Posted: May 04, 2022
THE TEAMS
Santa Clara (23-19, 11-10 WCC) vs. Portland (23-17, 10-8 WCC)
SERIES INFO
When: Friday, May 6 at 6 p.m.
Where: Santa Clara, Calif.
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
When: Saturday, May 7 at 1 p.m.
Where: Santa Clara, Calif.
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
When: Sunday, May 8 at noon
Where: Santa Clara, Calif.
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
NOTES
- There will be a pregame ceremony for seniors Dawson Brigman, John Hanley, Connor Henriques, Matt Jew, Gavin Maloney, and Alex Reelfs.
- Santa Clara is hitting .270/.362/.390 as a team with 190 runs scored on 77 doubles, 19 triples, and 19 home runs.
- Batting average leaders: Michael O'Hara (.327), Coleman Brigman (.321), Eamonn Lance (.313)
- On-base percentage leaders: Eamonn Lance (.452), Michael O'Hara (.387), Coleman Brigman (.385)
- RBI leaders: Coleman Brigman (30), John Hanley (27), Matt Jew (21)
- Runs leaders: Coleman Brigman (35), JonJon Berring (32), Matt Jew (25)
- Doubles leaders: Coleman Brigman (13), Matt Jew (11) Eamonn Lance (10)
- 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 5.30 ERA with 400 strikeouts against 179 walks in 365 innings.
- ERA leaders: Nick Sando (2.23), Cole Kitchen (4.58), Jared Feikes (4.64)
- Appearance leaders: Cade Connolly (18), Alex Reelfs (17), Nick Sando (17)
- Starts leaders: Cole Kitchen (11) Skylar Hales (9), Jared Feikes (8)
- Innings pitched leaders: Cole Kitchen (57), Jared Feikes (54 1.3), Skylar Hales (52)
- Strikeouts leaders: Cole Kitchen (85), Nick Sando (63), Skylar Hales (62)
- As a team, the Broncos are No. 2 in the WCC with 9.9 K/9.
- Sando is No. 34 nationally and second in the WCC in ERA and 23rd in the nation with 12.79 K/9.
- Kitchen is 13th in the country with 13.42 K/9 and fourth in the WCC 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 five games with double-digit runs scored and 13 with double-figure hits.
- Bronco pitching also have 17 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.
- 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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