

• But even after the sophomore first baseman's stirring sixth-inning power display, it was Jack Costello who paced the Torero offense against the Titans, notching a game-high four RBIs by hammering a first-inning grand slam.

• The offensive barrage complemented strong appearances out of the Torero bullpen from Alex Schrier, Dallin Harrison, Conner Thurman, and Chase Minor, who teamed up for five scoreless frames across the contest's middle innings.

Notable:
• Gurevitch had three RBIs, scored three runs, and drew a walk on Tuesday night.

• Costello scored three runs of his own to tie Gurevitch for the game high.

• Justin DeCriscio was 2-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI.

• Angelo Peraza, Dustin Allen, Will Worthington, and Jakob Christian all drove in a run.

• Allen drew a team-high two free passes, and was joined by four other teammates who worked a walk.

• In total, seven different Toreros drove in a run against CSUF.

• Tuesday night's win earned USD a sweep in its season series against Cal State Fullerton.

• Ryan Kysar's three innings pitched and four strikeouts on Tuesday were both game highs.

ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST PACIFIC
• The Toreros are 25-8 all-time against the Tigers, and have won 10 of their last 12 matchups with Pacific dating back to May 2019.

• USD and UOP most recently met last season, when San Diego took two of three from the Tigers from March 17-19, 2023 at Fowler Park.

• San Diego won the first two games by scores of 9-3 and 16-9 before dropping the finale by a 5-2 margin.

• Prior to that loss in game three against Pacific last season, USD had won nine games in a row against the Tigers.

FOR STARTERS (PROBABLE)
THURSDAY: Left-hander Austin Smith will make his eighth pitching appearance and third start of the season when he takes the mound for the Toreros in Thursday's series opener at Pacific.

• Smith, an El Cajon, California native who attended nearby Granite Hills High School and transferred to USD from UC San Diego, has posted a 1-0 record and a 6.60 ERA across 15 innings so far in 2024 while striking out 18 and walking 11.

• He most recently pitched last Friday in game one of the Toreros' doubleheader against Saint Mary's, allowing three runs on six hits across four innings while walking two and striking out four.

• Smith — a 2023 All-WCC Second Team selection ­— has shined out of the San Diego bullpen this season, notching a team-high two saves.

FRIDAY: Right-hander Josh Randall (0-2, 1.85 ERA) is set to start game two for the Toreros against the Tigers.

• He most recently pitched in game two of San Diego's doubleheader against Saint Mary's last Friday, surrendering a run on four hits and a walk while striking out five.

• Across 24.1 innings and five starts in 2024 he has struck out 30 batters, walked only nine, and held opposing hitters to a .215 average.

• Randall, a 6-foot-4, 240-pound junior from San Juan Capistrano, California, transferred to USD from Arizona, where he spent his freshman and sophomore seasons

• He made 14 relief appearances during his true freshman campaign in 2022, compiling a 1-0 record and 15 strikeouts while limiting opposing hitters to a .231 batting average.

• As a sophomore in 2023, he was limited to just one pitching appearance due to injury.

• Randall brings postseason experience to the Torero rotation, having thrown three innings for the Wildcats in the 2022 NCAA Coral Gables Regional against Ole Miss.

• On January 26, he was tabbed as the 2024 Perfect Game Preseason WCC Pitcher of the Year.

SATURDAY: Reigning WCC Pitcher of the Week Calvin Schapira will start for a fourth consecutive weekend when he toes the rubber for USD in the series finale on Saturday afternoon.

• Schapira, who attended USC (2019), Central Arizona College (2020), and Purdue (2021-2023) before transferring to USD as a graduate student this year, has compiled a 3-0 record and a 3.16 ERA across seven appearances (three starts) and 25.2 innings pitched in 2024.

• He has struck out a team-high 31 and walked only seven this season while holding opposing hitters to a .202 average.

• Schapira most recently pitched last Saturday against Saint Mary's, throwing seven strong innings that saw him allow just two runs on two hits and two walks while striking out nine.

• His seven innings pitched that afternoon marked the longest outing by a Torero pitcher so far this season, and his nine strikeouts are one shy of USD's individual game high in 2024 (Josh Randall, 10).

• For his efforts against the Gaels he was named the WCC Pitcher of the Week on Monday, marking the first time a Torero has taken home the award since April 2022.

CALVIN SCHAPIRA NAMED WCC PITCHER OF THE WEEK
• Graduate student Calvin Schapira has been named the WCC Pitcher of the Week for March 25, 2024, the West Coast Conference announced on Monday afternoon.

• With San Diego looking to stave off its first WCC sweep since 2018, Schapira stepped up and delivered the Toreros' strongest start of the season thus far, silencing Saint Mary's by allowing just two runs across seven innings as USD rolled to a big 16-2 win at Fowler Park.

• Schapira (3-0) surrendered just two hits and two walks on Saturday evening, and struck out a season-high nine before earning his third win of the season as he turned in the longest outing of any San Diego pitcher in 2024.

• The left-hander's nine strikeouts are a USD career high, and are the second-most by a Torero in a single game this year.

• Monday's recognition marks the first WCC award of Schapira's career, and San Diego's first WCC Pitcher of the Week selection since April 18, 2022 (Brycen Mautz).

• USD has now earned a conference honor in back-to-back weeks after sophomore first baseman Jack Gurevitch took home the Toreros' first WCC Player of the Week award on March 18.

MAKING SACRIFICES
• San Diego's 18 sacrifice bunts in 2024 lead the West Coast Conference and rank 22nd nationally.

• Ariel Armas leads the league and ranks 18th nationally with five sacrifice bunts of his own.

A GREAT YEAR FOR GURV
• Jack Gurevitch, who was named the WCC Player of the Week on March 18, leads the WCC with 34 hits as of Wednesday evening and ranks second in the league with a .378 (34-for-90) batting average.

• On Tuesday against Cal State Fullerton, he hammered his first two home runs of 2024 in consecutive at-bats that both took place in the bottom of the sixth inning.

WATCH ME WHIP…NOW WATCH THIS STRIKEOUT
• Through 23 games this season the San Diego pitching staff leads the WCC with a 1.40 WHIP, a mark that ranks among the top 50 nationally.

• The Toreros' 10.8 strikeouts per nine innings as a team also leads the league and is 17th nationally. USD is also pacing the conference in hits allowed per nine innings (8.10).

CLUTCH COSTELLO
• Jack Costello leads both the Toreros and the WCC with 30 RBIs so far in 2024. His average of 1.30 runs batted in per game ranks second in the league.

• Costello continued his production on Tuesday night against Cal State Fullerton by hammering a first-inning grand slam.

The senior utility player's career college accolades include:

• NCAA National Player of the Week (February 27, 2023)
• WCC Player of the Week (February 27, 2023)
• WCC All-Tournament Team (2022)
• All-WCC Preseason Team (2022)
• Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American (2021)
• All-WCC Freshman Team (2021)
• All-WCC Honorable Mention (2021)
• WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention (2022 and 2023)

A BALANCED APPROACH
• USD ranks third in the WCC in both walks (105) and home runs (21).

GOLD GLOVES
• The Toreros' .978 team fielding percentage in 2024 is the second-best mark in the WCC.

TOP TORERO HITTERS VS. SAINT MARY'S AND VS. CSUF (MARCH 22-23, 26)
• Austin Smith | .385 AVG (5-for-13), 2 RBI, BB, 2 HBP, .385 SLG, .500 OBP

• Justin DeCriscio | .333 AVG (7-for-21), 5 R, 2B, 6 RBI, .381 SLG, .333 OBP

• Jack Gurevitch | .313 AVG (5-for-16), 4 R, 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 2 BB, .750 SLG, .389 OBP

BEST IN THE WEST (COAST CONFERENCE)
• From the beginning of the 2019 season until now, no baseball team in the West Coast Conference has compiled a better overall win/loss record than San Diego.

• Combining their 2019 record (32-21), their abbreviated 2020 totals (12-4), their 33-12 mark in 2021, their 37-20 record in 2022, their 24-25-1 totals in 2023, and their 13-10 record so far in 2024, the Toreros are a conference-best 152-93-1 (.620) in that 246-game span.

•  Next best within that time frame are Portland (121-104, .538), Gonzaga (132-120, .524), and Saint Mary's (129-123, .512).