Posted: Apr 18, 2022
THE TEAMS
Santa Clara (19-15) vs. San Jose State (18-18)
Santa Clara (19-15, 8-7 WCC) vs. Pepperdine (18-16, 7-8 WCC)
SERIES INFO
When: Tuesday, April 19 at 6 p.m.
Where: San Jose, Calif.
Video: Mountain West Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
When: Friday, April 22 at 6 p.m.
Where: Santa Clara, Calif.
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
When: Saturday, April 23 at 1 p.m.
Where: Santa Clara, Calif.
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
When: Sunday, April 24 at noon
Where: Santa Clara, Calif.
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
NOTES
- Santa Clara is hitting .268/.358/.392 as a team with 190 runs scored on 66 doubles, 15 triples, and 16 home runs.
- Batting average leaders: Coleman Brigman (.328), Michael O'Hara (.327), Eamonn Lance (.309)
- On-base percentage leaders: Eamonn Lance (.462), Coleman Brigman (.396), Michael O'Hara (.387)
- RBI leaders: Coleman Brigman (26), John Hanley (22), two players tied (17)
- Runs leaders: Coleman Brigman (28), JonJon Berring (24), two players tied (19)
- Doubles leaders: Coleman Brigman (12), Matt Jew (9), Eamonn Lance (8)
- Triples leaders: JonJon Berring (4), Coleman Brigman (3), eight players tied (1)
- Home run leaders: Coleman Brigman (3), John Hanley (3), three players tied (2)
- The Broncos have a 5.02 ERA with 344 strikeouts against 149 walks in 296 innings.
- ERA leaders: Nick Sando (1.38), Cole Kitchen (3.86), Jared Feikes (4.20)
- Appearance leaders: Alex Reelfs (14), Nick Sando (13), Cade Connolly (13)
- Starts leaders: Cole Kitchen (9) Skylar Hales (7), Jared Feikes (7)
- Innings pitched leaders: Cole Kitchen (49), Jared Feikes (45), Skylar Hales (42 1/3)
- Strikeouts leaders: Cole Kitchen (75), Nick Sando (56), Skylar Hales (56)
- As a team, the Broncos are No. 22 in the country with 10.5 K/9.
- Sando is ninth nationally in and tops in the WCC in ERA and 27th in the nation with 12.92 K/9.
- Kitchen is 13th in the country with 13.78 K/9 and second in the WCC with 75 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.
- The Broncos fell at Cal Poly before bouncing back to take two of three at Pacific.
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