Posted: Apr 25, 2022
THE TEAMS
Santa Clara (21-17) vs. Cal Poly (24-15)
Santa Clara (21-17, 10-8 WCC) at San Diego (25-13, 11-7 WCC)
SERIES INFO
When: Tuesday, April 26 at 6 p.m.
Where: Santa Clara, Calif.
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
When: Friday, April 29 at 6 p.m.
Where: San Diego, Calif.
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: SideArm
When: Saturday, April 30 at 5 p.m.
Where: San Diego, Calif.
TV: ESPNU
Live Stats: SideArm
When: Sunday, May 1 at 1 p.m.
Where: San Diego, Calif.
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: SideArm
NOTES
- Santa Clara is hitting .271/.362/.398 as a team with 218 runs scored on 70 doubles, 19 triples, and 19 home runs.
- Batting average leaders: Coleman Brigman (.329), Michael O'Hara (.327), Eamonn Lance (.311)
- On-base percentage leaders: Eamonn Lance (.453), JonJon Berring (.412), Cal Christofori (.392)
- RBI leaders: Coleman Brigman (30), John Hanley (25), Eamonn Lance (19)
- Runs leaders: Coleman Brigman (32), JonJon Berring (30), Matt Jew (21)
- Doubles leaders: Coleman Brigman (12), Eamonn Lance (10), Matt Jew (9)
- Triples leaders: JonJon Berring (5), Coleman Brigman (4), Alex Lambeau (2)
- Home run leaders: Coleman Brigman (4), John Hanley (4), three players tied (2)
- The Broncos have a 5.22 ERA with 382 strikeouts against 168 walks in 331 innings.
- ERA leaders: Nick Sando (1.48), Cole Kitchen (3.76), Jared Feikes (4.56)
- Appearance leaders: Cade Connolly (16), Alex Reelfs (15), Nick Sando (15)
- Starts leaders: Cole Kitchen (10), Skylar Hales (8), Jared Feikes (8)
- Innings pitched leaders: Cole Kitchen (55), Jared Feikes (49 1/3), Skylar Hales (46)
- Strikeouts leaders: Cole Kitchen (85), Nick Sando (61), Skylar Hales (61)
- As a team, the Broncos are No. 22 in the country with 10.4 K/9.
- Sando is eighth nationally in and tops in the WCC in ERA and 25th in the nation with 12.87 K/9.
- Kitchen is 10th in the country with 13.91 K/9 and 13th with 85 punchouts.
- Kitchen was named WCC Pitcher of the Week on march 28 after setting career-highs with 8 2/3 innings pitched and 15 strikeouts against LMU.
- The next week, Nick Sando was named the Pitcher of the Week and Coleman Brigman was named Player of the Week.
- Santa Clara has six games with double-digit runs scored and 15 with double-figure hits.
- Bronco pitching also have 19 games with double-digit strikeouts.
- Coleman Brigman picked up two walkoff hits in the span of three games. On March 22 he hit a three-run walkoff home run against San Jose State. On March 25 he had a walkoff single against LMU.
- They added another walkoff on April 24 against Pepperdine after starting the ninth down 12-7.
- The Broncos will rely on three grad transfers in 2022. Catcher Cal Christofori comes from Yale, RHP Drake Davis comes from Minnesota, and IF Alex Lambeau comes from LMU.
- Santa Clara also welcomes 13 freshmen in Nick Bacura, Karthik Gondy, Thomas Gould, Blake Hammond, Robert Hipwell, Nolan Lopez, Luke Mansy, Will Pappas, Sam Smith, Nico Stanley, Johnny Tarantino, Mike Villani, and Malcolm Williams.
- The Broncos face a tough schedule featuring four postseason teams from 2021 in Stanford, Arizona State, Gonzaga, and TCU. The Cardinal made it to the College World Series. They will also take on Power 5 teams USC, Cal, Texas A&M, Washington State, and Arizona State.
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