SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Santa Clara baseball plays its final series prior to conference play this weekend as it hosts UMass Lowell for a four-game series at Schott Stadium. The Broncos and River Hawks have never met on the baseball diamond.
The teams will play single games on Friday and Sunday, and a doubleheader on Saturday.
UPDATE (March 11): Friday's Start Time Changed to 8 p.m.
Santa Clara (6-6) vs. UMass Lowell (4-3)
Friday, March 11, 2016 | 8 p.m. PST | Game #13 | Home Game #8
Saturday, March 12, 2016 | 1 p.m. PST | Game #14 | Home Game #9
Saturday, March 12, 2016 | 4:30 p.m. PST | Game #15 | Home Game #10
Sunday, March 13, 2016 | Noon PST | Game #16 | Home Game #11
Santa Clara, Calif. | Stephen Schott Stadium
Live Stats: santaclara.statbroadcast.com | Video: TheW.tv
Series History
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Probable Starters
SCU RHP Mitchell White (1-1, 2.18 ERA) vs. UML RHP Andrew Ryan (2-0, 0.64 ERA)
SCU RHP Steven Wilson (1-0, 4.97 ERA) vs. UML RHP Steve Xirinachs (0-2, 2.89 ERA)
SCU RHP Michael Bono (0-0, 1.64 ERA) vs. UML RHP Nick Kuzia (0-1, 6.23 ERA)
SCU TBD vs. UML TBD
Tickets: Single-game options and season tickets are available. Click here to purchase tickets (link to single-game) For information, call (408) 554-4660 weekdays between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. or email BroncoTickets@scu.edu. Schott Stadium opens one hour prior to first pitch. The ticket office is also open one hour prior to the start of the game.
Game Day Promotions
Friday: The Country Mega Ticket giveaway series continues with two tickets to see Darius Rucker at Shoreline Amphitheater on July 15. Raffle is open to all Santa Clara students in attendance wearing SCU gear. Each piece of Santa Clara University clothing and/or accessory worn is equivalent to one raffle entry. Enter to win by visiting the marketing table located in the entrance plaza.
Saturday: Bronco Baseball Bingo. Pick up a baseball bingo card from the marketing table and follow along while the Broncos are at-bat for your chance to win a prize.
Sunday: Sunday Runday (Weather permitting) | Popcorn Player. If a selected player on the Broncos reaches base, popcorn is $1 for the rest of that half inning.
Parking: Baseball parking has changed for the 2016 season. Parking is now available in the Guadalupe lot, adjacent to 455 El Camino Real. The Guadalupe lot is reserved beginning 60 minutes before game time through the end of the event for free parking. Baseball parking is no longer allowed in the lot behind Schott Stadium's left field wall. Overflow parking is available in the Leavey Center lot. Spectators that plan to arrive more than an hour prior to game time on weekdays are encouraged to purchase a parking permit for the Leavey lot. Leavey lot parking is free on weekends. ADA parking is available in the lot directly in front of the main gates; there is no general public parking in this lot. Follow signs for parking instructions.
Broncos in the Field
Three Bronco starters are hitting .300 or better through 12 games: John Cresto (.354), Stevie Berman (.333) and Jake Brodt (.306). Cresto leads the team with 17 hits; nine of which have gone for extra bases (four doubles, one triple, four home runs). Cresto hit homers in seventh and ninth innings of Santa Clara's 2-1 win over Washington last Saturday.
Half of Berman's 14 hits have gone for extra bases (four doubles, three home runs). The catcher leads Santa Clara starters with a .471 on-base percentage entering the weekend.
Brodt is tied for second on the team with six RBIs and is 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts to lead all Broncos.
As a team, the Broncos had six doubles and three home runs in three games last weekend. Santa Clara is 10-for-13 on stolen bases attempts and is holding opponents to 8-for-16 in that category.
Broncos on the Mound
Mitchell White struck out a career-high nine batters for the second straight outing Saturday at Washington and allowed an earned run in 7.0 innings. He has struck out 25 batters in 20.2 innings this season.
Steven Wilson gave up seven runs (four earned) and pitched 3.0 innings in the nightcap of Saturday's doubleheader at Washington. Wilson has allowed 13 runs in 6.2 innings between his last two starts.
Michael Bono is set to make his third start of the season and first weekend start for the Broncos. Bono has pitched 2.2+ innings in three of his four outings, and allowed one earned run or fewer in all four appearances this season.
Max Kuhns remains tied for second in the nation with five saves; he earned a save in Santa Clara's only win at Washington. Kuhns entered the week as one of seven pitchers in the country with five or more saves.
Milestone Watch
Bronco head coach Dan O'Brien needs two wins to reach 100 career victories at SCU. The earliest O'Brien could reach the milestone is Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader.
UMass Lowell
The River Hawks won two of three games last weekend at the Bob Hannah Invitational. They picked up a 3-0 victory over Delaware State on Saturday and a 5-3 victory over Delaware on Sunday. UMass Lowell lost a pair of 4-2 games against No. 17 Mississippi State to open up its season two weekends ago.
Freshman Steve Passatempo has hit five home runs in seven games this season, and leads the team with 13 RBIs, a 1.040 slugging percentage and a .533 on-base percentage. Andrew Ryan is 2-0 with a 0.64 ERA in 14.0 innings this year; he pitched 7.0 shutout innings with 10 strikeouts in UMass Lowell's shutout of Delaware State. Passatempo has earned back-to-back America East Rookie of the Week honors and Ryan earned America East co-Pitcher of the Week honors
2016 Schedule Notes
Santa Clara defeated a ranked opponent on opening weekend for the second straight season by defeating No. 24 Notre Dame 2-0 on Saturday, Feb. 20 and 4-2 on Sunday, Feb. 21. The Broncos won a Saturday contest at defending national champion and unanimous preseason No. 1 Vanderbilt last year.
Santa Clara played seven of its first eight games at home; the only road game in that stretch was a Tuesday win at San José State on Feb. 23.
The Broncos have 13 games in 17 days to start the season.
Santa Clara is slated to play four-game weekends four times during a five-weekend span from the end of February through the end of March.
The Broncos face 2015 WCC postseason champion Pepperdine at home and 2015 WCC regular season champion San Diego on the road during consecutive weekends in April.
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