PORTLAND, Ore. — After dominating Saint Mary's in a come-from-behind run-rule win last Sunday, San Diego baseball (16-25, 8-10 WCC) will hit the road to continue West Coast Conference play this week, traveling to the Pacific Northwest for a three-game series at Portland (23-18, 9-9 WCC).

Game one at Joe Etzel Field is set for Thursday at 6:00 p.m., followed by another 6 p.m. start on Friday night and a 12:00 p.m. finale on Sunday afternoon.

All three games will be streamed live on ESPN+ alongside live statistics on StatBroadcast.

LAST TIME OUT: Toreros Beat Gaels to Salvage Series
• San Diego closed out its series against Saint Mary's last Sunday by earning a convincing 16-6 mercy rule victory at Fowler Park.

• An RBI single from Jayton Greer in the bottom of the eighth inning put the Toreros ahead by the requisite 10-run margin to end the game early.

• Five Toreros recorded multiple hits in the win, including three apiece from CJ Moran, Connor Meidroth, and freshman Diego Gonzalez, who led USD with four RBIs in the game.

ALL-TIME SERIES AGAINST PORTLAND
• The Toreros are 70-33 against the Pilots all-time, and have won five straight matchups with UP dating back to May 2024.

• San Diego swept its series against Portland last season, beating the Pilots by scores of 6-3, 3-1, and 5-4 at Fowler Park from April 17-19, 2025.

• USD most recently visited Joe Etzel Field from April 12-14, 2024, when it dropped two of three games to Portland. San Diego won the series opener that year by a score of 10-4, but the Pilots responded by taking games two and three by 5-1 and 13-4 margins.

• The Toreros and Pilots also faced off in the WCC Tournament in 2024. San Diego beat the Pilots 7-5 in a third-round matchup, then needed just one game to win the 2024 WCC Tournament Championship, eschewing the if-necessary matchup as they defeated the Pilots 8-6 to earn an automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA postseason.

FOR STARTERS (PROBABLE)
THURSDAY: Freshman right-hander Caleb Sebek (1-1, 7.92 ERA) will take the mound for the Toreros on Thursday night in what will mark his 16th appearance of the season and his first college start.

• Sebek most recently pitched last Friday (April 24), when he allowed three earned runs on three hits across 1.1 innings against Saint Mary's at Fowler Park while walking none and striking out one.

• A native of Ventura, California, Sebek has thrown a total of 25 innings thus far in his debut college season. He has struck out 25 batters and walked 13 in that span.

• His outings this year have included both short and long relief. He has logged four appearances of one inning or more so far this season, including a three-inning outing versus Santa Clara on April 4 that saw him allow only one earned run, and a career-long 3.1-inning appearance at San Francisco that saw hold the Dons scoreless while recording four strikeouts.

• On March 24 versus Cal State Fullerton, Sebek struck out a career-high six batters while throwing 2.2 scoreless, one-hit innings.

• Sebek leads the Toreros with two saves this season, and is one of only three USD pitchers to record a save in 2026.

• After Thursday's start, Sebek will become the ninth San Diego pitcher to start a game this season, and will join Drake Frize as one of just two Toreros to notch both a start and a save in 2026.

• He earned All-Ventura County and All-Channel League Honors while at Ventura High School (California). Sebek also received All-League Honors in basketball.

FRIDAY: San Diego's starting pitcher for Friday night's game has not yet been announced.

SATURDAY: San Diego's starting pitcher for Saturday afternoon's series finale has not yet been announced.

GOING, GOING, GAUNA
• Graduate outfielder Andrew Gauna launched his sixth homer of the season on Sunday, a 420-foot opposite-field blast that helped San Diego secure a 16-6 mercy-rule victory over Saint Mary's.

• He leads the WCC with a .451 (32-for-71) batting average in conference play this season, and is tied for the league lead with 26 RBIs in WCC games in 2026.

• Gauna's six longballs in WCC contests this year are tied for the second-most in the conference, as are his .789 slugging percentage and .512 on-base percentage.

FRESHMAN PHENOM
• First-year infielder Diego Gonzalez has shown some prodigious power as of late, hammering five homers in his last five games dating back to April 19, when he launched two longballs.

• Gonzalez, a native of El Dorado, California, has seven total home runs in 2026, which is just one behind Jayden Lobliner for the USD lead.

• His five homers in WCC play are tied with teammate Andrew Gauna for the second-most in the conference, and no WCC freshman has hit more home runs in conference play than him.

GRAND LARCENY
• The Toreros rank second in the WCC with 52 stolen bases and an average of 1.27 stolen bases per game in 2026.

TRIPLE THREAT
• San Diego leads the WCC in triples (11), triples per game (0.27), and triple plays (one).

SLUGGING AWAY
• USD's .411 team slugging percentage and 241 runs scored thus far in 2026 are both the third-highest marks in the WCC.

SELFLESS
• The Toreros rank third in the WCC and 48th nationally with 26 sacrifice bunts so far this season.

• Freshman infielder Diego Gonzalez leads USD with six of those sacrifice bunts to his credit, including an average of 0.19 sacrifice bunts per game. Both of those tallies also rank third among all WCC players.

MORE TRIPS TO LOB CITY
• It took senior catcher Jayden Lobliner just 19 games to reach his home run total from 2025 — six — which was achieved across 52 games last season.

• He now has a career-high eight homers entering Thursday night's action, which is the most on the Torero roster this year.

LOBLINER NAMED TO 2026 BUSTER POSEY AWARD MIDSEASON WATCHLIST
• Jayden Lobliner is one of 50 catchers who have been selected for the 2026 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Midseason Watchlist, the Wichita Sports Commission announced on April 1.

• Lobliner, who was named the 2025 West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year and to the 2025 All-WCC Second Team, has posted a .989 fielding percentage through 41 games this season, throwing out 10 would-be base stealers while allowing just five passed balls and committing only four errors.

• At the plate, Lobliner has been one of the Toreros' most consistent and powerful bats, batting .297 (49-for-165) with 27 runs scored, 13 doubles, one triple, 30 RBIs, four hit by pitches, and 14 walks.

• He is slugging .533 this year, is getting on base at a .366 clip, and is a perfect 5-for-5 stealing bases of his own.

OUCH!
• Despite missing San Diego's last eight games due to injury, graduate utility player Gabe Springer still leads the WCC and ranks 12th nationally with 21 hit by pitches thus far in 2026.

• His average of 0.64 hit by pitches per game also leads the league and is the second-highest mark in the country.  

• Springer has been hit by a pitch in 16 of the 33 games he's played in this season.

• He was hit by a pitch in six consecutive games from February 14 to February 24, 2026  and drew a HBP in five straight contests from March 21 to March 28, 2026.

• Springer also has three multi-hit-by-pitch games to his credit in 2026, including a three-HBP performance on February 21 versus Creighton.

• As a team, USD ranks first in the WCC and 60th nationally with 75 total hit by pitches in 2026.