THE TEAMS
Santa Clara (19-15) vs. Cal Poly (14-23)
Santa Clara (19-15, 7-8 WCC) at Pepperdine (15-22, 7-11 WCC)

SERIES INFO
When: Tuesday, April 25 at 4 p.m.
Where: Schott Stadium
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast
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When: Friday, April 28 at 3 p.m.
Where: Malibu, Calif.
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast

When: Saturday, April 29 at 3 p.m.
Where: Malibu, Calif.
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast

When: Sunday, April 30 at 1 p.m.
Where: Malibu, Calif.
Video: WCC Network
Live Stats: StatBroadcast

NOTES

• Santa Clara is hitting .284/.387/.465 as a team with 216 runs scored on 64 doubles, 11 triples, and 41 home runs.
• Robert Hipwell is leading the team in batting average (.333), OBP (.493), slugging percentage (.748, 35th in the country, tops in the WCC), walks (32), home runs (12), runs (36), and RBIs (32). He is second with 10 doubles. Efrain Manzo is slashing .321/.420/.679 with 11 home runs, 31 RBIs, and 29 runs with a team high 12 doubles. JonJon Berring has a .310 average with a .398 OBP and has scored 17 times with 15 RBIs. Malcolm Williams leads the team with 12 steals in 14 attempts and is hitting .308 with 22 runs scored and 19 RBIs.
• On the mound, Santa Clara has a 4.47 ERA, with 297 strikeouts against 122 walks in 304 innings.
• The ERA is top-40 in the nation and tops on the WCC. The Broncos hits per nine innings of 8.17 is 34 nationally and leads the conference. Their strikeout to walk ratio of 2.43 is 41st in the country and second in the WCC. The 3.61 walks per nine innings is 29th nationally and second in the conference.
• Cole Kitchen's 53 innings and 45 strikeouts are the most on the team. He has started 10 games and appeared in 11 with a 3.91 ERA. Skylar Hales has 41 punchouts in 31 1/3 innings and a 2.87 ERA with two saves, tied with August Souza, who has a 1.76 ERA, the lowest on the team, for the most on the roster. Blake Hammond has appeared in 13 games out of the bullpen and thrown 29 2/3 innings with 43 strikeouts and a 1.82 ERA. Brandon Gomez's 5.83 strikeout-to-walk ratio is 26th nationally and his 1.50 walks per nine is 24th.
• Brandon Gomez was named WCC co-Pitcher of the Week on March 20, giving the Broncos three-straight honors.
• Santa Clara swept the WCC weekly awards on March 13 with Efrain Manzo being named the Player of the Week and Skylar Hales the Pitcher of the Week.
• Cole Kitchen was named the WCC Pitcher of the Week on March 6.
• The Broncos have two walkoff home runs this year. Coleman Brigman hit a two-run shot in the 11th against Villanova on March 12. Efrain Manzo then did it on March 26 against San Diego, also in the 11th inning.
• Santa Clara knocked off No. 2 Stanford on the road March 7.
• It was the Broncos first win over Stanford since the finale of a four-game series in 2021. Santa Clara's last midweek win over the Cardinal came in 2016 and the last win in Palo Alto came in 2015.
• On April 15, the Broncos welcomed back the 1962 College World Series team that finished as national runners up for a 60th anniversary celebration.
• The Broncos 2022 recruiting class was top-65 according to Perfect Game and tops in the WCC. Twelve join the team as freshman with five transferring in.
• The renovations at Schott Stadium are complete. The renovations include a completely new turn playing surface, padded fence around the stadium, a new batter's eye, all new chair back seats inside the stadium, and a remodel of the VIP Suite and press box.

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