Butler hopes to bounce back from a 6-walk, six-inning no-decision against UC Riverside Feb. Butler, a 6-foot-5 sophomore from Danville, is expected to start Friday vs. Blaine has provided USD with seven quality innings in each of his last two starts. Blaine, a 6-foot-4 lefty, has been exceptional spanning four starts this season, yielding just five earned runs in 26 innings. Blaine, who starts Tuesday at USC, has a history of success at Dedeaux Field, hurling four scoreless innings in a 4-3 USD victory at USC as a true freshman in '03- the two teams last meeting. STARTING PITCHING: USD's weekend rotation of LH Justin Blaine (2-0, 1.73 ERA), LH Nate Boman (2-0 2.55 ERA) and RH Josh Butler (1-2 2.87 ERA) promises to be one of the better starting pitching combinations in the West Coast Conference.
The publication also picked the Toreros to win the WCC Coast Division and named USD a projected NCAA Tournament participant. USD RECOGNIZED AMONG THE NATION'S TOP COLLEGE PROGRAMS: San Diego was included in Baseball America's 2005 Preseason Top 50, garnering a ranking of No. USD posted the best record in the WCC (35-21) last season, leading the league in batting average (.328), ERA (4.68), fielding % (.969) and on-base % (.412). eventual National Champion's Cal State Fullerton. The Toreros were impressive a year ago against perennial baseball powers in the Big West Conference, defeating each of the top five teams in the BWC, including a 7-4 victory vs. The Toreros have won two of the last three WCC Championships, and entering the 2005 season own the league's best overall record (106-74) since 2002. UC Davis 1:00pmīEST IN THE WEST: Over the past three seasons no West Coast Conference (WCC) team has been as successful as San Diego. San Diego, California (Cunningham Stadium) LATER THIS WEEK: After a scheduled weekend off San Diego returns from its single-game trip to USC to play four games later this week on its home field of Cunningham Stadium against first-year Division I member UC Davis (3-2) and a much improved Oregon State (3-1) team. USC was 24-32 last season, finishing 6th in the Pac-10 with a 10-14 league record. Sophomore closer RH Paul Koss (0-0 0.00 ERA) entered in the eighth inning of both games with Long Beach State to earn a pair of saves. Junior UT Blake Sharpe (.286 BA), while starting in three different positions, has produced three doubles early this year batting in the second spot in the order. Junior RH Brett Bannister (1-0 0-0 ERA), who started and pitched three scoreless innings during the Trojans' season-opening win over San Diego State will pitch against USD Tuesday.
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19th-year head coach Mike Gillespie, who led the Trojans to the 1998 College World Series Championship, is armed with staff ace sophomore RH Ian Kennedy (7-2 2.91 ERA)* and Baseball America First Team preseason All-America pick junior C Jeff Clement (.293 BA 10 HR)*. 30 in Baseball America's preseason Top 50, the Trojans are off to a 3-0 start, winning a pair of tight games with No. USD returns home to play a pair of games against both UC Davis and Oregon State later this week. INF Keoni Ruth (.408 BA), who is making the transition from second base to third defensively, leads all Torero players with 20 hits. 328 last season (7th best nationally) and the Toreros have continued that trend, hitting. The starting pitching combination of junior LH Justin Blaine (2-0 1.73 ERA) and sophomore LH Nate Boman (2-0 2.55 ERA) has been key in helping USD win seven of its last nine games. Most recently, USD won two-of-three games against Big West Conference member UC Riverside February 4-6. Live audio broadcast on (SAN DIEGO: Season Statistics USD has been sharp on the road this season, winning all seven of its games away from Cunningham Stadium. Seventh-year San Diego head coach Rich Hill and the Toreros are one year removed from winning back-to-back West Coast Conference Championships in 2002-03. The game can be heard live via the internet at (Torero ace Justin Blaine (Westlake Village, CA) is expected make his fifth start of the season against a USC (3-0) team that defeated No. 18 USC in Los Angeles Tuesday night at 5:00pm (PT). The USD Toreros play five games this week, the first coming against perennial national power No.
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